Great work Ang Lee

Rating: 10/10 (25 December 2006)

Brokeback Mountain is a remake of Same Time Next Year replacing comedy with social commentary and replacing Alda and Burstyn with two gay cowboys in an era that chooses not to understand. I didn't pick this film up until now because I really wasn't interested in the plot. I heard the Ang Lee was a great director, so Starting in 1963, two young cowboys start a relationship and then hide their love for each other over 20 years. They get married to women, have children, function as heterosexuals, and meet at brokeback mountain periodically over the years. You'll need to watch it to find out how everything turns out. Many cliché reactions and scenes riddle the film as they try to keep in the closet. Little mention of the Neanderthal reactions most other people have, but you get the impression they are always in fear for their lives should they be found out. And rightly so in the backward areas of the country they live in. While I personally couldn't watch the few gay love scenes, the story had a great deal of emotion and the characters and situations were very believable. An excellent film that has very high marks from me for everything.