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Originally Posted by mykalberta
Most likely the movie is well done for the heebee jeeby artsy crowd. Adding the currently taboo subject of male/male pornography just adds to its flavour among (as DC would say) pinkos crowd.
Put it this way, if you replaced one of the dudes with a girl, would the movie be as good or even being talked about, if your answer is no then its pinko crap and nothing else.
MYK
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"Brokeback Mountain" has been described as "a gay cowboy movie," which is a cruel simplification. It is the story of a time and place where two men are forced to deny the only great passion either one will ever feel. Their tragedy is universal. It could be about two women, or lovers from different religious or ethnic groups -- any "forbidden" love." - Roger Ebert.
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/.../51019006/1023
Ang Lee himself thought this movie might be confined to the art house crowd and has expressed surprise its been so widely accepted . . . . and, truthfully, most critics are placing it in the mainstream as a classic love story/tragedy and one that is grandly told.
More to your point, critics/analysts are trying to decide if "America is ready" to see a fairly classic and normal love story, in most respects, where the only quirk is that the two principal characters happen to be of the same gender.
On CNN last night, I did see a "former homosexual" who believes homosexual tendencies are learned and not inherited, ripping the movie as Gay Propoganda. He also said it promotes adultery which his family values perspective didn't like. And then, if I remember right, he added it was a very well told story.
Cowperson