Satisfied But Sad

Rating: 10/10 (21 January 2006)

I have now seen Brokeback Mountain three times and will buy the DVD when it comes out. Each time I see it I see something new and moving; each time I cried. In 45 years I have not cried at a movie, not till now. Like all true art this film has stirred me in so many ways.
I have read many of the reviews and have been amazed by the many outpourings and astute observations by so many different people. I have also been saddened and appalled by a number of them. Although not surprised by some of the Christian right messages I have been upset by the hate and relentless stupidity of them. Like Ennis I was raised a bible thumping 'methodist'. It was not until after high school and thousands of days and nights of fear and heartbreak that I was able to free myself of all mythological theist enslavement and begin to live. Maybe that's why I cried: I wanted so much to free these beautiful men.