So human

Rating: 10/10 (24 February 2006)

I'll start by telling you that I've seen this movie twice, and that I loved it even more the second time. There were in short five main reasons why I loved so much:
*The actors: Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal both did a tough job (in all meanings of the word 'tough') and delivered two of the most fragile and human character in film-history-- Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist. Anne Hathaway and Michelle Williams (my new goddess who, after her incredible performance in this film, made me follow Dawson's Creek) are glowing with just as much competence and professionalism as Gyllenhaal and Ledger.
*The screenplay: The writers have actually managed to write a screenplay that is far better than the original short story that the movie is based on.
*The director: Ang Lee has managed to both remain in complete control in the making of this film and being, as well as being really brave; it is evident that he among other thing has had complete faith in the actors and the casting of them (who would for example have connected The Princess Diaries-Anne Hathaway with a role like Lureen Newsome-Twist?). Brokeback Mountain has forever showed me what a master he is!
*The music-score: The first time I saw Brokeback Mountain, I didn't really notice the music and was in such a hurry afterwards that I didn't stay to listen to the music that was played during the rolling of the cast and so on at the end of the movie. But the second time, I noticed the perfection of the music. And then, at the end of the movie, the whole audience stayed and listened to Willie Nelson's version of He was a friend of my. All in all, the music-score was so good, that I kept humming it all the way home from the cinema.
*The cinematic photo: Every frame, from the stunning view of Brokeback Mountain to the shabby little town of Riverton, helps driving the movie all the way through.
Everyone, absolutely everyone should see Brokeback Mountain. It's not a film about two gay men- it's about love, how it can be ruined by the restrains and hypocrisy of society, and about unbearable loneliness as a result of the former. And if all the world's bigots and racists can't stand one lousy sex-scene (that's right, there's only one!) between two people who love each other, just because they happen to be of the same sex, then it's their loss. Eight academy awards-nominations. Three wins! That's just pure robbery. I've heard that because Phillip Seymor-Hoffman won the best actor-award for Capote and Crash became the best film of the year, this year's academy awards was really controversial. I beg to differ; it is not controversial, if the jury clearly still has a problem nominating and giving the Oscars to people who plays Hitler (I'm talking about Bruno Ganz in Downfall two years ago), or who's character has sex with another man!
Like I said: Pure robbery...