Simpley Magic

Rating: 10/10 (7 February 2006)

Brokeback Mountain moved me and made me think in a way a movie has never done before. Hopefully this film will allow many people to think differently towards gay relationships and see that they aren't any different to anyone else's...maybe this film will help towards less prejudice attitudes...and it deserves every award and bit of praise it gets. At the end of the film...turning around...there wasn't one person who wasn't crying or thinking about what they'd just seen. No one moved from their seat for a few minutes and there wasn't the usual chatter on the way out. This film will capture you and throw you into a world where being gay isn't OK and where 2 men cant be together...you care about the characters and you so desperately want Emmis and Jack to be allowed to be together, all the time knowing really they never will be. The passion between the 2 male characters burns off the screen, stronger than any heterosexual relationship seen in recent times. This is a testament to the actors, who are not gay, yet have thrown themselves into making the relationship and struggles real...from heath ledgers, emmis, struggling to come to terms with his emotions and life, to Jake Gyllenhaals, Jack, who accepts who he is but cant accept he cant be with Emmis. Everyone says this is Heath Ledgers film and yes he is without doubt fantastic...but Jake Gyllenhaal is also fantastic and that mustn't be forgotten. The supporting cast provide the brilliant support the movie needs to be carried along.
Some people say this movie is too slow and its not the fastest moving film your every going to see but that's part of beauty, if the shot of heath ledger hugging jacks denim jacket towards the end of the film and his ending line of 'jack i swear' doesn't break your heart, then maybe you don't have one. A movie with a message A movie that will move you A movie that will haunt you Simply a masterpiece.