Author Topic: Who was your favorite character (excluding Ennis/Jack) (Read 36078 times)

jesseanne21 · « **on:** Jul 11, 2006, 12:20 PM »

I have checked through the other topics and I didn't see this one posted.

Not counting Ennis(Heath) and/or Jack(Jake), who was your favorite character (or performance) in Brokeback Mountain and why?

My favorite character was Jack's Mom (sadly, she doesn't even get a name in the short story or the movie). Roberta Maxwell plays Jack's mom in the movie. She's only on screen for a couple minutes and she only has a couple of lines, but I just loved her performance. Her character was so believable I felt like I really knew her.

***note from chameau, I added a poll***

*Froggy* · « **Reply #1 on:** Jul 11, 2006, 12:40 PM »

That's a tough one!!!!

favourite as in acting?

Jack's mum, followed by, really closely, the sheep...no I'm kidding...Lureen.

Roberta M. for obvious reasons, her acting was superb.

Anne H. because she portrayed Lureen throughout the years, and the more I watch the movie , the more I like her subtle acting...

tpe · « **Reply #2 on:** Jul 11, 2006, 12:48 PM »

Honestly, I have a soft spot for Lureen or LaShawn. But Cassie comes pretty close, especially as the sexy siren in that first scene with Ennis. I agree with Froggy that Jack's mom is superb, but that scene is so sad that it is hard for me to call it a "favorite". The same would hold true for Alma Jr. And what about Alma in the entire reunion sequence?

Too difficult!

aimi15 · « **Reply #3 on:** Jul 11, 2006, 12:52 PM »

This is tough, because all of the characters mentioned so far - Jack's mum, Cassie, Lureen, show flashes of true brilliance, but the one that consistently moves me most would have to be Jack mum. She makes me bawl every single time! :\'(

dirtbiker · « **Reply #4 on:** Jul 11, 2006, 01:38 PM »

Roberta Maxwell, definitely

NoReins · « **Reply #5 on:** Jul 11, 2006, 02:21 PM »

Yep, Jack's mum (mom for those of you on the other side of the pond!) for me too. She has few lines but she manages to convey so much feeling and compassion with what she does say. I think I like her most because of all the "other" characters, I think she's the one who would have understood the love that the boys shared and would have tried to help them.

After her I'm not sure. Probably anyone apart from John Twist, Randall or LaShawn.

KatKat · « **Reply #6 on:** Jul 11, 2006, 02:43 PM »

I like Lureen!
I love both Anne and her acting!

jesseanne21 · « **Reply #7 on:** Jul 11, 2006, 02:59 PM »

Another one of my favorite characters is Joe Aguirre. I do not like the character of Joe Aguirre but I LOVE Randy Quaid's portrayal of him (cold, blunt, tactful as a trainwreck).

Aguirre's line "unless you can cure pneumonia" is one of my favorite lines in the movie.

tpe · « **Reply #8 on:** Jul 11, 2006, 03:12 PM »

Quote from: jesseanne21 on Jul 11, 2006, 02:59 PM

Another one of my favorite characters is Joe Aguirre. I do not like the character of Joe Aguirre but I LOVE Randy Quaid's portrayal of him (cold, blunt, tactful as a trainwreck).

Aguirre's line "unless you can cure pneumonia" is one of my favorite lines in the movie.

Indeed, he portrayed Aguirre wonderfully. I regret his action against Focus Features, but he did do a splendid job.

lamusica · « **Reply #9 on:** Jul 11, 2006, 03:29 PM »

Although I love Jack's mom, I think Alma is my favorite. When we first meet her, she's just a little girl getting married to a guy she obviouslyl, loves, or thinks she loves. She's an innocent and has the whole world ahead of her and Ennis. The two of them playing in the snow shows her girlishness and innocence, again. Then, we see her washing clothes on an old scrubboard -- damn hard work, but doing it and taking care of two squalling babies, just waiting for Ennis to come home. She takes care of the house with no help, no modern applicances, raises two children, provides home-cooked meals and clean clothes for Ennis, and is there for him intimately, even when she hates his preferred position. She does all this, and gets a job working at the store. That's love and dedication. What did it get her in the long run?
Will any of us ever forget the look on her face when she opens the door and sees Ennis and Jack kissing? This is something so foreign to her world, the shock is enough to keep her quiet about it. She never brought it up to Ennis through another eight years of marriage -- that's how foreign the idea of two men kissing was to her. She didn't know where to begin talking about what she had seen.
So, I think Alma is a sweet, innocent, hard-working, loving wife and mother who didn't deserve what she got.
(Don't get me wrwong. Ennis and Jack's love was all-powerful and all-consuming, but it did hurt Alma.)

chameau · « **Reply #10 on:** Jul 11, 2006, 05:40 PM »

Old members knowing me won't be surprised...

4 lines, 5 minutes on screen $:-\\$

:\'( :\'( :\'( :\'(

LuvJackNasty · « **Reply #11 on:** Jul 11, 2006, 09:25 PM »

Jack's Mom.

chameau · « **Reply #12 on:** Jul 11, 2006, 09:34 PM »

I added a poll with 5 names

Alma
Lureen
Jack's mom
Cassie
Alma Jr.

All women

CherryCake · « **Reply #13 on:** Jul 11, 2006, 10:47 PM »

oh my. I have seen see a poll where one person got 100%
Are we all like minded here or what?!

Rønnaug · « **Reply #14 on:** Jul 12, 2006, 01:28 AM »

Quote from: CherryCake on Jul 11, 2006, 10:47 PM

oh my. I have seen see a poll where one person got 100%
Are we all like minded here or what?!

Sorry I messed it up... I said Lureen

I love Jack s mum but Lureen got me good..I dunno why but I like her more than the other other women so to speak..And I am sad to say that Randall is kinda growing on me as well... But he wasn't in the poll so...

greenfrog · « **Reply #15 on:** Jul 12, 2006, 01:50 AM »

Jack's Mum :\'( :\'( :\'(

Twisted · « **Reply #16 on:** Jul 12, 2006, 01:59 AM »

I say Jack's mum too. :\'(

frances · « **Reply #17 on:** Jul 12, 2006, 04:45 AM »

I can't help loving a woman with her sarcasm and these spectacular hair

I love the way Lureen's emotional evolution is reflected in her physical appearance, specifically her hair, teeth, nails, clothing.

And the little smirk on her face after Jack layed into her father is priceless.

*Froggy* · « **Reply #18 on:** Jul 12, 2006, 04:55 AM »

Quote from: chameau on Jul 11, 2006, 09:34 PM

I added a poll with 5 names

Alma
Lureen
Jack's mom
Cassie
Alma Jr.

All women

I can't vote, I like two!

*Froggy* · « **Reply #19 on:** Jul 12, 2006, 04:56 AM »

What about Randall?

I like the idea of a poll, but like I just said, I like two characters, Lureen and Jack's mum.

tpe · « **Reply #20 on:** Jul 12, 2006, 07:15 AM »

I'll go out on a limb and vote Lureen. Difficult to chose one, to be sure. Jack's mom is a whole world of feeling...

Yes, perhaps Randall should be considered...

NoReins · « **Reply #21 on:** Jul 12, 2006, 07:30 AM »

I think if there's a poll then it should really include all the "other" characters. Is it possible to have a ranking poll, where folk give their 1-2-3?

aintfoolin · « **Reply #22 on:** Jul 12, 2006, 10:22 AM »

Gotta be Jack's mommy. She represents every good thing that might've been. But then where would our boys be without Aguirre? He put them on BBM together.Shit this is hard!

aintfoolin · « **Reply #23 on:** Jul 12, 2006, 10:35 AM »

Dirtbiker, Who are these guys in your icon? I know I'm off topic......but curious.

Rønnaug · « **Reply #24 on:** Jul 12, 2006, 12:03 PM »

Quote from: aintfoolin on Jul 12, 2006, 10:22 AM

Gotta be Jack's mommy. She represents every good thing that might've been. But then where would our boys be without Aguirre? He put them on BBM together.Shit this is hard!

Yeeeees...thats a VERY good point.....

coguaro · « **Reply #25 on:** Jul 12, 2006, 12:20 PM »

no way!! Ennis horse!!

aimi15 · « **Reply #26 on:** Jul 12, 2006, 12:21 PM »

That might be luckiest character

dalemidex · « **Reply #27 on:** Jul 12, 2006, 01:49 PM »

As much as I love the job Roberta Maxwell did, I'm going to go counter to the prevailing winds and vote Cassie.

Cassie comes on the scene as our story is well along and clearly headed down a dark road, and she represents the last best hope for Ennis and a conventional life. How could Ennis NOT adore Cassie? Simple. His heart belongs only to Jack. The Cassie storyline reveals to us the depth of Ennis feeling for Jack, and it shows us how anyone who gets in the way will eventually end up hurt on the side of the road.

Linda Cardellini plays Cassie with such sparkle and life that I can't help but smile every time I see her pursue Ennis, and again when she talks to Alma Jr in the bar. And more often then not I cry with her in the diner as well.

What's not to love about Cassie? She's not Jack.

lamusica · « **Reply #28 on:** Jul 12, 2006, 02:24 PM »

Love your comment, dalemidex. I'd also like to see a ranking system since I like several of the minor characters. They ALl lend something great to the story -- even those who are hardly mentioned in the short story.

NoReins · « **Reply #29 on:** Jul 12, 2006, 03:08 PM »

Yeah, I like Cassie too - Linda Cardellini did a great job there

(Totally OT but she has to be one of the luckiest actresses around - she got to snog Goran Visnjic regularly in ER and then she gets to do the same with Heath Ledger

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