Brokeback Mountain
I saw Brokeback Mountain over the weekend, and I thought it was *amazing* It doesn't take too much to get me to watch a Heath Ledger movie, especially one where he is making out with another guy (yes I am into that kind of stuff! haha!) but there was a lot more substance to the movie than I thought there would be.It's interesting how it is so common to find two girls kissing on tv--I can think of loads of movies, tv shows, music videos...but when it comes to two guys kissing, it's taboo. That's one of the things that drew me to the movie, the fact that two young, popular actors (Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal) would take on the rolls of being two cowboys who fall in love with one another.
So like I said I thought it was a great movie, and it made you see the relationship in another light. It shied away from all kinds of stereotypes and instead of having the two main characters just fall in love and live happily ever after, it was honest.
That's why I'm shocked, and quite disgusted actually, that movie theatres in the states are banning the movie from being shown. What ever happened to freedom of speech? It's fucking ridiculous. What's worst of all is the fact that the movie is so 'clean'--there's no sexually explicit scenes, no naked body parts flopping around-- which is more than you can say about most movies nowadays. I dont think it's right that just because it is men kissing in a movie that it creates controversy. Who cares if men, or a man and a woman, or a CAT and a DOG fall in love!!!! Just let people live!!!!!!!!
I found another movie critic who sums up the feeling of the movie properly:
The movie sticks with you, though, as does its belief that love is more important than gender or culture or anything -- that it's important enough to be treasured in secret if necessary. (Ty Burr, The Boston Globe)
1 Comments:
Okay, firstly, I dont get turned on by two men kissing. Its just something that my sexuality doesnt allow me to feel. But this is MY sexuality, not anyone elses. I dont begrudge anyone for doing it, in fact, I encourage it. I have been brought up to believe that "love" is a union between two people, whether they are of the same gender or not.
However, as you have stated, society isnt necessarily as open minded as I am. We are of a generation which was taught tolerance, whereas the generations before us have been taught the opposite.
Previous generations lived their lives by firstly defining what was considered normal and then spending the rest of their time living accordingly. Why? Because society believed that in order to define what is "normal" would ensure that control and order remained. So society had developed a fear of anthing "different" because of this idea that it would disrupt the idea of controlled population.
Being gay doesnt disrupt the order of society. We know that. But unfortunately there are too many people still out there that believe it does.
Its all about education.
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