tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23328364.post114414271327158875..comments2023-03-23T08:26:45.928-07:00Comments on Movie Reviews by Muslims: Brokeback Mountainotowihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11497228997910501944noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23328364.post-1145507332539147632006-04-19T21:28:00.000-07:002006-04-19T21:28:00.000-07:00thanks for the informative review... i watched the...thanks for the informative review... i watched the movie a while back, did a post about this and a number of other 'bold movies of 2005' a few days back... The Constant Gardener tops the category for me and I hope to read a review on that here sometimes. Other contenders included Paradise Now, which I really hope you can review at some point.hamesha:https://www.blogger.com/profile/14530568130335765442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23328364.post-1144582303474575922006-04-09T04:31:00.000-07:002006-04-09T04:31:00.000-07:00ah bilquees! you should have written this review.....ah bilquees! you should have written this review... i didn't even realize the obsession aspect of their relationship, mostly because love stories bore me to death and i couldn't tell you the difference between one kind of romance or another... (safiya's on the same page as me with that one i think)<BR/><BR/>and reformist, the fact that brokeback even won best screenplay is still a surpise to me.. crash, as a film unto itself (ignoring it's unsatisfactory portrayal of certain issues), was still a film that struck you and left an impression, which is what i think really makes it a best pictureliberal fundohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03564092936696685251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23328364.post-1144199117603578542006-04-04T18:05:00.000-07:002006-04-04T18:05:00.000-07:00I didn't go and see this film, not because it was ...I didn't go and see this film, not because it was a love story between two men, but because it sounded dull. <BR/><BR/>For me, too many longing glances and angst makes for a dull plot.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for reviewing this.Safiya Outlineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04845531596800401012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23328364.post-1144190933683056392006-04-04T15:48:00.000-07:002006-04-04T15:48:00.000-07:00Nice review. I couldn't understand how anyone cou...Nice review. I couldn't understand how anyone could think of Brokeback as a love story. A story of obsession, yes, but not love. The characters were dishonest with practically everyone in their lives. Even the scene some found touching -- the shirt hanging in the closet -- could be viewed as yet another dishonest act. He professes to love the other cowboy, yet he can't even ask his permission to keep his shirt to hold on to as some sort of physical reminder of their relationship.<BR/><BR/>I'm glad it didn't win. And my feelings about the film have nothing to do with the characters being gay. If these same people were a man and a woman, my opinion wouldn't change. It was no love story. But the very fact that so many people see it as a love story makes it clear why there are so many problems in the world if we can't even understand that love is not obsession.<BR/><BR/>BilqueesBilqueeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15532786455467260251noreply@blogger.com