momversations: brokeback mountain

Mom: I liked it, but it wasn’t better than Crash. The scenery was spectacular, and Heath did a good job… but the story suffered from being very superficial. They didn’t LOVE each other; they had an affair that was a step outside of life, not life itself. They never had a chance to turn it into love, true, but it’s still just fantasy. I mean, who wouldn’t you fall in love with in those mountains?

Heather: Meatloaf.

Mom: All in the Family Meatloaf?

Heather: No, the singer.

Mom: Oh, I don’t know him. Ok, or Tiny Tim.

Heather: Or Jared the Subway guy. He’s just annoying.

Mom: Okay. Point made.

21 comments to momversations: brokeback mountain

  • Obviously, like me, Mom could watch Heath perform with The Blue Man Group and be completely mesmerized. Heath can do no wrong. Screw Crash.

  • This Fish

    I just like that they’re on a first name basis.

  • laura

    Phillip Seymour Hoffman.

  • who is jared the subway guy? did i miss something?

    i didn’t like crash as much as brokeback, and i didn’t see capote.

  • Stephanie

    It’s so funny….it sounds like your talking about personal friends or family. You sound like me and my sister. We always talk about celebrities on a first name basis and my mom is like who…what happened??? LOL

  • lawyerchik1

    Jared the Subway guy is the guy in the Subway sandwich commercials who lost a lot of weight eating nothing but Subway sandwiches….

    I didn’t see any of the Oscar nominees or winners, and funnily enough, my life hasn’t been significantly altered as a result. :)

  • I love lists! Since this is the Who We Wouldn’t Bang Like A Screen Door in the Mountains list…I’m going to add three to the mix: Dick C, George W & Rummy. But. Meatloaf is really, sort of the cream of that crop, isn’t he? I keep thinking of his moobies in Fight Club. So distressing.

    Love your blog!

    m

  • Tara

    I love that it’s just “Heath”. Like they’re going to lunch later or something.

  • M

    True that Jarod, those sandwiches don’t fix ugly.

    The only thing that ruined Brokeback was Heath’s accent. It was to reminicent of Carl from Swingblade.

  • mountain men…Yummy! Gotta love them for being so rugged and manly like, even if some may be gay. LOL!

  • I remember my brother telling me Tiny Tim was going to be at the circus or something. For some reason the thought of him terrified me. I’m pretty sure I would NOT fall in love with him.

  • This is so funny. I was talking about this craptastical movie yesterday and referred to “Mr. Ledger” as Heath as well. My friends were like “umm is he a close personal friend?” I said “yes, we used to get it on when he was straight.”

    LOL

    Anyway, there was no progression in the movie..it just seemed bland. I think both the wives did a great job.However, I think my hatred has something to do with my ruined fantasy of Jake…sigh*

  • Jen

    Let us add Donald Trump to the list. (You know he just had a child??)

    And my sister constantly talks about “Heathy-pooh”.

  • This Fish

    I could have added several folks like, Marilyn Manson and Gilbert Godfried. But I think Mom was getting tired of my antics.

  • Cassy

    HAHA…this just reminds me so much of me and my mom & what you just said, Fish, about antics. my mom’s always getting sick of my antics with being silly like this. she’ll just stop listening or walk away if I don’t stop at a reasonable point. lol

  • littelestsmurf

    Can I add Bono from U2.

    just, urgh. no. you wouldn’t would you?

  • CL

    I agree with Mom actually. Their first coupling wasn’t exactly tender. But maybe it’s because I’m a girl and wanted to see them communicate more if we were to believe they really couldn’t stop thinking about each other for years. Seems like they had a nice few months of sex, but where was da love?

  • The guy from All in the Family was “Meathead”, not Meatloaf, silly! And how could you not fall in love with HIM? What a cutie!

  • I don’t know dude. In my single days if you’d given me a mountain stream and a bottle of Boone’s Farm and I might have had a fling with Meatloaf. But hell, I was pretty much a big slut.

  • txradiochick

    what the….

    I’m not sure how someone responds to that. but none the less fish… you and your mom sound like me and mine. thanx for the good reads.

  • Felinegirl

    Ijust luv your blog..It never fails to put smile on my face no matter how grouchy im feeling at the moment.. and all the great posts ..haha