a master piece that should be celebrated

Rating: 8/10 (11 August 2013)

It makes cowboys cool again, breathing warmth into archaic notions of not only cowboys but also stereotypes of masculinity and what it means to be a man, saying to all that watch that it's okay to possess emotion and actually have feelings, but to still be considered a man. I personally felt it was a beautifully sculpted, film art work that provides us with a brave and heart wrenching exploration into forbidden love, which evokes every emotion from all over the rainbow, making it almost impossible not to fall in love with the two main characters, almost at the same time as the two main characters fall in love with each other. An Ang lee (Life of Pie) film tells the story of two cowboys, -Jake Gyllenhall (Zodiac, Jarhead and Donnie Darko), and Heath Ledger (Oscar for best supporting actor in his role in The Dark Knight). Who meet and fall for each other on the Wyoming landscape. But due to the nature of this relationship, it's a love that is wrongfully hidden from the world. Also featuring supporting actresses Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables), Michele Williams (Great Gatsby) and Kate Mara (We Are Marshall) to name a few, who play their parts well, to ensure this film becomes a classic. It's a massive complement to our hearts and minds, that Ang lee pays us as the audience, providing us with a story that brings the LGBT community to not just too mainstream cinema, but to our homes and our hearts. But it's not just a film about two gay men, it's a story about true love, that should not be shamed, or stashed away out of sight, but instead celebrated and accepted.