Yet another stereotype of gay men as pathetic

Rating: 1/10 (1 November 2008)

Brokeback Mountain is yet another attempt by Hollywood to stereotype gay men as pathetic (as demonstrated in the documentary "The Celluloid Closet"). The author, Annie Proulx, does not get inside the head of gay men. Her characters lapse in the abyss instead of answering the call to complete The Hero's Journey (per Joseph Campbell) which is the foundation of all great fiction. Instead of confronting and conquering their fears, Jack & Ennis end up as two pathetic men, crippled by a society that tells them how a man must feel. Too bad Ang Lee couldn't bring to this film the kind of integrity he showed in "The Wedding Banquet" (Xi Yan).