hi darlings!!!!!! sweet brian directed me here...am a bit flippy floppy with webpages ...don't explore enough..
so joy of joy..our own little section of the forum!
yep..it's June 3 at Mr Steven's. Not sure if one has to be on one's best behaviour or not.
Have seen bbm twice in the past few days..with brian and a friend who'd not seen it before...she doesn't like being surrounded by people..so I booked her a seat on the aisle...enjoyed the night...lovely meeting brian..a sweet soul! I posted the following on the family, audience, friends thread..thought I'd share with you lot here...the sis in law who originally didn't like it has texted me today saying she wants to see it again..see, the magic works its wonders in its own time! I promise to keep reading this thread
An unexpected joy for me. Would be fabulous if we can get together every so often. How about we plan for next Oscar night, and have a brokeback mountain party ~ I'm at Penrith by the way...ok 12.52am and I is a tired little gal...sweet dreams dear Ozites...love youse all...oh, 'n hugs aplenty
last night...saw bbm for the 8th time...this time with a sister in law I'd seen it with weeks weeks back...and another sis in law seeing it for the first time...at a local family-run cinema...I'd been so excited...and imagining the one who hadn't seen it would respond in a certain way...would have bet money on it...however...
I've decided that even though it's going to be shown on a giant screen at Katoomba, my experience last night was so that I'll wait for the dvd...ok here goes..in no set order..simply as they come to mind..
* a couple in front of me...we were sitting towards the back of the cinema...munching away on food...could feel that he sort of had no idea what the film was about...at all!...so first scene in tent...he looked to the left..to his partner...that, my friends was the first of about 40+ looks to the left...at the end I started placing imaginary bets as to when the next look to the left was....I was tempted to ask him to stop, however it became, for me, a sort of experiment...you can well imagine how I was feeling as Ennis was waiting for Jake to arrive...how many looks to the left would there be...many! that man, in his quiet moments, will long long reflect on that story...
* it took half an hour before the choc top icecream munchers ceased munching...
* this audience laughed at such odd times...I wanted to get up and scream "Get out of your shoes and IMAGINE being ANY of these characters!"....laughs at the Alma awareness scene (I know that happens often, however I still can't believe it)...at the binocular scene...can't remember all of them, however I can remember thinking at various times: "HOW could anyone laugh at that?".
* credits roll....so much chatter ...laughing..noise...and here I was simply wanting to let Mr Nelson's and Mr Wainwright's songs drift over me....alas not a chance...and this audience had a mix of sexualities for sure..
ok...now we're the last in the cinema...I always wait for 'brokeback mountain" to appear at the end...powerful powerful..
I'm more than curious as to my sis in law's response...well my friends...you could have knocked me over with a feather....she didn't particularly like it....found the kissing repulsive...said if it had been two women she'd have walked out....and so on....I lost my breath for a while...must have looked super surprised...she asked "Do I shock you?"....No...you surprise me...and so the conversation went on...in the car...back home to glasses of Fra Angelico and cakes...here had I been..planning and imagining...yet here I was faced with a response I wouldn't have imagined in a million years....admittedly I've never had a conversation about sexuality with her...yet, have known her for years...over 20...and here was a response that floored me...so I began to ask her questions...once years back I would have left it at that..."Why the dames kissing more repulsive that guys?"...where did your attitude come from...the idea of sin ...illegality..etc...No was her reply...it's simply as I feel....I thought more to it than that....her husband, my brother, saw it by himself...and she told me he, too, didn't particularly like it...
so...much on which to reflect...the other sis in law said twice is enough for her....the sheep put her to sleep!...she has lived in the country...and any sheep stuff remind her of that time.."come and watch the sheep being shorn"....more and more I became aware that we bring our own stories to film..to books...to paintings...to landscapes...to life...and in this group of three women, I was the one whose heart took in bbm....and I thought last night about why...
indeed so did sis in law first viewer....both stayed the night...over breakfast we spoke again...she said.."I could see it again."...she told me she now understood why it came to me as it did....she knows the lies I've lived...and maybe it's confronting for some...so it's almost easier to resist ...yet bbm will will will not be resisted ...the story enters those who watch..in Life's time bbm will work its wonder...
big deep breath now!
even though this cinema experience was a tad weird...as each scene unfolded...and I awaited the dialogue..again and again I was reminded of how much I love this story..this film....tears now flowing...
'n I agree with that reviewer who was wondering if Heath could come back....such was the intensity of the acting...and Jake..and all...
how can people talk during those credits?
did they miss the last scene? did they not see the acres of emotion in Ennis's face? perhaps not....
you've noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo idea how much I treasure this forum...that I can share with you....
my husband can't understand why I'd want to see it more than once..."didn't you get it the first time?"
each to his/her own I guess....diversity....
hugs