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[johnckirk]

Well, the New Year is here, and I celebrated it in a relatively low-key manner. I was off on SJA duty last night (at the Natural History Museum's outdoor ice-rink) - I'd heard that it's been very busy, with lots of broken bones, but hardly anything happened while I was there. The main thing that stuck in my mind was when people complained about the

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[shuripentu]

Not having seen that South Park episode, I'm actually quite keen on seeing Brokeback Mountain in the cinema if the reviews are good. The trailers look very promising, and I would be proud to see a mainstream movie with homosexuality as one of its primary themes do well at the box office.

[johnckirk]

(First up, standard disclaimer about opinions varying etc. - if you go to watch the film, then I hope you enjoy it

[shuripentu]

I suspect this film is one of those stories where the execution is of far greater importance than the plot. The plot can only reasonably be expected to go in one direction; it'll the character development that will make the story interesting and hold the film together. A good plot is an easy way to make a story work, but it's hard essential: Margaret Atwood's "The Edible Woman" essentially had no plot, but it was still an enjoyable read