Author Topic: Would Brokeback Mountain movie been better or worst with no females, no wives ??  (Read 7161 times)

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               Would Brokeback Mountain movie been better or worst with no females, no wives ??                                   



I voted obviously yes ! ?

May I dare pose this question?

No to what?

There was a no, which someone removed! Wow! Why?


I thought that this subject would please many... Bettermost members!

Right?


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Being happy doesn't mean everything is perfect.

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Yes, the movie would have been better without females in it!

What do you think?

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With no females, Ennis would not have married his wife (Alma) !

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I voted no but I am having a hard time answering this question. It's as if you were asking, "Would life be better if there were no night or no day?" What you are asking is not a yes or no question. In addition, the terms "better" or "worse" are relative and will vary from respondent to respondent. Aside from that, I think the movie and story are better with females in them, because they are more real. Nobody has a life without females. I can guarantee you that everybody alive has had some kind of female involved with their life because that is the only way that people can come to life through being borne by a female.
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Merci Front-Ranger !

I can accept your post, readily, as you say that everyone had a mother ! It also made me smile, pardon me for that... and since I guess I did because it made you think and be creative !!

However, didn't Annie's story accentuate the love between two males, and would that have not been better for the core of the movie: no (female) wives ? ? So, you puzzle me saying that females made the film better; how may I ask?


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The object of the story is to make it as close to reality as possible..........

And there are women in the real world, they are everywhere, or havent you noticed.......
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Merci Katie,

and did you note that men are everywhere too ?

Would it not be different if that movie was showing only men?

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hugs!   I have met two persons who love to go to islamic countries, as they say it's because of men! But that is a different story!

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Of course there are men........

And if there were only men in BBM....it would not be the story or the movie that we all love so much.
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You are right, friend Sue. ANd right as well to mention the story, because even though the women have less prominence in the story than in the movie, their short appearances are very powerful.

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