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Drama on February 3rd, 2007 by Chad Everett
Anothony Swofford (Jake Gyllenhaal) has joined the marines. He admits that this may not have been the best decision that he has ever made.
When he arrives for training, he witnesses another marine being branded, and before he can even get his equipment into his locker, they come after him. There’s only so much that you can do when you’ve got a dozen guys on you, and they heat the torch and roll up his pants leg as the heated metal nears his body. He passes out.
When he wakes, there’s no sign of a brand, and one of the other marines tells him that it’s just something that they do to new recruits. You have to earn your brand. Scary.
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Drama on January 2nd, 2007 by Chad Everett
This movie tells the twenty-year tale of two cowboys, who meet as they prepare to head up Brokeback Mountain one year to watch sheep. Yes, they are headed up the mountain to keep an eye on the sheep. The two will stay there and one will keep the camp while the other keeps an eye on the sheep.
It’s not a glamorous job, but apparently the pay is good (they don’t actually mention it – I’m assuming that it must be, or they wouldn’t do it for months on end). Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) go up the mountain as strangers, but they come down as a whole lot more than friends, which is a tough thing in the sixties. It’s not an easy thing now. Then they go their separate ways.
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