A Home at the End of the World

[Christy]

I can't believe there wasn't more hooplah and heartburn surrounding this movie. It's way gayer than Brokeback Mountain. :shrug:

Great film though.

http://wip.warnerbros.com/ahome/

A HOME AT THE END OF THE WORLD chronicles the lives of Bobby and Jonathan, two childhood friends who meet as students in a suburban Ohio school. From the moment they meet, Bobby and Jonathan are inseparable. For Jonathan, the unconventional Bobby is a connection to a larger world. For Bobby, Jonathan's family - and in particular Jonathan's mother Alice - represents a kind of stability that he hasn't known.

As they grow up, the boys grow apart only to reunite in New York where, together with the free-spirited Clare, they invent a new kind of family. Based on the book by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Cunningham, who also wrote the screenplay, A HOME AT THE END OF THE WORLD looks at what we mean by love, commitment, and loyalty. Perhaps most importantly, it re-examines the idea of family, and in doing so shows us its very essence and the ways in which that essence can be redefined.

 

[DotTheEyes]

I believe there was more hoopla over Brokeback Mountain because it dealt with homosexuality in the West and the two main characters were ranch hands/cowboys. Many people saw this as an assault on the American Cowboy/John Wayne image, which is dumb, but whatever.

Anyways...

A Home At The End Of The World was very good (not as incredible as Brokeback, but still, like I said, very good). I saw it in theatres a few summers ago. I was especially impressed by Colin Farrell, who usually plays "bada*s" roles, but here showed a more emotionally raw, introspective, sensitive side. One of his best performanes, easily. Overall, it was a gripping, touching tale of family and relationships. I'd recommend it to people who like little slice-of-life dramas. It's not for "blow-'em-up, Arnie-Bruce-and-Harrison" crowd AT ALL.

 

[Christy]

I believe there was more hoopla over Brokeback Mountain because it dealt with homosexuality in the West and the two main characters were ranch hands/cowboys. Many people saw this as an assult on the American Cowboy/John Wayne image, which is dumb, but whatever.

Anyways...

A Home At The End Of The World was very good (not as incredible as Brokeback, but still, like I said, very good). I saw it in theatres a few summers ago. I was especially impressed by Colin Farrell, who usually plays "bada*s" roles, but here showed a more emotion, introspective, sensitive side. One of his best performanes, easily. Overall, it was a gripping, touching tale of family and relationships. I'd recommend it to people who like little slice-of-life dramas.

I don't know what was so "incredible" about Brokeback. :shrug: It was a good flick, but I think this one was better.

 

[DotTheEyes]

I just thought Brokeback Mountain was an incredibly well-made film. For one, it had these wonderfully complex and emotionally hard-hitting performances, especially the ones delivered by Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, and Michelle Williams. Heath's performance, in particular, resonates with me - he completely became a different person in terms of body movement, speech pattern, accent, etc. and it was just awe-inducing, in my opinion. Also, the film had absolutely gorgeous sweeping cinematography and a haunting score. It was just a devastating film to me - one that completely bowled me over with how well-made and profoundly powerful it was. I still can't believe the schmaltzy, cheap Crash beat it and Spielberg's Munich at the Oscars. Ugh, sucky award shows. ;-)