Brokeback Mountain

I'm officially halfway done with exams!! So as a reward, last night I went to the opening of "Brokeback Mountain" (aka: the gay cowboy movie).

First of all, I want to move to Wyoming. The movie takes place there in the 1960s and it's absolutely gorgeous. I totally want to know where they shot this, and then I want to go there forever (well almost anyway). The director did a really good job of using the landscape to his advantage. It just seemed so peaceful and idyllic. I want that.

And against this backdrop we have Jack and Ennis (which Kristin pointed out rhymes with penis), two cowboys who fall in love with each other (interestingly enough, they never say "I love you" to each other in the film). When they're out there alone on this mountain, all that matters is the two of them...and it's actually quite beautiful. They laugh, they love, and they're the most at ease when they are with each other.

Calling this movie the "gay cowboy" movie, to me, is a misnomer though. The movie seems to be more about how sad it is to not have the one you love; how isolated it feels because you can't always be with that person. I think that can apply to any hetero- or homosexual relationship. The movie was about the desperateness of not having the ability to do anything about the situation. It drives Jack to find new lovers and it ruins Ennis' marriage and drives him into depression and isolation. Along with having to deal with hiding their homosexuatlity, they also have wives, kids, society, fears, and distance...a whole host of problems (many of which would still exist today). And in the end it was just so sad to see them both trying to cope with it.

So why am I even writing about this? I'm not sure. But the movie got me thinking about a lot of things last night & today. I think this is was makes it a fabulous movie though. And there were actually a lot of funny parts in it, so it wasn't totally heavy. And I would like to note, even though the movie focused on a gay relationship, I still saw 2 sets of boobs...what's up with that?

Ok, enough movie talk. Maybe the real reason I'm writing this is so that I don't have to study for CIVIL PROCEDURE! Bleh. But I do see the light at the end of the tunnel: 6 days until the Fall Semeseter is done; 10 days before I leave for Singapore! YAY!!