how did this win anything?

Rating: 3/10 (19 February 2007)

i have been racking my brains trying to figure out how this miserable piece of filming (like watching a unbelievably boring long version of Payton Place) about two totally unsympathetic characters ever got nominated let alone won any awards.
i have come up with a list...
a) it is about gay cowboys b) the music score is actually very nice c) it is about gay cowboys d) the scenery is fantastic e) it is about gay cowboys
and so on and so on....
the ONLY reason this got any publicity or noticed and the ONLY reason people have written here about what a great film it was, is because it broke new ground. it had gay cowboys in it.
if it had been about a male and female having a quick shag in the mountains and then having to keep there love secret, it would have been ignored...and rightly so