You've got to be joking.

Rating: 1/10 (8 February 2006)

I just went to go see "Brokeback Mountain" last weekend after hearing over and over how great it was. I was actually excited to see a great film!! However, as I walked out of that film I was angry, not disappointed or sad, but angry. Here's why: 1.) Should have been called "Mumble Mountain" as it was close to impossible to understand what was being said. The theatre I saw this at actually had to switch the sound from Dolby 5.1 Digital to MONO!!! 2.) Hands down the worst acting I have seen this year. Every emotion seemed forced and overly dramatic, especially for these cowboys. Granted, Heath Ledger wasn't THAT bad, I'd give his acting a 6/10.
3.) Over the span of 20-23 years, these cowboys didn't age more than a couple of days. I was absolutely floored as to why these cowboys, who are supposedly living rough and tough lives didn't age!!! At the end, Heath Ledger's eldest daughter looked MUCH older than he did. I can't fathom how Ang Lee let this huge detail go overlooked.
4.) The straight-gay-straight-gay-straight dynamic was just flat-out boring. Through the middle of the film, 40 minutes were taken up just by the husbands and wives saying goodbye to each other as the guys went to meet up on Brokeback every couple of months.
5.) The scenery was pretty 6.) Hollywood, if you want to keep churning out big-budget films touching upon "taboo" or "socially important" themes, please do it the way Spielberg did with Schindler's List, not the way it was done on Brokeback Mountain or even Munich.