Too much controversy = disappointment...

Rating: 7/10 (11 July 2006)

Once upon a time there were two brawny cowboys that loved each other so much, and they spent the nights giving free hand to his love inside their tent there at the Wyoming mountains. They wished they could stay just like that for ever and ever, but it's not possible. In the deep America of the 60s (and at present time) it was quite a taboo to be a gay, so they'd better marry and have some children... the way is meant to be. Maybe they'll meet each other once a year and they'd be able to release they're true instincts... but that'll be all.
Anytime a movie creates a big controversy you end up discovering that it wasn't that important at all. Ang Lee perfectly portraits those wonderful mountains, those streams, th sunsets... maybe he recreates himself too much (he just CAN'T make a movie of less than 2 hours). So, what's best about "Brokeback Mountain"? Well, the photography, of course; the extraordinary beauty of those enclaves... and the work of Heath Ledger. I always thought he was a second rate-expressionless actor, but he makes a virtue out of that expressionless in this movie. He really looks like a redneck (even though he's born in Australia).
*My rate: 7/10