What an awesome movie. I'm just glad it came to the conservative Tri-Cities. This was the first weekend it was here, and it's been out for several weeks.
It's the story of a romance between two cowboys who meet in 1963 when they spend a summer watching sheep on Wyoming's Brokeback Mountain. First they are friends and then they become romantically involved. We only lost seven or eight people in the theater at that point, their seats snapping up like minds snapping shut. Did they actually not know what this movie was about? I don't see how anyone could have missed hearing or reading about it by now.
Anyway, the men go their separate ways after the summer. They both get married and don't see each other again for a few years. When they do reunite, Jack (Jake Gyllenhaal) wants to make a life together with Ennis (Heath Ledger), but Ennis' fears prevent him from doing this. So for years they meet on the sly for brief flings.
Ledger is great as a rather stereotypical cowboy, a man of few words, stoic, remote. Gyllenhaal's character is more brash and enthusiastic. The scenery in this movie is beautiful, making me rather homesick for Montana, where I grew up and still frequently visit.
I don't want to say too much about how it ends, but bring your Kleenex.
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We were supposed to see this movie this weekend, but the plans fell through. I am looking forward to the reschedule. Here in our part of the world, one of the top "stories of the day" in the print media was interviewing str8 men about their reactions to the movie. My feeling about that is "who cares" but for the most part they were positive comments. The hype has been clear enough that we are not having a lot of surprise.
I hope you get to see it soon; I'm sure you will enjoy it.
Thanks for the review! I look forward to seeing it (probably on DVD - we don't go out to the movies much)
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I want to see it bad, and I also agree that scuh a "cool" movie came to the Tri-cities(I live there!) It's good to seee someone still thinks in this world
I hope you get to see it soon. It's nice to hear from a fellow Tri-Citian!
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