Universally Beautiful

Rating: 10/10 (30 December 2005)

It is strange and rare how a good movie can transport you to a different time and place where the lives of the characters enrapture your every being. So emotionally raw and to a degree disturbing in the realistic portrayal of how it must've been for those with similar experiences. Brokeback Mountain has done so much in the span of 2 1/2 hours then most movies has done in years. Universally beautiful in its honest choices made by the cast, director, and writers.
I've seen the movie twice in order to pick up any unspoken dialogue that I may have missed the first time around. I enjoyed it even more and anticipating every savoury moment that I had diarized in my memory from my first experience. The first embrace after 4 yrs to the unforgettable shirt scene in the end. Gut wrenching to say the least.
After the movie I purchased the book and read the 55 pages vehemently and was pleasantly surprised how the screenwriters stayed true to Annie Proulx' short masterpiece. I've since read the book several more times and have officially declared myself a certifiable fanatic of this story.
Thank you Ang Lee for your beautiful direction and Annie Proulx for the imagined reality and lastly Heath & Jake for creating such honest characters that I will be haunted by for years to come.
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