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I was stunned when I saw Brokeback Mountain in the movie theater--I walked around in a daze for a week afterwards. It was for me one of the most difficult films I have ever watched. It is a profound tragedy, very much American, and involves two elements--the characters, all of whom (not only the two leading men) are trapped in lives of quiet despair and misery, and the environment in which they live, the great empty expanses of prairie, the unreachable freedom of the mountains, etc. Bringing both elements together director Ang Lee succeeds in capturing an atmosphere of claustrophobia in a world which is physically open--you feel like the characters in the film are almost pinned down by rules of this rigid and inflexible world. Spiritual suffocation seems to sum up what I am trying to describe. What is so paradoxical about Brokeback Mountain is that the region and environment, very American to the core, describes freedom and openness, while the society in which these people live describes restriction, repression, secrecy, pain, and lies. The tension between this contrast is what keeps the film moving and what makes it so difficult to watch. The film will not be to everyone's liking--many gay people have criticized it for not focusing enough on the two male characters' relationship--I think that misses the point though. The whole film is about that relationship, or rather, about its impossibility. The simple fact is that this is not about two men being gay, it's about two people who cannot be who they are period. In that sense it is not really a gay film at all. It's a film about social and spiritual suffocation. If you've grown up in rural America you will know what I am talking about. Others criticize it for being two slow, which I also think misses the point--the tempo is deliberate, encompassing the passage of 20 years of life. There is a muteness to the life being described. The absence of dialogue emphasizes the importance of looks and gestures. This also rings true. It's a film I highly recommend to anyone, probably the best American film made since The Deer Hunter.Read full review
After reading brilliant reviews of this film, i purchased it and was completely disappointed with it. After nearly 3 hours of watching the film and really getting into the storyline it finsihed. For a film that got such briliant reviews i was truely disappointed. Love Heath Ledger in it though. If i had watched this film at the cinema i would not of then gone out and brought it once it was realised.
I was very impressed by this film - beautifully done
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Excellent,good actors.
Verified purchase: No
A brilliant film that is both funny and tear jerking. Both actors give a wonderful performance, I would definitely recommend.
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