Brokeback Mountain does the impossible...Breaks my Heart

Once in a while a movie comes along that changes the way you see and think about life.
Brokeback Mountain is that film.
This is such a subtle movie that its hard to realize just how powerful it is.
I remember trying to recall the main characters names after I left the theatre and it wasn't until the ride home that the names popped into my mind.
The sweet shyness of this film doesn't allow you time to react.
Your too busy trying to cope with what you just saw that it takes its time to settle in.
I finally remembered Jake's name Jack Twist and Heath's was Ennis Del Mar but you see it was my mind trying to deal with the power of this movie that it didn't bother with the simple things like names.
It wanted to deal with the bigger picture.
Like missed opportunity and forbidden love.
Now a movie hasn't affected me emotionally in a long time.
I've seen so many of the same rehashed stuff that I really didn't think anyone could come up with anything special.
But this little short story did the impossible... It broke me down and made me cry.
It slowly ate away at my defenses until I was crying like a baby.
I haven't cried in a movie since Titanic and I really thought I had seen too many movies to have one affect me again.
And I didn't cry when I watched it.
In fact it wasn't until after I got home that it started to work its magic on me.
And it wasn't until the next day that I was crying uncontrollably.
You know the kind of crying that makes you breakdown and that has you gasping for air and your nose running.
And after you experience a film like this you know that its time to change things in your life.
And don't think it has anything with the main characters being gay because it has to do with lost love.
We all have felt love that we let slip through our fingers.
We all know that feeling of regret and loneliness.
That's what this film does.
It creeps up on you and before you know it you are crying thinking about what you should have done and then it makes you think that its never too late to try again.
Don't let that someone special get away.
If you love someone and they love you back...Please do not let them get away.
Life is so short and real love only comes once in our lives.
That's what Ang Lee is trying to say.
There are too many special "things" in our life...Do Not Let Them Get Away.
And that also means family where we take them for granted as well.
Call your Mother and tell her you love her.
Spend some time with your son or daughter before they grow up and are married with their own children.
Tell your sister that she means the world to you and thank your brother for all his advice he gave growing up.
Life is too short.
Make the most of what you have.
The time has come to rate this movie and I believe I'll make a whole new category for this film.
Buy the movie when it comes out.
That's better than paying prime time rates and this movie really does deserve to be in your film collection.
But don't let it get out of the theatre cause watching the scope of the scenes on the big screen is breath-taking.
Ang Lee's film has such a beautiful look to it; with the sheep running over the mountain top and the power of small moments like the lake side campfires.
One thing I haven't mentioned is the sex scenes.
Heath Ledger mentioned in an interview that the first kiss was the hardest but afterwards it wasn't bad.
And as a side note, I find it interesting that Heath married Michelle Williams in real life.
Michelle is his wife in the movie and Anne Hathaway is Jake Gyllenhaal's wife.
Both did a terrific job.
Jake by the way said the same about the kiss scene.
The sex in the movie is done with style and grace and it isn't pornographic at all.
All you see is passion between two souls that care very much for each other.
This is one movie that needs to be seen!
Do yourself the favor and experience a touching moment of cinema.
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