BrokeDown Movie

Rating: 4/10 (19 June 2006)

After all the hype and the praise slathered on this movie by media and the Hollywood elite I have to say I was not impressed. I will say to begin with that as a red-blooded and heterosexual male, it was difficult to get up the muster to watch this movie. But somehow I managed.
I thought that the acting was good but the dialog between the characters was lacking and certainly not what I expected. If you had made this same movie about forbidden love between a black man and white women (or really insert any combination of colors here) - this movie would NEVER have even been talked about let alone win any awards.
I'm not gay bashing - not at all. I believe that a movie should win awards and praise based on it's merit and the performance given by the cast and direction given by all of the support staff. Let's face it, this movie received critical acclaim not only because it was about two gay men, but that these gay men happen to be cowboys. That in itself probably wasn't even enough to put it over the top. When you factor in that the US currently has a President from a "Cowboy" state and who is perceived as a cowboy and given his stance on gay marriage makes for an interesting juxtaposition between this movie and how Hollywood would like to politicize the actions of the President (even though he is a moron) and his views with how Hollywood would like to see things unfold.
My gay friends loved this movie. Not because of the great acting, screenplay, or brilliant camera work. They loved it because they want people to know what it is like being gay in America. Which is great and certainly within their rights to do so but, it doesn't make this a great movie. I'm happy that the movie made a statement but given that as a criteria, Hotel Ruwanda should have swept the Oscars.
Open your eyes people, you are being force-fed the politics of the social elite in Hollywood. Based on it's own merit, this film would have ended up in a different Cann...