An Unfulfilled Love Story

Rating: 10/10 (13 October 2011)

Brokeback Mountain was classified as a gay cowboy movie.But it is more than that.It tells a story about two people who feels love for one another and a passion that will never be felt by ordinary people.Unfortunately the lovers in the movie are both gay.The film is actually a romantic drama that is an adaptation of the short story of the same name by Annie Proulx.The screenplay was written by Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry. It stars Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway and Michelle Williams.It was directed by Ang Lee.
Jack and Ennis met at a job tending sheep at Brokeback Mountain one summer and felt one day that they are very much in love with one another.Unfortunately,the year was 1963 and society was less open to acceptance of gay relationships.So after the experience they had,Jack and Ennis moved on to continuing their SECRET relationship despite of getting married and having children in the years to come.
Brokeback Mountain explores a relationship that is not meant to be considering its implications to society and the complexities brought about by their relationship to their families.It moved me in the sense that their is a forbidden love whose passion maybe comparable only to that of William Shakespeare's characters - Romeo and Juliet.There is sadness and anxiety to it.Also,there is a feeling of involvement considering how limited it can be.
The movie has won four well-deserved Golden Globes including Best Picture.Ang Lee definitely has superb direction as the movie's story unfolds that we feel sympathy to the characters involved especially Ennis and Jack.
Also,Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal are great as Ennis and Jack respectively .Heath Ledger definitely was the star of this film as he was able to bring complexity to Ennis' character.His Golden Globe nomination is well deserved.This is the best movie of the year and I hope that it wins the Best Picture award at the Oscars.