Maybe I was tired...but come on...

Rating: 2/10 (6 February 2006)

Really, I ask you simply this. Would this movie gotten half of the praise if it had have been about a forbidden love affair between a man and a woman? Maybe I was too tired to get into this movie, but the story just didn't interest me. I felt as thought the hook of the movie , a forbidden gay love affair, was a rather unimaginative attempt to sensationalize an otherwise pretty stock standard plot line....
What more can I say, the majority of people in my age bracket : Male (18-29) gave it a 7.9, but I just don't see the great performances people are raving about. Heath Ledger, who I DO feel is a great actor (loved Two Hands), irritated me with his mumbling dialog. I mean was he having trouble hiding his Australian accent and therefore chewed every word he spoke? My partner and I constantly were asking each other throughout the movie "What'd he say?".
Not award material in my view....
My 2 c Joe.