Brokeback Mountain

On Saturday I went to go and check out this movie in Lakeview, and the theater was jam packed with homos, all super geeked to check out this movie.

I have been waiting for this movie for well over a year, so I think it was one of those things where I had super high expectations. Don't get me wrong, I loved the movie, but it wasn't the masterpiece that I was expecting. The entire cast was great, the cinematography was beautiful, and the direction was good, but the overall style of the flick just didn't deliver the emotional wollop that I like to get from a film. So much of this movie is about what goes unsaid and unspoken, so that made it a little tough for me.

And there were a couple of times when the audiences response to stuff just really pissed me off. You would think that having a theater full of fags would make it less likely that you would hear snickers or things like that, but it wasn't the case. There was one scene where I was SO pissed by how they responded to how the wife was dealing with fidning out about her husband that Michelle Williams totally nailed and did so well, but half the audience was laughing at her pain. That sucked.

So, come Oscar time, I expect this will win best picture and maybe a few more things here and there. And I think it deserves to not just cuz it is a good movie, but because it breaks some barriers, is a truly unique style. But, in the end the feel of the movie wasn't totally my style.

Grade: B+