The quietness of this film seeps through you. At first it makes Ennis and Jack's relationship all the more genuine and moving, the way they can sit in silence up in the mountains and their actions of love are more electrifying than any lengthy, love-declaration filled dialogue could ever be. By the end, though, that quietness has transformed into soul-crushing loneliness, that which comes from living an entire life denied of the freedom to love the only person who completes you.
Brokeback is and will always be groundbreaking and, to this day, after decades of good LGBT+ cinema (boosted by this movie itself), it is still one of the very best, if not the best well-rounded characterisation of human sentiment in general, and queer experience in particular, to be seen on screen.
Everytime i watch this movie, i feel like i can die happy.
A very moving and tragic love story. Beautifully shot with fantastic performances from Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger.
The difference between the cheating in this film vs a film like Lovesong or Below Her Mouth is that in Brokeback Mountain they were hiding their relationship because it was a big nope at that time within society. In the others they had an open choice to love who they wanted with much less fear of losing their livelihoods and even their lives. In this film they were doing what they were "supposed to" in view of the outside world and hiding their true desires in order to stay safe. Yes; I suppose these men could have stayed "single" publicly, but I feel that their marriages and children were a very valid distraction from the time that they did spend together. In the other movies they were choosing to be dishonest to those that they had already committed to and were enjoying the best of both worlds just because they were up in the air on what they wanted. Those facts don't make me feel less poorly for the women who were deceived and hurt by those actions in this movie, but it's a very sad story for all involved, and men (and perhaps women) should never have had to be put in those positions to even feel the need to make those kinds of choices. It's a morally messy, but important story.
i completely understand why people wouldnt like this movie (non homophobic reasons) but i love it. beautiful mix of love + grief and a love lost. "sometimes i miss you so much i can hardly stand it."
A slow-paced and beautiful movie whose ending makes me cry every time.
Probably my favorite movie of all time. It's such a special and tragic story, gets me every time I watch it.
Really wonderful movie.
For once we see two guys in love where the movie doesn't shove gay stereotypes down our throats. The characters are realistic and the story is really emotional.
Heath was truly an exceptional actor.
This really is a sad movie. Heath Ledger is awesome in this movie. Love is love, painful and even more difficult for those who are gay: opportunities missed.... so sad and so great.
I wish I know how to quit you :'(
This movie touched me in such a special way, I don’t know what to write
So fucking wonderful. I miss Heath :(
I'd like to point out that Jake Gly dying is the worst thing that has happened to me all summer.
This story is beautiful and sad. It broke my heart.
A heartfelt, yet painful film, with an emotionally stiring story, beautiful cinematography and amazing performances.
never in my life have I experienced so much sexual tension three minutes into a movie
A film that I say without a doubt that is among my favorites. So beautiful - and tragically, unfortunately - the love story of Jack Twist and Ennis Del Mar. Impossible not to end the film in tears.
We turn now from depression and grief to unattainable desire. Lovers kept apart by circumstance is a tale as old as time, but Ang Lee manages to plumb new depths in his adaptation of the Annie Proulx short story. In many ways it’s thanks to the bravura performance of Heath Ledger as Ennis. The tension between the traditional conception of masculinity required of a cowboy (or of any man in that place and time) and the love he feels for Jack is as heartbreakingly realized as any on-screen relationship I can think of. I particularly like his scenes with (then-wife) Michelle Williams as he struggles to pass as someone he’s not. To me this is the height of tragedy and it hits me deep. Also, the film is absolutely gorgeous, particularly the early scenes set on the mountains in Wyoming and Gustavo Santaolalla’s score remains one of my all-time favorites.
Crying my eyeballs out once again.
Really sad but beautiful film Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, and Michelle Williams are all great.
a film created by bob ross. soft boyfriends and eternal :( mood.
Pretty tragic love story. Excellently played by the cast all around. Still though, I find it harder to completely sympathize with these guys over their wives.
It has an engaging story and well drawn characters but sometimes it felt that it dragged and that it was longer than it should be. :/
Amazing movie, really! I'm trying to search words to describe it, but the tears keeping falling. It was actually one of the few movies that make me cry :(
This was a great movie. Surprising.
finished this movie and was like eh it was okay and then haven’t stopped thinking about it since so maybe i DID like it
One of my favorite movies, such a tragic and unfair story.
A powerful and moving film following a tension filled and difficult relationship. Beautifully portrayed by the leads and brought me to tears at the end.
80 percent of all drama romance movies have more than 5 sex scences but in this movie we saw less than 3 sex scence, that makes this movie unique
This movie is so funnyyyy, best comedy of 2005.
I LOVE THIS MOVIE MORE THAN I LOVE MYSELF, AND I LOVE ME VERY VERY MUCH. CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW MUCH I LOVE IT?
The directer said that this film described a universal love story. Two men fall in love, and is that bad? "Brokeback Mountain is an Ang Lee film about two modern day cowboys who meet on a shepherding job in the summer of ’63. The two share a raw and powerful summer together that turns into a life long relationship conflicting with the lives they are supposed to live."
Nice movie :)
Brokeback Mountain was okay... The storytelling wasn't very compelling, you're just watching things unfold on-screen. The very start of the relationship didn't seem very realistic to me, I can't imagine that sort of thing just happening when they've been brought up in a society where that sort of behaviour would be stigmatised, to say the least. They don't even have any chemistry or connection really, they just happened to be lonely and circumstances brought them together. I mean, sure, their relationship's complicated and there's a lot of things left unsaid, but really, for the first summer, it was just a physical relationship with the added benefit of comfort. Jack's only hung up on him because it's the first such relationship he's ever had – it could have been anybody really – and they only became much closer later on because of nostalgia goggles and a lack of responsibilities when together. I liked that it was subtle in showing things, but I just didn't really care in the end. The wives were far more sympathetic characters than either of their husbands. I guess I can see why people might really enjoy the movie if they actually cared about the relationship, but I can't help but feel like a lot of the praise is solely because of the subject matter.
I wish I knew how to quit you.
If you just close your eyes and cover your ears during the plowing scenes, it turns out to be a pretty good, albeit sad flick
THIS IS TOTALLY THE BEST MOVIE EVAR!!*!!!
Review by FranBlockedParent2019-01-17T02:19:11Z
First time I watched this film I was a kid, I really had no idea of what I was watching, but I knew it felt earth-shattering. Second time I watched it, I knew it was a love story, I knew they couldn't be together because they were gay, that was about all that I could understand, no nuances, but still... earth-shattering. Have watched it maybe 12 times in total. Every single time, earth-shattering. Tonight was my most recent rewatch, the first one in a couple of years. The first one after studying film in university. The first one after watching so. many. different. kinds. of. movies. trying to catch up on all the ones I missed before I found the love I have for this art form. Little did I know... no matter what film I watch, the one I watched when I was way too young to understand half of what it really meant, what it really represented - or the reasons as to why it's one of the most beautiful things I have ever had the privilege to watch -, would always be the one every other movie would have to live up to. My experience watching it this time around was familiar, as it always is. Like always, I could recite every big scene, I knew most sequences by heart, but Ennis and Jack feel more real than ever to me, now. I feel like for the very first time I really understood the full scope of their emotions, and bonded with them more than I had ever before. I was also blown away by the technical aspects of it too, Ang Lee's incredible talent. I understood it was a beautiful movie before, but now I can see just how beautiful it is. And is there even a way of putting Jake and Heath's performance into words? To me there isn't. All they had was Brokeback Mountain, and I will always have Brokeback Mountain too.
100000000000000000000000/10