More than a "gay cowboy" movie ... much more.

Rating: 10/10 (16 January 2006)

For all of those people out there who didn't like Brokeback Mountain, I guess that we saw two completely different movies. To sum this movie up in a few words, it made my heart hurt. This movie makes you think about your life and makes you ask yourself three very important questions. 1) Have you ever loved someone this honestly? 2) Has anyone ever loved you this honestly? And 3) What would you do in Ennis and Jack's situation? I saw Brokeback Mountain on Saturday, purchased the short story on Saturday, read the story on Saturday and I am still haunted by this story. I will occasionally be thinking about nothing really and then all of a sudden, a scene will start running through my head. It seems like a memory to me, but I know that it's from the movie and not from my actual life. Or a snapshot will appear and I'll immediately start to hear the Willie Nelson song, "He was a friend of mine". And yes, the movie did make me cry. This movie deserves every award and every great thing that anyone has said and will say about it! This movie was wrongly dubbed "that gay cowboy movie" when really, this movie is a true American love story. I only hope that for even just an instant moment in my life, I will be able to have what Ennis and Jack had.
UPDATE:
I saw Brokeback Mountain for the second time last night and this movie gets better the more you see it. For some reason there was a mother with a small child in the theatre and a older couple in front of me who decided to narrate the entire movie to one another, but other than that it was a great time. I found myself dancing along to some of the movie's music and secretly smiling at parts that made no one else laugh. I paid special attention to the music this time and where the music fell in the story. The original score for this movie is beautiful and truly accentuates the sweeping landscapes that Ang Lee has carefully placed into the film. While driving home from the theatre in a blizzard, I realized that life is to short to not tell those around you how much you love them. I think that this is the beauty of this film.