Brokeback Mountain (2005) - User Ratings and Movie Reviews
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Anonymous says:
March 24, 2006Superb movie . Classic , western , romatic & real drama . It doesn't miss anything .
Anonymous says:
January 29, 2006all i have to say is the movies up in the air homophobs are going ot hate it and they say "what kind of message r u sending our kids" and i would say one thet makes them bethemselfs
Anonymous says:
January 21, 2006Their gays
Anonymous says:
January 21, 2006THE MOVIE SUCKS BECAUSE OF THE GAYS
Anonymous says:
January 14, 2006In my view, Brokeback Mountain is a fantastic film, the actors are brilliant, with Ledger just stealing the show! The subject matter is handled sensitively and with understanding.
Anonymous says:
January 9, 2006Tremendous acting. Gorgeous cinemaphotography. Powerful themes. Impeccable realism that really captures the the gritty way in Wyoming cowboy towns. This movie, it would seem, has it all. Then why doesn't it? Is it because I am as homophobic as some of the macho cowboys in the movie? Well, I belive that what two consenting adults do in the bedroom and what kind of relationship they enter into is, or should be, in America, this here land of the free, strictly a private affair so long as no abuse occurs and nobody else gets hurt. Furthermore, they need no persecution for it and, especially, no outside interference from the likes of the un-Christian Right, hellfire fundies, ayatollahs, Islamist terrorists an other self-important, self-righteous, self-appointed guardians of the public morality. Trouble is, in the movie, others do get hurt, namely, the wives of these two two-timing, deceitful men who are so dishonest they cannot even admit the truth to themselves as they go sneaking around carrying out their secret forbidden love affair on their so-called fishing trips--I mean, at least catch some fish and for godsakes take the price tag off some of the equipment. Their wives turn more bitter, bitchier with each passing moment and with good reason, especially the Ann Hathaway character, a rodeo queen who had the misfortune to marry Jack Twist, a never-do-well, lying, cheating, second rate bronc rider, who really gets little sympathy from me. Ennis, the other main character, is actually more sympathetic. He is somewhat distant and enigmatic, but a genuine nice guy with a good heart, who in one great scene in the movie has the manhood to defend the honor of his wife and children. Unfortunately, he sinks to the level of Jack Twist in sneaking around and leading a two-timing secret life that he does a mighty poor job of concealing from his wife. Ennis is actually a competent cowboy but not when he teams up with Jack Twist during that first season herding sheep on the Forest Service allotment on Brokeback Mountain. When they took the job, one of the boys was supposed to remain in the base camp and the other to camp out with the sheep helping the dogs fend off the coyotes. Well, that doesn't last long. Ennis leaves the dogs to babysit the sheep and some sheep are lost to coyotes. Good thing, in one sense, since I personally resent the killing of coyotes the taxpayer subsidized grazing of sheep on public lands. I am not aware that these guys kill one coyote--the one shot Jack has at a coyote he misses, proving that, as one western writer put it, "coyotes are smarter than their enemies. I've never known a coyote as dumb as a sheepman." So the rancher who hired these boys pulls the sheep off the mountain a month early and sends them packing. Jack is so clueless that he actually comes back the next year seeking work from the rancher who rightly gives him the bum's rush. Basically, Jack is THE problem in the story and becomes everybody's problem. He is not even a tragic hero, because he lacks the admirable attirbutes of a tragic hero who has greatness as well as hubris--Jack has neither. He leads a mean, hard, deceitful depressing life as does the more admirable character Ennis. The gay theme, finally, is irrelevant and gay activists should not look to this movie as helping their cause, especially since the two characters lead such deceitful, dishonest lives that they leave the prigs and prudes and other un-Christian critics of the gay lifestyle with plenty of I-told-you-so ammo. Sure, Ennis and Jack need to keep some secrets because they live in a homophobic culture but even that excuse wears thin as the two characters fail to level with themselves, their wives, and each other. The result is that I was left out in the cold, unmoved, and only wanting a good stiff drink after seeing this movie. Or wanting to see "Walk the Line" yet another time, which is in my opinion easily the best movie of the season (with one of the greatest acting performances I have ever seen from Reese Witherspoon and with Joaquin Phoenix turning in an Oscar-worthy performance as well). So if they make a new Oscar category for Depressing, then "Bokeback Mountain" is a sure winner, otherwise, forget it!
Anonymous says:
September 22, 2005It's a relief to see a new portrayal of same-sex love other than "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," and in Red States, no less. I am even more hopeful since I noticed Ang Lee's name attached. While this is not the first time big names have appeared to address GLBT issues, I always hope they do so conscientiously and with respect. Let people see it as a dramatic love story and not just about gayness.
The trailer suggests that the course of love is broader and more rocky than most widely-released films allow for. The web page says this is scheduled for limited release. I just wonder how limited. Will it have a chance to enlighten or only preach to the choir?