The Gayest Thing I've Ever Done

So, the other night I watched Brokeback Mountain. Alone. Depending on who you ask, I should either not think anything of doing this, or shouldn't have supported the movie anyhow. Regardless, I had seen the movie before in theaters, but this was with a gay friend and my girlfriend (who also loves the dick.) This time around it was just me. If I had been watching a movie about two chicks getting it on, chances are no one would say anything, probably because they would assume it was porn. Even though I admit that I felt a little weird watching it at night by myself, I really like this movie. Heath Ledger gives one of the most perfect performances I've ever scene. Also, the fact that I felt a little out of place watching it proves that it has an effect on the viewer that "forbidden loves" such as Romeo and Juliet fail to provide in this day and time. I have a hard time believing that modern day viewers have the same visceral reaction to Montagues and Capulets forming a union than they do to two cowboys violently kissing in front of their wives. But that is the point of any good work of art: to cause a whole-self reaction that prompts thought and analysis of why that reaction occured. In this way, this movie certainly succeeds. Even though some may say that any sort of reaction to a same sex romance should not be cause to bat an eye, the fact is that, for me (having never felt this attraction), it is. But that's what makes the movie work.