A "social reality" movie with high impact

Rating: 10/10 (13 January 2006)

As a gay man, I was impressed by the honesty of the story line. I have, in some respects, been there and done that  but not, by any means, with the monumental impact the movie's story line carries. Among my initial thoughts were, and this is with regard to relationships, not just homosexual relationships: Yes, we as people, not just gay people, can fault society for much of our dysfunctional  either minor or major; however, we, as people, not just gay people, must recognize how much we have personally sacrificed to "convention," and how disastrously misaligned our priorities became in our search for perfection, what was expected, what we thought was ideal, what we thought was right, what we were told was  . We seem always to fail to recognize that relationship IS the most important thing in our lives. Yeah, that really sounds corny! But I believe that this is the message the movie conveys. Whether you are gay, straight, bisexual, asexual, far right wing, far left wing, DO go and see Brokeback Mountain. You will exit the theater with a greater appreciation of what love is.