brokeback mountain

The movie Brokeback Mountain I thought was very well directed. The characters who played Ennis and jack fit their roles very well and they played the gay cowboy roles to a tee even though in real life they are heterosexual. I have a lot of respect for the message that this movie was trying to portray, and I understand why it won so many awards. It shows how society can be so judgmental and narrow minded that these two men have to hide their love for each other in order to avoid persecution. It views how ignorant people can be and the extent of hate that goes along with it. For example the death of Jack which the only provocation was that he was gay. On the other hand, the movie wasn’t the kind of movie I enjoy watching. The whole gay cowboy thing was a topic I could live my life without seeing, and watching it in a classroom setting just made it awkward for me. I also thought that Heath Ledger’s characters accent changed throughout the story a little. At times it seemed to be very southern when other times maybe more Midwestern. The ending was unusual; I wasn’t sure why they didn’t make Jack’s death more of a point of emphasis. It seemed that Ennis knew that he didn’t die in the way he was told and he just accepted it.