My Feelings about Brokeback Mountain

Rating: 10/10 (19 February 2006)

I had no idea what to expect when I saw this film. I had seen the media hype and heard the jokes yet never read the short story it's based upon. What I saw was a movie that had a universal message, a film so powerful that it rips you to bits. The story is terribly sad and bleak and I use the word heartbreak in it's original sense because it does just that: it breaks your heart. Yet its' beauty and simplicity are breathtaking, this film will be ranked as one of the greatest movies ever made. Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal deserve their nominations, they are brilliant. The film deserves to win Best Picture, as a matter of fact it deserves to win every award it has been nominated for and THAT is something which can rarely be said of ANY film! There is no downside at all to BBM, Ang Lee has created something which will stand the test of time and become a great classic. It is the only film I have ever seen where the entire audience--men, women, gay, straight, young, old--left the theater with their mouths open, and yes, it's effect IS that powerful. I can't recommend it highly enough; I intend to see it again in the theater and buy the DVD in April. Absolutely fantastic.