Why are gay people against brokeback mountain?

[basschick]

http://forums.gaywidewebmasters.com/...ight=brokeback

[Marc]

I didnt care to see it either, but then I just went and saw it. It really rips your heart out. It did for me anyways

[basschick]

i guess for me, that's the problem. i don't want my heart ripped out. there are other kinds of impact a movie can have besides tragedy - but unfortunately tragedy is the easiest to acheive.

[Marc]

i guess for me, that's the problem. i don't want my heart ripped out. there are other kinds of impact a movie can have besides tragedy - but unfortunately tragedy is the easiest to acheive.

well, its a movie.
if you made a movie where everyone was happy and wonderful then people would be bored and leave in 2 seconds.
But you see what happens in that movie and you feel compassion for those 2 guys, which I think is really good for people who may not have been pro-gay to walk out of there being more sympathetic towards gay people.

[XXXWriterDude]

i guess for me, that's the problem. i don't want my heart ripped out. there are other kinds of impact a movie can have besides tragedy - but unfortunately tragedy is the easiest to acheive.

I think that's a pretty reductive way of looking at it, Patti. Tragedy is not the "easiest to achieve." What's wrong with stories that reveal human pain? Personally, I love a good ol' tragedy. I also love sad songs. They remind me that I'm not alone, that I'm not the only person to have ever felt pain. And, in the end, that makes me feel alive.

I'm hearing that Brokeback is having that affect on a lot of people, actually. They are talking about how the film has inspired them in a lot of ways, the most important one being that love is something that we should be more careful with and treat with more respect than we do.

[basschick]

it's my opinion, ken. i gotta be me. what feels right for one person doesn't always feel right to another. no one needs to agree with me but for myself, i feel what i feel.

I think that's a pretty reductive way of looking at it, Patti. Tragedy is not the "easiest to achieve." What's wrong with stories that reveal human pain? Personally, I love a good ol' tragedy. I also love sad songs. They remind me that I'm not alone, that I'm not the only person to have ever felt pain. And, in the end, that makes me feel alive.

I'm hearing that Brokeback is having that affect on a lot of people, actually. They are talking about how the film has inspired them in a lot of ways, the most important one being that love is something that we should be more careful with and treat with more respect than we do.

[XXXWriterDude]

it's my opinion, ken. i gotta be me. what feels right for one person doesn't always feel right to another. no one needs to agree with me but for myself, i feel what i feel.

Can't argue with that. More power to ya!

[hdkbill]

i guess for me, that's the problem. i don't want my heart ripped out. there are other kinds of impact a movie can have besides tragedy - but unfortunately tragedy is the easiest to acheive.

Saw it the other day. Very well put together, in fact, a great movie. Didn't "rip my heart out" but it did have a sad ending. It's a film everyone should see.

Bill