The One About "Brokeback Mountain"

Finally saw it. Wow. Everyone's entitled to their opinion, but I experienced it as a breathtakingly beautiful film. Sensitive. Tragic. Fairly realistic, especially for a Hollywood film. And HOT!

It really amazes me that finally a film like this can be made, with two "leading" Hollywood actors. Major, major kudos to Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal for going there. For really going there. And to Ang Lee for his great direction, Annie Prouix for the original short story in "The New Yorker," and Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana for the screenplay. All to the supporting actors too. I just thought it was all superb and emotionally heartbreaking.

Every reviewer is talking about Heath Ledger's performance, and it is great, but I totally dug Jake's too; besides, I've always been more into brunettes (when he grew his little '70s moustache- YOWZA)... his character is described as the "flashier" of the two, but I saw him as just the more in touch with his sexuality. Simply put: a deeply closeted gay man. And from what I hear: travel to a state like Texas today and you'll still run into them. Hell, I've even run into closeted married men in San Francisco; it's not that uncommon.

Ledger's character is more complex and his sexuality may have been more complex as well. More unconscious.

The whole first third of the movie is Cowboy Porn. EEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

The actresses playing the wives were so good too.

Run, don't walk, to your nearest multiplex if you haven't seen it yet!

Oh, and a viewing tip: try to see it in a theater with a good sound system... otherwise you'll understand only about a third of what Heath Ledger says/mumbles. I was forewarned, and went to the excellent Embarcadero Center Cinema here in 'Frisco. I understood almost everything.