We went to see Brokeback Mountain (imdb | rotten tomatoes) last night, and $5 says I was the only heterosexual male in the movie theatre. Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal getting in on ponderosa-style? If I were gay/female I’d probably dig it too.

It’s a beautiful story (how did Annie Proulx fit that all into 40 pages? They *must* have added material for the screenplay), the scenery is mindblowing, and the performances — especially by Heath Ledger — were incredible. Don’t believe the hype about how the sex scenes will make you uncomfortable; they’re much tamer than you’d think. In fact, the hetero sex scenes are probably racier (who knew Anne Hathaway — Ms. Princess Diaries — was so hot?) than the Jake-Heath love.

Put it this way: not everyone will like this movie (it’s a talkie character drama…certainly not everyone’s cup of tea), but anyone who avoids it because they’d feel icky about the two male leads making out probably isn’t capable of enjoying everything an intelligent, emotional film has to offer anyway. They should stay home and watch Fear Factor.