Author Topic: BetterMost Beans (Read 19191 times)

mankiss7 · « **on:** Feb 27, 2006, 02:07 PM »

Has anyone seen where you can get the BetterMost Beans... I'm sure this would a great collectible for fans of the movie.

Lost_Girl · « **Reply #1 on:** Feb 27, 2006, 03:14 PM »

I don't know, I'm sorry.

Does "BetterMost Beans" exist in real anyway ? lol (Maybe it's an stupid question !)

dirtbiker · « **Reply #2 on:** Feb 27, 2006, 03:16 PM »

I read somewhere that someone did some research on this, and there was no such brand in the 1960's... So it was probably just made up for the movie...

Toadily · « **Reply #3 on:** Feb 27, 2006, 03:17 PM »

I love the name its like those tacky names from the 60's like "good eatin' " brand or something.

Lilie · « **Reply #4 on:** Feb 27, 2006, 03:24 PM »

The only links that have something to do with BetterMost beans when doing a Google search are links to BBM sites. I wondered if they existed myself, but apparently not.

mankiss7, welcome here.

Maybe you could introduce yourself and tell us more about you here: http://www.ennisjack.com/index.php?topic=1478.0

rabjr1 · « **Reply #5 on:** Feb 27, 2006, 03:28 PM »

anyone ever have "Billy Beer"?

what is the name of the mix advertised on "Lake Woebegone"? for buttermilk bisquits?

tpe · « **Reply #6 on:** Feb 27, 2006, 04:31 PM »

I love this thread.

It's about time we say something about this detail!

jimmypage · « **Reply #7 on:** Feb 27, 2006, 05:11 PM »

Oh... I read that Beans BetterMost has the same initial letters of BrokeBack Mountain...

*Froggy* · « **Reply #8 on:** Feb 27, 2006, 05:13 PM »

I read that BetterMost Beans were a non-trademarked label only.

aimi15 · « **Reply #9 on:** Feb 27, 2006, 05:14 PM »

Quote from: jimmypage on Feb 27, 2006, 05:11 PM

Oh... I read that Beans BetterMost has the same initial letters of BrokeBack Mountain...

O my gawd! Suddenly feel SO thick!!

Lost_Girl · « **Reply #10 on:** Feb 27, 2006, 05:15 PM »

Quote from: jimmypage on Feb 27, 2006, 05:11 PM

Oh... I read that Beans BetterMost has the same initial letters of BrokeBack Mountain...

Oh well done !

tpe · « **Reply #11 on:** Feb 27, 2006, 05:17 PM »

Quote from: jimmypage on Feb 27, 2006, 05:11 PM

Oh... I read that Beans BetterMost has the same initial letters of BrokeBack Mountain...

Yes, I love this thread!

Lilie · « **Reply #12 on:** Feb 27, 2006, 05:18 PM »

Quote from: jimmypage on Feb 27, 2006, 05:11 PM

Oh... I read that Beans BetterMost has the same initial letters of BrokeBack Mountain...

Ooh, wow! Totally didn't realize that!

ETA: LOL, okay, how much more will that post be quoted, do you think?

christie wood · « **Reply #13 on:** Feb 27, 2006, 06:24 PM »

Oh I love it. Beans Better Most = BrokeBack Mountain. And those beans were so crucial to the film too!

Other themes running throughout film

shirts
harmonica
whiskey
fishing

Anyone think of any more?

Sorry, I'm off topic I know but I'm just loving this thread, I really am!

rabjr1 · « **Reply #14 on:** Feb 27, 2006, 07:37 PM »

Quote from: aimi15 on Feb 27, 2006, 05:14 PM

Quote from: jimmypage on Feb 27, 2006, 05:11 PM
Oh... I read that Beans BetterMost has the same initial letters of BrokeBack Mountain...
O my gawd! Suddenly feel SO thick!!

and you have every right to feel that way.

frenchcda · « **Reply #15 on:** Feb 27, 2006, 07:43 PM »

BetterMost beans, love the analogy wonderful and as for the one who is feeling sick, you need to add molasse to your beans , I assure you, at the end you will feel better

rabjr1 · « **Reply #16 on:** Feb 27, 2006, 07:54 PM »

with all this talk about beans I jsut remembered I have left over beans in the fridge. Bush's Barbecue Flavored beans. I am standing in front of the microwave screaming "hurry up!"

will get back as soon as I finished the Best Beans in the World - Bush's Barbecue Beans.*

*no relationship to a family of half baked people in certain capitol in a certain country noted for it's mad-cowboy disease.

Cowboy Cody · « **Reply #17 on:** Feb 27, 2006, 08:01 PM »

Thank God, because it sure is hard to put those suckers in my grocery cart when I hit the store!

They usually won't put 'brand' name items in movies, but in this case, the BBM works just fine.

rabjr1 · « **Reply #18 on:** Feb 27, 2006, 08:13 PM »

Quote from: Cowboy Cody on Feb 27, 2006, 08:01 PM

Thank God, because it sure is hard to put those suckers in my grocery cart when I hit the store!

They usually won't put 'brand' name items in movies, but in this case, the BBM works just fine.

au contrair Cowboy, most movies now a days are loaded with product placement. Compaines pay millions to have their porduct used AND seen in a movie most notably high budget fims ala King Kong. check it out and count the number of branc name products in the next Bruce Willis film.

The reason they used their own created brand was because of a potential suit from a company that would NOT want to have their product in a (at that time) gay cowboy film.

Cowboy Cody · « **Reply #19 on:** Feb 27, 2006, 08:20 PM »

Rabjr1, true, you are right that for the 'right' movie they will pay zillions. I was just thinkin' 'bout BBM. Funny, when WE have much more disposable income than others!

rabjr1 · « **Reply #20 on:** Feb 27, 2006, 08:25 PM »

when they say "follow the money" or "show me the money" we are sometimes left out of the equation.

of course some whole industries would collapse if they got rid of every person of GLBT persuasion.

karind1 · « **Reply #21 on:** Feb 27, 2006, 11:19 PM »

remember in the USA we have B&M baked beans B&M=better most?

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hidesert · « **Reply #22 on:** Feb 28, 2006, 10:59 PM »

Sounds like some of the Prop manager's humor. Like the "Old Rose Whiskey" that they drink and has been commented sounds like a play on the line "stem the rose".

JerBear418720 · « **Reply #23 on:** Mar 01, 2006, 11:52 PM »

Quote from: hidesert on Feb 28, 2006, 10:59 PM

Sounds like some of the Prop manager's humor. Like the "Old Rose Whiskey" that they drink and has been commented sounds like a play on the line "stem the rose".

There used to be (and maybe still is) a REAL brand of whiskey called Four Roses.

dissident · « **Reply #24 on:** Mar 02, 2006, 07:19 PM »

I really figured the brand was a sort of joke, because it really didn't take long for Jack to say "No more Beans." Clearly, they weren't BetterMost. They looked pretty nasty too.

"It's too early in the summer to be sick of beans."

ethan · « **Reply #25 on:** Mar 02, 2006, 07:25 PM »

dissident, yes they do not look tasty at all.

After reading your post, it makes me wonder - why did they have to eat beans? No other options to pack for them? Perhaps someone can enlighten me on this.

Or is it another metaphor of this movie?

CherryCake · « **Reply #26 on:** Mar 02, 2006, 07:40 PM »

I took it that the food supplies as being controlled by Aguirre--to keep down costs.

hidesert · « **Reply #27 on:** Mar 02, 2006, 11:09 PM »

Quote from: ethan on Mar 02, 2006, 07:25 PM

dissident, yes they do not look tasty at all.

After reading your post, it makes me wonder - why did they have to eat beans? No other options to pack for them? Perhaps someone can enlighten me on this.

Or is it another metaphor of this movie?

If it's a metaphor, I haven't figured it out yet.

There was no refrigeration in camp, so that reduced the number of food items. Basically it had to either be in a can or a box. Beans are a cheap source of protein and these guys were working hard and needed a lot of protein every day. The only other alternative was to shoot some game which they did. I agree with Cherry Cake that Aguirre probably wanted to keep the costs down so there were likely few items available. It was just a summer job.

JerBear418720 · « **Reply #28 on:** Mar 28, 2006, 02:42 AM »

7th viewing revelation - the BetterMost Beans were in tomato sauce - said so on the label.

tpe · « **Reply #29 on:** Mar 28, 2006, 07:53 AM »

Quote from: JerBear418720 on Mar 28, 2006, 02:42 AM

7th viewing revelation - the BetterMost Beans were in tomato sauce - said so on the label.

As I said before, I love this thread.