Do I have the go-ahead or should we give ResAlien his 15 hours for his 15th round pick? I'm happy to pick and keep things going, but don't want to step on Res' toes here, as one could argue he's entitled to that 15 hour block of time.
Do I have the go-ahead or should we give ResAlien his 15 hours for his 15th round pick? I'm happy to pick and keep things going, but don't want to step on Res' toes here, as one could argue he's entitled to that 15 hour block of time.
I was wondering the same, but based on the edited thread title, it appears the Commish has ruled it's an AK.
For what's it worth, he hasn't posted anything on CP in over a week.
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The MacGuffins happily select, with the 411th pick in the 16th round, for entry in the Western category:
Brokeback Mountain
I wish I knew how to quit you.
I kind of goofed my way into this pick. I must've watched 5 or 6 yet-unpicked westerns in the past couple months, trying to find something I really enjoyed and would feel good adding to my squad. One in particular really grabbed me, but it was only semi-eligible, and I didn't want to have to defend its eligibility. I absolutely loved another movie I won't name in case it gets picked, and was ready to select it here, until I was browsing my draft notes last night and noticed I had jotted down Brokeback Mountain under the Award Winners category as a possible selection. I thought- "I wonder if that is listed under Western on IMDB," and sure enough, it is! I would've taken it much earlier had I noticed that before (it didn't show up on any of the "best of" westerns lists I researched, and I just never put 2 and 2 together), so I'm thrilled to add it to the MacGuffins in the 16th round.
I don't know if this movie will ever get the credit it truly deserves amongst average moviegoers because of the context, which is really sad. People will always regard it as a landmark film (the two lead actors in gay roles that are romantically intertwined, in the setting of a traditional western), but the emotional impact of the movie is tremendous, and I believe it's one of the best stories of forbidden love and personal heartache ever made into a movie.
Ang Lee's direction is careful and meticulous- you can really feel the emotional turmoil Ennis and Jack (and their families) suffer through because they've found true love but cannot make it work. And while most will argue that Heath Ledger's performance in The Dark Knight is his best, I will defend his work here as equally as good, but on a completely different level. While his Joker is facial tics and nervy charisma, his Ennis is the entire spectrum of human emotion conveyed ever so subtly beneath a weathered, old-school exterior. Almost as if his pain is so deep, he has succumbed to it and has nothing left to say. A brilliant bit of subdued acting, and as good as the best work of luminaries like Sean Penn, Jack Nicholson, and Robert DeNiro.
I am reading a few reviews from Metacritic about the movie as I write this, and I don't know if I've ever read a better one-sentence summation than this one from Ella Taylor of LA Weekly:
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Brokeback Mountain is at once the gayest and the least gay Hollywood film I've seen, which is another way of saying that Lee has a knack for culling universality from the most specific identities.
That's exactly how I felt after seeing this. Homosexual or not, love and heartbreak are universal human emotions, and this film portrays the relationship between Ennis and Jack in such an open and honest fashion that I really don't know how somebody could see this film and not feel their pain. I'm not at all ashamed to say I think Brokeback Mountain is a modern classic, and am happy to add it to my roster!
As an open minded person, the homosexuality in the movie didn't bother me at all really. But I did find the movie very boring personally. Great acting and cinematography, but the story just didn't do it for me. And I dont like being called a homophobic when I express this opinion but it often happens.
^^Another movie I can't seem to sit down and watch. I bought it on DVD when it came out and just am never in the mood to watch it. I hear it's good, so one of these days, I'll just have to force myself to watch.
Oh man, I was just about to run out the door, so I'll make this one quick...
"I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"
To round out my non-Wildcard selections, in the Drama category, Hot Buttery Topping is very proud to select, from 1976, a scathing satire of the television industry that might actually be more appropriate now than it was 30 years ago, Network.
I'll write more later. Youtube isn't playing for me right now, but this seems to be a legitimate trailer...
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Oh man, I was just about to run out the door, so I'll make this one quick...
"I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"
To round out my non-Wildcard selections, in the Drama category, Hot Buttery Topping is very proud to select, from 1976, a scathing satire of the television industry that might actually be more appropriate now than it was 30 years ago, Network.
^^^^Another good pick by HBT. You know it's funny but your team, getbak, could almost be my 2nd squad as most of your picks are ones I would/could have taken!
I went into my viewing of the movie expecting the homosexuality to define the film and came away moved by the story of which homosexuality was a small, yet admitedly significant, part. It's a truly beautiful film, in every way. Great cinematography, wonderful score and a beautiful story.
Frankly, I think you undersell Ledger's performance. I haven't seen Dark Knight yet, so I can't compare the two but I think his performance as Ennis in this film is one of the two or three best performances I've seen in the last ten years or so. It actually got me excited about what we might see (now it's might have seen) from him in the future.
Another one of my wildcards gone!
The movie also has the added bonus of starring Michelle Williams who shares the same hometown as me, Kalispell, MT.
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Excellent pick Ro - the understated yet poignant performance by Ledger is what turned that movie into a great one instead of just a good one with pretty cinematography. He played Ennis so deftly that while he seldom gave away how deeply he loved Jack, you felt it and understood in some ways that his love was the deeper of the two. The end of the movie is still able to move me as you watch him come to terms with things and the role he's been dealt in life. IMHO this was a much better performance than the Dark Knight as he had no gimmicks to use or makeup to hide behind (altho his Joker was amazing as well).
I was wondering the same, but based on the edited thread title, it appears the Commish has ruled it's an AK.
For what's it worth, he hasn't posted anything on CP in over a week.
Yup. Once you're AK'd you're AK'd.
For example lets say you were at the head or tail of the draft, like Windom is.
We're not waiting 30 hours for 2 picks.
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^^^ I still can't believe that movie won Best Picture. I really, honestly cannot even fathom how that won.
That being said, I didn't think it was a bad movie, and at this stage in the draft is a pretty solid pickup.
It's a good movie that has been unfairly slated because it won the Best Picture Oscar when EVERYBODY expected Ryan to win. I really enjoyed the movie. It was intelligent and very funny at times. Dame Judi Dench has a fantastic turn as Queen Elizabeth. Good pickup sadora.
