I don't think the thread has ever been anything but positive concerning the film. I think it got heated when a specific opinion was mandated as the "right" opinion for the reviewer to have. That rankled some (rightly or wrongly).
As for the DVDFile review...it's terrible (and I won't repeat why it's terrible - I shared reasons a few pages ago). There are lots of great reviews of the film on the internet...that ain't one of them
Bingo! Funny how so few people note that Brokeback is an equal opportunity displayer of skin. We get some shots of Heath and Jake but we also find nice topless bits with Michelle Williams and Anne
I finally saw Crash tonight, via the Directors Cut DVD. I have not seen a few of the other best picture nominees but I think it definitly holds its own in that category and I definitly disagree with people who say that it is either trash or wont be remembered in 10 years. Gotta find the time to sneak in Capote and Good Night before I can make a legit call of what my favorite of the bunch was from 2005, but I certainly liked Crash as a film more than I did Brokeback. Seems that the whole slate focussed on hard subjects which makes it hard to find them endearing, but you have to admire their fearlessness.
I will say that the Crash DVD set had pretty dececent video quality (some grain in dark scenes, no EE, a few soft scenes but very sharp closeups), b+ sound (especially for a drama) and a pretty good set of extras to boot.
Ahh, Mike knows me too well. A friend of mine is going to loan this to me this weekend and i'll check it out, although i'm already very familiar with Anne's two best friends from Havoc.
There's only one quick peekaboo scene with Anne in Brokeback, from what I remember of seeing it in a theater. But she's definitely letting it all hang out when it happens!
As far as "looming large" in second place... the article states that BbM was in distant second. Not that any of this has any relevance whatsoever. At least it keeps Randall busy.
He said "Narnia roars" but BBM looms large, clearly implying that BBM was second to Narnia on whatever chart he was looking at. As Matt would say, not that any of this has any relevance whatsoever .
Well, well, well, aren't we all special today? Brokeback Mountain is selling quite well on DVD and that is looming large in my mind! "Distant second" - I'll take that for a $14,000,000 film.