16 Years Late to the Party

[kingstoken]

I watched Brokeback Mountain for the first time today, I know where have I been, I remember hearing tons about it back in the day, because it was nominated for all sorts of awards, but I never got around to watching it. And man, that is one devastating movie, I had been spoiled for the major twist at the end, so I thought I was prepared, and would be fine, nope, I still cried. The film does a great job of getting you invested in these characters lives, and you just want them to be together and happy, but the time, and place, and Ennis' own internal issues were against them. It was heartbreaking really.

On a side note, the make-up team did an amazing job of subtlety aging the the actors, so it looks a span of twenty years has passed, especially Heath Ledger, they gave him that crinkly skin of someone who has spent a lot of their life outdoors, I've seen that skin on a lot of farmers through the years. It is a little uncanny seeing it, because he never lived to be forty years old.

Anyways, I'm glad I watched it, but I don't think I'll watch it again, it is a little too sad for me.

Comments

[senmut]

Yes. I have a number of those movies, watch once, appreciate, then never again.

[kingstoken]

I have so many. My mom forgets after a couple years about movies we've seen together, so sometimes a movie comes on TV and she's like come watch this with me, and I'm like nope, that is the film where so and so dies of cancer. I always seem to remember the tragic ones, even if I would like to forget.

Also, side note, I refuse to watch movies about people with cancer, or other terminal diseases, anymore. They always take way too much out of me, and as someone who has had to take care of ill or dying people in my lifetime, it is just something you do not want to relive over in your media choices.

[colls]

Yes, it's heartbreaking. I watched it when it came out and while I love it, I've not been able to watch it again. I bought the DVD (because that's what one did in those days) and STILL haven't watched it. Every now and then I think enough time has passed, but.... *shrugs*

It was incredibly well done though, I'm glad it got recognition and awards.

[kingstoken]

I've done that too, you would buy the DVD, because it was a good movie, but than you can't bring yourself to watch it again.

It is a heart-wrenching movie. I know it was pretty groundbreaking at the time, to show a gay relationship that was loving, and I understand the choice the film makers made, to highlight what gay men went through in this time period, but I do wish the ending was different.

[spikedluv]

Really heartbreaking. I think I saw it twice in the theater and haven't watched it since.

[kingstoken]

Everyone keeps telling me that they can't bear to watch it again, so I'm glad I'm not alone in this.

[seleneheart]

I have a list of movies that were absolutely brilliant, but that I will never watch again because I can't bear to. Brokeback Mountain is one, Platoon is another.

I should make an actual list. Hmmm.

[kingstoken]

I don't have a physical list, but I do have movies in my head that have deeply effected me, and if someone is like "hey, do want to watch this movie?" I'll be like "nope, no again"

Also, why do brilliant movies have to be so damn tragic all the time? I want an amazing, Oscar worthy movie that has a hopeful ending for once.

[anneapocalypse]

I remember really appreciating how well-made that film was, way back when I saw it (which I think might even have been in theater). I also have not had the urge to pick it up again since. A good film, important in its time, but not really an emotion one wants to revisit.

[kingstoken]

Yes, I can completely see why this was such a influential movie, but it just takes too much out of me to want to watch it again.