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Post by Vanessa on Oct 6, 2010 19:37:24 GMT -5
OK, it's high time we opened up a thread on BBM, dammit. One of the best movies of all time, imho, so therefore it highly deserves to be discussed at length. I love this movie so much, but it also holds a real issue for me so that it is very hard to watch it without me falling apart in an emotional heap lasting for a few days after even. & of course that is the devastation I still feel over Heath's tragic passing. But if I can get past that, this movie is so remarkable not just in the incredible passionate acting, script, directing, & cinematography, but also in it's timely lesson in how horribly intolerable this world is, (although to be honest, it is way better over in Europe than it is in the US), & it teaching how love can encompass & surpass all that has been misunderstood since the beginning of time.
Here is a newly put up video of Jake accepting an award from the HRC, (Human Rights Campaign) here is their website - www.hrc.org/[/b]
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sophie
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Hey Lisa!!
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Post by sophie on Oct 6, 2010 20:50:53 GMT -5
you should have a prize for posting that many jake news
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Post by Vanessa on Oct 6, 2010 21:12:42 GMT -5
Hey Sophie, what can I say, I am an addict or a true Gyllenhaalic, I guess. I totally don't have a life after I am done with work for the day, which is pretty pathetic, in my book. But what can I say, I guess Jake has most of my attention when I'm not working & even when I am working.
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joelliea
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I'm too stressed out; I choose to think of Jake Gyllenhaal over everything.
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Post by joelliea on Oct 7, 2010 9:44:28 GMT -5
His best movie to date.
Right before Oscar 2006, when there was a very fuming and sarcastic debate in local group about the gay issue and Jake's choice of movie role (one troll said Jake was too desperate to get a job, so he had no choice but to take a gay role. Sheesh!), I posted the whole of my favourite Jake's movie list to defend him. I said that I wouldn't miss Brokeback Mountain because I loved him and might even love him more because of this. If Jake won, I wouldn't give a damn how people judged him. I was preparing a victory dance. Sadly he didn't get the Oscar, thus the end of my dream dancing in public and throwing sh*t to that troll's face. And for one thing led to another, I hadn't got a chance to see the movie, not until this year. I questioned myself, was this delay because I DID mind watching movie about gay people after all?
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No, I DID NOT mind watching movie about gay people. Even when they stereotyped Brokeback Mountain as "a gay cowboy movie" and homophobes banned it anywhere, anytime they could .. I remained to what I've always believed that sometimes you cannot choose the one you love. It just happened. Be it male on male. What put it into delay was because it's got tremendous hypes, so massive that it successfully let me down before I saw it. Spoilers, parodies, movie clips, that 30-second bunnies (which was really hilarious, by the way, especially when the sheep and the elk kissed at the end). Felt like I'd been hit by Brokeback Mountain debris everywhere I turned. To add salt into injury, it was directed by Ang Lee, who is a very good director with his style, but the name always pronounces "Slow Movies" to my ears. Then 4 years later, should I start to give it a chance? For you, Jake, I'd ride the horse and climb the mountain. And I'd say. Though I had to endure the silence at the beginning of the movie (God, Ang Lee, when would you ask the actors to start talking already?), I'm happy I stayed since it ended up being absolutely .. beautiful. It deserved every Oscar it won (directing, writing and music), and for many other awards nominations it received. Totally deserved my victory dance all this time. Stunning cinematography, subtle score .. and what lead the movie to be what it is, was a masterpiece of art from the director. I think only Ang Lee has a capability to turn something this provocative into a touching love story. Then I had to put the rest to those wonderful actors, who made everything so believable, so delicate it left no space for sarcasm and disgust. Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, not a single moment I had in my mind that they're less of men themselves. Their courage to take these rewarding roles and how they took all the prejudice thrown at them, it's like the most professional dedication they could give to their acting career and to the movie industry. Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist are indeed their roles of a lifetime. Sure there's a particular scene that really got my head spinning pretty badly (jeez, and I thought I was well-prepared), but I love all scenes that involved these two fine men. There are many obvious tenderness and purity reflected in it. I, am specifically drawn to Jack Twist. I understand how difficult the situation for Ennis, but come on, how could he reject those dreamy eyes? (Later I found this amusing comment: "Jake Gyllenhaal must be part puppy with those eyes". Made me kinda wonder it's indeed true, might need to check his birth certificate). And the monologue Jack gave to Ennis on their last fishing trip, where you got the famous "I wish I knew how to quit you" quote, so bitter it broke my heart. Jake Gyllenhaal is great, without any less respect to Heath Ledger's accomplishment, I wonder why he'd been categorized in a supporting role instead of leading. And how Alma Del Mar, played by Michelle Williams at her best, could call him "Jack Nasty" .. and some closeted minds targeting this movie as a humiliation to Lee, Heath, Jake and all cowboys in the world .. those things, see, I'm still digesting.
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p.s. I named my pet-fish Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist. Then the original Jack Twist died. Before Ennis got stressed, I got him a new buddy named Jack Twist Reborn. They're so cute together and live happily ever after.
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Post by monicabbm on Nov 9, 2010 22:39:37 GMT -5
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