I suppose I should organize BetterMost/Brokeback Mountain Missionaries.
I myself am working on a grass roots missionary effort in my office to build a legion of people as obsessed as I am with this movie. As much as I'll never, ever stop loving posting with all of you dear, dear people about it here first and foremost, I'm feeling the *need* lately to talk about it using my actual speaking voice. Every time I find a new fan in the flesh, this rush of words comes out of me as if I've been mute all my life and just figured out how to finally say what's been on my mind. I figure the more people I have to actually talk out loud about it, the less neurotic I'll be. Hey, it's worth a shot, right?
So far, I've lent it to two people who have not yet seen it - one who loved it so much, she kept it a second day to watch it again and is still happy to talk about all things Brokeback with me. And one who disappointed me greatly this morning by saying she thought it was a beautiful love story and all, but not Academy Award-worthy because it doesn't have "mass appeal."
(Note to self: Never lend her another movie.)
And I've lent it to two people who've seen it once before in the theater back in January but who have felt ever since that they really need to see it again. The reason they haven't yet is that apparently, they actually have lives. (Note to self: Explore that option further in about three months after you've watched this movie at least 100 times.) They're both going to watch it tonight. I'm actually really looking forward to their reviews because they're excited (who wouldn't be?) about finally seeing it again. I said to one of them, "You *really* need to see it a second time. You don't fully appreciate Jack until you do, I think." And he goes, "Oh, I'll see it ten more times." He's planning to buy it tomorrow after work, but he's happy to watch it again tonight in the meantime.
When I dropped the other copy off to my other friend this morning who's seen it, an executive administrative assistant was in her office chatting with her, and she goes, "Oh - that's out now? Great! I've been meaning to buy it. And I don't buy movies, usually." Turns out she's seen it twice in the theater - once with her husband, and once without because he "ruined it for her" the first time. She said she knew he was a little homophobic and was overly concerned about how he'd react to the love scenes, and that she had a "MUCH more enjoyable time of it the second time around." Then she goes, "I just think they're both so handsome, the music is amazing, the scenery is jaw-dropping, the story is so rich, the acting is perfect across the board - it's just a beautiful, beautiful movie."
While I'm sad I can't convert everyone, it's nice to know that for most people, this is a religion that sells itself.
