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The Movie & Story => Characters, Quotes & Scenes => Topic started by: mankiss7 on Feb 27, 2006, 02:07 PM
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Has anyone seen where you can get the BetterMost Beans... I'm sure this would a great collectible for fans of the movie.
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I don't know, I'm sorry.
Does "BetterMost Beans" exist in real anyway ? lol (Maybe it's an stupid question !)
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I read somewhere that someone did some research on this, and there was no such brand in the 1960's... So it was probably just made up for the movie...
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I love the name its like those tacky names from the 60's like "good eatin' " brand or something.
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The only links that have something to do with BetterMost beans when doing a Google search are links to BBM sites. I wondered if they existed myself, but apparently not.
mankiss7, welcome here. ;D Maybe you could introduce yourself and tell us more about you here: http://www.ennisjack.com/index.php?topic=1478.0
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anyone ever have "Billy Beer"?
what is the name of the mix advertised on "Lake Woebegone"? for buttermilk bisquits?
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I love this thread. :) It's about time we say something about this detail!
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Oh... I read that Beans BetterMost has the same initial letters of BrokeBack Mountain... ;D
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I read that BetterMost Beans were a non-trademarked label only.
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Oh... I read that Beans BetterMost has the same initial letters of BrokeBack Mountain... ;D
O my gawd! Suddenly feel SO thick!! :-X
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Oh... I read that Beans BetterMost has the same initial letters of BrokeBack Mountain... ;D
Oh well done ! ;)
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Oh... I read that Beans BetterMost has the same initial letters of BrokeBack Mountain... ;D
Yes, I love this thread! :)
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Oh... I read that Beans BetterMost has the same initial letters of BrokeBack Mountain... ;D
Ooh, wow! Totally didn't realize that!
ETA: LOL, okay, how much more will that post be quoted, do you think? :P
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Oh I love it. Beans Better Most = BrokeBack Mountain. And those beans were so crucial to the film too!
Other themes running throughout film
shirts
harmonica
whiskey
fishing
Anyone think of any more?
Sorry, I'm off topic I know but I'm just loving this thread, I really am!
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Oh... I read that Beans BetterMost has the same initial letters of BrokeBack Mountain... ;D
O my gawd! Suddenly feel SO thick!! :-X
and you have every right to feel that way.
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BetterMost beans, love the analogy wonderful and as for the one who is feeling sick, you need to add molasse to your beans , I assure you, at the end you will feel better
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with all this talk about beans I jsut remembered I have left over beans in the fridge. Bush's Barbecue Flavored beans. I am standing in front of the microwave screaming "hurry up!"
will get back as soon as I finished the Best Beans in the World - Bush's Barbecue Beans.*
*no relationship to a family of half baked people in certain capitol in a certain country noted for it's mad-cowboy disease.
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Thank God, because it sure is hard to put those suckers in my grocery cart when I hit the store!
They usually won't put 'brand' name items in movies, but in this case, the BBM works just fine.
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Thank God, because it sure is hard to put those suckers in my grocery cart when I hit the store!
They usually won't put 'brand' name items in movies, but in this case, the BBM works just fine.
au contrair Cowboy, most movies now a days are loaded with product placement. Compaines pay millions to have their porduct used AND seen in a movie most notably high budget fims ala King Kong. check it out and count the number of branc name products in the next Bruce Willis film.
The reason they used their own created brand was because of a potential suit from a company that would NOT want to have their product in a (at that time) gay cowboy film.
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Rabjr1, true, you are right that for the 'right' movie they will pay zillions. I was just thinkin' 'bout BBM. Funny, when WE have much more disposable income than others!
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when they say "follow the money" or "show me the money" we are sometimes left out of the equation.
of course some whole industries would collapse if they got rid of every person of GLBT persuasion.
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remember in the USA we have B&M baked beans B&M=better most????????????????? ???
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Sounds like some of the Prop manager's humor. Like the "Old Rose Whiskey" that they drink and has been commented sounds like a play on the line "stem the rose".
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Sounds like some of the Prop manager's humor. Like the "Old Rose Whiskey" that they drink and has been commented sounds like a play on the line "stem the rose".
There used to be (and maybe still is) a REAL brand of whiskey called Four Roses.
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I really figured the brand was a sort of joke, because it really didn't take long for Jack to say "No more Beans." Clearly, they weren't BetterMost. They looked pretty nasty too.
"It's too early in the summer to be sick of beans."
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dissident, yes they do not look tasty at all.
After reading your post, it makes me wonder - why did they have to eat beans? No other options to pack for them? Perhaps someone can enlighten me on this.
Or is it another metaphor of this movie?
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I took it that the food supplies as being controlled by Aguirre--to keep down costs.
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dissident, yes they do not look tasty at all.
After reading your post, it makes me wonder - why did they have to eat beans? No other options to pack for them? Perhaps someone can enlighten me on this.
Or is it another metaphor of this movie?
If it's a metaphor, I haven't figured it out yet.
There was no refrigeration in camp, so that reduced the number of food items. Basically it had to either be in a can or a box. Beans are a cheap source of protein and these guys were working hard and needed a lot of protein every day. The only other alternative was to shoot some game which they did. I agree with Cherry Cake that Aguirre probably wanted to keep the costs down so there were likely few items available. It was just a summer job.
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7th viewing revelation - the BetterMost Beans were in tomato sauce - said so on the label.
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7th viewing revelation - the BetterMost Beans were in tomato sauce - said so on the label.
:)
As I said before, I love this thread.
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I'm gonna agree with hidesert. They can only really eat canned items. I'm thinking that out there with coyotes and stuff, even boxed items would be few and far between. I saw their tripod to hold the food up, but that couldn't have been able to hold much. When I go camping, it's all beans and stew. Then the money comes in. A cheap can of stew is about $2 and a cheap can of beans is about $.50. Which of the two do you thing Aguirre is gonna want to pay for?
P.S.- Beans come in anything but tomato sauce? :o I'm assuming that BetterMost beans are pork and beans, though.
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7th viewing revelation - the BetterMost Beans were in tomato sauce - said so on the label.
Looooooove this attention to detail. Haha. ;D ;D
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dissident, yes they do not look tasty at all.
After reading your post, it makes me wonder - why did they have to eat beans? No other options to pack for them? Perhaps someone can enlighten me on this.
Or is it another metaphor of this movie?
If it's a metaphor, I haven't figured it out yet.
There was no refrigeration in camp, so that reduced the number of food items. Basically it had to either be in a can or a box. Beans are a cheap source of protein and these guys were working hard and needed a lot of protein every day. The only other alternative was to shoot some game which they did. I agree with Cherry Cake that Aguirre probably wanted to keep the costs down so there were likely few items available. It was just a summer job.
Yeah... beans were the most logical food all around: cheap, easy to pack and cook, good source of energy. Too bad poor Jack got tired of them so quickly. haha. Yummy... beans in a tomato sauce.. That's a 5 star meal right there. haha. ;D ;D ;D
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beans are cheap and nutritious, so it is a good choice to keep down cost when keeping the boys from starving (I was thinking if they eat soups everyday that shouldn't be engouh for two young adults :s))
by the way, the label should be easy to make and may be some of us can make fake can of "Bettermost Bean" in photoshop of somthing like that ;D
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Beans go with all sort of things, I guess, though I can;t say I'd like to live on them, even with the addition of alcohol and potatoes. But you're right, they're cheap and full of protein and don't need any cooking skills.
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I made some labels by printing a pic I saw on ebay. Its not perfect but gets the message across. The message:- we're going camping on Brokeback and when in Rome,- drink a little wiskey, do a little fishin. ;) ;)
cool
would you mind taking a picture of it and post it here?
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Was that label from the movie?? where did that come from? lol
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Was it a real brand, though?