i'm a fan of western-type movies, open range is one of my favorites, i've been debating on watching brokeback mountain but my conservative nature always prevails, i'm straight-married with children, would you recommend that i watch this movie, why or why not
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WELL, AS A WOMAN IT DIDNT BOTHER ME REALLY. I WOULD SAY THAT MOST HETEROSEXUAL MEN MIGHT HAVE SOME ISSUES SEEING IT. IT IS A WESTERN, BUT IS ROMANTICLY BASED AND HAS SOME SEX TYPE SCENES THAT ARENT GRAPHIC, BUT YOU BASICLY KNOW WHATS GOIN DOWN BETWEEN THEM. I WOULDNT RECOMMEND THAT PEOPLE SHOW THEIR KIDS IF THATS SOMETHING THEY HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO THEIR KIDS ABOUT. I WATCHED IT, BUT I AM PRETTY SURE THAT MY HUSBAND, WHO IS NOT FOND OF SEEING THAT KINDA THING, WILL NEVER AND SHOULD NEVER WATCH IT. AS IT WOULD DEFINATLY DISTURB HIM. BUT 2 EACH HIS OWN.
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Thumbs up on Fight Club though I don't think it's psycho or are you talking psychological thrillers?\n ln that case \n  Identity (John Cusack, Amanda Peet)\n  Arlington Road ( Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins)\n  wow there are way too many favorite movies for me. I have a huge dvd collection and heck this is hard for me to answer... \n  Happy Merry Holiday Christmas !!!
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I love 'The Cowboys' with John Wayne.  I love how a group of school boys turns into some serious cowboys.  I don't know that it's really the best of all time but it's definitely my fav.
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Wow, you are jsut seeing it now?? YESSSS i love that movie i think i have watched it just under a million times LOL I think it might be my favorite movie, not that i was a big Johnny Cash and June Carter fan before, but i have to admit i have become obsessed with them and that movie since watching it... i even bought a johnny cash doll (figure) not opened, and posters all not put up lol.\n\n~CHEERS!!~
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This movie was a beautifully created film.  The cinematography alone made it well worth the cost of a ticket.  The costuming was beautiful, artful and relatively authentic.  As long as you are/were willing to sit through the length of the movie, it was very well done.\n\nI do agree that the use of a Chinese actress versus a Japanese actress was not the brightest call, but unfortunately, most Americans really don't recognize the differences (very sad, but also true.)\n\nI loved the story, though now that I have it on DVD, I tend to skip over the beginning where she's a child (except for the flavored ice scene - it's just beautiful).  I really love watching the development of the characters.\n\nWhile a lot of people think it isn't worth renting over and over again, let alone owning, I see it as a beautiful rendition of a lost part of history.  And to think - the book was written by a man! Go figure!
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I think everybody needs to wake up and realize that this type of movie was going to be made sooner or later.  I'm actually surprised it took this long.  Walmart would be slitting thier throats if they didn't sell the movie, b/c there are quite a few people out there that have seen and enjoyed the film.  I haven't seen it and don't have a desire to, and that has absolutely nothing to do with the fact the the lead characters are homosexuals.  To not sell Broke Back Mountain would lead to removing many other titles from the shelves as well, including Rent.  It has homosexual characters in it.  Broke Back Mountain is to 2006 as Song of The South was to the 1980's.  This too will pass
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not personally, but my parents & younger bros & sisters were on vacation last week and saw it on tv at their condo. they found it extremely humorous. i'd like to watch it, on their recommendations, but first i was thinking i'd try to compile a list of the movies that it spoofs and watch those beforehand. i think that would heighten the appreciation of the movie.
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Wow that was an amazing movie,--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n\n\n \nI'm the first to admit that I get a little sappy when writing about Dead Poets Society. I first saw the film during my senior year of high school, and 16 years later it's a movie that is still with me, one that I go back to time and time again.\n\nThere's a little bit of formula at work here: A stuffy rep school, 1950s, a collection of impressionable young boys, and a teacher that will change their lives. But there's something at work that turns what could have been a forgettable, droll piece of saccharine storytelling into a classic. Part of it is Robin Williams as Mr. Keating, a young English teacher that uses poetry to teach them how to "Sieze the day," to suck the marrow out of life, as Thoreau put it.\n\nThe poetry angle is an interested and unexpected one. And writer Tom Schulman and director Peter Weir have no confusion that the idea is a little corny. Putting a kid in front of the class, covering his eyes, and forcing him to free associate until he comes up with a verse about Walt Whitman? Sounds ridiculous, but it works. In fact, it's one of the most powerful scenes in the film.\n\nThat's because the kids in the film are just as good as Williams is here. Robert Sean Leonard is the ostensible star as Neil, a deeply repressed lad who's the class president type yet dreams of doing something artistic, despite the insistence by his father (Kurtwood Smith) that he become a doctor. And then there's roommate Todd Anderson (Ethan Hawke), an intensely shy young man who's attending Welton Academy for the first time this year and will be memorably brought out of his shell, fighting all the way, by Keating. The other students of note -- Josh Charles as a lovesick kid and Gale Hansen as the unforgettable rebel "Nuwanda" -- are equally apt.\n\nUltimately the film revolves around Neil's story, when he decides for the first time to defy his father and act in a local play -- as Puck, in A Midsummer Night's Dream, of all things. This leads to a series of catastrophic events that culminates in (spoiler alert from here on out) Neil's suicide and the scapegoating/firing of Keating for it.\n\nAt once uplifting and emotionally crushing, there's no way to leave this movie without wanting to somehow improve your life and follow Keating's advice by seizing the day. Every time I watch the film I'm compelled to complete some lingering project, plan a trip, move into a new house, or do something unforgettable. Weir's direction perfectly captures the 1950s mood -- an era of repression just on the verge of breaking wide open -- and Williams manages to keep his mania in check for the bulk of the film, trotting out an impression here or there when the story requires it.\n\nIn recent years, Dead Poets Society has become a curious platform for deconstruction and revisionism. Viewers wonder, among other things, whether Neil was so troubled because he was secretly gay. Whether Keating might genuinely be guilty of contributing to his death. Whether "Sieze the day" isn't such a great motto after all. I'm not actually supporting any of these ideas per se, but the latter-day ruminating gives the film more weight than you might otherwise think, and it makes the movie all the richer for it. \n\nI Give it 4 out of 5 stars lol
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Well, sorry, this movie is not on at the cinemas right now, but I recently rented the DVD, The Notebook.  \n\nI watched it about eight times within that week, bought the DVD and the book.\n\nThis is the first time ever that I have had any interest in watching a movie more than once.\n\nIt is a very beautiful, romantic movie that takes place in the south about 50 or 60 years ago.\n\nYou will love the two main characters.\n\nIf you haven't already seen this movie, I highly recommend it, more than I have ever recommended a movie.  \n\nIt is a sentimental movie and humorous at the same time. Although it has just a few slow parts, I rate this movie with five stars.  You have to watch it, and let me know how you liked it, please.
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A must see!\n\nAng Lee's upcoming film "Brokeback Mountain" about two young cowboys (Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal) who tumble into love while herding sheep through the Wyoming mountain range during the early '60s, was excluded from the Cannes screening schedule altogether reports After Elton. \n\nGiven Ang Lee's track history, the elimination from the running at Cannes is of note, especially since the contenders this year are helmed by indie cinema darlings like Lars Von Trier, David Cronenberg, Wim Wenders, Jim Jarmusch, and Gus Van Sant (who was originally slotted to direct Brokeback). However, Cannes has also never accepted a film of Lee's for competition, and reportedly don't particularly like him. So the film's rejection from the lineup may have nothing to do with the movie itself, rather with who's directing it.\n\nWhy the project didn't measure up at Cannes remains unknown, though the trades reported two weeks earlier that "Brokeback Mountain" was "looking wobbly for Competition," and confided that the film reportedly "underwhelmed the selection committee."\n\nThis comes at odds with other recent reports that many studio executives were "moved to tears" at a recent screening of it. "It's a great American love story," says a source to the paper who confirmed it is unabashed about the gay relationship that is central to the film and there are sex scenes. Whether the famous Heath Ledger skinny dipping photos that surfaced last year were part of the film is unsure though they won't be in the movie's final edit. \n\nOne of my most reliable sources who also happens to be one of Dark Horizons' greatest supporters (and a really good friend) also confirmed that people were crying and loving the film at a recent US screening.
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It's pretty obvious that Brad Pitt and the guy from Batman Begins (Christian Bale) are pretty good looking, but I wouldn't do either of them, even it were a threesome with Angelina.  \n\nIt's strange even though I am totally comfortable with who I am I am totally compelled to put in the disclaimer.  Interesting....\n\nAnd I'd have no problem watching brokeback mountain, just not with my dad.
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Loved the movie. I wish we had the "Eye for an Eye" punishment. Those punks deserve the same thing.\nI am a sraight grandmother of 9, have a gay brother & lots of gay friends. They are the most caring people in the world.
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u think that mountain is scary? It's nothing compare to Brokeback Mountain, now thats a scary @ss place in the world.
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I agree, the movie was very romantic and stunning. Finally a love story that is really about love. Plus the movie had plenty of action and Hugh Jackman did great doing his three roles. I am seriously going to see that movie again.
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I agree.If anyone is bored depressed or just unhappy they need to see RV. It is the best one Robin Williams has made yet and I am 67 years old.I have told everyone I can to go see it and finally convinced my daughters to see it. they agree also. Money very well spent for an evening of great enjoyment.I would see it again and I never watch a movie the second time. that is how good it is.
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Well....I got a different view point. I feel that it's a movie that deserves multiple viewings.\n\nI will start by saying that this has undeservedly be panned by just about everyone! The fact is it wasn't what anyone was expecting, especially from Guy Ritchie. What everyone was expecting was cockney geezers and good one liners "do ya like dags?" etc, but this is far more mature than his previous works. I would agree that it is confusing but all the facts are there for us we just have to see them and listen harder, this film demands all your attention! Look past the cool and dazzling look of the film, try to listen to the dialogue rather than admire the performances and i think we will all get a more thorough understanding of the whole film.\n\nYes this has its influences from modern classics( fight club, pulp fiction etc ) but it is in the whole original in both direction and pacing with a music score second to none. I feel that if everyone watched this film over and over they would understand it a lot more and maybe appreciate it for the fine piece of modern cinema that it is and i hope also that Ritchie continues in this vain as i far prefer this to his mockney "masterpieces". \n\nThe brief plot outline is.............\n\nJake Green is a hotshot gambler, long on audacity and short on common sense. He's rarely allowed to play in any casino because he is a winner. Jake has taken in so much money over the years, he is the only client of his accountant and older brother Billy. One night, Jake, Billy and their other brother Joe are invited to sit in on a private game, where Jake is expected to lose to Dorothy Macha, a crime boss and local casino owner who can't play for squat, but always wins because people are too scared to beat him. Jake isn't afraid of Macha, and not only beats Dorothy in a quick game of chance, but takes every possible opportunity to insult the man. Jake and his brothers leave the game, and Macha puts out the order for a hit on Jake, who ends up working for and being protected by a pair of brothers, Avi and Zack, who are out to take Macha down.\n\navi and zack create the fictional crimelord mr gold to use in their big con to make macha and lord john destroy eachother without avi and zack having any direct involvement. \n\nthis film is about breaking free from mr gold, its more physcological than physical and thats obvious in the way its made. for once the physical actions in the movie mean so very little, you need to concentrate on whats happening to and IN the characters minds.
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I wasn't freaked by the first love scene in "Brokeback Mountain." I was in fact, disappointed in that it was so short, rather brutish and lacking in tenderness. The film makers (director and actors) had a real opportunity to do something great with this scene but I think they "chickened out." I'm not talking about soft porn and shock value but rather artistic depth and emotional expression. It should have been a lot better considering the talent available.