Ride 'em, cowboy
I left the Saturday afternoon screening of "Brokeback Mountain" in a state of relative calm.
*SPOILERS, DEAD AHEAD! (NO PUN INTENDED)*
Escorted by the Gentleman Friend, I managed to glide by the concession stand, past the box office, and into the cold, lonely frontier that is Dupont Circle on a January weekend, my composure in tact. But when I approached the queue of wide-eyed ticket-holders awaiting the next showing - if only they knew what sorrow awaits them! - I quite literally broke down into a fit of hysterical sobs, openly weeping for all the cruel world to see.
"Why couldn't they end up together?!" I wailed rhetorically. "WHY COULDN'T THEY LIVE ON A RANCH AND RAISE HORSES FOR SHOW?! WHY!!!"
DO NOT BE FOOLED. These cowboys not only break stereotypes - THEY BREAK HEARTS.
I proceeded to go home, feel thoroughly bad for myself, and then pervert the otherwise tasteful Western epic by fantasizing about Heath riding Jake like the rodeo stallion he is. Yeehaw.
Anyway, I am SO HAPPY that "Brokeback Mountain" won four Globes tonight. I wish I knew how to quit this movie, as well as how to quit having emotional breakdowns in public places.
Comments
I think Focus should post 'grief counselors' outside every theater playing BM. Should generate some pretty good buzz, at least.
Posted by: Dan | January 17, 2006 11:53 AM
Here's the real question though: In regards to that first sex scene that just snuck upon on us...have the boys never heard of lube? Ouch?
Posted by: Jason | January 17, 2006 11:58 AM
He used more saliva in the book.
Posted by: icecube | January 17, 2006 01:07 PM
i saw the movie. perhaps i'm dead inside 'cause all i felt was..."eh"...whatever. i read the short story before and felt the same way.
Posted by: matt | January 17, 2006 02:11 PM
forget about whether Heath or Jake ever heard of lube. From everything I've seen and heard about the Brokeback Mountain (and every other cowboy movie),
"Cowboys Don't Douche" (tm).
Posted by: Peter Everhard | January 17, 2006 03:30 PM
I saw it last night. I didn't tear up leaving the theater but I sure looked like a zombie in the grocery store a few minutes later and did let out a few good welps when I got home.
So sad, that movie.
Posted by: Rich | January 17, 2006 05:49 PM
I watched the film on a Friday and had a little sob, but was pretty composed.
The next day I'm feeling a tad "emotional" so I decide to go to a Gallery to clear my head. Cue me sitting in the Impressionist section at the Tate Modern, crying so hard I almost short-circuit that phone thing they give you to explain what all the paintings are about. People thought I was an "installation".
It's good to share.
Posted by: Drew | January 17, 2006 06:45 PM
Wow. Toby - I felt the exact same way when I left. Everyone told me how much I would cry, and I thought I was a total heartless bitch walking out without crying. Then I got to the sidewalk and everything hit me...
I could hardly see the car, as blurry as my vision had become!
Posted by: Daniel | January 17, 2006 09:00 PM
i guess i'm a mix of a few of you because i saw it two times and the first time i just walked out like "oh...um, ok" and that was that but the second time....it was like, who let the flood gates loose. i didn't even wait until i left the theatre. i was bawling. and that's when I KNEW what was going to happen anyways because i'd seen it once already. i was like a little baby. the straight girls in the row behind me kept going "awww" at me in a whisper they probably didn't know was as audible as it was.
Posted by: Bobby Alexander | January 17, 2006 10:11 PM
I teared up completely when I was in the theatre! Then was emotional for 3 days after! Managed to cry at work when I saw a trailer for BM
Posted by: Adam | January 18, 2006 02:10 AM
The movie broke my heart.
Posted by: Roy | January 18, 2006 11:50 AM
This seems to be such a common reaction. I too was a tad teary while watching the movie but can't help but choke up and sometimes outright sob when I think of it. Seeing the clips on the Golden Globes made me cry. Hearing the music makes me cry.
BTW... who'd ya'll identify with? Me? Jack Twist.
Posted by: Foggy | January 18, 2006 01:43 PM
I think I've actually said everything I can about that friggin Mountain. (Here, actually: http://madspiders.blogspot.com/2005/12/brokeback-mountain-by-annie-proulx.html , and it's not a plug, it's just the fact that the movie really was VERY close to the story, a real faithful adaptation, and that I cried; and cried, and yep, cried.)
Posted by: M. Spider | January 18, 2006 10:55 PM