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Re: confess your most irrational reaction to BBM here
« Reply #20 on: April 10, 2006, 05:31:56 pm »
I have never written anything aside from letters in my life. I am not writing my own (never to be shared) fanfic! I am up hours with this-scraps of paper and notes covering every surface in my house.

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Re: confess your most irrational reaction to BBM here
« Reply #21 on: April 10, 2006, 07:24:47 pm »
Irrational?

There's been very little about my response to this film that has been RATIONAL:

* never gone to see a film 23 times in the cinemas in my life (closest was Strictly Ballroom - 8 viewings)

* never written a postcard or letters to film / crew professing my admiration and consolation (dumbass awards shows)

* never bought any paraphernalia via the internet (cheers Jenny and eBay)

* never wandered aimlessly through shops looking for Jack-esque wardrobe attire that I might buy

* never logged onto an internet message forum to meet like minded souls (but cheers y'all, i love ya)

* never spent every available minute of the day filling in missing aspects of the story (what happens after they kiss in the 2nd tent scene; motel scene; all those times they met on the mountain)

* never had to create a directory on my computer where I store any info / pics / vids about said film

Damn I wish I knew how to quit this!!  ;D
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Re: confess your most irrational reaction to BBM here
« Reply #22 on: April 10, 2006, 07:53:26 pm »
Ummm, I have three irrational reactions to confess - please don't call 911:

- Unable to enjoy watching another film for over two months - the first ones I watched, after BBM got me good, made me feel pathological: "Donnie Darko" - lost any will to live for about two days, hell, nobody warned me about it - luckily, I saw it on a Friday night, so by Monday I was functional enough to get out of bed and go to work instead of making a beeline to the computer; and "The Three Burials of Melchiades Estrada" - which made me feel like I cheated on the love of my life, because I really liked it (although not even close as much as BBM) -  after I saw it I felt so guilty and hollow,  and craved BBM so bad, I sobbed in the car all the way home.
- Unable to listen to any music but the BBM soundtrack for over a month.
- After the first three viewings, thoughts about Ennis, Jack and the film in general would wake me up in the middle of the night; I would lay there thinking of them and hurting.

Also, I never ever ever watched a film in a theater more than twice, and I can count those one one hand. Brokeback - eight times...  God help me - and I ain't even religious...

LOL I promise I am normal now. Can I still play with y'all?...
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Re: confess your most irrational reaction to BBM here
« Reply #23 on: April 10, 2006, 08:03:19 pm »
Wouldn't have you any other way..lol

I saw this movie 22 times in the theater and this is the only place I can admit that.
Not even to my husband, who thinks I have gambling problem, because every showing I went to, I told him I was going to Bingo

Nice to know we are kindered souls here.. ;)
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Re: confess your most irrational reaction to BBM here
« Reply #24 on: April 10, 2006, 08:15:53 pm »
NOTHING rational about any response I've had to BBM!
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Re: confess your most irrational reaction to BBM here
« Reply #25 on: April 10, 2006, 09:38:04 pm »
Wouldn't have you any other way..lol

I saw this movie 22 times in the theater and this is the only place I can admit that.
Not even to my husband, who thinks I have gambling problem, because every showing I went to, I told him I was going to Bingo

Nice to know we are kindered souls here.. ;)

LOL, deedee, I luv ya. That must be the best use of a "going to Bingo" excuse. 
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Re: confess your most irrational reaction to BBM here
« Reply #26 on: April 10, 2006, 09:45:44 pm »
Yes, Leslie, they do. (You too, Jeff!)

In re: 'Monster's Ball'--do you realize that Heath's last line (delivered to Billy Bob Thornton) is:

"Well, I always loved you."

Devastating.
I love his role in that movie!  I can see why some people might not wanna see it now, but I saw it years ago, and he was really good in it.  I think it was the first thing I saw Heath Ledger in.
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Re: confess your most irrational reaction to BBM here
« Reply #27 on: April 11, 2006, 09:40:50 am »
I always have an opinion about movies at work, a paragraph in lenght.

With BBM, I keep it to a one word sentence (very good film, really liked it), because I don't wanta get emotional and I can't be that detached about this film anywhere, much less in the workplace... And it's the film I have the most to say, but I bite my tongue. 

Oh, my co-workers just ask my take on the ending and I give a one sentence statement, change the subject. Can't get misty-eyed :'( n  the office.

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Re: confess your most irrational reaction to BBM here
« Reply #28 on: April 11, 2006, 01:17:31 pm »
Yes, Leslie, they do. (You too, Jeff!)

In re: 'Monster's Ball'--do you realize that Heath's last line (delivered to Billy Bob Thornton) is:

"Well, I always loved you."

Devastating.
I love his role in that movie!  I can see why some people might not wanna see it now, but I saw it years ago, and he was really good in it.  I think it was the first thing I saw Heath Ledger in.

Ooh, I was soo excited with Heath's performance in that film. I was waiting for him to come up with his big break role since 10 Things - when I first saw him and became convinced he had oodles of talent in him. Kept waiting, but no role that could measure up to his potential seemed to come. Then I saw him in MB and thought "OK, surely after this performance they'll offer him bigger and more complex roles", but it didn't really happen. When I saw the BBM trailer for the first time, for some reason, the image of him breathing in the shirts stayed with me and I became convinced this could be his big break as a serious dramatic actor - I had no idea how right I was (for once, LOL). 

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Re: confess your most irrational reaction to BBM here
« Reply #29 on: April 11, 2006, 03:07:07 pm »
Ummm, I have three irrational reactions to confess - please don't call 911:

- Unable to enjoy watching another film for over two months - the first ones I watched, after BBM got me good, made me feel pathological: "Donnie Darko" - lost any will to live for about two days, hell, nobody warned me about it - luckily, I saw it on a Friday night, so by Monday I was functional enough to get out of bed and go to work instead of making a beeline to the computer; and "The Three Burials of Melchiades Estrada" - which made me feel like I cheated on the love of my life, because I really liked it (although not even close as much as BBM) -  after I saw it I felt so guilty and hollow,  and craved BBM so bad, I sobbed in the car all the way home.
- Unable to listen to any music but the BBM soundtrack for over a month.
- After the first three viewings, thoughts about Ennis, Jack and the film in general would wake me up in the middle of the night; I would lay there thinking of them and hurting.

I don't understand, Moni--which part of this is supposed to be irrational?

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