peqger Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 Brokeback Mountain is R-rated over there? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 Yes. Young Americans aren't allowed to see buttf--king. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 Yes. Young Americans aren't allowed to see buttf--king. buttflicking? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
quarter23cd Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 buttflicking?I'm pretty sure that's an automatic NC17. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
viatroy Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 Really? You don't think it's kind of a big deal to show the movie to 12 year-olds? I guess I may have a conservative side... Age-inappropriate? definitely. Suitworthy? only a lawyer would think so. Emotional distress? oy vey -- Jessica's parents need to get a grip. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 Suitworthy? only a lawyer would think so. Please PM your address for service of process. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 Not picking on you but I thought it was funny when I read this line since they are both from NYC and are both controversial. It's sort of like saying, "I play all kinds of music, country and western."Yeah, I guess I phrased that poorly! I didn't cite Lee and Scorsese to suggest a spectrum; I merely wanted to offer two examples of filmmakers known for mature content. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SlowBurn68 Posted May 14, 2007 Author Share Posted May 14, 2007 The tent scene made me uncomfortable. Now if I could figure out if it was a "good uncomfortable" or a "bad uncomfortable". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
owl Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 I thought that the most interesting thing about Brokeback Mountain was the setup. After all the buddy-buddy, manly westerns that have been made, it is the logical next step to make one in which the guys have a relationship. Other than that, I wasn't terribly impressed with the film. Heath Ledger was good. Anne Hathaway is good-looking. That's about it. (I also think that the movie contained boobs just to make it slightly redeeming for guys.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 (I also think that the movie contained boobs just to make it slightly redeeming for non gay guys.)You gotta admit, that called for some fixin. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oatmealblizzard Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 This is way more messed up than showing Brokeback Mountain in class: Fake Gunman Attack Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Calexico Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 I thought that the most interesting thing about Brokeback Mountain was the setup. After all the buddy-buddy, manly westerns that have been made, it is the logical next step to make one in which the guys have a relationship. Other than that, I wasn't terribly impressed with the film. Heath Ledger was good. Anne Hathaway is good-looking. That's about it. (I also think that the movie contained boobs just to make it slightly redeeming for guys.) I found the two lead male characters quite one dimensional and boring actually but then again I find Ledger and Gyllenhall like that in any movie. Of course, being set in the rural America of the 50's those guys should have been a little weatherbeaten and a little overweight and just not so damn pretty. Then again no one would have bought a ticket for that would they? The original premise of the story was quite bittersweet I thought. Am I gay? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Papillon Parade Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 I think Brokeback is a fine movie, but for what possible purpose would it be shown to a class of 12-year-olds? I haven't seen the movie, but that's what I was wondering too. No wonder kids these days are fucked..look what happens to them in school now...R rated movies, teachers trying to sleep with them, and the latest...being scared shitless thinking there is a gunman trying to kill them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 I found the two lead male characters quite one dimensional and boring actually but then again I find Ledger and Gyllenhall like that in any movie. Of course, being set in the rural America of the 50's those guys should have been a little weatherbeaten and a little overweight and just not so damn pretty. Then again no one would have bought a ticket for that would they? The original premise of the story was quite bittersweet I thought.Am I gay?I felt the same way before seeing it - and after. Let's hug. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anodyne Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 the absolute best part of that news article is one of the charges in the suit is for FALSE IMPRISONMENT! who HASN'T felt that way in a classroom at given times? i don't think i'd ever show brokeback mountain in a classroom because there's nothing really merited in it for my discipline. i have shown eastwood's Unforgiven to a class where the youngest person was 17, but that was for a legitimate educational objective in a night school course. i've also used evil dead II when prefacing a unit on shakespeare (again, night school). i'm showing brazil in my anthropology class today and that's going swimmingly. there's no buttflicking in that film. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
owl Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 the absolute best part of that news article is one of the charges in the suit is for FALSE IMPRISONMENT! who HASN'T felt that way in a classroom at given times? i don't think i'd ever show brokeback mountain in a classroom because there's nothing really merited in it for my discipline. i have shown eastwood's Unforgiven to a class where the youngest person was 17, but that was for a legitimate educational objective in a night school course. i've also used evil dead II when prefacing a unit on shakespeare (again, night school). i'm showing brazil in my anthropology class today and that's going swimmingly. there's no buttflicking in that film. Unforgiven is infinitely better than Brokeback Mountain. It's not even my opinion. It's pure fact. Note: I do also think that most of Clint's movies are kind of crappy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Calexico Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 I felt the same way before seeing it - and after. Let's hug. I hugged a BEATLE!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
viatroy Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 Note: I do also think that most of Clint's movies are kind of crappy. Have you not seen Paint Your Wagon? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 The man with no name movies are the best. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
c53x12 Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 I had the pleasure of seeing Olivia Hussey's boobs in Franco Zefirelli's Romeo & Juliet in class at least twice by the end of my sophomore year, thanks to R&J being part of freshman English in Texas and sophomore English in Virginia. I don't think anyone minded, but I'm pretty sure we had to sign permission slips both times.We saw this in school in 7th or 8th grade (and no permission slips). Oh man, the guys could not stop talking about Olivia Hussey for months afterward. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 When I saw that in school - someone asked the teacher if there was going to be nudity in the film. She said that you cannot love someone in bed with your clothes on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 When I saw that in school - someone asked the teacher if there was going to be nudity in the film. She said that you cannot love someone in bed with your clothes on. Speaking of Olivia Hussey, I watched the original Black Christmas last week. She was the best thing about it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tugmoose Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 The man with no name movies are the best.Check out Toshiro Mifune in Yojimbo.The original MWNN. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 The hell with that I AM ALL ABOUT AMERICAN ACTORS IN ITALIAN MOVIES WITH ITALIANS PLAYING MEXICANS. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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