Erotic and Real at the same time.

Rating: Null/10 (25 December 2005)

This movie will move you to experience such a series of emotions, and during the film, you feel that you actually KNOW the main characters Ennis & Jack. Everything the reviews have said about this movie is absolutely true. Heath Ledger & Jake Gyllenhaal both give stunning renditions of 2 men who have to keep their lives secretly in the closet. Jack, (played by Jake Gyllenhaal) is ready to burst open and start a life with a man as soon as he finds the right one. Ennis on the other hand, (played by Heath Ledger) is plagued by an image he saw as a child of a man mutilated because he was living alone with another man, and is therefore unable to fully commit to Jack.
I think the most amazing thing about this movie, is that through everything, the two never say the words, "I love you" but you can see it between the two of them plain as day. Also, members of the gay community can be proud that they have a new voice for their pain besides "Will & Grace". And while that voice is stereotypical and laughable, "Brokeback Mountain" gives you the true love story of two MEN who are cowboys which is authentic....even up until the end.
You'll cry, you'll laugh, and if you are affect at all by the homo-erotic under/overtones you'll definitely be switched on, since Gyllenhaal & Ledger don't use body doubles, and I'll leave it at that.
It's refreshing to see two men who are well known actors in Hollywood not afraid to play men in a relationship together. Not only that, but they do it well and almost make it seem as if its unscripted. Thats how seamless their performance on film was.
As a person whose done make up in theatre before, my only complaint is that they age the two actors WAY too fast...every hairpiece and bits of latex used on both actors looks way over done, and only half way into the movie they give Gyllenhaal a belly so you know thats the end of the nude scenes. You can see the lines where they put the latex to age Ledger, and they didn't even bother airbrushing it. By the end of the movie, they look like old farts when they are only 39. To the average movie goer, it shouldn't be too big of a deal, however for me, it reminded me in an unpleasant way that this is a movie.
So overall, gay straight, whatever your orientation is, you will love this movie it is truly a love story for the ages.