Brokeback Mountain

I very infrequently go to the movie theater--perhaps 2-3 times a year. So when a movie comes out and I want to see it before it's released on video, I have fairly high expectations. Brokeback didn't disappoint. I was amazed at how director Ang Lee conveyed in images what is so profoundly difficult to do--emotion, loss, fear. Heath Ledger was extraordinary as Ennis--his tight-lipped speech, his ever-so subtle way of glancing at Jack. Jake G. was also incredible--his part wasn't as emotionally tight, but he certainly conveyed the frustration of living under a set of rules that are so clearly unfair. I read Annie Proulx's short story, and it was a bit of a disappointment--Ang Lee took a story and made it into something far more layered. And those shirts--pure genius.