Brokenback Mountain

Ok, I know what you'll be thingking about. I am not the first to blog about it. In fact I have been avoiding it simply because others are covering it far better than I am. However I did watch the movie in my office. Blogging about this movie does not make me a gay just to clear the air before I go on. This is the first time that I am attempting to write a review and my thoughts on a movie. So bare with me.

Here are my thoughts on this very controversial movie and the lessons that I’ve learned. It's been talk of the town so I hope it will be interesting for you readers.

Lesson 1: Gay men can be tough, too. Therefore, all the gay characters in this movie are cowboys (although they are technically goat herders or are those sheep?) who are tough, strong, and fighting men. They'll beat up someone who yells at them. They'll even break women's hearts. See, they are just like heterosexual men. As a matter of fact, the heterosexual men in the movie were consistently soft & wimpy. So, straight men could be bastards. LOL. I’m contradicting myself in my “All Men Are Assholes” post. Hmmmm. Lovely lesson right after the movie.

Lesson two: Love is not reserved for heterosexuals. The only ones who had "true love" in the movie were gay. All heterosexual couples were miserable. So glad I now know that being heterosexual doesn't guarantee love. (Please… I know what you are thinking now, stop it!)

I hate to be so sarcastic. But, I also don't appreciate being patronize too. Perhaps, living in KL city doesn't help because there is stereotyping message everywhere base on your appearance!

Now, I would never condone any sort of mistreatment or violence of any human being, regardless of their sexual orientation even lesbians. I love them. But, that is not what this movie is about.

This is supposed to be the "groundbreaking" love story. Well, I realized about half way through the movie why it is so groundbreaking. It does a masterful job of taking a highly sensitive and controversial subject, throwing in homosexual sex scene, shaking the ground hence breaking it. Somehow I still find it incredibly boring film!! (No really, it is, even to me.) That must be groundbreaking but maybe if I’m gay I would love this film. :P

p/s: This entry is dedicated to Ryan & Jeffrey for coming out of their closets, congrats.