Why bother?

Rating: 10/10 (14 March 2006)

At the time I write this there is already some 1500 viewer comments, and I doubt anyone will read that many posts to finally come to my own comments. So I don't really know why I should bother. But in case there is that one person who does get this far....
All I can say is that this movie hits you hard - and it hurts.
The first thing that caught my eye was the broad variety of people in the theater... the very old, the very young, groups of girls, straight couples, gay couples, blacks and whites. I saw old men with their wives, I watched them cry. I felt the audience suck in a collective nervous breath when the first love scene occurs, but by the time the second love scene occurred the audience was leaning forward in their seats as though they would fall into the screen. This is not a movie you can effectively comment on because it is not one that is meant to entertain. It is an event, an event that grabs you by the front of your shirt and shakes you and forces you to realize that the real barter of life is love and relationships.
But if any comment of value is to be made about the awesomeness of this film, it is the testimony of untold numbers of heterosexual men who are clearly mesmerized and captivated by it. It is not because they have suddenly felt homosexual feelings, but it is because men have been forced in society to keep all emotions and feelings locked away inside, and I think this movie touches them in that secret place of emotion and shows them that they are not alone. They are shown that they can show their love, they can show their emotions....if only life would back off and shut up and finally let them be a real person. I almost felt an urge to hug every straight guy in the theater just to tell them I know how they feel.
I have a feeling that this movie will have one of the highest video sales of all time - not only purchased by those who saw it and loved it, but by all those men who wanted to see it but did not have the nerve to publicly attend a theater screening. I for one hope this movie helps people become better humans and more focused on the thing that matters most - love.