Movie Review: Brokeback Mountain

[yesthattom]

I finally saw it last night on DVD with quietchris (she has NetFlix). I’m glad I finally got to see it.

I didn’t find it as sad as everyone else said it was, but I think that’s mostly because I’ve seen this kind of relationship in the bisexual community dozens of times and almost feel a certain, well, I don’t know the right word for it. Empathy? Nostalgia? No, neither of those words are right. I guess I look at it as a bit of history, captured for all to see. However, at the same time I realize that this isn’t a historical “past” for many people, it is the present. There are many men I meet at support groups that are in this kind of situation today. Some are happy with it. Others aren’t. It is what it is.

Comments

[kimuchi.livejournal.com]

I don't think it works if you look at it as a symbol or a historical artifact rather than the story of these two specific men. It really doesn't matter if the set-up is familiar (the whole damn story is deeply familiar -- it follows a tragic romance template that's been with us since the beginning of time), what matters is the ruin *these two* characters experience.

That said, I didn't find the movie terribly moving the first time I saw it, either. The short story was a lot more effective.