Movie review: Brokeback Mountain

Finally saw an actual good real grown up movie this year, which, despite Roger Ebert's opinion of it, had not been a good year for movies. So far in 2005 I managed to see two children stories (barely passable Harry Potter and very nice Narnia) and missed Star Wars, so I was getting pretty desperate for a normal picture with a minimal number of children on screen and in the audience. Well, "Brokeback Mountain", which I've wanted to see ever since I heard Ang Lee was making it, met all of my requirements and then some. For starters, there were no children in the audience and we didn't even have to go to Chelsea for that. Secondly, the story was great, although I quite expected that, having read the short story on which the movie was based, and very faithful to the original, something I was worried about. The acting was also pretty good. I liked the casting job they did, even though neither of the guys matched the author's description. Jake Gyllenhaal was perhaps a touch too pretty for a cowboy, but Heath Ledger generally looks like an uncouth peasant, so he was right in his element. Lastly, luckily for me Lena came back just in time so I got to watch the movie in just the right company. And then she bought me dinner. Can't beat that.

The only complaint I had about the "Brokeback Mountain" was a horrible make-up job they did on the guys. I could have also done with fewer sheep and more love scenes but that really would be asking for too much.

Диалоги

Н. в воскресенье со мной не пошел к родителям, а поехал к сестре на семейную вечеринку. Я маме объяснила его отсутствие, она спрашивает: "И что они празднуют, Рождество или Хануку?" (Это она пошутила, если кто не понял :)

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Finally replaced the speakers that met with a mysterious but tragic death a couple of months back. Really hope the neighbors have been missing the subwoofer.