Brokeback Mountain
spoilers ahead, if "unlubed anal" constitutes a spoiler. Everyone knows the movie's plot anyway, right?
I saw Brokeback Mountain tonight. The music was too loud and obvious in places; Jake Gyllenhall made a terribly unrealistic cowboy—he was too cute for the punches in the face and failed at the looking-tough-around-the-campfire. Also, he was not skeezy enough in Mexico. The way the mountain and daily life scenes were cut together was trying to make it seem like time was passing but instead felt like they were randomly switching off.
On the other hand: the development of the romance was pleasantly subtle. Jen pointed out the excellent use of nature and laundromat sounds. Heath Ledger was brilliant; weirdly I walked away with his face and his emotions and his attitude stuck in my head, but without a screen-crush. Jen tells me that his other roles are much more "Prince Charming," (I don't have any point of reference for most actors). The cinematography improves and Heath/Ennis is absolutely stunning in the last few minutes of the film (after Ennis calls Lureen about Jack's death).
Also: there was not a lot of swearing, and not too much violence. The "sex" was mostly clothed tusseling (or, short, vaguely euphamistic cuts of an entirely still tent next to an entirely still body of water). The guy's bodies weren't played up (Jack grows a pot belly and also a weird mustache). Their groping seemed desperate, brief, and untalentend. Not hot. Also, unlubed anal. or something.
