Very Good Film

Rating: 9/10 (7 April 2006)

I just watched this magnificent film and was both awed and envious of a love so pure, honest, and so meant for each other as the 2 men in this film were meant for each other. It saddens me that the characters would never get to be with one another, not totally, because of their fear of discovery from the otherwise ignorant souls of their home towns, and as a result, their stolen moments that they did have were made that much more precious. The feeling of true love that I saw in this movie is heartfelt and although neither man mentions the word "Love" to the other, you feel that it doesn't have to be mentioned - it's just there. It makes myself, and I'm sure, many who watched this film, yearn for a piece of what they experienced for one another, even if only for a moment. So few of us have this wonderful chance. I also felt pity for Ennis' wife, at the rejection and jealously she must have felt, and you really suffered along with her as she tried to be the good wife until she could no longer be silent. Brokeback Mountain,though a simple film throughout, had a great impact on me, and I will always enjoy it and feel compassion for the two doomed characters in the movie, and I hope to be able to read the story it was based on soon.