ann-hughes

I think this movie is universally appealing because it's about an all encompassing love--the love a parent gives and a child needs, the love between partners. It's the love of family these two boys never got until Brokeback Mountain. It's a mutual understanding and empathy they provided for one another. These were just kids who up until Brokeback Mountain, were pretty disposable. They blossomed up there just like all the other living things around them during the summer season. What a perfect setting to deliver that message. This movie was achingly beautiful, poignant. It left me wanting more. It was hard to leave the theater and say good-bye.