BBC Review on Brokeback Mountain

http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2005/12/16/brokeback_mountain_2005_review.shtml

I have selected this review of the film Brokeback Mountain because I think it is very insightful and analytical in how the writer has reviewed the film. It has an academic tone to the review by looking deeper into the director Ang Lee's intentions of what he tried to create cinematically with the long shots of the awe inspiring mountainous background within the film. "Poignantly offset by sweeping mountain vistas" which the reviewer notes that it reflects "the heartbreak and beauty of a tortured love affair and, without resorting to pat sentimentality."
This information within the review therefore is quite interesting and useful to people considering whether to view the film and get a more clearer sense behind a simple 'gay love story' that it has been belittled and regarded as. There is a more significant, moving theme to the film that tries to demyth the standard ideas of the myth and 'the cowboy hero' that is so often depicted within Western films.
The review also, gives the reader a historical background of when the film was set, therefore giving the reader more information to understand the taboo behind the gay scenes and the mindset of the character when they find out they are gay, and the characters themselves of the way they handle it saying they "aint no queer", showing her quick they are to defend and deny what they are because it is considered wrong at the time.
I think this review is useful and a good overall review of the film as the writer does not really give a biased, personal opinion but an overall review of the historical context of the film and the cinematic ideas behind the directing, thus explaining why the film will be good on a certain level because of it.