What was all the fuss about?

Rating: 5/10 (21 October 2006)

I finally got around watching this movie . A lot has been said about it, all superlative, and all sounded like this would be a real treat. I must mention that I delayed seeing it because I saw some spoofs like "Brokeback to the Future" and others on the internet and whenever I heard snippets of the Brokeback Mountain sound track I was reminded about cleverly edited scenes between Ernie and Bert or Frodo and Sam. So I started watching expecting to be drawn into a love story where the emotion is felt beyond the screen, where I would be completely drawn in by the fate of the two protagonists and I waited and waited and waited until the end when I nearly did cry but not because I felt for Ennis but because I was so bored. I found the story incredibly shallow and smothered with clichés. The main characters were boring and why did they have to be inaudible. Sorry, I forgot, Cowboys mumble. The women where mere caricatures with the exception of Ennis' wife. Jake's parents, Jake's in-laws... please. This is not a good movie like "Far from Heaven" which also deals with homosexuality and other taboos during almost the same era, but does so with much more depth. I am glad this film did not get the Oskar for best picture.