A Wonderful Movie

Rating: 10/10 (25 April 2006)

Brokeback Mountain is one of the best movies I've ever seen. The acting is wonderful, the direction is without parallel, and the setting is sublime. I wasn't a particular Heath Ledger fan before, but I sure am now ... and Jake Gyllenhal is a wonder, too. I'd recommend everyone see this movie, but it is quite sad, so depressives be warned.
I've read the short story upon which the film is based, and that the writers (Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana) managed to turn it into this beautiful film is amazing. They certainly deserved their Oscar!
Ang Lee paces the story slowly at first, so you can get to know the characters, how they think, how their relationship forms; he catches you up in the joy AND heartbreak of their lives, and in the profound impact their connection has on others. And he does it with a wonderful subtlety; it must have been an amazing experience for all of the actors involved with this movie, to work with someone so talented and with such heart for the material. If you haven't seen Brokeback Mountain, see it today!