Having successfully conquered vast genres ranging from domestic themes of East (Eat Drink Man Woman) and West (The Ice Storm), or a mix of both of them (The Wedding Banquet), to literary adaptation (Sense and Sensibility), to wuxia (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) to faithful comic adaptation (Hulk),Ang Lee marvels in his attempt to redefine a genre notoriously hard and preserved to an elite class of a very few directors ever existed in the course of cinema history. The genre as associated with cowboys is called Western.
And as much as Western often goes with subtle, or rather, repressed, homoerotic subtleties, the film pushes the envelope by breaking the bound loose while surprisingly preserves the dignity of machoism in even subtler way than what we have become familiar with in any sling-and-shot cowboys flicks.
For sure we get to see Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal do what arguably the most tender making out scene in any films, but how the scenes manage to pull through without shrieking response from audience (not the least that I know), is something Lee excels in treating the subject of all his films tenderly, seriously, and carefully nuanced to be contented. As enhanced by gorgeously photographed landscape by Rodrigo Prieto imbued with melancholic score by Gustavo Santaoala, the mountain has become a landmark of testament that love and machoism work well with one another to a mind-fulfilling result.
Alas, the words of praises offer nothing new to the film that I begin to think this will be drowning to any stronger, more stellar reviews that have arisen. Yet, to be in awe by the majestic presence of a mountain and its keepers is an unforgettably heartfelt experience a filmgoer should always yearn to have.
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oi noval, gue ditanyain alex au, di indonesia brokeback disensor ga? kalo iya, bagian mana yg disensor? alex juga nanya, apakah brokeback diprotes FPI dan semacamnya? Bales yaa...
di indonesia, brokeback disensor.
bagian mana yang disensor?
bagian ciuman antara heath ledger dan jake gyllenhaal, dan juga *surprise* adegan nudity nya anne hathaway.
tidak ada protes dari FPI sejauh ini, mungkin karena kekuatan mereka sedang dialihkan untuk mendukung RUU anti pornografi dan pornoaksi.
no puns intended.
BBM is a well told love story, that's it and that's all. What I surprisingly love about it is its ability to stick to my head for days, remembering I'm usually NOT into slow-tempo flick, western hard-to-get accent, and most importantly, homosexuality issue that mostly makes me uncomfy to discuss (that's why it's hard for me to just write down my 2 cents about this movie). For me, BBM is so heartbreakingly beautiful. There's so many fave scenes in it but since I don't wanna be a spoiler here, let's go to my most fave one: the scene of Ennis finding and holding Jack's shirt. What a fucking tear jerker!
katene nonto' sing gak disensor? yoo.. golek dvd bajakan ae! hahaha... tapi jangan protes kalo tengah2 nonton ada tulisan:
this copy is intended for award consideration only and not for other public presentation. hehehehehe.... mantap deh :-)
wis tah... BBM top abis deh :-p
A GIRL,
guess now romance is defined by a couple tending sheep then :)
DODY,
let's see.
i watch the film at first in bangkok, in a cinema on a saturday nite filled with gorgeous guys.
how's that for an experience of filmgoing of its kind? :)
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