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What was your argument to convince people to see BBM?
Sheyne:
Well, it was bloody awful, Barb, I ain't gonna lie about that. It was such a shock more than anything! I mean, just when you think you know a person, huh? I felt really disillusioned for quite some time (still am, I guess) that I could know this girl for so long and yet, miss SUCH a fundamentally important flaw in her nature. Bugger it, I'm going to call it a flaw and not write off her ignorance as "well, people are different in some ways". Nu-uh. When you have hate in your heart, its a flaw. When you stand for intolerance and marginalising others, its a flaw. When you are okay (she must have been okay with the comment she made about her brother cause she didn't offer anything to the contrary) with somebody being MURDERED for loving someone of the same sex, its a flaw. So f*** her, if I wanted shit in my life, I'd work for a sewage company.
Thanks for your kind words though, Barb. Can't tell you how reassuring it is that all the things I've been feeling about this film are also felt by others. Its like a big warm hug sometimes. :)
ednbarby:
--- Quote from: hungry_hungryhippos on April 19, 2006, 09:44:11 am ---
Well, it was bloody awful, Barb, I ain't gonna lie about that. It was such a shock more than anything! I mean, just when you think you know a person, huh? I felt really disillusioned for quite some time (still am, I guess) that I could know this girl for so long and yet, miss SUCH a fundamentally important flaw in her nature. Bugger it, I'm going to call it a flaw and not write off her ignorance as "well, people are different in some ways". Nu-uh. When you have hate in your heart, its a flaw. When you stand for intolerance and marginalising others, its a flaw. When you are okay (she must have been okay with the comment she made about her brother cause she didn't offer anything to the contrary) with somebody being MURDERED for loving someone of the same sex, its a flaw. So f*** her, if I wanted shit in my life, I'd work for a sewage company.
Thanks for your kind words though, Barb. Can't tell you how reassuring it is that all the things I've been feeling about this film are also felt by others. Its like a big warm hug sometimes. :)
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I agree - you should cut that shit right out of your life. A person like that is poison. I'm sorry, but there's no changing them when they're that far gone. You can borrow this line from my husband if you ever talk to her again and this subject comes up: "If I want any more shit outta you, I'll just squeeze your head."
And just keep your chin up that we're all here. And there are more of us every day. :)
isabelle:
--- Quote from: hungry_hungryhippos on April 19, 2006, 09:44:11 am ---
Bugger it, I'm going to call it a flaw and not write off her ignorance as "well, people are different in some ways". Nu-uh. When you have hate in your heart, its a flaw. When you stand for intolerance and marginalising others, its a flaw. When you are okay (she must have been okay with the comment she made about her brother cause she didn't offer anything to the contrary) with somebody being MURDERED for loving someone of the same sex, its a flaw.
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Totally agree, and this is why I don't hesitate to talk about this film and recommend it when an opportunity arises (it's not like I'm walking around with a big poster of the film wrapped around myself screaming "You must see this film!"). If people are going to say things bad enough to ridicule the film or my feelings, then THEY are the dickheads (sorry boys) and I don't give a shit. I would pity them if I were charitable, but I'm afraid I still have a long way to go down that road... So yeah, I do talk about the film passionately (rather than push people to see it) and freely. But I can see how you can prefer to stop talking about it after such an experience, Sheyne. I guess I'm lucky that the worst criticism I've heard around me was : 'It was a tad too long', and all the rest was 'yes, good/very good/excellent/heartbreaking film'.
scottf.:
My own passion for the film was the best advertisement for it. I've already posted that I work in a Student Life/Athletics office at a college, where everyone knows I'm gay, and everyone knows I was seriously in love with Brokeback. Good natured ribbing was all I got. But people became soooo intrigued by this movie that had captivated their boss. So they either went on their own or rented it out of curiosity.
Three of my student employees went to an Easter church service and told me that the preacher denounced, by name, Brokeback Mountain as "Hollywood Filth." They had already seen the movie and liked it, and they remarked to one another that 'Scott probably wouldn't like THIS sermon."
Front-Ranger:
Well, I need some advice too. At dinner last night, my husband, who hasn't seen the movie yet, was saying that he was surprised that his brother had seen it and also had admitted seeing it. I said, "Well you're going to see it too. We need to see it together." He replied, "I'll never see BBM. If I want to watch porn, it's going to have to have some women in it." After picking myself up off the floor, I said, "If it's porn, why has it received all those awards?" He just looked blank. It's obvious that he is brainwashed by Bill O'Reilly and my opinion has no influence on him. How disgusting. A little later, I said, "Well I think Unleashed (a movie he rented recently and watched with my 14-yr-old son) is porn." I still hope to convince him to watch BBM. But short of strapping him down in front of the TV, what should I do??? :-\
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