I finally watched "Brokeback Mountain" today. My thoughts:
1. Very emotional movie. I don't think I've ever gotten more choked up before from a movie, haha.
2. I never realized that it was Jack Gyllenhaal's character who says the famous line, "I wish I knew how to quit you." For some reason I'd always assumed that line came from Heath Ledger.
3. Health Ledger was an AMAZING actor. To think that Ennis is played by the same guy who did The Joker . . . WOW. Watching this movie was made even sadder by the knowledge that he is no longer with us.
4. I find it interesting that there seems to be some disagreement over whether the characters are actually gay or whether they are bisexual (since both have sexual relationships with women). The impression I got was that they were gay, but coming from that particular time and place they didn't fully understand it. Their idea of "gay" didn't match up with their feelings (because their idea of "gay" was based on the prejudices of the surrounding culture).
5. One of the more resonant morals I found in the film: Life is too short for you to not be happy.
3 comments:
Great recap. I watch this movie from time to time and even though I know the details of the movie, I still find myself experiencing many of the same emotions you wrote about. Sounds like you enjoyed it and I'm glad to hear that.
Hi Andy, thanks for the comment. Yeah, I really did enjoy it. I know a lot of people think it was robbed by "Crash" for Best Picture (I'd have to see that movie again, but I'm inclined to agree).
Sounds like a good recap to me too. :-) "Crash" was a pretty good movie as well. It's been ages since I've seen either though.
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