Author/blogger Chris Sciabarra has seen Brokeback Mountain and
offers
his view:
The film is heartbreaking. It is a testament to the damage that is done to human lives by self-alienation, repression, and fear, internalized homophobia and the pressure to conform to certain "roles" in society. It can be tender, sad, and funny. The performances are superb; the cinematography is gorgeous; the minimalist score is effective; the nature-backdrop is awe-inspiring.
Guess he liked it. But the Washington Post's Jose Antonio Vargas
wonders whether it's a gay movie at all, since it's not focused
on sex or activism (just love between men). And at least some of
the urban gay clubheads he quotes seem to think not.