I didnot Understand All The HYPE with this movie!

Rating: 5/10 (4 March 2006)

Well first of all i'm not gay and i'm not a homophobic person either. I went to this movie with lot of expectations. Not to mention all the good things I read about this movie in the past...All the hype it has generated...and obviously the Oscar nominations. If we really keep a neutral approach towards the movie, if the same movie was made with a guy and a gal, it would fail miserably everywhere. Yes, we all know the movie is about two cowboys in love but its not good enough. I was not moved at all, like lot of other people have commented...I wasn't disgusted with the scenes either... it was a plain simple movie with good locations, thats pretty much it... ledger has done an OK job in fact i liked Jake's acting more. Both Actresses give good simple performances and one thing which does go in movie's favor is the bold film making. Movie deals with it properly and makes people understand that there's nothing wrong with being gay and one should not discriminate against them...It does win on that level but other then that...My advice is not to go into the cinema expecting Something great, movie is just about average... and it mite very well win the Oscars because of all the hype it generated and also because of the bold subject... but that doesn't guarantee entertainment.