The Reel Rejects - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (2005) REVIEW – THE ENDING IS UNBEARABLE! – FIRST TIME WATCHING

Episode Date: February 14, 2026

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Makes sense. And he does the TV show. That's why it sounded like it. That's bonkers. Okay. Well, all right then. Yes. It is not just a case of acoustic guitar.

Yeah. sounding like acoustic guitar. I'm sure people who didn't make it to this portion of the video will be letting us know, though, in the comments. Oh, yeah. No, that's, that's fun, though. Oh, goodness. Yeah. There's a reason it sounds like Last of Us, guys.

I was going to say, well, and, you know, obviously, yeah, you're out in the wilderness, you're in the elements. Ooh, boys, how are we feeling? We're feeling. What an incredible movie. What a ride. It definitely got, it met the hype level that it's been withstanding the last 21 years, for sure. Incredible performance. I like how much it was a character-driven story, too.

I still enjoyed the plot very much so, but the chemistry between Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal was off the charts. And I really like the performance, especially Heath Ledger, really, I mean, Jake Jelinehall was fantastic as well. But with Heath Ledger's character, you just really could feel that inner conflict, the introspectiveness of his character, what he's going through. And just, you know, he wants to live this life with Jake Jolnell's character, but he's just afraid to let anyone in. and you can really feel it too. And I like that they really made this choice to really allow the character to express, just most of the characters,

not express a lot of dialogue, but more just emote with their facial expressions, just more visual dialogue, rather, and let their facial expressions do the actual, you know, talking for itself. And you can understand that as an audience. I think that's a very powerful tool if executed properly.

And boy, was it done to perfection for the most part in this film. It's a really powerful tool when done right. And Gustavo's music, too. I think we talked about it earlier. I like that. In this case, the music didn't tell you how to feel, but it was just kind of sitting along with the characters and letting the film breathe as well.

And I thought the film was really well-paced as well. It was kind of deliberately a little bit of a slow breather. but because you're so invested in the characters, you don't feel that time going slow. And the way the passage of time is used as well makes the film feel very tragic as well. Even though they're still technically in each other's lives, they didn't get to spend their lives together.

And it's just it was really heartbreaking to watch, actually. But incredible performances, incredible film, Engley, phenomenal. I can't remember. Did he do Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon? Was that Engley as well? I believe so. Yeah, he's a phenomenal.

of a pie. Yeah, he's, I haven't seen that one, but he is an incredible director. And Gemini Man. I haven't not seen that one, but he is, he's an incredible director. I mean, he knew what he was doing when he was directing everyone in this film, especially Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenall, but really well directed film as well. And I love the way things were framed as well, but incredible, incredible film. Yeah, I really enjoyed it as well. Yeah, the performances were really strong. But yeah, I really like what this said about, you know, the relationship between

like masculinity and loneliness and then also trying to be able to express yourself within a time that is regarded as not very friendly to someone who is gay. And yeah, I think the way they were able to navigate that was really interesting.

I thought this was a very compassionate movie in the sense that, you know, I feel like a lot times where we have films and it's not a universal thing but we were following people that are typically some semblance of likable or they have like some redeeming quality and I feel like this movie didn't really try to showcase like oh like you should root for him because he's a good guy I feel like it's very much show a flawed person a lonely person or two lonely people that were just trying to figure out how to live life and love even if they did have you know

partners and you can condemn them for that but But you can also understand why things were the way they were within the time that it took place. And even his relationship, Ennis's relationship with his daughter and seeing how she was some semblance like him and that she was very sort of quiet and pensive. And through the experience of learning his daughter was getting married, that she was embracing true love. And that she was reaching out to him because she, and this is what I'm picking up, that, you know, maybe she's some semblance of lonely and. He's able to then give a little back and then show up for his daughter and show up for someone in the way that he never really could because he was just pushing everybody away. He pushed his ex-wife away. He pushed Jack away.

Even though he wanted love, he didn't know how to receive it. Yeah. And I thought that was very well executed. And Linda Cardalini as well. And Linda Cardalini, exactly. Yeah. No, I would echo all of your sentiments so far. It's definitely one of those movies that just allowed.

you to drink in the characters and the performances and kind of, yeah, feel. It's a textural, experiential kind of movie. So a lot of it is about, yeah, just soaking yourself in the vibes. And obviously, from this point of view in this moment in time, there are a lot of ways in which you're like, just talk to him, just go to him, just go beat again. You know, and obviously it's happening at a time that is prohibitive of that. And yeah, it's tough to make a movie, especially about a guy who doesn't want to talk very much and who clearly has so much going on

under the surface that's not being said, but that's the strength of, and like all the performances in this are great, but Heath Ledger is on another level. He is like the core of this whole thing because he does, you know, it's like he's not any crazy, maybe you know it's Heath Ledger, but he's just so into the mannerisms.

And not that anybody else isn't, but he's just, he really embodied, this guy in a way that nicely grounds things even though you are sort of in pain over the fact that he can't, you know, express in certain ways. And he is so guarded in certain ways. But you have the sort of interesting contrast to the fact that even though his and Jack's philosophies on how to live and get by are very different, you know, even though Ennis is repressed and he, you know, has a lot of trauma and loneliness in his life he's

he makes it to the end of the movie partly because he has you know these inclinations partly because he has these coping mechanisms and so it is this interesting thing of like he gets to go on living he gets to see the marriage of his daughter he has you know this beautiful memory

in what you know appears to end in a kind of quietly tragic way but with a little element of It's interesting because, yeah, this is definitely like a tragic story more than it is like an uplifting one. And, you know, on the Jake Gyllenhaal's side, it's like you really feel both of their perspectives because, yeah, Ennis is like, look, no one's going to understand. And even if we find the most remote place to go, somebody could still find out and could kill us over this.

And that's real. And that's not even that long ago that that was, it's still real even now. And, you know, you have his philosophy and what he's coupled with what he saw as a kid. What his dad, you know, drug him out and showed him and may have been involved in, you know, looming over him. So you like, you 100% get why, you know, with a core wound like that. You would never almost want to. It's like, it's amazing that they had this relationship at all from the Ennis perspective. Whereas from the Jack perspective, it's like, you know, it sucks to live in this, you know, constraint.

never being able to just express freely and, you know, be ourselves and be in love and enjoy that and have a life together. And so, like, he goes out in a super harsh, tragic way, but he lived more ostensibly, even though they both didn't get to live quite enough. So, yeah, it's very tragic. It's heartbreaking. There's a lot of really lovely, like, it's not an overly melodramatic movie, which is cool. Like, it definitely, like, this didn't catch me super by surprise in a lot of ways. But as a piece of art, it is very, again, textural. There's a lot of really gorgeous photography.

You really feel the settings. You really feel like you're in the elements with them. And, you know, yeah, the lyrical way in which it shows you both the growth of their bond, then the struggles that they face after Brokeback Mountain. And the fact that Brokeback Mountain, yeah, is this memory, is this sort of thing that they're always trying to, like, get back in touch with and rekindle. And it's, you know, it's so vivid when you're there. And then it's this thing that they're always.

trying to kind of, yeah, recapture somehow and never quite succeeding. And so yeah, I mean, we have some questions here that I'm sure we'll kind of smooth out the convo. But yeah, I thought this was really strong, just lovely cinematic art,

you know, and Aungle's direction, I thought it was very patient and very, like you guys have said, compassionate, very compassionate movie. And even characters that you don't like as much or see as much from the POV of you still kind of understand the lay of the land and how and why things at this moment in time are the way they are.

And I think it's got a really interesting just setting in general because what do you know about this from the outside? It's the gay cowboy movie that won a bunch of Oscars. But, you know, I didn't realize, yeah, that this would be a 60s period piece going into the 70s, broaching on the 80s. And there are so many things about this that are classic Western, but there are also things about this that are more, you know, of, you know, the kind of budding, contemporary, world that we know now. And so it's like they're living this on the cusp of when I forget when Stonewall happened. But like they're they're living this on the cusp of when maybe gay rights are about to start sort of maybe actually happening. And that makes the tragedy all the sadder. But yeah, then you end up in a place where, you know, I think it's you hardly ever see Jenny at all. But like,

I do like that Alma Jr. like does take after her dad. And there is something there even despite all to trouble and it's a movie that never seems to excuse the trouble and it never seems to you know be too bleak either despite some of the harsher stuff so yeah very very well done very touching better to have loved and loss than never to have loved at all yeah yeah yeah anyway let's uh let's hop into a couple of these questions here guys girls rejects i cannot believe we are already a month into 2026 now last year i made this whole big goal about dropping a bunch of wade one on a big cut, which was fun. But now this year, I want to enjoy a little bit more food and, of course, have a healthier relationship with food and my own body, as a matter of fact. It's more about

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Who wants to take it away? Fight. Fight, boys. Hey, fellas. I'm so happy you're reacting to the super important LGBTQ plus film. I remember going to see this in the middle of the day in a crowded theater back when I was still figuring out my sexuality. And I was so grateful to experience. such a beautifully tragic queer representation on screen. Question, what lessons did you take from the film, if any? Personally, I love how the film highlights the way homophobia hurts everyone, not just queer folks.

That's a great point. Yeah. No, it's a great point just because, yeah, you saw that, not only that Heath Ledger's character had to repress as well as... Well, Jake Jellon Hall was a little more open about it, as John was pointing out, but also, too, you see the ramifications of what happened. with like Anne Hathaway's character and with Michelle Williams. You could see that, you know, they were, they just fell in love with these two guys. And because of, you know, the possible consequences to what could happen in this relationship if they were together, now they get married to these two women and, you know, now they have to deal with what's going on,

knowing that their husbands don't really love them in the same kind of way. now they have to unfortunately have to deal with that which is sad in itself too so it just highlights a time in society where there's a lot of people that are just really bigoted out there

I mean times have changed a bit but not as much but yeah I mean I would say that that's the experience it's fascinating the psychology of it when you look at why people can't just leave people alone let them love so I would say that that's a big lesson

just that I took from it is just like letting people, you know, feel their feelings and let them live their lives and be left alone. I just, I really felt so bad, not only for obviously Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger, but especially this, this PTSD that his character had to go through ever since he was a little, I think he said he was nine years old when he saw, when his dad drug him out there. So it's, it's totally understandable why he felt that he had to repress everything and keep everything contained within himself once he saw this and was afraid that something like this could happen to him if he ever allowed anyone to find out that this is that this is who he was so it's just really tragic in that way

yeah i would say the thing i took away most uh from the movie is that the ramifications of trauma are just so powerful and that yeah if unaddressed they can permeate through all aspects of life and the people of the lives that are of the person that are being affected. Yeah, with, with Anna, it's because of what happened with him as a kid, his parents dying, and his siblings leaving, he was just afraid to let anybody in. Like his wife, Jack, his kids, his, the second girl, he was dating and then he just never found like a sense of self or foundation because he was always trying to like search, you know, and in a way that was keeping him safe.

And it just really sucks, you know. which especially in those times there and location he was at there was some semblance of being able to navigate the waters of his own subconscious or his own mind so he can can heal from that and then maybe one day be able to you know embrace this love that he has for for jack um because yeah they deserved it and because at the times they were in they caused you know the people around them to be hurt because they were essentially their beards more or less even though they did have kids with them and stuff but yeah that that wasn't the life that they truly wanted and they felt like they had to conform because and this literally thought his life was on the line if he did embrace this and seemingly jack got killed for for it so yeah it just It just sucked, but... Terrible.

Yeah, that's ultimately what my takeaway was. John was? I mean, I... It's fascinating to watch something like this because, you know, we are at a point in time where there is more queer media and queer stories are allowed to have more joy. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So I, again, wasn't sure what to expect here. And like you pointed out, it is a beautiful and a tragic movie. And it is one that, like, you know, there are a lot of tropes surrounding queer characters and the fact that, like, you know, a lot of times they die or are. You know, there's a lot of, there are a lot of different struggle movies for marginalized folks out there.

And this certainly has that, but it wasn't like pulped up into that mode, maybe even as much as I thought it could be. Not that I was necessarily expecting that. But yeah, I mean, I would echo your guy's sentiments. I would echo just that compassion is key and communication is key. And it's hard when you live in times like this where, where like you said, you know, home before. Like there's a repression that exists, and this will actually segue us nice into the next question. But, you know, the fact that, yeah, homophobia hurts everybody is a kind of a really nice observation on your part. Because, yeah, it's not just about Ennis and Jack and the suffering that they endure for not being able to love each other as they wish to and be together.

But it's also, yeah, the fact that they're not for both understandable reasons and some other reasons that could be improved upon that are less tied. to social constructs and bigotry and stuff. Like there's just, there's so many ways not to communicate. And so that affects the wives. It affects the kids. It breaks up families. Then you're getting divorced.

And then you're inviting somebody else into this whirlwind. And then you have whatever is going on with you and the person you actually want to be with. And the people you actually want to be with and you aren't free to explore. So yeah, I'm surprised actually that this was as restrained as it was in not having I thought one of the wives, and I'm not, this isn't a gripe, I just was kind of expecting like one of them to be like, hey, I see you and it's okay or something. And we don't really get that. But yeah, I mean, just the compassion for yourself and the people around you is key. Not that that would have helped anybody here in a major way, but maybe in smaller day-to-day ways. But yeah, I'm glad that this movie exists to help, you know, push the progress along. Because especially, too, again, there are lots and lots of harsh struggle movies, and certainly, like I said, this has that, but there's also a lot of beauty here. And there's also a lot of, you really get acquainted with what there is to lose and yearn for

through the experience of what we saw here. But yeah, Care Bear next up. Hi, J.A. and A. Hello to you. Hooray for more queer media. Ong Lee won an Oscar for Brokeback, the first person of color to win best director. Let's go. I did not.

Saying the script depicted authentic rural America, the rural juror, rural America and its accompanying repression, it certainly feels authentic, you know, from our limited advantage. Question, how do you think broke back handled showing the repressed emotions of its characters, whether queer or straight? I think it handled it phenomenally the way it was executed,

but I like that the film relied on minimal dialogue and maximum subtext, and also, too, the physicality kind of replaced the words. So there were times where because so much was repressed with the characters when there was moments of intimacy, whether it be with Ennis and Jack, you know, you could really feel that because so much had been boiling within them. And then they let it out through physical emotions. Then whether it be, you know, a scene with like Ennis and his, well, I guess ex-wife at that point, but like she had been letting so much repressed within her that they had never communicated that he was gay. And then when she had like confronted him, about it and they were finally communicating like now he is letting it out so i think that was a really wise choice like i i think i'd said that initially when we were uh when we started the review but i think films can be uh extremely effective when you go that route of less dialogue and letting you know facial emotions uh be expressive in in that way because you can tell right away with the

actors if if it's done correctly and executed the right way you can tell what they're they're thinking in their feeling and I thought that was a really powerful choice in this film. Yeah, I know I wholeheartedly agree with everything you just said. Yeah, I think the way that it depicts the authentic rule, American experience, coupled with the accompanying repression, both of those things were in spades in this movie. The way that they were able to, yeah, speak between the dialogue. And they were able to, yeah, showcase that pain. with without overtly speak putting dialogue to it and I felt like that was that was very powerful the way that they were able to yeah showcase that and all the characters from even Anne

Hathaway who had a much smaller role than I anticipated when she first shut up on screen but even the way that she was able to communicate these looks and and these things through her her eyes was it was very powerful and very telling as to the the state and mindset of her character. In addition to Michelle Williams and who, yeah, you get a sense that she was lonely in this relationship and that, yeah, she resented Jack, she resented Ennis for the way that he didn't show up for her, not only because, you know, he was hiding his sexuality, but just because he was so absent and just kind of consumed in his own loneliness, not wanting to really embrace

the fact that he had a family. And, yeah, all of it's really sad. You see this theme of repression and in isolation through all of these characters. And yeah, it does suck. And I think the moment that I don't know the legacy of this film or like what people really talk about when they see it. But the only time we really get people talking about their own feelings is when we have that last conversation between Jack and Ennis where they're talking about. like we've been doing this for 20 years and like I'm like I'm upset that I can't quit you and then and this is is breaking down as well and that's the only real time we get them like actually addressing

their shit and then and it kind of goes off and avoids it as you know he usually does he's afraid to let people in close to him so and I thought it was a very poignant thing to contrast the sweetness of one of the times they had on their trips with him leaving with the last time they see each other I thought that was very powerful. Yeah. Yeah, 100%. I mean, this whole movie is, is, it lives in its subtle emotions back and forth, the repression, obviously.

And there's tons of repression because obviously, Ennis and Jack are repressed because of the, you know, unique position in society that they are occupying. You know, they are certainly forced into the closet, into the shadows, all that stuff. And so, you know, there's always something fascinating watching as the kind of test. of the waters happens there. But, you know, there's so much with every character, whether it's like a subtly veiled threat or, yeah, people kind of implying that you're not safe here,

or we don't want your kind here, like when he goes back to Randy Quaid. And, you know, the little things that make you paranoid about that, also the little things that suggest that, yeah, maybe this character knows more than they think they do. Do you ever feel like everyone's looking at you? I mean, yeah, you know, from the two of them, Jack and Ennis to the wives.

to everybody like you know it does go back up to the first question in that sense of not only homophobia but like repression in general hurts everybody and if you live in a society that is largely repressed or that is repressed in significant key ways that can yeah boil over onto everybody but uh from an acting standpoint from a writing standpoint i really appreciated at least in this first viewing what they chose to show and depict uh and the way the actors all handled the authenticity of that i thought was quite terrific yeah yeah uh We got time for one more real quick. Orion's Heavenly Light. Pick it away, Aaron. The score of this movie in cinematography absolutely stunned me and my husband every time we watch the movie. Do you guys have a favorite movie where you feel the score in cinematography are perfectly matched together, especially interested in Andrew's pick because he's a fellow film score buff?

Love you guys. And I agree with another comment here that hopefully the LGBTQ reactions also include a good variety besides gay men. I say this as a bisexual man married to a gay man. I will, hey, bring them on, man. Bring them on. I love variety. So all in everything. Bring it my way. Well, my favorite score that matches cinematography with the score. I got to go with my favorite movie, Shawshank Redemption. I mean, that the score by Thomas Newman, I, to me, that score just, it matches with what the film is going on, you know, the themes of resiliency, never giving up also being uplifting in such a downtrotting situation that the character Andy Dufrein seems to be in.

So I'd have to go with that score. And I've listened to that score numerous times without the movie itself, just listening to it by itself. And it is such a gorgeous freaking score that I can actually see what's happening without actual, like, without actually watching the movie, I can see which part of the movie is happening just from the score alone. So I would go with Shawshank Redemption. You're here? Oh, I think the one that first comes to my mind is the Batman. I feel like the way the Batman couples its score and it's very intentional cinematography together are, yeah, one of the few. I feel like Batman and the Batman and Nolan films are very much films rather than superhero movies.

You know, they're both. But I feel like the way he's able to capture. of the tone of the noir thriller in the darkness and pensiveness of that gotham and how like gritty it is. I feel like it really comes through in Michael Jeanquino's score. So that'd be my choice. Michael Chiquino, solid choice. Yeah.

Great choices. Both. The ones that come to my mind right now are a pair of movies by the same director, Panos Cosmatos. He did a movie called Beyond the Black Rainbow as well as a movie called Mandy. And both of those have really cool serenious. cinematography and really cool interesting somewhat I mean black rainbow certainly very synthetic there's other tones in Mandy as well

but both of those movies have such striking oral visual sound and eye escapes that those immediately spring to mind for me just such vivid and deliberate and striking visuals combined with yeah these really transportive and immersive sounds so uh you're gonna have to listen To those now. Oh yeah, absolutely. But hey, leave us your thoughts down below.

Also, shouts out to the Elijah Wood Maniac. I like the POV plus synth score thing that Rob did. Anyway, gang, leave us your thoughts on any of these questions. Leave us your thoughts on Brokeback Mountain. That's really Jake Jelen Hall's mustache, too. Another mustache gate to solve. But yeah, were you there? Did you see this when it first came out?

Is this one of your favorite, you know, dramas? let us know your thoughts and we'll catch you on the next one much love people and uh we'll never quit you