How do I hate thee? Let me count the ways...

Rating: 1/10 (5 May 2009)

"Brokeback Mountain" won 3 Oscars, and was nominated for 7 more. The late Heath Ledger's performance was praised, as was Jake Gyllenhaal's, and critics hailed it as a masterpiece.
Looking at the poster for "Brokeback", I noticed that it was very similar to another movie poster, "Titanic". According to Wikipedia, it was designed after the "Titanic" poster on purpose. And that sums up the movie perfectly: it tries too hard to be touching, to be heart-warming, and to be romantic.
Why does everyone praise Heath's performance? He wasn't that great, all he really did was talk through his lips with a deep voice. All of a sudden he deserves an Oscar?
This movie was really (also) poorly made and directed. It starts with an awkward and far-too-long silence, and that's just about the whole movie: Ang Lee spends way too much time (for instance) following Ennis and Jack to the bar, showing a lot of (rather lovely at first, but then gets really boring) scenery. Please remind me why Lee got an Oscar for his direction instead of Steven Spielberg for "Munich"? About 10 minutes into the movie, I'm waiting for something to happen. 20 minutes: ooh! A bear shows up! But nothing ends up coming from it: it's shown, you have an exciting minute waiting for some sort of plot to develop from it, but it turns out that we're coming back to Ennis and Jack after all.
I'll cheerfully admit that I'm biased, and that romantic movies really aren't my thing. But "Brokeback Mountain" has such a poor plot, casting, direction, and an appalling score (that once more tries too hard to sound romantic)... How bad do I hate this movie? Words cannot describe my feelings.
Do you want a well-made (keyword: WELL-made) romance movie? Watch "Titanic". I'll take it any day over this junk.