Reviews of Brokeback Mountain
March 31, 2006 · By Peter Rempel
Brokeback Mountain is coming out on DVD, and sales will likely be ramped up by glowing reviews of the movie from critics. Some modest excerpts:
“Revolutionary!” — Owen Leiberman
“Unmissable and unforgettable…a landmark” — Peter Travers
“Masterful” — Ray Bennett
“I wept with joy” — Bill Garrett
“Powerful” — Kevin Turan
“The ninth wonder of the world.” — Yo Yo Ma Ma
“The most important work of art since the Mona Lisa” — Ben Dover
“Revolutionizes the human experience.” — Paul Martin
“Sublime, worthy of its own religion.” — Cardinal Ratzinger
“Ang Lee’s accomplishment puts modern civilization to shame” — Ang Wang
“I was born in the year 42 BBM - Before Brokeback Mountain”– Professor Klump
“Its release marks a critical juncture in history…” — Santa Clause
“Caused me to spontaneously evolve” — formerly Jolly Joe the Monkey
“Cured my blindness - my homophobic blindess, that is.” — Foppish Phil the third
“Important to helping all those gay mans.” — Ang Lee
“I erupted with Hershey squirts of joy” - Dick Hertz
“Fabulous!” — George W. Bush
What is your facination with homosexual men, Peter? It is just a film. Have you seen it?
The Bahamas have banned it:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/arti.....137S86.DTL
I think Rempel likes poking fun at what a society of self-righteous prudes we have become, perpetually carrying on about sex, taking great interest in moralising about EVERYONE’S sex lives, so that we justify perpetually throwing off the chains of traditonal morality which is more rigid on the subject. The way this movie, which I have not seen, has been hailed, by its promoters and in the media, you’d think it was the single greatest statement on civil rights since Martin Luther King said he had a dream.
From what I gather, it is a good movie but not because it’s a gay polemic, which I understand it isn’t.
“It is just a film. Have you seen it?”
Yes, and I liked it. Just didn’t think that it was a revolutionary landmark blah blah blah…..
“What is your facination with homosexual men, Peter?”
Is this meant to intimidate me by suggesting that posts like this are actually outlets for my own suppressed homosexuality? How freudian. You go girl!
No, I am no implying you are a supporessed homosexual, or that you are homophobic. Freud didn’t even cross my mind.
My question was more directed to the volume of postings on the politic that have to do with homosexuality from you. It was purely a statistical inquirey.
If it were a statistical inquiry, it would have included, you know, statistics. Here’s a thought, poindexter: Go to my archive, count the number of posts related to homsexuality, divide by the total number of posts, and report back with “the volume” of my postings on the topic.
The top three posters about homosexuality on the Politic are:
Peter Rempel 13/138 or 9%
Tom Cerber 30/441 or 7%
Holden Cameron 7/135 or 5%
Thumbs up to Tom for the most posts and Peter for the most in frequency.
I can’t believe you did that.
That’s what you get for calling me poindexter. :o)