Brokeback Mountain is a good movie, though tough to live up to the hype. The Metacritic 87 is the highest score I’ve seen in my short experience with Metacritic. On the all-time scores Brokeback Mountain ties for 64th… note, however, that Metacritic has only been around for ~5 years, and while they are working backwards to include films from the pre-internet era, it’s not a comprehensive list in any way before 2001.
Strangest part about watching the film for me was that all I knew going in is that it’s a love story about gay cowboys. Most movies about love stories build to a match, so when the central couple gets together early in the film, I didn’t know what to expect for the rest of the movie.
The mountains of Wyoming play a gorgeous supporting role.
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1 mary wolter // Jan 24, 2006 at 4:59 pm
Saw Brokeback Mountain this past weekend, and while I’m not into watching the same sex making love,(if that’s what they want to call it), I think it’s discusting. I still didn’t think it was a bad picture. I THINK there was a story-line, I’m not for sure. I guess sex, and making love is all the same. It just depends on who you are,how you and your partner feels about such things, and what turns the two of you on no matter if you are the same sex or not. In other words..whatever floats your boat. As long as it’s not my boat, I could care less. By the way…I will be 65 in 3 months. I’m a retired homemaker, mother of 3 grown children, and grandmother to 5. I’ve seen a lot and done a lot. Thanks for listening.
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