Forget DeNiro Pacino

Rating: 10/10 (4 August 2010)

People are so ridiculously sentimental. De Niro, Pacino, my bum. Dinosaurs. Ugly, macho monochrome actors who always seem exactly like themselves. Maybe they were great for their relatively, very uncompetitive, film age, but they don't come anywhere near Ledger and Gyllenhaal. I was shocked when I watched this the 3rd time and realised it was 2h 15mins, or thereabouts. The other times I watched it, it flew by so fast that I had thought it was a film of about 90 - 100 mins. at most. The absolute opposite of most other films. Even some great films drag. This one no, and why. Well, they must be truly great actors. Films have their value for so many different reasons; I am also not a fan of actors - I believe that writers and Directors deserve far more of the credit for making a beautiful work of art. However these 2 men, if you can take away your Homophobia and not even see it as gay, made the greatest romance of all time happen on screen. This is the most compelling 2 performances and tragic, romantic love story ever told. And the scenery helped of course.