McMurtry knows a great line when he writes one!

Rating: 10/10 (30 January 2006)

The last spoken line in "Brokeback Mountain", "Jack, I swear...", is also used in McMurtry's "Lonesome Dove." In that movie, the line "Deets, I swear...", is spoken by the still wet-behind-the-ears cowboy after burying his older friend. In both movies, the line is very poignant and moving. A thousand other words could not say or mean as much. As far as westerns go, they do not get any better than "Lonesome Dove." As far as tragic and forbidden-love stories go, "Brokeback Mountain", as told by Director Ang Lee, ranks with "Romeo and Juliet", Bronte's "Wuthering Heights", Hemingway's "Farewell to Arms" or Hardy's "Jude the Obscure". I'm sure there are others.