Brokeback Is Haunting

Rating: 10/10 (1 January 2006)

This was the most haunting movie I have seen in a long time. It's been a couple of days since I've seen it and it is still with me. Most movies are over when they are over for me, but this one has not left me and I doubt if it will any time soon.
The screenplay adaptation of the short story (that I had already read) was excellent and Ang Lee's direction was flawless. Jake Gyllenhal and Heath Ledger were perfection and should be rewarded for the courage to accept these roles and their talent reflected by the way they were able to get inside these characters. I didn't expect a 10,000 word short story to translate into such a fine film. The writers are to be commended on their excellent work.
To call this a movie about "gay cowboys" is sad. There is so much more...friendship, love, guilt, loss...it's all there and was thought provoking and beautiful. The fact that they are two men is almost incidental. I would recommend this movie above all others at this time.