Brokeback Mountain

I’m in tears. If I could rate this movie 6 stars I would. It is such a devastatingly beautiful story of love, loss, and longing unlike any other. It is my third time watching the movie and it will not be the last. There is so much symbolism and emotion intertwined between a generational queer love story. In fact to call it simply a love story is an understatement, as it isn’t simply a sexed up slop made to attract teenage girls  (heated rivalry), it makes a social commentary the flaws and cracks in society. I am left with a feeling of devastation. At the end of the movie you will sit there screaming that they should’ve had that ranch at 19. They should’ve said fuck u to all the homophobes and lived their lives. But they didn’t, and this feeling of regret translates not only on screen but in us, the audience. To know that each of the leads (Ennis and Jack) would’ve been 71 years old when gay marriage was legalised is heartbreaking and more so to know that Ennis would’ve probably seen it happen and thought of Jack. I will write an essay on this beautiful piece of art, because it is a timeless masterpiece.