Brokeback Mountain

Genre: Drama/Romance
Year of release: 2005
Director: Ang Lee

"Ever notice how a woman'll powder her nose before a party starts, and the powder it again when the party's over? Why powder your nose just to go home to bed?"

I believe that all people are born straight, but then again what do I know so I hesitated to watching this movie to be honest, as I like everybody else knew it was a different type of Romance to say the least. This movie is pretty good however sure there are some scene I cringed at but I got over it being a gay movie almost instantly.

Brokeback mountain is about two young men that do a job together. They have to guide some sheep up in Brokeback mountain up in this mountain there is hardly anything to do. These men encounter have a homosexual experience and their lives are both changed forever, for better and for worse. The acting in this movie is quite amazing, Heath Ledger is really astounding and Jake slightly takes it up the ass a bit however still pulls off a pretty astonishing performance. It really makes you wonder how hard some of these scene would have been for each of these men as if I am correct about their sexuality then these scenes may not have felt very natural however even in the hardest of conditions they both show us some very great acting. The story is not bad and its interesting to see something new this movie felt quite original. Its not the chick flick kinda romance made every 5 minutes that Hollywood shits out. In this movie there is really good characters and the work done the way in which these characters evolve is also awesome.

Heat Ledger may he rest in peace changed his accent extremely well to a nice Southern voice. The way Heath Ledger walks and talks in this movie suits his character Ennis Del Mar Perfectly. Ennis is a great character, he starts off talking hardly ever in his low and very quite timed voice, his character although slightly bold at times is overall quite shy. He's the type of guy who has his head down and keeps to himself. He changes by the end due to Jack Twist his lover who he can not be with as he is shy about coming out of the closet. Ennis and Jack go up to brokeback mountain every once a while but for both of them it isn't enough.

Jack is not quite as good a character however still quite good. Jack is outgoing and loud he cares less about what people will think and he wants to live with Ennis. Jacks character doesn't change nearly as much as Ennis. Jake did his role very well he made it believable and one part at lake near the end he really shows he is awesome. I extremely loved him in Donnie Darko, I think he did a better job of Donnie as he could not have made his character much better than that but as Jack he still does an amazing job.

The story in this is quite sad watching these two men question their sexuality, both of them still get married and have children however they are both longing for a fuck up the ass. The ending helped to boost this movie up as well I thoroughly enjoyed the end. The movie does not get too boring it keeps you interested and does not feel messy.

I also enjoyed the very simple score sometimes it is best just to get an acoustic guitar and play some hammer-ons and pull offs and be done. It made for quite a good feel to the movie, it gave the slight hint of sadness and also involved the type of more southern sound to it.

In conclusion not a bad film I think Ang Lee has made this film very well I thought it better than both Hulk and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon however i think critics seem to love CTHD much more than I do. If your gay you should like it, if your straight you should like it as well. Good movie worth my 2 hours. Trust me its not 2 hours of sweaty porn, just a love story that is homosexual.

8/10