26 March 2006
back-brokenyou have never attended a social event in the good ol' 80's if you do not have a close up picture of yourself superimposed on a wineglass. not that i am tolerating the...um...artform, but here is an approximation rendered on our modern tool (aka photoshop). well, if you want one too, just leave a message on my comment box with a link to your picture. hahaha
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on carl news:
well, in the first place, i did not really like it all that much. as i've told my friend lotte: i was not compelled; and i'm gay. this is my personal opinion, which i am entitled to not because i am a communication major, or gay, but because i am an individual with a functioning mind and a fairly developed sense of aesthetics. but this is not really the issue.
but don't get me wrong. "brokeback mountain" has its merits apart from it's artistry. it was a brave move on the part of everyone involved in the production (especially the producers) and that in itself demands respect. perhaps one reason why i was not able to enjoy the movie a lot was because the other people in the cinema kept on laughing and howling during intimate scenes. like, who forced them to go see the movie anyway? respect. if you can't respect the film and the part of society it longs to reflect, then respect the other people in the theater. do you want me to laugh when there's a girl being raped in some dumpsite because her panties don't match her bra?
but that's yesterday's news. the real issue regarding "brokeback mountain" in recent history happened last friday. i was with louis and we were in metrowalk waiting for ler so we decided to go up to the shops first. i really wanted to look for some wong kar wai films. i remembered that mundi once told me that they had some pretty rare stuff there at metrowalk. but when i went down the corridor, when those ratty salesmen saw me--i was in a good mood therefore jumpy and jolly and all--they suddenly started calling my attention shouting "brokeback! brokeback!"
that was just too low.
i as hell do not assume that they love watching "jologs" or "ang mga batang yagit" or if they're actually sophisticated enough (which they are not) "city of god."
and. if i really was a fan of the movie, they should have assumed that i already owned at least twenty copies of it goddamnit.
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