Good Movie but is it really a true love story?

Rating: 7/10 (12 January 2006)

I have had a week to process my thoughts toward Brokeback Mountain and I am ready to share them. First let me say that it is a good movie with phenomenal acting (even Ana Faris' little role is great) and beautiful scenery. Heath, Jake and Michelle will get Oscar nominations and I think Michelle will win (her category tends to like the young ones). The story is unique and it did captivate me. It is my #5 movie of the year behind Chronicles of Narnia, Crash, Walk the Line and King Kong.
However, I have one big problem with the movie...is it truly a love story? What I mean by this is that it seems to be more about sex than love. Their relationship is never developed in the beginning and then bang, they do it! When they see each other after 4 years, all they want to do is have sex! Sex is not love, it is only a part of a loving relationship. Jack Twist even says that he has to go to Mexico to get what he can't get from Ennis on a regular basis (again, sex!). I never really believed that they were in love as much as I saw a pure physical attraction and relationship.
That is my main problem with the movie because it is being marketed as a love story and it really isn't one. It is about 2 men who are attracted to each other physically and they act on it for a 20 year period. The other thing is if Jack really loved Ennis, why couldn't he remain faithful? He only wanted to be satisfied sexually.
I have been married for over 5 years and I love to be intimate with my wife but there is so much more to marriage than just the physical part. The movie never developed their love but only the physical attraction. As a conservative Christian, I do not agree with the homosexual lifestyle. The movie actually developed what I believe to be the reason why both men struggled with it. They had bad fathers growing up and they were just looking for the love of a man to replace the lack of love they received from their fathers. I am sure some of you will disagree with me but I have to be honest.
Overall, I enjoyed the movie but I would tell someone that it is an extremely sad and haunting movie.