Monday, January 09, 2006

Brokeback Mountain...


''I wish I knew how to quit you...'' says Jack as he faces unending streams that lay infront of tall mountains, before bidding goodbye to Ennis..
A cold summer of 63, a story starts on the brokeback mountain, wyoming, when two tough cowboys meet to fall in love with each other. the talker and the emotional of the two, jack [jake gyllenhaal] invites a rather 'keep to himself' ennis [heath ledger] into his tent to avoid the nights chill, when passion sparks almost accidentally... its undying...an unreal bond that developed through the challenging blizzards and storms comes to an abrupt end and all they say to each other is ''see you around!'' time takes four years and a change in life to bring them together again. a twisted and tormented tale of love takes shape again in between real life, a shaken wife and lovely kids.... in between the mountains gaurding their secret.
Ennis : we can still see each other once in a while...
Jack : once in a while? once in four fucking years?
the topic maybe debatable or even unacceptable or understandable....but the movie, in all, is lovable....not one flaw could i point out....not one thing to criticise...
I will be mighty surprised if Heath Ledger, an australian born lad, who's ennis's soul and heart does not win an oscar for his performance......nobody has performed this well in any of the movies i've seen....[just explaining the magnitude]maybe Hillary svank of 'boys dont cry'....
Jake gyllenhaal is the expressive sensation!! eye candy! watch him when he cries or when he's fisting ennis or when he forgets the world in ennis's arms.
the character Elma played by Michelle williams, makes you want to cry for her when she's torn apart by her loving husband's gay story...not knowing whether jealousy for Jake, who is a man, should take over her emotions or anguish and disgust...
Jack's wife, a rodeo rockstar, anne hathaway, compressing her emotions, supports well...
Larry Mcmurtry , though not read the novel, must have done a writer's job for the film to be what it is....to have inspired the director's imagination...
AngLee...AngLee.......how do you make a two people talk without words? he does it with style on the mountains and away from it, between two people....doesnt matter that they happen to be of the same sex! the movie, though without a lot of talking speaks a lot cos of him!
ultimately, its not abt coming out of the cowboy closet, its not abt sex.... its more abt emotions...love and romance between two people who fall in love but are of the same sex....''If you can't fix it you've got to stand it!''..Ennis Del mar

DISCLAIMEr : Again, I'm not concluding on whether being gay/lesbian is rite or wrong, i'm talking of the movie....so any discussions or judgement is 'not' welcome! this post does not mean that i have a soft corner for homosexuals or that i dislike them....so no conclusions about me too! Posted by Picasa

10 comments:

Raju PP said...

"so any discussions or judgement is 'not' welcome!"

woohoo... i refrain from commenting then :-D
nice post to read, coming to blogging world after a long time!!

hey, Happy new year :-D

Ananth said...

hey I still havent watched but tomm being cheap ticket day in Melbourne,maybe I'll go see it.Lets see what I make of it..

Archana Ramesh said...

raju,
where on earth have you been? good to see you back!

ananth,
it is excellent oscar material movie...shud grab most of it...enjoy!

Ashish Gupta said...

//"I wish I knew how to quit you..."
loved that line :)

While you were posting I was telling someone about love doing weird things to people's heads!
And even I find homosexuality weird but I would accept its existence and won't look down on it. After all its about caring 'n companionship, right?

Oh and Boys Don't Cry- wat a movie! Wonder why it fares so low on imdb :( Real life stuff!
and that 'Bluest Eyes in Texas' is awesome!

Archana Ramesh said...

'so any discussions or judgement is 'not' welcome! '!!!
'Boys Don't Cry'.....its a fav! :D

Jo said...

Hmmm... that disclaimer so clever! :-))

Ashish Gupta said...

I am sorry. Kindly accept my heartfelt apologies.

Archana Ramesh said...

Jo,
:D!

Ashish,
its not that big a deal!!!! but i'm not accepting your heartfelt ?! apologies...

Art said...

I loved the disclaimer.... yeshtondu precautions :)
The guys look too good in the pic...

Archana Ramesh said...

dont they? specially the one on the left... :P