The Power of Alcohol

Rating: 2/10 (8 October 2011)

If it wasn't for that bottle of whiskey during the opening sheep-herding scenes, these two cow-pokes would have never had their little "relationship".
Many people claim that this is a "beautiful film", boasting about how it will "change one's life" and other bloated notions like that. It's rather disconcerting to realize how much of the movie-going public is uptight about sex and obviously unable to discern the difference between a loving relationship involving two men and the weekend romp of a couple of screw-buddies.
Contrary to popular belief, there is no love between the men in this story. Not one scene is devoted to showing how the two cowboys might feel love for each other. No heart-felt conversations, no gentle holding of hands, just random opportunities for them to patronize the nearest cockroach-infested motels.... gee, how romantic. And what wonderful guys they are, disrespecting their wives by cheating on them the whole time. It certainly takes a lot of integrity to do that.
Maybe somebody will get it right the next time by painting a picture of two men whose love for one another transcends the boundaries of the sex act, instead of trying to fool the smarter people in the audience (like me) who have the brains and the passion to see what this wannabe "love story" is really about: a cheap 24-hour roll in the hay between trick-buddies in a musty tent on a lame mountain called Brokeback.... no thanks.