Long expected - totally worth it!

Rating: 10/10 (6 January 2006)

I just watched the movie and I am still under the strong impression. I definitely can't say that it is the best movie ever made, because it is not, but very daring and - oh my God, if we thought that "Million Dollar Baby" left us feeling uneasy, wait till you watch this one. On my way to see it I kept saying to myself - oh, I just hope it is good, please make it good. But I had a (reasonable) fear that it is going to be a mediocre movie. I thought it had to be. A serious (gay) director gets tired of "straight" big budget movies, he gets two hot straight (rising) Hollywood stars - and bam! we get a mediocre movie, but everybody gets happy. It doesn't stir up lot of things, they make some money (silly gay people will pay all the money in this world to see two hot studs making out), actors get back to their straight lives and careers - and everybody is happy. Oh, how wrong I was. Luckily, I must add. The slow pace - perfectly fits this movie. It lets you admire the beauty of both the mountain and the actors, and it kind of lets you think and re-think, over and over. Their destinies and lives, and of course your life, mistakes and future. Mountain-little town-cowboy-small-minded people setting - perfect again. It makes you twitch just thinking what must be going through their minds (both the lovers and others). And also, if you thought that love, pain and suffering come to people who are noble, well-bred and sophisticated you better be ready for a surprise. It is worth watching and watching again (I think). The theatre was pretty full, but unfortunately, I think they were mostly gay and artsy people. But, again, who cares - the message is there, it is left for us to decipher.