Ok. I need some help here. I finally saw Brokeback Mountain last night. You know the film that's won awards, received rave reviews, yadda, yadda, yadda? Yep, that's the one. Well, I gotta say... I'm not sure what all the hype is about. I mean, the characters were interesting and the acting was amazing, but the story itself seemed really slow and not overly interesting. Now I'm one for character stories and I don't shy away from romance stories, but this movie didn't hook me. While I was hoping for a movie that had an interesting storyline that happened to be about gay cowboys, the entire thing was obviously about the fact they were gay. From the first scene it was obviously about that fact. Ok. I can live with that, but then give me more. It was basically two hours of "we love each other, but can't be together." Or did I miss something? No, really. Did I miss something? Was I in the midst of a smack induced coma during the really amazing, award-winning parts of the film?
To give the movie credit, I've spent a fair amount of time thinking about the characters after it ended so there was certainly something there that grabbed me. I guess I should just remember that when seeing a movie that's been hyped up, it's never going to live up to the overinflated expectations I build up. Had I seen this movie before the reviews I may have enjoyed it more.
What'd you think? Am I the only one on the planet that was disappointed by the film?
| February 17, 2006 07:13am | 
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I left the film with two friends. One hated the film. He was angered by the characters and particularly the Ennis character. The other thought it too dismal and depressing. We then proceeded to discuss the characters, motivations, acceptance of gay love in our modern society, and other issues for over two hours. It evoked thoughts, discussion, and exchange of opinions. While I love mindless bubblegum fun at the theater (Big Mama's House 2), something has to be said about a movie that evokes social discourse. I recommend the movie and discussion.
Luis | February 17, 2006 4:47PM