BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

I WON'T BE ABLE TO APPROACH THIS FILM DIRECTLY - IT IS WRITTEN IN A LAYERED MANNER - THE COWBOYS, THE WIVES, THE GIRL FRIEND, THE KIDS, THE ERA FROM 1963 TO ABOUT 1985 - ALL THE ELEMENTS ARE WOVEN INTO A STORY THAT STARTS WITH TWO YOUNG MEN WHO HAD TRAUMATIC CHILDHOODS. THEY WORK TOGETHER HERDING SHEEP IN THE WYOMING MOUNTAINS.
WHILE DENYING THEY ARE HOMOSEXUAL ( 1963 ), THEY SHARE A PASSION FOR EACH OTHER, THAT MAKES THEIR WORDS OF DENIAL MEANINGLESS.
NOW, THIS IS THE DILEMMA FOR THE VIEWER OF THE FILM -- IS IT ABOUT:
*GAY LUST OR LUST
*GAY LOVE OR LOVE
*DO THESE TWO COWBOYS QUALIFY AS BI-SEXUAL
OR
*GAYS LYING AND ABUSING THE TRUST AND LOVE OF THE WOMEN THEY TAKE TO BED AND THE CHILDREN THEY CREATE.

REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU FILE THEIR ACTIVITIES, THEY ARE LIVING A LIE AND DAMAGING THOSE AROUND THEM, WHETHER INTENTIONALLY OR NOT.
I CAN'T HELP YOU WITH HOW YOU SHOULD VIEW THESE TWO
MALE LOVERS - YOU BUY YOUR TICKET AND TAKE YOUR PICK, AS TO HOW YOU WANT TO INTERPRET THEM.
THE STORY IS GOOD - MORE THAN THE GRAPHIC ROLL IN THE HAY I WAS EXPECTING FROM THE HYPE - MORE THAN THE TREMENDOUS SCENERY - MORE THAN THE SIMPLE COUNTRY SETTINGS, WHERE ALL THIS TURMOIL TAKES PLACE, OVER TWO DECADES.
I WAS ASKED, IF I THOUGHT THIS PICTURE DESERVED ALL THE ACADEMY AWARD TALK IT HAS RECEIVED -- I HAVE TO SAY YES, IT SHOULD BE IN THE MIX, BECAUSE IT MAKES YOU THINK, WONDER, QUESTION AND DEBATE, WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN. YOU DON'T GO HOME KNOWING WHO THE GOOD GUYS ARE - YOU DON'T KNOW FOR CERTAIN, IF BOTH ENNIS AND JACK WERE VICTIMS OR VILLAINS OF THEIR SEXUALITY. HOW MUCH MITIGATION IS GIVEN TO THE HEAVY BAGGAGE THEY CARRIED IN GROWING UP UNLOVED OR UNDERLOVED IN THEIR YOUTH.
THE RAW AND FIERCE FIRST ENCOUNTER OF ENNIS AND JACK, WILL CATCH YOU OFF GUARD AND THAT IS TRUE, EVEN AFTER READING THIS WARNING. DEALING WITH THAT ENCOUNTER STARTS THE PUZZLE THAT CONTINUES TO DEVELOP THE ENTIRE RUNNING TIME OF THE FILM.
I WAS MOST CONCERNED WITH THE FEMALES IN THE STORY - THEY WERE VICTIMS, BUT MAYBE WILLING VICTIMS -- YOU HAVE TO WONDER, IF THEY DID NOT HAVE CLUES, THAT ALL WAS NOT AS IT SHOULD BE UNDER THEIR ROOFS.
TO USE THE JERRY SEINFELD ANALOGY, IF YOUR HUSBAND IS ON THE OTHER TEAM, DON'T YOU NOTICE A PROBLEM?