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Overall Rating	8.1/10

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By maggie0 on 30th Mar 2008

maggie0's Ratings

Starring Actor/Actress	successful job
Where Did You See It?	Cinema
Value for money	8/10
Overall value	8/10
maggie0's recommendation

Good Points

Scenery, including Heath Ledger's face. Ironic that his death has fixed this movie as a classic, even if it was terrific on its own.

Bad Points

Too many sheep. Picky me: I was distracted by the fact that the beautiful scenery would not have been as beautiful had so many sheep actually been grazing on those mountains.

General Comments

I agree with the comment about the unintelligible dialogue. If writing is important, make it possible to understand what's written. Strong accents can be made intelligible by not allowing the actor to swallow his lines. Heads up, Kevin Costner, that means YOU, too.

I've only seen Brokeback Mountain once, last year. At the time I was annoyed that the women, especially Heath's wife, were portrayed as unattractive. I realize the point of view was the men's, but I didn't think the script was being fair to the women, that we should have seen more depth. Now, however, after considering it for an entire year, I realize that any anxiety over their sexual situation that the men felt would of course be projected onto their loved ones. It was only up in the mountains that they had their freedom. And they were just average guys, not heroes, so why would they see beyond their own emotional fences? What my misunderstanding reflects, I suppose, is the history of benign treatment of women in films. I'm just not used to seeing good women treated unfairly by the film's writer and director, and that unique treatment is one of the reasons this film is so honest (except for the sheep part, of course).

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