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The check-in--add your thoughts!
Chanterais:
--- Quote from: atz75 on April 30, 2006, 01:08:00 am ---By the way, as far as I can tell, the only way to get through the movie without replaying scenes is to put the remote control across the room or in another room. It's a sad state of affairs.
::) :-\ :D
And, I'll admit this (it should go in that thread here about silly stuff we've felt compelled to do because of BBM)... I went out and bought a better TV in honor of this movie. My old TV was really old and needed to be replaced anyway. But, acquiring this film was the best motivation.
--- End quote ---
Ain't you the cutest.
serious crayons:
LOL, Amanda -- another reason I've put off the DVD is that I don't have a TV set worthy of watching it on! If that's not an excuse to buy a new set, I don't know what is.
Thanks for the nice words. If you see me start forgetting sequences of events or misquoting dialogue or making other silly mistakes, let me know, and I'll know that then it's time FOR SURE to run out and get the DVD. Meanwhile, after all this withdrawal I am really looking forward to seeing it when I eventually do (though to be absolutely honest, it's not like I haven't set eyes on a frame of it for a month -- YouTube has been invaluable in the meantime! And by the time I finally get the DVD, I won't be quite as compelled to hit the rewind for those 4 nights in 20 years as I will for some of the scenes I haven't seen in a while).
kirkmusic:
I have to confess, I've gotten a little tired of the movie. *GASP*
But I have not gotten tired of talking about it and I have certainly not gotten tired of you fine people. I have been trying to get current on CT threads and have so far only gotten as current as page four, so I'm a little behind the times and reluctant to stop to post very often. Plus I haven't even started getting to know the rest of the Bettermost site.
I don't think this community is in any danger of breaking up, especially if we keep scheduling gatherings now and then. I know we in the Bay Area are having one more get together for a DVD screening at SFU. Or SF State. I forget which. And when I move in August I'll get to meet the LA folks that I unfortunately missed at the Aero (more on that news as it becomes known to me).
Chin up love. We're not going anywhere. :-*
silkncense:
I have a friend who also loves Brokeback (not a member here) who also has not watched his DVD yet. Is afraid it will not have the same impact.
I am definitely in the minority! Not only have I not tired of it in any way, I have watched the DVD every week. And although I still feel the sadness & still wake sometimes the next morining just as Ennis did in the short story, I usually feel comforted somehow.
I have watched other favorite DVD's now (had minor surgery so off work for a bit) so the obsession is less but, other than the Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, have not watched another film in the theater.
Looking forward to Calgary. It is truly a beautiful place.
serious crayons:
I have not seen the movie since late March. I have a big deadline on Thursday, and I'm thinking that on Friday I may celebrate by watching the DVD. But even then, I probably will rent it. I'm scared to see it too many times. I'm also thinking how great it will be if I ever go a REALLY long time -- six months, a year; you would think that eventually in my life this will be possible -- and it has started to fade in my mind and then I see it again and it will be so fresh it will feel like I'm seeing it for only the third or fourth time!!! (Never my first, though, and I wouldn't WANT it to feel like that, because I missed way too much of the meaning the first couple of times.)
Meanwhile, as for this place, I am sad whenever I think about the built-in obsolesence here. Kirk, I had just been wondering where you'd been lately. And I recall other names I used to see around who now rarely or never show up. I have come to think of you guys as genuine friends, even if my knowledge of you in many cases lacks important components -- appearance, profession, age, even gender -- that I have of my "real life" friends. In fact, it's partly those missing elements that make this such an interesting experience.
So if I lose touch with you guys I will miss you a lot. It's one reason I remain so addicted to these boards, even when I'm not seeing the movie frequently.
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