Brokeback Broke Me
I was really reticent about writing anything about this movie because of some of the backlash I know I would get from it, but I would be negligent as someone who touts equality and freedom of speech if I did not speak on the movie.
I honestly did not know what to expect and I am still rather stunned and on the verge of tears yet unable to really be emotional about it. This is an amazing movie. Simply said, nothing more. This is not, quite insultingly, the "gay cowboy movie." And to be honest, the gay issue is not at the forefront here. This is the MOST understated and MOST powerful love story/movie I have EVER seen gay, straight, bi, tri or anything else.
What was most amazing was that the audience was packed for a 10 p.m. show on a Sunday with gay and straight people, couples, individuals, whatever. Not a damn person left the theatre during the movie. I was surprised and impressed, but from what I have been hearing, a lot of people from all walks of life have been flocking to and loving this movie.
If you are a human being and you have a heart, I don't give a rat's ass what your prejudices are, go see this movie and I challenge you not to be moved by the movie's theme. This is not propoganda, this is not pro- gay rights, this is not shoving anything down anyone's face. This is love as a raw entity and nothing that is romanticized, publicized, media-ized, whatever-ized. There is definitely NO agenda here other than to tell a story.
It is about the choices you make and how you negotiate life based on those choices—it is a tale of what happens when you find someone that you fall inexplicably and irrevocably in love with, and then cannot express that love — this is why the story resonates. It is universal — a yearning for love and acceptance.
Honestly, go see it. Your expectations will be reversed.
I was really reticent about writing anything about this movie because of some of the backlash I know I would get from it, but I would be negligent as someone who touts equality and freedom of speech if I did not speak on the movie.
I honestly did not know what to expect and I am still rather stunned and on the verge of tears yet unable to really be emotional about it. This is an amazing movie. Simply said, nothing more. This is not, quite insultingly, the "gay cowboy movie." And to be honest, the gay issue is not at the forefront here. This is the MOST understated and MOST powerful love story/movie I have EVER seen gay, straight, bi, tri or anything else.
What was most amazing was that the audience was packed for a 10 p.m. show on a Sunday with gay and straight people, couples, individuals, whatever. Not a damn person left the theatre during the movie. I was surprised and impressed, but from what I have been hearing, a lot of people from all walks of life have been flocking to and loving this movie.
If you are a human being and you have a heart, I don't give a rat's ass what your prejudices are, go see this movie and I challenge you not to be moved by the movie's theme. This is not propoganda, this is not pro- gay rights, this is not shoving anything down anyone's face. This is love as a raw entity and nothing that is romanticized, publicized, media-ized, whatever-ized. There is definitely NO agenda here other than to tell a story.
It is about the choices you make and how you negotiate life based on those choices—it is a tale of what happens when you find someone that you fall inexplicably and irrevocably in love with, and then cannot express that love — this is why the story resonates. It is universal — a yearning for love and acceptance.
Honestly, go see it. Your expectations will be reversed.
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