BROKEN-BACKED MOUNTAIN

well, at least that's how they say what the name should be grammartically. anyway, in the land of no myspace, no pic-link and heavy internet surveillance, i thought that i would have to wait till the end of the year before i can catch a glimpse of jake gyllenhaal's backside (heheh). but luck came knocking on my apartment door the other day (in the form of a dvd seller from mainland china. oh btw, this is how the sell fake dvd's here - door-to-door. 10 bucks a piece. not bad eh?). and the timing couldn't have been more perfect. i was alone at home at the moment (which means that i don't have to offer any explanation for buying the g*y movie of the decade). so i bought it.

i spent that night watching the movie on my recently-purchased laptop. alone in my room, with the lights off (and my headphones on)- full of anticipation and excitement. my verdict:

i really want to say that it's a great movie, but i really feel that if what the movie wants to show is how difficult g*y relationship could be - they could do much better than that (yes, i know it's based on a short story - so you can't do much there). but seriously, at least those two guys still look like they had fun when they were shagging the missus. if they want to show suffering that g*y men go through, they should really make a movie about a 20-something virgin plu with a weight problem who has never had a relationship (sounds familiar? you bet!). now that's suffering!

but of course, being a landmark plu movie, the movie has affected me in a way that no other movies had. i was able to relate to the main character (although i'm not a hot-looking cowboy). there were moments that really touched me, like when jake said to heath "you know.. sometimes i miss you so much, i could hardly stand it". touching, eh?

and i did learn something from the movie too. i learned that there are worse jobs out there than being an auditor... (like transporting a gazillion sheeps from one place to another). hehehe.