I did it. I saw "Brokeback Mountain" last night with friends and members of OUTLaw.
Since it was an advanced screening, we had to wait in line for about an hour to get in (hey, when it comes to getting something for free, I have all the time in the world). J, my beard for the night, was slightly agitated that he didn't get to go to the first advanced screening that was held last week, and that we had to wait. "It's like they let all the first-tier and premiere gays go to the movie first, and now all us scrubs get to see it. What am I, chopped liver?"
"Yeah, but just think. You could totally meet someone to date here -- all the guys here are gay!" I responded.
J was only slightly comforted by this notion as we scanned the room together and discovered that gay and lesbian groups from all the different grad schools on campus seemed to be congregated into one massive line. He shot me a Look (been getting a lot of those lately, with a lot of different meanings). "Great," he muttered. "All of my dating prospects in Austin are here. How would you feel if you knew that everyone in your entire universe of dating possibilities was sitting here, right this second?"
Point taken.
As for the movie, I fully expected to inappropriately giggle several times during the movie, especially during the highly-publicized sex scene. Let me tell you a thing or two -- that scene shocked the pants off of me. I mean, I have many, many gay friends. I know that gay people have hot man sex. What I didn't know -- and have never thought about -- was what man sex actually looks like in a tent 5,000 feet above sea level.
Now I do.
To be honest though, the movie was phenomenal. I'd said earlier that Phillip Seymour Hoffman was totally going to take the Oscar for "Capote," but now I'm not so sure. Heath Ledger, beyond my wildest expectations, was unbelievable in this film. Also, despite the graphic man sex, by the end of the movie, I'd totally forgotten that it was a story about gay cowboys and much more about love. For real.
Also, I learned that every time two gay men have sex, a sheep dies.
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