Just beautiful

Rating: 10/10 (11 May 2008)

Beautiful, haunting, breathtaking - these are words that have over and over again been used to describe this unique love story... and all of them are justified.
The tragic story of a rodeo rider and a cattle ranch hand succeeds when you realise that this is purely, a love story. A story which could have been told at any time in history between any two people - a simple, sad, ultimately tragic love story.
It may be in fact, the saddest movie I have ever seen. The final scenes of the movie really only added to a series of situations where all of the characters endured sadness.
The pain Heath Ledger portrays when he realises what has happened to Jack Twist is unforgettable and for me is such a reminder of the mindlessness of judgements within society - homophobic, racial or otherwise. Pain is pain, no matter who you are.