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Brokeback Mountain,
July 22, 2009
By sarahreviewer
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"The most beautiful raw emotions and the historically unnatural concepts displayed by the characters are the core of this amazing film. I was blown away by the expressed passion and insecurity of Jack and Ennis. Before watching the film I really did not think that they could convince me the way that they did. I ended up feeling the resistance, confusion, excitement, the love, pain, heartbreak and the loneliness they shared. Such a brave and thoughtful demonstration of what may have affected the lives of characters like these during those times and I believe that retrospectively it describes the world of many homosexuals today. The feelings of love and want verses the fear of pleasing loved ones and those in society.
The beginning of the movie showed realization and clarity yet confusion. The middle expressed betrayal and hurt yet denial and the finalization was an experience of loss and regret yet the awareness of the fact that no matter how different things may have been there would have been no way out nor a way to make the situation a life of true happiness and fulfillment.
This film touched on so many emotions and left me with many questions. What if Jack and Ennis built that cabin in the ranch? Would they have had a life of secrecy and not have been fulfilled with the beauty of children, inclusion and acceptance? Would it have been a short life like they feared or one of ridicule and torment? Perhaps they may have experienced completion and freedom but that is something that we can only wonder. What I think can be assumed is that these characters either way, would have been living in a world that presented them with such limited options and a place to be. A place to be who they were."
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