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Around Brokeback Mountain => All About DVD => Topic started by: dirtbiker on Apr 12, 2006, 06:34 PM
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I got this from a forum which I'd like to share with you all. Sure made my day! (I edited it to only the OP's postings.)
My Parents and BBM
by - wontingwitch 1 day ago (Tue Apr 11 2006 15:53:07 ) Ignore this User | Report Abuse
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Sometimes when I watch BBM I think of the time I saw it with my parents and their reactions and it lightens things up a bit. Below are my parents' reactions to certain parts of the movie.
While they are up on Brokeback: My mom "Who's the one with the dark hair? He is handsome. I can see him in leading man roles. He sure is a good looking boy."
During the first tent scene: My dad turns away and twitches in his seat clearly not comfortable with the scene. My dad is 70 and has nothing against gay people per say. He believes that they should be able to have civil unions and have all the rights married people have, it just shouldn't be called marriage. He is a pastors' son so some of the "sacred marriage" stuff carries over from religion I'm sure but he is far more tolerant than straight black boys/men I know who are 1/4 his age. My father is famous for talking to the screen and giving characters advice no matter what kind of movie he is watching so I knew this would be quite an experience. So I tell him when the scene is over and that he can look again and we all keep watching.
He sees that one of the sheep is dead: He says "Oh no."
During the second tent scene: "This time they are going to go back out there and ALL the sheep are going to be dead!" I could not help but laugh out loud at this one.
When Aguirre sees the two of them: My Dad "Uh oh."
During the unhappy tussle scene: My mother this time "They sure do horse around alot. Hey! Why are they fighting?"
Ennis heaving and crying in the alley: My mom "What's wrong with him?"
When Aguirre scolds Jack for stemming the rose: My Dad "Oooo!" My mom "What's stemming the rose?"
When Ennis comes home to Alma and the crying babies My mom "Well they sure have been busy." My dad "How many kids do they HAVE?"
The Ennis-Alma first sex scene (since I read the story) I share that I don't think that the sex they just had was vaginal: My mom screws up her face, lol.
When the rodeo clown turns Jack down: My dad "Now he's going to go over there and tell all those guys about you; You better get out of there!"
When Lureen and Jack are in the backseat My dad: "Hey that's a girl with Jack."
When Alma sees the two of them: My mom "Oh no! Yup, turn right around. That's what I'd have done, pretend I didn't see it until I could decide what to do."
When Ennis kisses Alma goodbye before he goes off with Jack after their night in the Motel (which my dad didn't care for either): My dad speaking for Alma "Don't you kiss me you're my husband and you were just kissing someone else."
When Alma storms out to go to work: My dad "That's right, no one eating unless you're serving it." he smiles, my mother glares in his direction
Alma says I'd have em if you'd support em: My dad "Oooo!"
Jack tells L.D. off at thanksgiving: My dad "Mmmmm!" (as oppposed to DAMN!)
Alma lets Ennis have it at Thanksgiving: My mom "Well she sure waited a long time to say something. What's the point now that you're remarried and pregnant?"
Ennis starts the fight outside the bar: My mother "Why's he always hitting everybody?"
Ennis asks Jack if he ever gets the feeling people know: My mom "Oh so now he's paranoid. He still doesn't know how Alma knows about him."
Cassie drags Ennis onto the dancefloor: My dad "He sure can't dance!"
Alma Jr. tells Cassie her Daddy isn't the marrying kind: My dad "Yeah girl, you don't know what you're gettin into!"
Lake scene: Ennis telling Jack the things he doesn't know might get Jack killed if he finds out My dad "Mmmm! He said he was gonna kill him!" then a bit later Jack lets Ennis have it: My dad again "Mmmmm!" even louder than the last time, then you have no idea how bad it gets: My dad "Yes he does too!" then still later in the scene Ennis collapses: My mom "Why is he always falling down?"
The postcard with deceased on it: My dad "Oh no, he's dead!" but quite sincerely.
Phone call scene: My mom "That girl playing Jacks' wife is good."
No more talking until the closet scene. As soon as my mom sees part of the sleeve she gasps and exclaims "The shirts!"
All in all, I really couldn't believe my dad sat through it. He's cooler than I thought. He said he felt sorry for them and that it was a sad movie. My mom asked when I would bring it over to watch it again. Sometimes when I'm watching and I start to get all emotional and weepy, I remember my parents' humor and I smile...just wanted to share that...
Re: My Parents and BBM
by - wontingwitch 21 hours ago (Tue Apr 11 2006 18:28:21 ) Ignore this User | Report Abuse
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Yeah we talked about it after for a good 20 min which is how the gay rights topic came up at all (I did not know how either of them felt before this conversation). I expressed that I support gay rights at which time my dad told me how he felt (posted above) and my mom said she didn't see why not (about gay marriage) b/c how was it hurting her; to each their own she said. Then we watched the Oprah interview that I had on my laptop (Tivotogo) which I brought with me (My mom didn't want to watch it until she had seen the movie). I was giving a ride to one of my moms' friends and my mom b/c they didn't have their cars and my mother asked her "Have you seen Brokeback Mountain?" and her friend was caught off guard a bit and said "No, I've heard about it but I haven't gotten a chance to see it yet." and then my mom says with this completely serious look on her face "It was EXCELLENT." Inside, I expressed silent glee, lol, don't know why, I guess cuz she liked it so much that she brought it up herself. She has even mentioned at work that she recommends it and some people have been asking to borrow the book and DVD and she said she would lend it out and has been giving me all the credit for seeing it first, lol. She did not cry though and my dad surely did not...you know I don't think I've ever seen my dad cry. Not that he's a hard ass, he's really a laid back kind of guy, but he is generally happy and is very well liked (I admire that about him b/c I'm a bit of a loner; I can be a social butterfly but most of the time I choose to retreat into my own world). So no, no tears but lots of discussion and I showed my mom this board (before the trolls took over) and answered all the questions to the best of my ability and with a deeper understanding that comes from being a part of this board. She's a Brokie now and ironically, the only one I can share my love of this movie with (my friends who are half her age are more uptight than she and flat out REFUSE to see it; other than one who watched it this weekend and liked it in spite of herself). My mom recognizes the lines I'm always posting as my status in Yahoo Messenger; It's really cute actually. I'm so glad I could share this with you guys. We need some laughter around here sometimes.
Re: My Parents and BBM
by - wontingwitch 20 hours ago (Tue Apr 11 2006 20:07:37 ) Ignore this User | Report Abuse
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Glad I could bring some humor to the board! My friends are constantly laughing at my parents' back and forth routine (they don't even know they're doing it). They're hilarious, lol. I forgot one though, right after Jack knees Ennis when they're about to come down from the mountain and Ennis is bleeding, My dad puts his fists up in the air (he always does this in fight scenes in movies like he's there and is going to punch someone out) and he yells "Hit him! Hit him!" to Ennis. I tell you, my father is a character, but he's fair. I guess he figured if Ennis was bleeding, Jack should be too.
Re: My Parents and BBM
by - wontingwitch 9 hours ago (Wed Apr 12 2006 06:45:10 ) Ignore this User | Report Abuse
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"This time they are going to go back out there and ALL the sheep are going to be dead!" lol, that's my favorite too. My father says some funny stuff sometimes. UPDATE: I cut and pasted my post and all of your responses into an email and sent it to my mom and called her on the phone while she read it. She laughed through it and said stuff like "Yes, I said that." and "Your father said that? It does sound like something he would say. I must have been trying to pay attention." and "What's a troll? What's a Brokie? These guys are really into this movie aren't they?" (Then she proceeds to go into movie discussion right after she says that, lol. She is convinced that Lureen was lying about how Jack died and that Jacks' affair with Randall is what got him killed and she wanted me to tell you guys.) She said "awww" when I told her about you gggim25 and is sorry about everyone whose parents are no longer with us. She seemed generally pleased with the posts and laughed alot. She wanted me to tell you that she has a female coworker who refuses to see the movie but is dying for a copy of the soundtrack...and to make sure that everyone knows she's 54 (55 in August) and that unlike my father, she is not 70, lol. Oh and she saw Crash a couple weeks ago, didn't think it was best picture material but said it wasn't a bad movie, just nowhere near as good as BBM. She even just said on the phone again "Why didn't Brokeback Mountain win?" She talked about the lake scene also and said that Jake was very good and she did not know that Heath was Australian before I told her so he did a good job too. EDIT: I just found a post where I'm talking about my parents and it's also the weekend I first saw Brokeback Mountain, in case anyone is interested (It's kind of a long blog post), here it is http://wontingwitch.blogs.friendster.com/my_socalled_life/2006/01/tha_weekend.html
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I got this from a forum which I'd like to share with you all. Sure made my day!
My Parents and BBM
by - wontingwitch 1 day ago (Tue Apr 11 2006 15:53:07 ) Ignore this User | Report Abuse
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Sometimes when I watch BBM I think of the time I saw it with my parents and their reactions and it lightens things up a bit. Below are my parents' reactions to certain parts of the movie.
While they are up on Brokeback: My mom "Who's the one with the dark hair? He is handsome. I can see him in leading man roles. He sure is a good looking boy."
During the first tent scene: My dad turns away and twitches in his seat clearly not comfortable with the scene. My dad is 70 and has nothing against gay people per say. He believes that they should be able to have civil unions and have all the rights married people have, it just shouldn't be called marriage. He is a pastors' son so some of the "sacred marriage" stuff carries over from religion I'm sure but he is far more tolerant than straight black boys/men I know who are 1/4 his age. My father is famous for talking to the screen and giving characters advice no matter what kind of movie he is watching so I knew this would be quite an experience. So I tell him when the scene is over and that he can look again and we all keep watching.
He sees that one of the sheep is dead: He says "Oh no."
During the second tent scene: "This time they are going to go back out there and ALL the sheep are going to be dead!" I could not help but laugh out loud at this one.
When Aguirre sees the two of them: My Dad "Uh oh."
During the unhappy tussle scene: My mother this time "They sure do horse around alot. Hey! Why are they fighting?"
Ennis heaving and crying in the alley: My mom "What's wrong with him?"
When Aguirre scolds Jack for stemming the rose: My Dad "Oooo!" My mom "What's stemming the rose?"
When Ennis comes home to Alma and the crying babies My mom "Well they sure have been busy." My dad "How many kids do they HAVE?"
The Ennis-Alma first sex scene (since I read the story) I share that I don't think that the sex they just had was vaginal: My mom screws up her face, lol.
When the rodeo clown turns Jack down: My dad "Now he's going to go over there and tell all those guys about you; You better get out of there!"
When Lureen and Jack are in the backseat My dad: "Hey that's a girl with Jack."
When Alma sees the two of them: My mom "Oh no! Yup, turn right around. That's what I'd have done, pretend I didn't see it until I could decide what to do."
When Ennis kisses Alma goodbye before he goes off with Jack after their night in the Motel (which my dad didn't care for either): My dad speaking for Alma "Don't you kiss me you're my husband and you were just kissing someone else."
When Alma storms out to go to work: My dad "That's right, no one eating unless you're serving it." he smiles, my mother glares in his direction
Alma says I'd have em if you'd support em: My dad "Oooo!"
Jack tells L.D. off at thanksgiving: My dad "Mmmmm!" (as oppposed to DAMN!)
Alma lets Ennis have it at Thanksgiving: My mom "Well she sure waited a long time to say something. What's the point now that you're remarried and pregnant?"
Ennis starts the fight outside the bar: My mother "Why's he always hitting everybody?"
Ennis asks Jack if he ever gets the feeling people know: My mom "Oh so now he's paranoid. He still doesn't know how Alma knows about him."
Cassie drags Ennis onto the dancefloor: My dad "He sure can't dance!"
Alma Jr. tells Cassie her Daddy isn't the marrying kind: My dad "Yeah girl, you don't know what you're gettin into!"
Lake scene: Ennis telling Jack the things he doesn't know might get Jack killed if he finds out My dad "Mmmm! He said he was gonna kill him!" then a bit later Jack lets Ennis have it: My dad again "Mmmmm!" even louder than the last time, then you have no idea how bad it gets: My dad "Yes he does too!" then still later in the scene Ennis collapses: My mom "Why is he always falling down?"
The postcard with deceased on it: My dad "Oh no, he's dead!" but quite sincerely.
Phone call scene: My mom "That girl playing Jacks' wife is good."
No more talking until the closet scene. As soon as my mom sees part of the sleeve she gasps and exclaims "The shirts!"
All in all, I really couldn't believe my dad sat through it. He's cooler than I thought. He said he felt sorry for them and that it was a sad movie. My mom asked when I would bring it over to watch it again. Sometimes when I'm watching and I start to get all emotional and weepy, I remember my parents' humor and I smile...just wanted to share that...
Re: My Parents and BBM
by - wontingwitch 21 hours ago (Tue Apr 11 2006 18:28:21 ) Ignore this User | Report Abuse
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Yeah we talked about it after for a good 20 min which is how the gay rights topic came up at all (I did not know how either of them felt before this conversation). I expressed that I support gay rights at which time my dad told me how he felt (posted above) and my mom said she didn't see why not (about gay marriage) b/c how was it hurting her; to each their own she said. Then we watched the Oprah interview that I had on my laptop (Tivotogo) which I brought with me (My mom didn't want to watch it until she had seen the movie). I was giving a ride to one of my moms' friends and my mom b/c they didn't have their cars and my mother asked her "Have you seen Brokeback Mountain?" and her friend was caught off guard a bit and said "No, I've heard about it but I haven't gotten a chance to see it yet." and then my mom says with this completely serious look on her face "It was EXCELLENT." Inside, I expressed silent glee, lol, don't know why, I guess cuz she liked it so much that she brought it up herself. She has even mentioned at work that she recommends it and some people have been asking to borrow the book and DVD and she said she would lend it out and has been giving me all the credit for seeing it first, lol. She did not cry though and my dad surely did not...you know I don't think I've ever seen my dad cry. Not that he's a hard ass, he's really a laid back kind of guy, but he is generally happy and is very well liked (I admire that about him b/c I'm a bit of a loner; I can be a social butterfly but most of the time I choose to retreat into my own world). So no, no tears but lots of discussion and I showed my mom this board (before the trolls took over) and answered all the questions to the best of my ability and with a deeper understanding that comes from being a part of this board. She's a Brokie now and ironically, the only one I can share my love of this movie with (my friends who are half her age are more uptight than she and flat out REFUSE to see it; other than one who watched it this weekend and liked it in spite of herself). My mom recognizes the lines I'm always posting as my status in Yahoo Messenger; It's really cute actually. I'm so glad I could share this with you guys. We need some laughter around here sometimes.
sure made my day too. i wish i could tell this person that they're really really lucky to have parents that cool.
*sigh* me = envy
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thanks for sharing that, i enjoyed that too! haha! It was funny, and good!
I wonder how may dad will react when he watches it? He said he wants too, he sings about it too.. my mom saw it with me and thought it was really good. I was afraid to see it with my dad, which is weird because my dad has really never said anything negative about homosexuality in general. But my mom has, yet I feel like I she'd appreciate it more. hmm. My Dad wants to see it though, one night he said he wants to watch it with me and we will. He even sings about it, everyday seriously.. "And there was a Brokeback Mountain.." he sings.. randomly its hilarious and my mom gets upset, I dont think she appreciated it as much as me, which annoyed me but my dad might. My moms actually annoyed of it because I love it so much. haha. I hope he likes it. ah well.
Thanks again for finding this!
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Dirtbiker, I loved this post it was so funny and very real. Truly heartwarming stuff.
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omg i 'm so happy know they sound like my dad! when we saw brokeback he was hesitant to watch it but then i lied to thim telling him one of the translated names and he like it
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Dirtbiker, I loved this post it was so funny and very real. Truly heartwarming stuff.
Ditto! Thanks Dirtbiker ;)
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This is great!! So funny and so heartwarming :)
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Thanks for posting that- I was giggling picturing them all watching the dvd. That person has some really cool parents. :)
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That was great. It reminds me of some of the stuff my mom said while watching it. She was very much about stating the obvious. That and during the first and second tent scenes, she told me that it looked like Jack had done this before.
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Thanks for posting that .... Hilarious ;D
A good mood booster too. :D
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That was great. It reminds me of some of the stuff my mom said while watching it. She was very much about stating the obvious. That and during the first and second tent scenes, she told me that it looked like Jack had done this before.
See bram, just can't put anything past these moms. Any kind of sex, don't matter. That is great.
Great read dirtbiker. Humorous and enlightening.
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Thankx that was a great read!
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Dirtbiker, I loved this post it was so funny and very real. Truly heartwarming stuff.
Ditto! Thanks Dirtbiker ;)
Ditto 2 ! Your story just make me smile :)
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Thanks, dirtbiker.
I wish more people will see BBM with an open heart just like the parents in the post.
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I love the first one, although I can't believe the mom said what she said after Ennis and Jack collapse into an embarace in the final meeting.
Thank you dirtbiker, for sharing this. :)
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What a wonderful post, thank you so much dirtbiker!!! I really was laughing so much at some of the things the parents said....my favourites have to be the one from the dad about how all the sheep will be dead after the second tent scene! What a classic line! I also loved the two lines about Ennis from the mum: "why's he always hitting everybody" and "why's he always falling down".
We love this film so much and love analysing every last nuance we can gleam from it, but isn't it great and so refreshing to read opinions like this from people who would probably never in a million years watch a film like this. So all praise must go to wontingwitch for her conviction in getting her parents to watch it - I know she's proud of her parents and rightly so, but she should also be proud of herself.
I am SO glad I read this post - it has made really happy. Don't know why, it just has. :)
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Thanks for making me smile. This reminds me of my grandmother who loved to make comments of every single scene of any movie she was watching. Sometimes she annoyed us, but most of the time she was so funny... Thanks again :D
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It's allright but too much talking and I dont' think they were really into the movie... In fact, maybe for them was just a simple movie and nothing special about it... Personally, I can't watch a movie when people are talking and I hate it... it doesn't matter who's sitting next to me!
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It's allright but too much talking and I dont' think they were really into the movie... In fact, maybe for them was just a simple movie and nothing special about it... Personally, I can't watch a movie when people are talking and I hate it... it doesn't matter who's sitting next to me!
I think part of the reason why he showed it to the parents was exactly to see what sort of comments they would make. He was interested in seeing their reaction to the movie. If it was my first time viewing, I wouldn't like to be interrupted either...
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It's allright but too much talking and I dont' think they were really into the movie... In fact, maybe for them was just a simple movie and nothing special about it... Personally, I can't watch a movie when people are talking and I hate it... it doesn't matter who's sitting next to me!
I think part of the reason why he showed it to the parents was exactly to see what sort of comments they would make. He was interested in seeing their reaction to the movie. If it was my first time viewing, I wouldn't like to be interrupted either...
I thought the person who wrote this was a girl?
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I thought the person who wrote this was a girl?
Hmmm... could be either I think. I don't think it's clear from the postings.
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Dirtbiker...wow I loved ure post...it has made my day..my parents are both gone but I know my mom would have loved it, and then she would have given me the 3rd degree about how alone and sad etc..I was and why didn't I tell her earlier. She always felt bad because she knew I was going through something very painful and if she had known what it was I could have got "help" or at least some understanding. My dad wouldn't have liked it (Texas red neck) but he would have appreciated parts of it. I know once he caught me with a "friend" over at the house, and all he could talk about was what a nice pick-up he had...lol
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Thanks for posting this. :) It definately put a smile on my face ;D
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Dirtbiker, you may not know how lucky you are that you can at least watch a movie like that with them.
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thanks for posting that dirtbiker, sure made my day ;D