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Brokeback Mountain The Rewatchables
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Brokeback Mountain

Producer review

Loved it; the ending was the favorite and “Jack, I swear” was beautifully vague

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  • The invited producer and his wife loved their first viewing; the ending is his favorite and Jack, I swear is beautifully vague.
  • The film’s box-office success is contrasted with a present environment where such material would likely become a television series.
Brokeback Mountain The Rewatchables
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Brokeback Mountain

Recasting Couch

Transcript-observed Ashton Coucher and Orlando Bloom, with chemistry essential

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  • Chemistry is essential; an alternate2005 version with Ashton Coucher and Orlando Bloom is imagined.
  • More ordinary-looking men could fit the story, with McBride, Gillis and Plemons reconsidered; Ferrell and Riley carry too much comedy baggage.
  • Nathan Fielder is floated then rejected.
Species The Rewatchables
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Half-Assed Internet Research

The budget is stated as $35 million and the gross as $113.3 million, described as a hit.

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  • The budget is stated as $35 million and the gross as $113.3 million, described as a hit.
  • The kiss is said to have won the 1996 MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss and to have been recreated at the ceremony.
  • Giger is identified as Sil’s designer and reportedly objected to reused alien-film ideas, prompting a different headshot ending.
  • The Id club was reportedly constructed inside the Pantages Theatre.
  • Molina reportedly eased Henstridge’s first-sex-scene nerves by joking that his own prior experience had been with a man.
Species The Rewatchables
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Most Rewatchable Scene

Young Sil escaping the gas-filled enclosure is nominated; the immediate opening and lack of explanatory preamble are praised.

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  • Young Sil escaping the gas-filled enclosure is nominated; the immediate opening and lack of explanatory preamble are praised.
  • Fitch explaining the alien project to the assembled crew is nominated for efficient exposition and the female-docility exchange.
  • The burn-room escape is called fun despite questions about why the door is not opened promptly and why Madsen is not angrier.
  • Sil’s club visit, bathroom killing, and lethal French kiss at the Hollywood Hills house are nominated.
  • The bathroom murder is discussed as Sil’s literal response to a romantic threat; Robbie’s car, view, and automated home are admired.
  • Initial rooting interest in Robbie ends when he tries to prevent Sil from leaving.
  • Robbie’s threatening conduct and diabetes are both considered reasons for his death.
  • The Palisades encounter is nominated, with sympathy for the helpful man whose successful date becomes a sudden death.
  • The car chase and body-switch explosion are called fun to watch.
  • The paired sex scenes are nominated, and the Helgenberger–Madsen scene is reportedly partly improvised.
  • The dueling sex scenes at the end are called clearly the answer; Henstridge is praised for going for it.
  • The Robbie Hollywood Hills sequence receives a separate explicit favorite-scene preference.
Species The Rewatchables
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Probably Unanswerable Questions

Sil’s rapid familiarity with showers, money, and American behavior is questioned; the diabetes rejection is mocked.

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  • Sil’s rapid familiarity with showers, money, and American behavior is questioned; the diabetes rejection is mocked.
  • The discussion asks where Dan works and whether his empath abilities require certification.
  • Whether being an empath constitutes a job and how the CIA located Dan are questioned.
  • Sil’s aging rate is questioned, including whether she would become elderly within a week.
  • A comic hypothetical asks whether Sean Marks would draft the species if eligible.
  • Whether the originating aliens monitor or approve Sil’s progress is debated; her behavior is interpreted as reflecting a predatory human society.
  • Suggested places to find a mate include the South Bay strand, a USC party, and wine country; the range of suitable adult men and locations is debated.
  • Disney World, a Lakers game, Eagle Rock, and meeting Gretzky are imagined as further Sil encounters.
Species The Rewatchables
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Picking Nits

The team’s failure to suspect that the intelligent alien staged the apparent death

In the discussion (8)
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  • The team’s failure to suspect that the intelligent alien staged the apparent death is criticized.
  • The Palisades man’s reluctance is mocked, but his reaction to the abrupt demand for a baby is defended as reasonable.
  • The tough guy handing a cat to a sitter is mocked, but defended because dogs need more care when someone travels.
  • Sil leaving a bloody scene in the porter’s clean, perfectly fitting clothes is challenged.
  • The team locating Robbie’s house from the club is questioned, especially the assumption that a doorman knows his address.
  • Testing the hot-tub water for semen within roughly ten minutes is questioned.
  • The unusually helpful motel manager and lack of stronger reactions to Sil’s appearance are criticized; making a microbiologist a combatant is reiterated.
  • Fitch sending the team home to sleep while Sil remains loose is criticized.
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