Brokeback Mountain

It was on a rewatch, in the theater, gathered with my queer friends, sitting around many others who were doing the same, that I really realized how fucking good of a film this is. I mean wow. It is without a shadow of a doubt one of the greatest stories ever told. There is so much beauty and sadness in the intense longing of these characters, I can't even begin to write properly about it because I'm simply not qualified. Easily Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger's greatest performances, and thats saying a LOT considering they're some of the best to ever do it in my opinion. And it's so fucking gorgeous visually, I cannot stress enough how important it was to see this on the big screen, because it just does not compare to my first viewing which was on my shitty old laptop in like 480p probably. I mean there are countless shots that just look like paintings, and you just don't get that same effect on a small screen. Love the way the sheep are shot here in particular, there's so many wide shots of them that I love, but my personal favorite is this close up shot where the sheep are being herded and they fill the screen entirely and it's like a close up on waves crashing in the ocean. I'm probably not communicating it properly... but the sheep looking really good in this! So does everyone and everything else I just wanted to shout them out. And that score! Oh god it kills me. Wish I could write more seriously about this but I just cant find the words for it at the moment. We need to get a petition going so that every Longhorns Steak House is required to frame at LEAST one wide shot from this movie on their walls, I think we as a society need that. (Also FUCK the academy for choosing Crash of all things (not the Cronenberg one, the shitty one from 05) to win over this beautiful beautiful film, because lets be real, this is the best and most important film from 2005, not questions asked!