Sunday, December 11, 2005

Brokeback Mountain

its seemed that the NYC gay community, curious, readers of the NYer reviewer, Anthony Lane that DID NOT Trash this movie, Ang Lee fans, Heath Ledger fans , Jake Gyllenhaal fans, Michelle Williams fans and haters...

The lines were long and not going FANDANGO left me getting tickets at 4pm for the 540 showing. it was cold and i entered the theater which got crowded quickly. People were on time for this one..

The movie is directed and beautifully shot. the music ranged from Linda Rondstadt to Steve Earle to Emmylou Harris to Willie Nelson and was perfectly scored. Both performances were great but i struggled with believability. WHen Heaths character was present in the relationship with Gyllenhaal, it was theater at its best but maybe it was it struggle between his relationship with Gyllenhaal and this desire to be more in a straight world. This character articulates his struggle more than Gyllenhaals does.
The two men are in two different places in their head except when they are together. When they are together, i didnt always feel their passion or their connection. THey get together for more than sex. they get together as old friends and are friends.
their complicated relationship is harder to describe than their relationship with their women partners.
SPOILER

Gyllenhaal goes on to take more risks and meet up with other men when the occasion arises or when he is hurt and goes to mexico to get laid where after his divorces Heaths character does not. he remains alone. His love for his friend is evident at times and not always evident even when they are together. He goes off with him and is committed to the THING they have but its complicated in his head. Gyllenhaals character is clearer about HOW he wants their future to be and it cant be in 1969 or the 70s..

i didnt find this stereotypical or corny...its not a clear cut love story but its a love story....