Drama Brokeback Mountain

I saw it and it's beautifully heartbreaking. It really is more than a gay cowboy movie, it's a realistic love story. Heath should get an Oscar nomination, his character is more complex and layered than Jake's. Not that Jake wasn't his great usual self, but Heath stole the movie. Overall the cast was great, the story was amazing, Ang Lee did a wonderful job directing. The only flaw was the makeup used to make them look older throughout the years but it's excusable.


If you're anti or pro gay you should see this film. It's not gay porn b/c their relationship much like most relationships isn't simply about sex, it's a deep connection that cannot be broken or changed. Unfortunately, it couldn't be open or expressed during those times because of intolerance and hate. Love really is a force of nature and this films conveys this message perfectly.
 
"Brokeback" Breaks in Award Season
Sunday December 11 4:29 PM ET

Brokeback Mountain and happy endings don't go together--except on Saturday night, when the drama about cowboys in dangerous love was named Best Picture by the Los Angeles Critics Association.

And so began award-show season...

With the National Board of Review delaying its picks until Monday, the Los Angeles critics are the first out of the gate as the run-up to the 78th Annual Academy Awards commences.

Overall, Brokeback Mountain, which opened in theaters Friday, won two awards, including one for director Ang Lee.

The L.A. critics showed the most love to Capote, a biopic about Truman Capote's struggles and deceptions during the writing of his landmark nonfiction crime title, In Cold Blood. The movie won a total of three awards for Philip Seymour Hoffman (Best Actor), ex-Judging Amy star Dan Futterman (Best Screenplay, an honor shared with Noah Baumbach's The Squid and the Whale) and Catherine Keener (Best Supporting Actress, an honor shared with herself for her work in The Ballad of Jack and Rose, The 40-Year-Old Virgin and The Interpreter).

In other top awards, William Hurt was named Best Supporting Actor for A History of Violence; and Vera Farmiga, heretofore not a usual suspect for Oscar buzz, was tapped Best Actress for Down to the Bone, a drama a drug-addicted housewife that has "grossed" $19,723, per BoxOfficeMojo.com, since opening last month.

The obscure Farmiga might be regarded as a quintessential L.A. critics pick. In 30 previous award-show events, the association's Best Picture winners have gone onto claim the Academy Award only seven times. Rather than serve as a bellwether for the Oscar, the L.A. awards serve as a booster. Last year, Sideways began its unlikely drive for five top Oscar nominations by claiming a Best Picture win from the L.A. Critics Association. (In the end, though, Sideways lost out for the top Academy prize to Million Dollar Baby.)

Movies that might have gotten a bigger push from the L.A. critics, but didn't, included: George Clooney's McCarthy Era drama Good Night, and Good Luck, singled out only for Best Cinematography; Hustle & Flow, represented only in that star Terrence Howard was honored with the group's New Generation award for a breakthrough performance; and Crash, a look at hyper-racism in Los Angeles, which came away with nothing.

Unlike many of the other awards, the L.A. Critic s Associations reveals the identities of its runners-up. As such, A History of Violence was almost the winner as Best Picture and Best Director (David Cronenberg), Judi Dench was almost Best Actress for Mrs. Henderson Presents, and Heath Ledger was almost Best Actor for Brokeback Mountain. In the supporting acting cagetories, Keener edged out Junebug's Amy Adams; Hurt prevailed over Good Night, and Good Luck's Frank Langella.

The critics will hand out their awards in a ceremony in Los Angeles (natch) on Jan. 17.

The coming days, meanwhile, will bring much award-show business. The NBR and New York critics are due to unveil their year-end awards on Monday; nominations for the Golden Globes are due out Tuesday.

Here's a complete look at the winners of the 31st Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards:

Picture: Brokeback Mountain
Actor: Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Actress: Vera Farmiga, Down to the Bone
Supporting Actor: William Hurt, A History of Violence
Supporting Actress: Catherine Keener, Capote, The Ballad of Jack and Rose, The 40-Year-Old Virgin and The Interpreter
Director: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Screenplay: Capote and The Squid and the Whale (tie)
Foreign Language Film: Cache
Documentary: Grizzly Man
Production Design: 2046
Animation: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Score: Howl's Moving Castle
New Generation: Terrence Howard

I am sure Heath will be nominated for Best Actor at the Oscar's ... (y) (y)

"Brokeback," "Crash" lead Critics Choice nominees
Sunday December 11 3:30 PM ET

A pair of critically praised independent movies, "Brokeback Mountain" and "Crash," led the list of nominees for the Critics Choice Awards on Sunday, giving them an early boost in this year's Oscars race.

Gay love story "Brokeback Mountain" earned nominations in eight categories including best film, best director for Ang Lee and best actor for Heath Ledger. "Crash," which deals with race and class issues, landed nominations in six groups, including best film, best director for Paul Haggis and best acting ensemble.

Another independent, "Capote," detailing the early career of author Truman Capote, and two major studio releases, "Walk the Line," a love story about singers Johnny Cash and June Carter, and boxing film "Cinderella Man," had four nominations each, including best film for all three movies.

Winners of Critics Choice Awards are chosen by 200 members of the Broadcast Film Critics Association who work at radio, television and other media outlets across the United States.

This year's nominations come amid a week of critics' awards and other honors, including Tuesday's nominations for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Golden Globe Awards, that annually help narrow the list of Oscar contenders.

The Oscars are the U.S. film industry's top awards and will be given out by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on March 5. Critics Choice winners are named on January 9.

"Brokeback Mountain," is off to a good start, having nabbed the title of 2005's best film from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association late on Saturday.

The other five movies on the Critics Choice list of 10 best film nominees are thriller "The Constant Gardener," George Clooney-directed "Good Night, and Good Luck," Steven Spielberg's "Munich," period drama "Memoirs of a Geisha" and big-budget thriller "King Kong."

Notably absent were director David Cronenberg's "A History of Violence," which was the Los Angeles film critics' runner-up to "Brokeback Mountain," and oil and politics drama "Syriana."

Other Oscar hopefuls that failed to make the list were "The New World," Woody Allen's "Match Point" and "Mrs. Henderson Presents."

Joining Lee and Haggis among best director nominees were Clooney for "Good Night," Spielberg with "Munich," Peter Jackson for "King Kong" and Ron Howard with "Cinderella Man."

Best actor nominees with Ledger include Philip Seymour Hoffman for "Capote," Joaquin Phoenix in "Walk the Line," David Strathairn in "Good Night," Russell Crowe for "Cinderella Man" and Terrence Howard in "Hustle & Flow."

Finally, best actress nominees were Reese Witherspoon for "Walk the Line," Dame Judi Dench in "Mrs. Henderson Presents," Joan Allen with "The Upside of Anger," Felicity Huffman for "Transamerica," Keira Knightley in "Pride & Prejudice" and Charlize Theron for "North Country."

And lastly ...

In limited release, Academy Awards hopefuls "Brokeback Mountain" and "Memoirs of a Geisha" had stellar debuts.

Focus Features' "Brokeback Mountain," starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal as sheepherders who share a summer of love then conceal an ongoing affair from their families, took in $544,549 in just five theaters. On Saturday, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association picked "Brokeback Mountain" as the year's best movie.

Sony's "Memoirs of a Geisha," starring Ziyi Zhang as a woman born into poverty who becomes a queen bee in the last days of Japan's tradition-bound geisha houses, grossed $674,000 in eight theaters.

Both films go into more theaters Friday and continue to expand through awards season.

so, its off to a good start ... and a great way for the movie ... (y) (y)
 
I'm sad. Most theaters remotely near me aren't playing it. :hmm: We all know why that is. Damn it, I thought I lived in California! :angry:


I feel ya. It isn't playing anywhere in NC, but I suppose not too much of a surprise, since it's a very red state. -_-


On a much happier note though:

'Brokeback earns 7 Globe nominations

BEVERLY HILLS, California (AP) -- The cowboy romance "Brokeback Mountain" led Golden Globe contenders Tuesday with seven nominations, among them best dramatic picture and honors for actors Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams and director Ang Lee, positioning itself as a key Academy Awards competitor.

Other best drama picture contenders were the murder thriller "The Constant Gardener," the Edward R. Murrow tale "Good Night, and Good Luck," the mobster story "A History of Violence," and the infidelity drama "Match Point."

The Globes have a separate category for musical or comedy films. Nominated there were the theater tale "Mrs. Henderson Presents," the Jane Austen costume pageant "Pride & Prejudice," the Broadway musical "The Producers," the divorce story "The Squid and the Whale," and the Johnny Cash film biography "Walk the Line."

The Globes were the latest recognition for "Brokeback Mountain," a critical darling that has received top honors from critics groups in New York, Los Angeles and Boston.

Along with Ledger, who plays a family man concealing a homosexual affair from his family, best dramatic actor nominees included three actors playing real-life figures: Russell Crowe as Depression-era boxer Jim Braddock in "Cinderella Man," Philip Seymour Hoffman as author Truman Capote in "Capote," and David Strathairn as newsman Murrow in "Good Night, and Good Luck." The fifth nominee was Terrence Howard as a small-time pimp-turned-rap singer in "Hustle & Flow."

Felicity Huffman received two nominations, best dramatic actress in a film for her role as a man preparing for sex-change surgery in "Transamerica" and best actress in a TV musical or comedy for "Desperate Housewives." Her "Desperate Housewives" co-stars Marcia Cross, Teri Hatcher and Eva Longoria also were nominated.

Other best dramatic film actress nominees were Maria Bello as a wife learning painful secrets about her husband in "A History of Violence," Gwyneth Paltrow as an unstable math genius' daughter in "Proof," Charlize Theron as a woman leading a sexual harassment lawsuit in "North Country" and Ziyi Zhang as a poor girl who becomes the belle of Japan's geisha houses in "Memoirs of a Geisha."

Two years ago, the Golden Globes correctly predicted winners in all key categories, including best-picture champ "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" and actors Sean Penn, Charlize Theron, Tim Robbins and Renee Zellweger.

Yet a year ago, the Globes missed the mark, picking "The Aviator" as best picture, an honor that went to "Million Dollar Baby" at the Oscars. Jamie Foxx and Hilary Swank won lead-acting Globes and went on to earn Oscars, but Globe voters chose Clive Owen and Natalie Portman of "Closer" for the supporting-actor honors, which were won at the Oscars by Morgan Freeman for "Million Dollar Baby" and Cate Blanchett for "The Aviator."

The Globes are handed out by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, a relatively small group of about 90 reporters for overseas news outlets. Yet with a nationally televised awards ceremony on NBC and a historically solid knack for picking eventual Academy Award winners, the Globes wield a fair amount of sway among the 5,800 Oscar voters.

Winners of the Golden Globes will be announced Jan. 16, five days before polls close for Oscar voters. Oscar nominations come out Jan. 31, and the awards will be presented March 5.

The Globes feature 13 categories for film and 11 for television. Unlike other major movie awards, the Globes have separate divisions for dramas and comedies or musicals in the best-picture and lead-acting categories.

Anthony Hopkins will receive the group's Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement.
 
yeah, I am pretty sure I wont be able to see "BrokeBack Mountain" here in Aruba until after the Oscars ... if I am lucky, if not until the movie comes out on DVD ...

can't wait though ... and now with all the recognition the movie is recieving ... I am pretty sure many will be watching it ...
 
I asked if they will be showing this movie in Aruba ... and I got a simple "NO" as answer :(

now I have to wait until the DVD comes out which may be until may 2006 :thud:
 
I just watched it tonight! :( Really sad. And the violent parts were very brief, but a little hard to watch. I dunno. I hate that kind of stuff. I hate hatred in general. I'll be quiet now. -_-
 
It's finally relatively close to me (showing in theaters an hour away from my house). Sadly it had to come to these theaters just as I'm getting ready to go back up to school, but I'm hoping that I can make a showing over the long weekend next week.
 
I was going to get to go see it on New Year's Eve, since I was down in the Bay Area. But nooo, my parents didn't want to create a fuss with family friends (it probably wouldn't be a big deal if I wasn't bi). So I saw Rumor Has It. And my dad promised to take me when it came near here. It's like 45 minutes away now. And I was at that theater last night, but I couldn't see it, since I was with my boyfriend. Maybe next weekend. *nods*
 
I am leaving work early on Wednesday (my last day before I go back up to school) to go see this with a friend (who is gay). The only theater showing it in my area is the big AMC30.

I absolutely cannot wait.

Another of my friends' parents want to see this movie very badly, but they live in Kansas and the only theater showing it in their general area is in Kansas City, which is over an hour away from them. Tsk. I do believe that close-minded people who stay away from this movie because they can't see past the homosexuality will be missing a great deal.

Their loss.
 
I finally saw this, can I just say: SO AMAZING. The acting was incredible and just so full of emotion and it actually made me cry, which is something a movie hasn't made me do since... I can't even remember :lol: The end was *so* hard to watch, but so worth it!

I highly, highly recommend this. Possibly my favorite movie of last year.
 
It is NOT about gay cowboys. Well, the story has gay cowboys in it, but the story is about how career ought not come before family and friends because when one is too focused on career, he doesn't see the scenery around him.

Ok, enough of clarification, time to grill:

Heath Ledger, the awesome Aussie that has a hard time saying lines with a Southern accent. The first third of the movie I'm sitting there thinking, "Huh? What did he say?" Then either I got used to it or it got better. I like how Ennis developed. His quiet, closed personality definitely played out throughout the movie.

Jake Gyllenhaal, well, I must say that he must have been drunk one scene or else they'd never be able to pull it off. Playing the more outgoing and who-gives-a-hell Jack Twist, he is a wonderful supporting actor. Jack really helped open up Ennis's personality though I was a bit uncomfortable with him being the "third wheel" in Ennis's marriage.

Michelle Williams (girl from Dawson's Creek, not Destiny's Child) was disappointing at first. And by "at first" I mean the role she plays: the white girl who can't help but be poor. Even though she is probably now typed as this character, she pulls it off extremely well. Between Michelle and Scarlett, it's gonna be tough to see which one will get the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress, because personally, I think Michelle did wonderfully. After seeing the movie, I can see why she got a nom.

Anne Hathaway, I almost feel bad about reviewing her performance after Michelle's. I must say, her playing a cowgirl was a breath of fresh air from Princess of Genovia and the "princess" role in general. During the first few scenes she was in, I thought, "Wow, Anne Hathaway is awesome! I may have a small crush." And then she took her top off. Ok, that sounds wrong out of context, because right before that, I was thinking, "Anne is great because she doesn't have to do nudity to be a good actress." The rest of the movie, her acting was all downhill, though it wasn't completely horrid. I loved the way she was able to talk to Ennis near the end, though I totally felt bad for what she said.

I must commend both Heath and Jake for their...passion in certain scenes. That is some real acting skills, though to say it must have been awkward to film would probably be an understatement.

As for their Golden Globe noms,

I think they are a strong contender in winning for:
Best Supporting Actress- Motion Picture

possibly might win:
Best Motion Picture- Drama
Best Actor- Motion Picture Drama
Best Director- Motion Picture

not likely to win:
Best Original Screenplay (only because Crash is also nominated in this category)
Best Original Score
Best Original Song

Overall rating: 3 stars out of 4
 
As for their Golden Globe noms,

I think they are a strong contender in winning for:
Best Supporting Actress- Motion Picture

possibly might win:
Best Motion Picture- Drama
Best Actor- Motion Picture Drama
Best Director- Motion Picture

not likely to win:
Best Original Screenplay (only because Crash is also nominated in this category)
Best Original Score
Best Original Song

Overall rating: 3 stars out of 4

Still haven't seen it yet -_- Need to soon though.

Was just going to point out that I think they need to have the screenplay category like they do in the Oscars, with Original and Adapted (because Brokeback Mountain is an adapted screenplay). If they had that category in the Globes, then I have no doubt that it would win.
 
Still haven't seen it yet -_- Need to soon though.

Was just going to point out that I think they need to have the screenplay category like they do in the Oscars, with Original and Adapted (because Brokeback Mountain is an adapted screenplay). If they had that category in the Globes, then I have no doubt that it would win.


I'm so happy that they won!


And I personally believe that the movie is a LOVE STORY since well, the cast, director, critics and screen writers describe it as one and I agree with them. Heath's character doesn't want to be w/ Jake because he was afraid since he saw what happened to a man that was simply accused of being gay. Let's face it, the time frame where the movie takes place was not an ideal time for gays to come out. The violence in the film shows this.

Jack is the optimist and an idealist in the relationship...more like lack thereof. He is willing to put himself out there, be who is and have a serious relationship, despite the fact that he knows how dangerous it would be. Ennis on the other hand, doesn't want to take that risk because he was really affected by what happened to that man who was allegedly gay. He would have rather lived a lie than risk his life by showing the world who he is, a gay man. Yet, he couldn't "choose" to stop being in love with Jake which is why they had their little "fishing trips". I truly believe that if they could have "chosen" to get over one another they could have. Their lives would have been so much easier. As the tag line said, "Love is a force of nature". It cannot be predicted and it has no bounds
 
I'm so happy that they won!
And I personally believe that the movie is a LOVE STORY since well, the cast, director, critics and screen writers describe it as one and I agree with them. Heath's character doesn't want to be w/ Jake because he was afraid since he saw what happened to a man that was simply accused of being gay. Let's face it, the time frame where the movie takes place was not an ideal time for gays to come out. The violence in the film shows this.

Jack is the optimist and an idealist in the relationship...more like lack thereof. He is willing to put himself out there, be who is and have a serious relationship, despite the fact that he knows how dangerous it would be. Ennis on the other hand, doesn't want to take that risk because he was really affected by what happened to that man who was allegedly gay. He would have rather lived a lie than risk his life by showing the world who he is, a gay man. Yet, he couldn't "choose" to stop being in love with Jake which is why they had their little "fishing trips". I truly believe that if they could have "chosen" to get over one another they could have. Their lives would have been so much easier. As the tag line said, "Love is a force of nature". It cannot be predicted and it has no bounds

I agree with everything that you said.

I finally saw this movie after school today (I have half days because of finals). What a beautiful movie. I cried my eyes out (well not quite that much, but you get the point). I loved this entire movie. It is my favorite of the year and one of my favorites of all time. It's that good.

Heath and Jake really gave life to both of their roles. They really gave off the effect that they were in love, but that it was so unbelievably complicated. Their love scenes definitely felt true, their love felt true. Their passion was real. It's what made it so much harder at the end, when everything comes falling down. And I love the jean jacket. For the people who have seen the movie, they'll get what I'm saying.

All the acting was brilliant. I loved Anne Hathaway. I'm so glad to see that she really can act. She is a brilliant actress. And so is Michelle. I loved the way they played their roles as well.

One thing that I loved while watching Brokeback Mountain is that I didn't feel like I was alone in expressing my emotions. Everyone was in shock when needed to be in shock, everyone was feeling for the characters, I could tell others were crying when I was. And I live in a rather conservative area. This is such a powerful movie.

I don't know if I'm being coherent at all, but I'll just say once more, I absolutely love this movie. I am so glad it won Best Drama at the Golden Globes and I really hope it wins Best Picture at the Oscars.
 
What I wrote when I saw this movie in early December:

Watching Brokeback Mountain, you are left feeling incomplete, like something is missing.

Ennis and Jack are able to have a "high altitude frack" every once in a while, but this is an unfulfilled love that leaves their LIVES unfulfilled. We as the audience want Ennis and Jack to move off onto their own ranch and live together, but the homophobia of their times creates the unfulfilled ending which makes the movie so powerful.

I hope that the Golden Globe nod means more people will actually see this movie.
 
Wow, I don't remember reading that back in December, but what you said then, Charlie, is quite insightful. It really does explain their love and how it isn't completely fulfilled.

And I hope too that the Golden Globe win will get more people to see the movie.
 
It is NOT about gay cowboys. Well, the story has gay cowboys in it, but the story is about how career ought not come before family and friends because when one is too focused on career, he doesn't see the scenery around him.

i disagree. i thought that the career vs. family theme was a very minor point in the movie. yes, it was touched on at the end during the scene between ennis and his daughter, but i still don't think that was the main theme of the movie. i thought it was more about two people trying to cope with loving eachother but never being able to be together and coming to terms with who they are and what they mean to eachother.
 
i disagree. i thought that the career vs. family theme was a very minor point in the movie. yes, it was touched on at the end during the scene between ennis and his daughter, but i still don't think that was the main theme of the movie. i thought it was more about two people trying to cope with loving eachother but never being able to be together and coming to terms with who they are and what they mean to eachother.
but notice how everytime Ennis moves in the direction to accepting, he defaults on his job as an excuse not to follow what he is feeling deep down inside?

obviously Jack came to terms with who he was, which was his demise
 

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