Terrific Love Story!

Rating: 9/10 (22 August 2009)

Just watched "Brokeback Mountain" for the 3rd time and it's not a gay cowboy movie nor is it a gay film. It is a love story about two men who develop a friendship working together and evolves unintentionally into more than they are able to handle. They realize the hopelessness of their situation but their feelings for each other are too strong to shake off. Both try to lead "normal" lives by dating women and eventually marrying and having children but over the years they find they cannot purge the feelings they have for each other. A heartbreaking scene is when one blames the other for his "shame". The fault is neither's and that seems to be the message and a poignant one it is. This is truly a beautiful film no matter what one's feelings are.