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2012-05-19 23:57:30

BROKEBACK IS JUST THE WAY YOU FEEL AFTER a WONDERFUL RIDE, with this great moving MOVIE!!!

"Brokeback Mountain" opened in a few large cities and has slowly rolled out into the rest of the country. Along the way, it's picked up nominations from nearly every critics group and for every award possible. Thus, when some people across the country finally have the opportunity to view "Brokeback Mountain," it will have been built up incredibly. I'm sure many people are very eager to see the "gay cowboy" movie that's winning so many awards. Unfortunately, I think some people may be disappointed. "Brokeback Mountain" is ultimately a small film, even if it does break some barriers. There have been hundreds of successful gay films, but somehow this one, largely because it twists the western mythos of macho straight cowboys, has already attained almost mythical stature. But please remember that it's a small, leisurely-paced movie.Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal play the cowboys, Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist. In 1963, they're hired by a rancher to watch a flock of sheep on a forlorn mountaintop. Indeed, both have lead pretty desolate lives - Ennis was orphaned early, and Jack's father was a cruel jerk, as we witness later. Being a cowboy was obviously a hard life and the best they can hope for is to get some steady ranch work. Long days together lead to the inevitable small talk and whiskey drinking as well as something else unforeseen - sex. However, whatever surprise the two men feel about having sex together seems dwarfed by the shock that they've found something in each other that they've never found anyplace else. Different viewers may disagree about what Ennis and Jack see in each other; some may see the acceptance between the men or the end to their loneliness that they find together. Whatever it is, they never find it again. After the leave the mountain, they separate - Ennis marries quickly and Jack eventually follows suit. Four years passes before they see each other again; unexpectedly to them, their feelings for each other are completely undiminished. So begins a 20 plus year relationship marked with yearning that will never be satisfied.To some audiences, this film will just be a gay love story. However, I think it's much closer in tone to one of Ang Lee's prior films, "Sense and Sensibility." Jane Austen specialized in love stories where characters' longing to be together is often outweighed by the price of being together. At one point, Jack offers to spend his life with Ennis, but Ennis, always the more pragmatic of the two, knows that two men living together in 1960s Wyoming would be nearly impossible. In all aspects, "Brokeback Mountain" is finely wrought. Ang Lee's direction is up to his usual high standard, and the cinematography is breath-taking. The script is from Pulitizer winner Annie Proulx's fine short story and was adapted by another Pulitzer winner, Larry McMurtry. In many ways, the film's simple portrait of the West is similar to McMurty's work in classics such as "Hud" and "The Last Picture Show." The supporting cast is uniformly good, including Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams, and Anne Hathaway. However, the revelation is truly Heath Ledger. Aside from his work as the son of a racist in 2001's "Monster Ball," he hasn't shown much acting promise. Nevertheless, he perfectly captures Ennis. He's likely to be nominated for an Oscar and perhaps even challenge Philip Seymour Hoffman "("Capote") for the win. Indeed, it's likely that "Brokeback Mountain" will win more than a few Oscars this year, and it's most worthy of the attention.

john 2012-05-19 11:53:21

Great movie and I don't care if it is about gay cowboys.

BROKEBACK MOUNTIAN is a great film and even though it has been made funof by some (even in the film industry) , it is a heartfelt film fromstart to finish. It tells the story of 2 sheep herders who have anaffair that spans over 20 years. They meet at the place they originallymet, Brokeback Mountian, and have their dalliance every so often eventhough they both marry two attractive girls and settle down withchildren. The story is simple really, but Ang Lee directs with asoftness and tenderness that is both poignant and sad. I felt sad forthese two that don't seem to connect with anyone;including their wives.Heath Ledger is especially good as Innis. He's got the walk, talk andmannerisms that I would expect a cowboy to have. Jake Gyllenhall isgood, too as Innis' "friend". The film is not boring or dull but afascinating character study of lonely people in lonely places that fewfear to tread. This was a close second to CRASH of the choices that wehad. BROKEBACK MOUNTIAN-**** out of 4.

Alex Davis 2012-05-17 18:35:14

Most powerful movie I've ever seen

Ang Lee's brilliant and haunting love story instantly became myfavorite movie after i saw it. It's power and sadness stayed with mefor over a week. He actually improves upon the original short story-extending the story line and strengthening the characters. Theperformances were all great, but Heath Ledger's portrayal of Ennis DelMar is one of the most powerful and nuanced performances of recentcinematic history. His acting skill moves beyond the sparse dialog. Thereal pain is evident in the silent scenes, where Ennis's inability tochange the course of his life breaks the hearts of the audience. Hischaracter is not only identifiable to gay men, to to any person whosedreams have been a casualty of the world: gay, straight, male, female,red state, blue state. The film's few flaws (the almost too censuredlove scenes, the emphasis on their family life over their relationship)are instantly forgivable and forgettable upon the emotional force ofthe last quarter of the movie. Brokeback Mountain is the reason the 5star review exists. Every movie I've ever seen pales in comparison.

jim rogers 2012-05-17 07:37:08

Heath Ledger impressive

His performance in this film is one of my favorite characters in anymovie I have ever seen. His lifelong conflict with having fallen inlove with a man, and being ashamed of himself for it. His decision tonever allow himself to find happiness in any relationship with either awoman or a man. His characters emotional conflicts and the way heconfronted them, hit me hard in the gut.I found it interesting that Jack would go to male prostitutes from timeto time, but Enis would not. Enis's only male relationship was withJack and he kept it a secret from the world. It took a lot of guts forhim to visit Jack's parents as they were obviously aware of who he was.Jack's homosexuality was far more open than Enis's and they had to knowhis secret. Jack's Mom showed him compassion, but his Dad chose not toeven look at him. Enis chose to come face to face with his innerdemons. Some of my favorite scenes.When he kicked the crap out of the Gypsy Jokers at the 4th of Julyfair. A couple of obnoxious drunks swearing with children all aroundand he showed such assertiveness to clearly express himself to them, tonot use language around the kids. When they mouthed off he wentdirectly to aggressive and did what a real Cowboy would do. He stood upfor himself and his family. He was a Man's Man.The scene where he ran into the cute girl that fell in love with himwas very powerful. I guess he decided not to hurt her or any womanagain the way he did his wife.Another of my favorite scenes was when he and Jack were having theirconfrontation by the river and he told Jack "Your why I am this way". Avery powerful scene.The final scene with him sticking the address numbers on his mailbox.Junior stops by to invite him to her wedding. The culmination of all heever earned in his life and there he was in the middle of nowhere,living in a trailer, a cold and lonely place he put himself, due to hisinner conflicts. As though he chose to punish himself for ever more.But he had his daughter's love. He had at least that to show for hislife, and it made me feel good for him. And Jack's shirt hanging in thecloset for his memories.I have seen a lot of movies in my life, but I have never seen one likethis. I mentioned to my adult children that I liked this move. Mydaughter laughed and my son just played it off. My girlfriend ignoresit. We watch 4 or 5 movies a week together. Never this one.I find it interesting how people will avoid uncomfortable subjectmatter and miss out on such a great movie. I'm glad I bit the bulletand watched this movie on HBO. I have seen it at least a dozen timesand I still continue to watch every time it airs.

DMChewie 2012-05-16 23:04:35

A beautiful, heart-wrenching film about love...

Speechless. Numbing. Amazing.These are just a few of the things I felt after seeing this movie. Infact, to call it a mere "movie" degrades this kind of art. Never beforehave I been moved so deeply by such simple imagery. A look, a kiss, ashirt, a mountain. The magic of this film lies in what is not said, butrather in what you see.Brokeback Mountain is a cinematic tour de force. Ang Lee really knowshow to tell a love story. I've read reviews, seen comments, heardrumours, but nothing compares to a firsthand view of the the sheerstrength of the story presented here.I think the most important thing to understand, however, is that thisnot a story about two "gay" cowboys. It's about two people who loveeach other. It's as simple as that. They expose themselves, albeit withsome difficulty, to each other and to those around them, and in doingso find what we've all been searching for: Love.Shot against the luscious and majestic backdrop of the Albertafoothills and Rockies, this film could not have had a better visualsetting. The cinematography is superbly done, and evokes feelings thatmatch the relationship between Jack Twist and Ennis Del Mar. It isbecause of the landscapes that Brokeback Mountain carries such atremendous emotional punch.Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger deliver stunning performances as JackTwist and Ennis Del Mar. These two really have perfected the art ofconveying feelings with simple flicks of their eyes. I can't remember atime when I ever felt such love and power behind a facial expression.Words cannot describe the feelings between these two young men, andthis is something upon which Ang Lee has capitalized. Less is alwaysmore.The musical score is the final touch. The three "Brokeback Mountain1/2/3" interludes mark key points in these men's lives. Each one buildsin intensity, until the final one really drives home the message ofthis film: Love transcends all boundaries and obstacles.I highly recommend seeing this cinematic masterpiece, it will move youin ways you never thought possible. It will show you the true power ofLove.

pallenk 2012-05-16 09:44:50

Ennis's last words.

I just re-watched BBM and I still can not understand what Ennis says atthe end while he is staring at the shirts and the picture. What did hesay? My only problem with this film is that Ennis mumbles a lot and Ican not understand some of the dialog. Anyone else have this problem?Is there a place I can read the dialog? Does the original short story(in the New Yorker)have the same last line as the screen play? Other than this I really thought the movie was visually stunning,emotionally moving, and, with respect to social and/or moral issues,complex and thought challenging. What other films has Ang Lee directedand what other films has Heath Ledger appeared in?

2012-05-15 10:18:50

Brokeback Mountain is rapturous!!!

The beauty of this short story turned into a beautiful cinamatic masterpiece has indeed made this important and thoughtful film, forever a landmark movie. It's stunningly true to life portrayal of unexpexted love and it's danger and doom of society's grim mentality for gay men in love, illustrates how thousands of people have to live closeted in tortured despair. Being pressured into a marriage for anyone, gay or straight, is hell on earth for all parties, and in most instances, their children! Although Ennis Del Mar confined his gay love, even after his lover's murder is ignored, many who see this film will realize their own epiphany I'm sure. It's a benevolent movie! The film depicts another side of real love irregardless of what interfering irrelevant segments of society would have us believe is dirty and sinful! It's quite the oposite. No honest love is EVER wrong!It's a disturbingly honest film proving the interferering right wing folks are accountable and exposes their real blasphemy!!!I am not surprised it didn't win the Oscar. Hollywood is famously closeted and scared of such honest tell tales.Ennis Del Mar, I swear.............

WaltDinLV 2012-05-15 06:47:25

Anne Hathaway topless!

Good movie. Slow, character study. Beautiful scenery.I thought I was very open-minded, but several scenes really made meuncomfortable. Afterwards, I thought about why. I'd seen male "gay"interaction on screen before, but not like this. These two were verymuch IN LOVE, and I was not prepared for it.This is NOT the "Best Picture" of the year, but very decent.Anne Hathaway has shown she's all grown up and not uncomfortable withnudity here (and in Havoc). Michelle Williams also is bare breasted.Finally, Ang Lee has shown he still has incredible talent, despite thelackluster Hulk film.Walt D in LV. 3-31-06. mywife (at) cox.net

princesillo 2012-05-10 22:06:47

My brokeback mountain.

I went to see Brokeback Mountain the other day. I did not cry onesingle tear but I have been haunted ever since. It is so moving. Enniswas me. Still, he has brought me back a reflection of myself I had wellforgotten.Before June 1999 I had never been kissed. I had never been touched. Iwas so lonely, so lost. I remember I was not able to make a move tosave my life. Now, watching this movie, he (Ennis) brought it all backto me. It deals with the very human drama of not taking properadvantage of the opportunities we are offered here and now. It's real.There are people like him, in this situation. Gay and straight.Sadly, we actually have nothing but a now here on Earth. Theseopportunities may not be there tomorrow. And when it domes to who wereally are, I think it's such a waste to beat around the bush for solong.There's much more about the movie that could be said here but I want toleave something untouched for you people out there.

I_heart_Indie_films 2012-05-10 18:21:23

I absolutely loved it

This movie touched me. I mean, I was sitting in the theater with tearsrunning down my cheeks twice. Brokeback is raw, real and isn't allcuddles and pink dresses like most people who refuse to see thinks itis. I read the short story, it's hardly a book, and realized that it'sjust that this movie is winning so many awards. The movies did thestory justice. I recommend seeing it - again if you already have.Apparently I have to write ten lines of text? This is my first postever. See Brokeback Mountain! Jake Gyllenhall is an EXCELLENT actor, he outshined Heath Leger for sure.See the movie. See the movie. It's great.

likelickety 2012-05-09 23:34:58

An incredible piece of cinema

I must have seen this film 10 times. It is bitter and beautiful andabsolutely haunting. Incredible performances from all four leads,stunning cinematography, wonderfully evocative score... I really didn'texpect it to be as amazing as it was. It's in my top ten films of alltime.One of the best things about this film is its subtlety. On rewatchingso many little bits connect up, lines heartbreakingly echo previouslines, the camera lingers on a window or a toy horse to draw our mindsback to an earlier scene. It is rich in symbolism.To those who think this is a gay love story? Do not underestimate it.It is far bigger than that. It's a story of regret, of the prisons ourown psyches put us in and a fascinating study of love stunted in itsgrowth, trapped in a decaying idyll.

Catherine Todd 2012-05-09 11:47:56

This film has moved me like no other...

I have just seen the film "Brokeback Mountain" here in NYC, and thisfilm has moved me like no other. I have looked up pertinent informationon IMDb.com and am including it here, in case others have not noticedthe original author or screenwriter's information.The screenplay, by Larry McMurtry ("Lonesome Dove"), was based on ashort story by E. Annie Proulx first published in the New Yorker in1997. Proulx won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for "The ShippingNews," another favorite film of mine."Her short story "Brokeback Mountain," which contains a character whois killed in a Wyoming gay-bashing, was published in The New Yorker in1997, almost exactly one year before the real-life murder of gayWyoming man Matthew Shepard. Proulx, who lived close to where Shepardwas beaten, was called to but not selected for jury duty for the trialof Shepard's murders."Proulx published her first novel at age 56. She was born in 1935 andMcMurtry was born in 1936, so they are both around 70 years old. Maybeit's not all over for us yet!I have read McMurtry's about cowboys and the west, and as thescreenwriter here, he does the same terrific job he always does. It wasfilmed in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, so the scenery is stunning and wellworth a trip to a "real big screen theater" which I haven't been to inmany years.I feel this film will change this country and this culture in ways wenever could imagine, and it's long overdue. Tolerance andUnderstanding, or at least just "tolerance" would go a long way for allpeople to begin to get along and to live "free." Free from hate andfear, for starters."To enter heaven, one must bring it with them." Yours, Catherine Todd

dks2855 2012-05-06 04:43:37

Nice, but hardly stellar

I apologize for bringing the voting average down... but to be perfectlyhonest, Brokeback Mountain is one of the few films in recent times thatvery nearly put me to sleep. The only redeeming quality it had for mewas breathtaking scenery and fine cinematography. Otherwise, it was amountain of yawns.Like its Oscar competition for best film, Crash, Brokeback ismystifyingly over-rated and leaves me wondering what drugs Academymembers are using these days. Oh, that's right... it's Controversial,with a capital C. I had forgotten--apparent controversy is what makesthe Hollywood wheels churn these days. Let's see if we can shock allthose ordinary folk at the multiplex (and make a mountain of bucksdoing it). What a shame Brokeback's earnest filmmakers becameHollywood's pawns to feed their money-making machine. It is a niceenough film; it's simply not the level of greatness its fans might haveone believe.Heartbreaking? Perhaps. Based on a cursory scan of nearly a thousandreviews, it could well be classified as a "chick flick." Emotionalinvestment requires the viewer to identify with at least one of thecharacters, and being a heterosexual male, I had no one with whom Icould empathize, so nothing about the story moved me. It didn't helpthat the dialog was largely unintelligible as the leads mumbled theirlines in what I imagined was supposed to be "realistic" portrayals oftentative, verbally-challenged cowpokes (sorry, all it did was make thefilm very annoying to follow). Ultimately I must have missed more thanhalf of the dialog; but, actions speak louder than words, as they say,and their borderline excessively-graphic sex scene left no doubt abouttheir emotional state.Seeing the glut of gushing five-star reviews here, what becomes evidentis that people really don't get out much. The "controversial" subjectmatter has been covered before in cinema, and with much more realismand honesty. Yes, Brokeback was sensitively written, acted anddirected, but it is so "artful" that most of the issues were diluted tothe point of impotence. They worked so hard to raise it above thestigma of "the gay cowboy movie" (which, at the risk of incurringhundreds of "No" votes, pretty much sums it up) that they forgot togive it some verisimilitude; in the end, it became a two-plus-hourHallmark card for (dare I say it) gay cowboys.

cordonoff 2012-05-05 10:36:39

Emotionally Devastating: The Impossibility of the Relationship

This was, simply put, emotionally devastating. It started slowly andcharmingly, but once the intensity of the lack--not thepossibility--but lack, of Jack and Ennis's relationship became clear, Iwas gone, emotionally shattered, as well as my partner of 11 years.It's amazing what a difference 40 years of Civil Rights can make--andhow horrifying it is that fundamentalists in the USA are trying to turnback the clock. This film is proof that art and politics are not thesame, but dance together, and that the best creators are not thosecommitted to a rigid gender dichotomy. Desire knows no bounds.Ang Lee speaks lack. Ledger was brilliant. His "vow" at the end, whichI will not reveal, speaks volumes. I grew up out West and couldempathize with his introversion, his emotional stuntedness, as it were,as well as with his intense resolve. And Gyllenhal, to my pleasure, wasequally moving.If this doesn't win the Academy Award for Best Picture, Actor,Director, then I'll be very disappointed.

psheldon 2012-05-04 17:44:36

mountaintops vs. lives of quiet desperation, a heterosexual take

While I had no knowledge that the movie was about gay cowboys, I wentto see a love story of intense romanticism which might make me cry toget me a peak experience before a great scientist spoke the next day. I am a heterosexual and struggled to find aspects of my identityportrayed in this movie. This movie wasn't sad in an inspirationalsense to me as was "Memoirs of a Geisha". The notion of retreat intofabulous mountain scenes from a world of unfulfilling employment tojust keep barely above poverty level resonated with my not wishing tolead a life of quiet desperation.It seemed to merely emphasize how obsessive passion can ruin lives.Quiet humble desperation doesn't fulfill a life either. Passion can begood, not only the passion of good "family values" but perhapssomething a bit less localized in time, perhaps a connection tohumanity not founded in genetic replication into the next generation,rather scholarship into a few generations more. Warnings against obsessive passion miss the beauty of a magnificentobsession confounding all passion in life to other than family values"the ways of the flesh". In my later years, I am now seeking connectionor commitment to humanity in my science, perhaps with no children of myown, although children are a joy to me independent of sexualinvolvement with their parents. I've heard that connection to one's ownoffspring is intensely visceral and I may indeed be missing somethingas equally profound as scholarship.The movie portrays the innocent, Ennis Del Mar, as losing innocencewith predatory male archetype gone awry, Jack Twist, who he, in hiscontinued innocence, misguidedly feels somewhat sorry enough for not tobreak up with. Perception of any sexual overture by a male beingpredatory can be projected by heterosexual males onto gays with tragicresults to humanity. A misunderstanding of the passions because theyare unspoken can lead to bottled up pain that explodes in tragicviolence. One sees the characteristic instability of three wayrelationships, irregardless of sexual preference, and this has beenstudied and verified by credible sources.Perhaps this movie speaks the bottled pain (and potential violence) ofall parties to such deception.We have an unfortunate world now, a world unfortunate not only that ithas predators, but also that it perhaps too easily perceives "malebehaviors" as predatory. The movie, however, perceives Lureen Newsomeas a businessman exhibiting such predatory male behaviors, a womanavoiding responsibilities with the children and predatory with adegree, at least, of owned shame.Integrating predatory and nurturing natures requires a long trek forPenguins, so for men and women of this century, probably an even longerone. I myself can't fathom it.While it seemed to simply reiterate warnings of the bible againstsodomy with a beautiful musical soundtrack and mountain backdrop, theremight have been another message more profound spoken by "Ennis Del Mar"choosing not to work but rather attend his daughters wedding whichmight have been, for him, another mountaintop experience, that of hisdaughter's unconditional love.

ZebraGreg 2012-05-04 09:27:16

Moviemaker confuses lust for love in lonely shepherds. Movie fails as allegory for homosexuality in America.

Two hands at a sheep ranch have sex during one lonely summer, andcontinue the relationship into their adult life, creating lovetriangles with their future wives. It explores the power of homosexuallust in adult men. Later in life they face discrimination because ofanti-gay stereotyping.This movie is a story about how sex between two lonely young men getsconfused with love. Some interpret the their relationship as a lovestory and see the movie as an allegory for homosexual lovers in 21stcentury American society, but this is a false analogy. The men don'treally love each other, they don't do the things lovers do like takecare for each other, communicate through letters or phone calls, laughat each others jokes (very little smiling in this movie), or even gofishing together. The men are motived by good sex not love, and themovie explores the power of sex to complicate life, in this casetragically. The best part is the relationship between Ennis and his wife Alma(Ledger and Williams). This relationship takes place in the real worldnot the pretend world on the mountain. Williams gives the bestperformance in the movie.There are a number of distracting side plots, and in the end the moviepeters out.

stardog70 2012-05-01 17:38:39

My heart is full up

Old Brokeback Mountain has sure grabbed hold of my heart and seems inno hurry to let go. I'm not one who habitually sees movies multipletimes, but this one I just can't shake off. In all my long life I'venever experienced anything like this: seen it at least five times,re-read the Proulx story again and again, finally was able to buy thesoundtrack just today (2/14). Powerful, classic, spare, spacious,filled with silences, a metaphor for all life's disappointments andtragedies and great loves lost, and just about as perfect a film asI've ever seen. The director lets each viewer connect the dots for him/herself,contemplating the ambiguities (like the flashback scene) and involvingthem in the film in a way no obvious telling could do. Each time I seeit, it reveals more exquisite little details. It took four viewingsbefore I noticed Ennis, in the very last scene, folding his daughter'ssweater against his chest, holding it to his face and carefully placingit on the shelf in his closet. What a telling gesture, revealing thedeeply loving heart of his character without a word. And then theshirts.Kudos to Ang Lee, and to every one of the fine actors and writers whobrought this masterpiece to life. It deserves every award, and seems tome to be a film that can heal wounds and bridge gulfs between people,if it is allowed to. The tears we shed viewing it may be our own griefsand fears leaking out.

rickietoni 2012-05-01 09:32:09

Beautiful love story in which we all can relate.

I saw this movie Christmas day in Philadelphia,Pa. I went alone and wasthe first person in the theater. I sat almost all the way in the backand immediately got butterflies in my stomach. The butterflies weren'tfrom going to see a film by myself for the first time, they were fromknowing the topic of the film and relating to it 110%. I too had tokeep my love for another man a secret and it is absolute torture!Ultimately my love and I separated and the reason given was,"he wouldnot live the gay-lifestyle." I tell you all this because I will alwayslove this man without shame or apology and everyday I am sad yethonored that we had our time together! As far as this film isconcerned, I think about Jack and Ennis often, and think of them asfriends, and brothers and finally as MEN, who just happened to fall inlove(God forbid!)with one another.Lastly, everyone who reads this,please love who you love and do not let ANYONE tell youotherwise!!!Take care and see this film!!!!!!

Luke Glenshaw 2012-04-29 18:37:40

An extraordinary movie of great significance

After overcoming initial hesitation, my wife and I went to see BrokeBack Mountain, and we're so glad we did. As the movie progressed, Ibecame aware that I was seeing a movie of great significance. Superbacting, majestic cinematography, incredible dialog, intense emotion,cogent storyline, and the excellent score converged into making thistwo-hour-plus movie one of the great landmarks in the history of thecinema. I agree with those who say that this movie will be discussedand studied, along with the great ones: Casablanca, Citizen Kane, etc.The last twenty minutes of the movie comprise some of the mostgut-wrenching and emotionally painful experiences I have everencountered in a movie. I can't get this movie out of my mind andheart. I cried a number of times in the days following the movie. Mywife and I had a number of conversations in an attempt to come to gripswith this movie's profound impact. I have recommended this movie to anumber of people who scoffed at the idea of seeing a "gay movie." Thisreaction both angers and depresses me. Yes, there is a gay context tothe movie, but regardless of gender or sexual orientation, it containsuniversal themes of love, intense longing, disappointment, infidelity,passion and sexual desire, all of which are applicable to all people,everywhere and anywhere.The few seconds of watching the murder (yes, I do believe he wasmurdered) of the loving and lovable Jack Twist were almost toooverwhelming and shocking for me to bear. This movie will be rememberedfor years and years to come.

Jack Treese 2012-04-29 04:38:14

Unexpectedly captivating

Brokeback Mountain finally premiered in Rochester last night. Before Icontinue, I just want to say that before I walked into the theater, myconscience was saying not to go, because of my past view onhomosexuality. My idea was that it was wrong and immoral.However, I still cleared my mind and gave myself the strength to payattention. And I'm glad I did.'Cause I wasn't watching another gay-biased film. I wasn't evenwatching a new work that Ang Lee put out just to say he did something.No, I was watching an engaging, emotional, heart-felt romantic drama.Just with homosexual characters instead of the typical male-femaleromance.Heath Ledger as Ennis Del Mar deserves not only an Oscar nod, but a winas well. Jake Gyllenhaal was also good as Jack Twist.In the end, I learned that homosexuality should be tolerated, and thatit's their own choice and no one else's.ACTING: 10 WRITING: 10 DIRECTION: 10 MUSIC: 10 OVERALL: 10