An intense experience - fabulous film!

Rating: 10/10 (29 January 2006)

An hour after I saw the movie, and I'm still tearing up about it! This movie was excellent. I have been caught up in the movie hype, and secretly getting excited about it, and reading the excellent reviews of it here on IMDb. I have been wanting to see it for ages, and knew it was going to be good (and was so happy when it won awards)! But even so, my expectations were not just met, they were EXCEEDED. This movie is more excellent than I can put into words. I think it will open a lot of people's eyes to the real beauty of the love that can be shared. The love between these two men, Ennis and Jack, was amazing. It struck chords in my heart and left me breathless, and teary, and it really made me feel for them.
This movie is amazingly poignant. The acting is SO amazing! I've never seen Heath Ledger act better than he did in Brokeback Mountain. Jake Glyllenhaal I had never really seen in movies, but I knew his name, and he did a wonderful job in this movie, too. He has those eyes that just sink you in and get you stuck there, swimming in them.
The plot is realistic, telling of the hardships of 1963, but mostly the movie is about the love shared between the men, and how they cope with not being able to be together every minute as they wish.
This movie also had some really funny parts in it. It's a drama, but there were some parts that really had me laughing. And at other parts, it can be so intense...intense passion...intense anger...intense sadness, and anguish..."Brokeback Mountain" is a masterpiece because of the giant heart the movie, and its characters, have. Their hearts show through their love. It's stunning. It leaves you wanting to see the movie over, and over, and over.
Poignant. Beautiful. Magnificent. These words can't even sum up the total effectiveness and excellence of "Brokeback Mountain." This is a movie you must experience in order to understand its greatness. See it, and you will understand.