Still more films to see

[petronia]

Watched Brokeback Mountain with sororial unit and Cedric. I... think I'm the only person I know who wasn't depressed by it. XD;; Most people seem to either weep buckets (sister) or go "Well, that was a downer," (Ced) but I came away with this quiet feeling. Like watching Mushishi (and then I had to take five minutes to explain Mushishi to my sister).

What I told her afterwards was - I thought they were lucky. Not being precious, that's really my instinctive response. How many people are there who scrape by, get along, have a spouse and kids and compromise every day until they're old and feel as if there should be something more to life but never know what "more" is? How many people spend each day dealing with the everyday, one little thing piled up on top of another, and have never had a green isolated place in their heart to which to retreat? Many more than have ever had a Brokeback Mountain, I'll bet.

She said I had a very optimistic take on it. XD

I don't know if I believe "'Tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all." But it's a question with which I struggle all the time, a central conundrum of my philosophy - were I to have a philosophy.

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In other news, I can't get my DVD burner to burn. = =+ It reads fine, but when it comes to burning it either rejects the disc or locks into a spin cycle until the OS crashes. I have a feeling the driver didn't install right, but it didn't come with a driver, so.

Comments

[woodburner.livejournal.com]

Omg, you watch Mushishi? I <3 you anew.

[petronia.livejournal.com]

Yesh but not very far in. I definitely enjoy it, though (I know people who're longtime fans of the manga).

[debchan.livejournal.com]

Have you tried a firmware upgrade for your burner?

[petronia.livejournal.com]

Am looking for something of the sort online now, but not sure where to find it. ^^;

[debchan.livejournal.com]

Try searching on afterdawn.com. I think DVD shrink or DVD decryptor will get you what you need, but am not 100% positive. (Both can be downloaded from there and are either free or shareware.)

[marej.livejournal.com]

ooohhh, interesting. i'm still debating whether i want to see the movie or not. is your reaction strictly movie based, or did you feel this way when (am assuming you have, on account of possibly imagining you saying so once before) you read the story, too?

[petronia.livejournal.com]

I haven't read the story yet. (I try not to read/reread the original text when I know I'm going to see a movie, if at all possible. *g*) I will, though, in the next day or two.

[marej.livejournal.com]

I will, though, in the next day or two.

and and and you'll post your reaction then too, yes? yes yes yes? *bats eyes*

[petronia.livejournal.com]

If I have anything to say, but I don't always (and less for books/stories than for films, I think XD).

[luckykitty.livejournal.com]

I cried alot at that movie, but I came away quiet as well -- I am not sure I had *such* an optimistic spin but you have good points :) and I definitely felt that despite the sadness, regrets, missed whatever -- that tihngs had as much closure, and a peace as could be managed in such a situation,, in a way, if a sad, realistic, ouch sort of way.

[petronia.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it was really affecting but I did feel like there was some closure, and good gained - not all waste and regret.

I cry more and more at movies these days but not usually for stuff that deals with adult relationships however sad - a personality quirk I suppose. ^^;

[wildelamassu.livejournal.com]

The friend I went to see it with said something similar, in the context of the wives--that their lives were lonelier for not knowing that kind of desperation.

Something is wrong with my brain; that just made me think of Chiaki.

[smurfmatic.livejournal.com]

(Btw, did you get the music I posted up there? Even if you think the Jean-Pierre Ferland sounds cheesy per your French Canadian references, it is really good I assure you. :P)

-C