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Impish:
--- Quote from: OddlyEven on April 16, 2006, 05:21:05 pm ---My name is Darrell and I'm from Ohio. I am happy to call myself a Brokie and I can't quit this movie and I'm proud of that as well. I'm looking forward to posting here. ;)
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Welcome Darrell. There's a lot to explore here at Bettermost, and I hope to see your posts sprinkled all over! ;D
ednbarby:
Yes - it truly shook me out of my complacency. Because complacent I have been. I've never known what it is to be stigmatized or persecuted - to have to hide the very essence of my being for fear of retribution of any kind, let alone violent. I figured that being a woman was knowing enough. But really I had no idea. I'm thankful a thousand fold to this movie for showing me that. It was the jump start I needed. But more important, I'm thankful for the beauty it showed me. That will live with me the rest of my days.
Brown Eyes:
Hey there Friends,
It's such fun to hear the stories behind the screen-names that I've been chatting with for so long. I've been happily exploring the boards here for quite a while and I figure I really should introduce myself properly at this point. I'm a refugee from imdb too.
My name's Amanda and I'm a 30 year old gay woman from Pennsylvania. That's my pic in my avatar. I saw the movie 5 times in the theater (which is an all time record for me in terms of theater views for a film) and way too many times on DVD. I just love all the wonderful and intelligent conversations that have gone on around the movie. I'm amazed that all the analysis actually makes the movie MORE touching and interesting to me... and it gets better with each viewing. Seriously, this has never happened to me with a film before. I like all these discussions because I'm an academic-type at heart. I just finished my doctorate in art history last May and now I work in an art museum. While I was a grad student I taught two film history/ film theory courses as a TA. And, in all of those films I've had to teach (and many that I love) I've never been impacted by a film like I have by this one.
I love the online friendships that have grown up around here. What a wonderful, supportive place! These boards really are addictive. I recently moved to a new city and live alone with my adorable kitten. I'm a bit of a loner... I guess I'd prefer something like "extremely independent". I've been single for a while now, which I'm OK with, especially since I'm still adjusting to my new environment and new job. I identify with a lot of the coming out issues in the film. And, certain aspects of the relationship between Jack and Ennis remind me of my first and most significant girlfriend. But, most of all I just enjoy the movie on its own terms. I'm usually not much of a romantic and very rarely am interested in romances/ romantic movies, etc. but this one blew me away.
I say this all the time in various posts, but I'm so happy to be here!
cheers
Amanda
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southendmd:
Another belated introduction:
Hi all, I'm Paul, 42-year-old gay shrink from Boston, another IMDb refugee.
First of all, I want to thank Fran, Will and Ellemeno/Clarissa for their kind invitations and encouragement. This is a great and safe space, so refreshing.
I had never posted anything anywhere before IMDb: it started with my stumbling on to a CaseyCornelius thread. Such insight, and mutual respect. I was hooked, and became
addicted to the BBM ABCs as well. I managed to print out my favorite Casey threads before the "War of the Trolls".
Since my first viewing on opening night in December at one of Boston's classic art houses, I, like many of you, felt there was something so different about this film. It's not just the grand themes of love and loss, longing and regret, redemption. I particularly like the numerous ambiguities; nothing is spoon-fed. The film is like a Rorschach test, where we project our own thoughts, feelings, experiences, and expectations onto the story. And, like all great art, each new viewing brings something else.
It's great fun discussing our film with such intelligent, caring and witty BetterMost friends.
Cowboy hugs to all,
Paul
EnnisLovesJack:
--- Quote from: Ellemeno on April 04, 2006, 08:23:13 am ---Hi Everyone, I'm Clarissa. I agree that Frappr would be a great idea. But I can tell I shouldn't volunteer to organize it. I could, however, find someone to organize it if no one reading this wants to. Impish? Lynne? One of my fortes (I think) is finding the right person for the task, within a group.
I'm one of the refugees from IMDb. I live in Seattle with husband and 3 year old daughter. I am currently a fulltime mom, which has been my heart's desire for a long time. i have a very blissful time in the smallest now, these days. Not all the time, by any means. But so many little joys with my girl, and the free, fairly unstressful time that I have. In the past I have been an English and French teacher, a tobacco cessation counselor, and a birth doula.
I wish I was doing yoga, but I'm not. I want to learn to play guitar just rudimentarily enough to accompany myself in the simplest manner while I sing (which I do a lot - sing), but I haven't been (guitar). I want to take more photos of my daughter and other aspects of my life, but I don't. That's kind of the negative part of me, not doing what my heart wants, sometimes. And I'm not good with paper clutter.
I'm very people-oriented, and was somehow given moderator status of the Tremblay group here upon arrival (along with yaadpyar and vkm91941), a position I seem to fall into sometimes in groups - kind of the gatherer servant, or the "let's see what everyone needs and figure out how to get it for them - especially by delegating to others" servant. I love having ideas for others to implement, LOL.
Just to finish up, I love BBM, of course. I have seen it in the theater about 20 times, and got the DVD a little bit early and have watched some bits several times. Not the ones you might think (I have watched those too), but rather the little campfire scenes up on the mountain and then later in their lives too. One of my favorite moments is when they are working on the felled tree together, Ennis sawing and Jack axing. (Although from experience I can say that it would be very jarring to be the sawer and have that sharp axe vibration come up through your arms.) Working together like that on the same useful, important project looks so companionable and so what's the word, I don't know, but it's the thing I want with others, and why I'm here.
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Hey 'meno. It's me, ELJ (Keren). I just read your post, and had to tell you it's a great one! :) I really enjoyed what you wrote.
It really struck a chord with me. I saw so much of myself in there, from the not doing various things your heart wants, to the not being good with paper clutter (I often say my room has been declared a disaster area; it stresses me out and cramps the already small-ish room I live in. But I'm fairly sentimental and don't wanna let a lot of things go. Other things I just procrastinate on organizing, clearing out, or handling.). I have a ong list of things I wanna do in my life. It includes learn guitar, nd also lear accordion and trapeze and African dance and, yes, take come courses in photography, which is one of my only-partially-explored passions. I am the photographer in my family though. My mom often hands me a camera - or asks me to bring mine - and take candids at parties or dinners she throws. And I take lots and lots of rolls when I'm on vacation anywhere. Um, and oh, yeah, I studied French, 6 years in grades 7-12, and then got my bachelor's degree in it. English was my favorite subject in school. And I've taught Italian one-on-one. Oh, and I also love having ideas but imlementing them is not always my forte. I need to partner up with a person who can ut ideas into action and birth my inspiration into real world concrete existence.
And I too am EXTREMELY people-oriented. Relationships are the most satisfying, life/energy-giving and sustaing thing in my life. Among my friends, I'm the wide-eyed explorer, hungry for all kinds of adventures and new experiences. I'm not so much the moderator type, more of a rabble rouser. The rallier/rally-er (?), the one who hears about all sorts of awesome cultural and other fun events and tells my friends. Psych them up and rally folks for things they might not have even been aware were going on, and introduce them to new experiences. Sadly, though, I've had meager luck rounding up a posse, or even one committed bud, to join me for a local rodeo happening in my county this weekend. It just wouldn't be the same alone.
I think a big part of having several hearts desires one doesn't pursue or acto on is that there are so many things someone like me or you - or heck, most people with a pulse, I guess - wants to pursue. So much to do, so much life to live, and SO LITTLE TIME!!!! :-\ There just ain't never enough time, never enough, is there Jack? Dealing with finity has been a major existential struggle for me the last year, or so. A very dear friend of mine coined a phrase I now find myself using often: "sucks being finite." Well, it does. And I don't mean mortality, per se, though that sure figures in there. But mostly I mean that time is a limited and finite resource, much like money. And, the older we get, energy. (I wince at the sadness of these cold hard truths.) So many books so little time applies to much mor than books. It applies to everything!!!
But I send up a prayer of thanks for life, for being alive. For all the joy and fun and adventure I've had and will have. I'm 29 so I've still got a lot of livin' to do. And I feel really blessed in my life in countless ways. Above all, I feel blessed in the relationships I have, good, close, caring friends, who form my second family. ANd my "first" family of course, so many loving relatives. One of my greatest gifts that I feel I've been given is the ability to form strong connections with other people, and this board/IMDB, pre-troll invasion/this movie/brokie community& culture (deep breath!) has become part of that.
I love all you guys! Clarissa, keep up the good work and the good words, I've always enjoyed your posts. ;)
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