Brokeback Mountain: Our Community's Common Bond > The Lighter Side
The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)
memento:
With Brokeback Mountain, director Ang Lee faced a daunting challenge: cinematically portraying homosexuality as romantic and erotic in an era where homophobia still intensely rages (those who object to this perception are living in denial). That he succeeds—resoundingly, at that— is a testament to his filmmaking prowess: Brokeback Mountain is a beautiful love story, and one of 2005’s best movies.
Unfortunately for Ennis and Jack, the 1960’s wasn’t a kind time for gay people, and the Midwest wasn’t a kind place. Rather than embrace their passion, they’re forced to hide it. After their freewheeling summer, both return to their homes: Jack to Texas, Ennis to Wyoming. Ennis marries his high school sweetheart Alma (Michelle Williams), and has two daughters. Jack continues to flop off bulls at the rodeo, and weds Lureen Newsome (Anne Hathaway), the vivacious, work-obsessed daughter of a filthy-rich farm-machinery tycoon.
Four years pass, and neither man has been able to shake the magic of their summer on Brokeback. Ennis finds himself struggling to show his wife the appreciation she deserves but the resonances are ambiguous: one particularly wonderful scene involves Ennis flipping his wife around to penetrate her from behind, obviously wishing that she was Jack. As it’s filmed from a very similar angle to the first homosexual sequence on Brokeback, it has an eerie sense of unfulfilling deja vu that rings a strong emotional chord. Even more excruciating is Ennis’ relationship with his daughters. His marriage is destined to fail (and it does), but his children are forever…and they love him to death...
Sason:
At their four year reunion, Ennis introduded Jack to Alma and, with visible pride, his two little daughters - while their passion fermented between them.
southendmd:
Brokeback Mountain is one of the most successful gay-related films of all time.
Meryl:
Ennis refused to think of himself as queer but had no qualms about asking Jack to confess to visiting male harlots in Mexico.
Sason:
Any suggestion - like Alma did at the Thanksgiving dinner - that Ennis was gay, would infuriate him to the degree of storming out the house and trying to beat up some truck driver.
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