The Berkano Show

It wasn't because of Ang Lee's masterful vision for I have seen only his massive kung fu flick or Anne Proulx's great story.

Most certainly it was not because of the actors. Anyone would have created such a stir. After all, they would be playing cowboys who fall in love with each other while herding sheep in the now popular spot.

WHAT THE!?!?!

While first reading about it Kfccinema.com

WHAT THE $#^%$^%&%365

While watching the expected scence of passion (caused by the whisky and the cold weather)

WhAt hteh @13234&**&%^%&&^(^(*)(*^%$&&%((%%$^%3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Really the novelty stops there. This is a great, albeit tragic, love story.

It is great because it was a love like no other and the film and the actors make you suspend your disbelief. For them Love had no boundaries. It was tragic because their enemy was more than race, colour, or religion but themselves. In their society Love has walls that can never be penetrated. They can never win.

There are absolutely no parallels in the lives of the two cowboys from beginnning to end. Enis Del Mar was laconic while Jack Twist was the more livelier and talkative of the two. After that summer they at first seem to take the same paths away from each other but their situations were completely different. Their wives and manner of living mirror this . Yet they can never really escape what had happened for it had gotten a strong hold of them. At first it was postcards then there were fishing trips. They really thought they can get away with it.

How their partners reacted caused the tragedy of this film. The film shows how their world was getting smaller by giving us vast, bright shots of Wyoming (I was told it was shot in Canada) in the first chapter then suddenly reduce to the emotions of the four main characters. For some reason I do not despise Anne Hathaway's character considering what was done and Michelle Williams was so troubled I only wish the confrontation was done much sooner.

I'm no film critic but i absolutely love movies. Im quite sure the experts would agree with me that the writers who adapted this (Larry McMurty and Diana Ossana) and Ang Lee did a damn fine job with this one.

My only regret was not reading Anne Proulx's short story before the release of the film because it would have been a better way to judge its consistency.

The short story won a Pulitzer so I wouldn't be surprised if this picks up a lot of Oscars come March.

DENNIS TRILLO eat you heart out! Kissing some other guy is not enough to win you an award!