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VERY good review!

I definitely want to see this film, even though I will probably be leaving my very redneck hubby at home when I do finally see it!!!  :-)  Happy New Year, Hemlocker!!!  ~LB~ xo

posted by Anony_Miss on December 27, 2005 at 4:18 PM | link to this | reply

Hem, good review! ARGUS

posted by ARGUS on December 26, 2005 at 8:37 AM | link to this | reply

Hem

love is in far too short a supply in this world for us to judge its expression . people do not want to see so they do not look upon the heart of what they have pre-judged. Great post!

posted by MysticGmekeepr on December 25, 2005 at 12:08 PM | link to this | reply

I will check out this one, Hem, sounds interesting....

thanks for stopping by my blog.

posted by Meringue on December 25, 2005 at 1:33 AM | link to this | reply

Blanche--

And many thanks to you.  Have a fun Christmas and a great New Year!

posted by Hemlocker on December 24, 2005 at 8:10 PM | link to this | reply

Hemlocker,

Truly.  At one point in my life, I would have thought that was perhaps a good thing, or inevitable, as in sensitivity in males. However, I have grown to appreciate maleness as distinct from female, speaking of which I hear my boyfriend's truck, so must run. Thank you for many great, thought-provoking posts, of which I am sometimes too mentally lazy to want to take on, but still appreciate the opportunity. Merry Christmas!

posted by Blanche. on December 24, 2005 at 6:46 PM | link to this | reply

blanche--

"Gender ambiguous" is a good way to put it.  I believe by or before the next century, gender ambiguous might describe the majority of humanity.

posted by Hemlocker on December 24, 2005 at 6:44 PM | link to this | reply

Hemlocker,

I guess I'm not that familiar with Heath Ledger, as I'm not with a lot of the younger actors. A lot of the young male actors seem androgynous to me: boyish rather than manly.   Jake Gyllenhaal (sp?) in Jarhead did not seem so boyish, but mostly because of othe subject.   A lot of the actors and roles seem gender-ambiguous to me.

posted by Blanche. on December 24, 2005 at 5:08 PM | link to this | reply

blanche--

Jake, to me, has the androgenous look, though he didn't much have it when he played a Marine in Jarhead .  As for Ledger, who really carried more of the load in the picture, I thought he was mighty authentic as a rough-hewn cowpoke, albeit with a vulnerable side. 

posted by Hemlocker on December 24, 2005 at 5:03 PM | link to this | reply

white jedi--

"Pure emotion" can go a long way.  These characters, especially Ennis, did not want to "go against nature".  That's why he threw up under the bridge when they came back from the mountains. 

posted by Hemlocker on December 24, 2005 at 5:00 PM | link to this | reply

Holy Grail--

Thanks for visiting.  I think the first gay cowboy movie already was made, but it was a cheesy comedy.

posted by Hemlocker on December 24, 2005 at 4:57 PM | link to this | reply

nanaroo--

Thank you, and right back atcha for the holidays.  Have a great, productive New Year.  Thanks for visiting.

posted by Hemlocker on December 24, 2005 at 4:50 PM | link to this | reply

Jack--

You cut me to the core.  My advice is don't let yourself get too upset about any posts you read on Blogit.  Otherwise, you'' be upset a lot.

posted by Hemlocker on December 24, 2005 at 4:40 PM | link to this | reply

Jack Flash--

I didn't realize there were still people around who defended Nixon, the most criminal president in our history, a man who was driven by  his messianic complex and  his belief  that as president, he was above the law.  But my reference to Nixon was incidental.  I was talking about Brokeback Mountain.  I sort of diatribed out on Nixon in the 60s, 70s and 80s.  If I ever decide to do a real diatribe on Nixon, you'll know it

posted by Hemlocker on December 24, 2005 at 4:38 PM | link to this | reply

hem,

I went back to reread your review after my last comment.  I can't understand why you put political opinion into a movie review at all.  Perhaps you can explain that to me.

As far as your review of the film, I can't decide whether I should be more troubled about Nixon being troubled by homosexuality or about Hemlocker being so troubled by it.

Well, anyway, I wasn't bored by reading you.  Thanks.   jj

posted by Jack_Flash on December 24, 2005 at 3:51 PM | link to this | reply

Hemlocker,

I have no desire to go into the totality of your diatribe against Nixon, but Nixon did not prolong the War in Viet Nam.  The fact that you can say that only shows that you are one of the many who attack him on every front because of the idiotic Watergate scandal.  Nixon was the president who was in office when we got out of Viet Nam.  Under his presidency there were finally peace negotiations taking place.  Check your history.

Since it is ''Socially Unacceptable'' to defend Nixon on anything, I won't go into more.  I'm not interested in hearing a repetition of the bullshit that I hear every time I bring up some of the most important accomplishments in recent history that were made during his administration.

Remember that Nixon was a Quaker.  Remember that Quakers chained themselves to buildings in Washington D.C. to protest the war in Viet Nam.  Give a little more thought to what you say when you decide to take it upon yourself to attack his presidency.  jj

posted by Jack_Flash on December 24, 2005 at 3:21 PM | link to this | reply

William Hurt, that's it. 

posted by Blanche. on December 24, 2005 at 2:48 PM | link to this | reply

Hemlocker,

I have to admit, that when I saw the first male-on-male lip lock in "Kiss of the Spider Woman" in the 80s with Raul Julia and William (? can't remember his last name), with William in drag, I got a little queasy myself, but then I'm not much into watching ANYBODY doing the deed. 

I have to say this one is not high on my list to see, I'm not much into Westerns anyway, and I may see it on dvd and I may not.  As for Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger, well,  they strike me as pretty androgynous looking anyway.

posted by Blanche. on December 24, 2005 at 2:48 PM | link to this | reply

Great review!  What I've never understood (and probably never will) is why somebody would want to go against natural design (let's face it, nature did design male and female sexuality in a practical, purposeful way-there's a reason the sexes are built the way they are) but I guess everybody has their own reasons.  I think sometimes the reasons are purely emotional.

posted by WhiteJedi on December 24, 2005 at 2:40 PM | link to this | reply

Thanks for the review!  It's interesting to hear a straight man's perspective. I really want to see it.  I heard a critic say that you forget that it's a love story between two men; you just see two people. 

My sister and I once wanted to write and direct the first gay western, but that would have been a comedy ---- called "Flaming Saddles."   

posted by Holy_Grail on December 24, 2005 at 11:38 AM | link to this | reply

wonderful review

Thanks!  I've been really wanting to see this movie.  Happy Holidays!

posted by Nanaroo on December 24, 2005 at 11:31 AM | link to this | reply