Regardless of the sexuality of the characters or the viewer, the movie was amazing

Rating: 10/10 (16 March 2006)

I just returned from the theater and I thought BBM was an amazing, touching, frustrating, depressing, wonderful film. I'm neither a gay rights advocate nor a homophobe. I'm just a straight guy who believes in living and letting live. BBM was a sad movie about loss and denial and not being true to oneself and suffering the consequences and not being able to get what you really want and feeling pain and hurting others intentionally or unintentionally. That's all. It was about life. I'm feeling bad right now - not because the Academy snubbed this "gay movie," but because the characters felt a lot of pain, just like in real life. This, to me, is the mark of a good movie: it makes you see and feel things that you see and feel in real life, regardless of your gender, sexuality, race, economic status, political beliefs or other traits. BBM made me think. I hope others will leave their preconceived notions at the cinema door so they can view the movie, experience emotions and think as well.