Brokeback Mountain Is A Good Movie But Not Great

Rating: 6/10 (3 January 2006)

For all of the hype for Brokeback Mountain I was surprised at the misogyny of the director Ang Lee. It seems to me Focus Features, Lee and the main actors are trying to make this movie something it is not. I am glad some posts have called the film lame in the aspect of the intimacy. I was surprised the lack of physical intimacy between Ledger and Gyllenhaal. How is it groundbreaking that in the third act of the film..the viewer still doesn't sense that Jack Twist and Ennis Del Mar are in love? Why is Lee cloaking the same sex intimacy in the film? If the film is supposed to be groundbreaking shouldn't there be more showing and less implying?
The performances were great though all around. I was most impressed with Anne Hathaway even though Michelle Williams of course was amazing as well. However, Lee did not explain enough by SHOWING the viewer why Lureen and Jack's marriage broke down? I understand that Jack and Lureen's marriage was the more secondary marriage...but there wasn't enough background information into their relationship..that's my main problem with the movie. The middle of the film was boring and it dragged a bit...There wasn't enough EXPLAINING and SHOWING the viewers or building up to the conflicts that are dealt head on in the third act of the movie after Ennis divorce.
This is the third movie I have seen of Lee where a young actress must show her breasts. There was absolutely no reason why Anne Hathaway had to expose herself in this film. I thought this movie was supposed to be about homosexuals? So why is there more sex scenes between Ledger and Williams and Gyllenhaal and Hathaway? And why was Michelle Williams also exposed? Seems like Lee just likes to see young actresses naked or something. Some male directors are so sexist its disgusting. The film overall gets a 6.5 out of 10. The critics are seriously delusional here. The middle of the movie..should of EXPLAINED MORE...SHOW MORE..TELL MORE...