BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN is a timeless love story and a film for the ages

Rating: 10/10 (11 December 2005)

From the moment BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN opens to the vastness of the green mountains, to the closing scene with a green field blowing in the wind through a window, Ang Lee has delivered "a timeless love story and a film for the ages" that is one of the most beautiful, haunting, and memorizing films in 2005. The LA Critics got it right as BEST PICTURE of 2005 and this film deserves all the accolades that it can garner.
Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger are simply two cowboys who fall in love on BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN and take this love all through their lives to the final conclusion. What a shame this love between two people could not have been one they would have shared, rather than the one "we dare to show openly". The pain which Enis goes through and the loneliness both he and Jack feel when they are apart will haunt me forever, as well as the audience.
The supporting cast, the writing and the wonderful, visual development of the characters, Enis and Jack, is a masterful stroke directed by Ang Lee. Cinematography and the simplicity of the music against the beauty of the mountains and the love affair of Enis and Jack are visions to store in your ahead when the right person comes along in your life and you are not afraid to embrace that love for the world to see.
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN transcends the love between two men, and brings to the screen a powerful story of friendship and love. This film is a jewel waiting to sparkle across a world wide audience and is a great American film.