NORMAL LIFE: Brokeback Mountain, go and see it!

When Bree suggested we go and see the gay themed movie, 'Brokeback Mountain', I was a little bit cynical, thinking that it was a cheap attempt at motivating gay people into recommending the movie to others. When the media reported that Brokeback Mountain has been nominated for 8 Oscar Academy Awards, I succumbed.

I just got back from seeing the movie and it was nothing short of sensational. The movie traces the lives of two cowboys who meet in 1963 while working as sheep herders. Herding sheep over the stunning scenery of Brokeback Mountain, Wyoming, the guys develop an unique affection for one another. It starts with the need to share a tent during a rather cold night. After a frantic moment, their bond was sealed. Over the weeks, you see moments of joy, happiness and romance.

Four years later, they meet again, having married and had kids in the meantime. Their meeting blossoms into a deceptive long distance relationship until tragedy of the most unimaginable kind strikes. It is the kind of event that most gay people fear and seeing it on the big screen had a profound effect on me. The tragedy confirms a haunting childhood experience Ennis reveals during the film and, later in life, this clearly impacts on his ability to accept himself.

This movie is a lesson to us all. Not only does love take many forms, it also tells of how life is too short. We really all should live for today and not the way society expects us to live. The movie explores the uniqueness of two individuals who genuinely love eachother from the heart.

As I left the cinema, a single tear rolled down my cheek. Touching, moving and tragic, the movie combines outstanding performances from all actors. Set in the 60's and 70's, the movie has a rather simplistic feel to it, but the performance of the two cowboys is as breaktaking as the scenery itself.

Go and see it!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4666112.stm
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388795/