Much less than what I had expected!

Rating: 5/10 (27 December 2005)

I totally went to see this movie expecting to witness another point of view to love. I absolutely have no prejudices against homosexuality, I think none of us should have. This movie supposed to tell a love story between two cowboys. One of them has been with men before (Jack) but the other one doesn't even know he is gay. The are alone on the mountain with the sheep and they become attracted to each other after some point. Fair enough!
I believe this story could have been told much more successfully. It was soo long at the most unnecessary parts and it didn't give enough details at the more important parts. For instance we still don't know exactly what happened between Jack and his wife,how did she understand that he was gay, why did he decide to move out with another guy if he was so in love with Ennis, what was he thinking? The end of the story was so fast and confusing and i think the audience mostly has to fill in the gaps in the story or maybe she is expected to do so, maybe that was the intention of the movie. I have no idea!
When it was over and when we were leaving the theater, I asked myself what was the intention of this movie? Is it trying to tell that love is something that can happen between any sort of people, you cannot control your feelings and you cannot control what you do when you feel love? Or there was high pressure on homosexuality back in 60's, 70's including social pressure, psychological pressure of the person he does to himself, so people were living the lives they didn't want when trying to conform the norms?Or maybe you effect the lives of the people that you lie (like wives and children) to a great extend and you don't really care about what you do to them because you are so madly in love (!) and that is okay??Is it really? As a bottom-line, I didn't get what exactly they are trying to tell, what exactly is their point of view? Or maybe they are just impartial and they are just telling the story and you can think whatever you like, take whatever side you wish!
If that was it, then they should have told more, there should have been more dialogs between Jack and Ennis, between Ennis and his wife, or even monologues would have been okay like a character talking to himself revealing how s/he feels!Although acting was really good,It basically did not deliver me enough, and I think I could have been much much better with that kind of a story.