powerful, heart-wrenching...a must see!

Rating: 10/10 (30 December 2005)

Having said that, it is also somewhat depressing and captivating at the same time. I saw Brokeback Mountain last night in a mostly crowded theater--many people sitting around me had the same reactions I had--you really feel as if you are with Jack (Gyllenhaal) and Ennis (Ledger) and you can feel the love, pain, and isolation they experience.
The story centers on Jack and Ennis who work for a man (played by Randy Quaid) one summer on Brokeback Mountain in Wyoming, in the 1960s. After the two men discover their attraction towards one another, summer is over and they go their separate ways, as they know having a gay relationship in Wyoming is virtually impossible. I do not want to give anything away so I will leave it at that.
Ledger is such a benevolent actor (so is Gyllenhaal), but I think I liked (and identified with) Gyllenhaal's character more. The two made the movie the masterpiece that it is and all the other actors played their parts brilliantly. Highly recommended and easily the best I have seen in a while. Powerful, heart-wrenching, gut-wrenching cinema. 10/10