"Kisah Cinta Agung"

Well, recently i watched a movie 'DVD' actually, the movie is supposedly banned in malaysia. Therefore, i do what other typical malaysians does when they wanted to watch movies.... buy a pirated one at some famous shopping mall very well known for its 'cetak rompak' dvd's.... 3 for RM20... quite cheap eh.........however, this is totally not recommended... one can only do this if they fail to find a legal one *wink...wink*

Okies... back to the movie that i watched... its called "Brokeback Mountain".... I reckoned that most of you 'movie buff' must've heard bout this movie rite... yea... its a love story.... a "gay"love story and it is therefore banned in Malaysia due to the tabooness of the subject.. *helloo...someone at certain govt agency certainly have to wake up and do some reality check check ;)*

Sorry.. got sidetracked..... actually i wanna talk bout the movie... or the essence of it...

so.. its actually bout 2 cowboys *which is very manly*.. set in a place called 'Brokeback Mountain'. They were brought there by the need to find money and they did what they know best... which is to heard sheep..... so two strangers meet up for the same job and they went to the mountains. There, they took turns to heard the sheep... apparently, one guy have to sleep with the sheep *no pun intended*.. to avoid the sheeps being devoured by predators mainly wolves....

So.. there they were.. two strangers.. that have to depend on each other for survival... maybe they were not aggreeable with each other... but the reality is they definitely have something goin on by the looks and expressions.. maybe the gaze.. or the subtle expressions... anyway... over the time, things happened... but they were not admitting that they were in love with each other.... and to make matter worse, they were living at the time where people with that inclinations were dejected by society... so, they remain as shodows...and found solace at 'Brokeback mountain' over the time.. the place where they can embrace each other and find little happiness that still left in their lives....

so basically.... the stories intertwined around their relationship.. with each other and the people surrounding them...

i'm not goin to spoil it *for ppl that havent watched it* by telling the whole of the story... needless to say... in the end, the story had gripped my emotions so much that other movies have not...

yes.. i admit... i cried buckets... a real 'tear jerker' as one of my friend said....It is among the saddest, most depressing movie that i'd ever watched... with deep satisfaction at the end of it....

So, i guess it goes to show that love know no boundries.. whether its love between men and god... men and women..... and apperently.. men and men.....

maybe we havent quite understand the real meaning of love until we've been touched by it....

Kudos to Ang Lee for the brilliant direction..in bringing up the most delicate subject beautifully.....totally deserving the Golden Globe's he got recently...

And in my opinion... the star... Heath Ledger... had performed an academy award worthy of performance.... for being able to capture the emotions.... and to think that he's not gay in real life... well, its an achievement in his own right ;)

Finally... methinks... the essence of the story is... if you love someone, dont hesitate... dont wait until its too late.. and dont ever let anything come between you and your loved ones...

Well... just my two cents worth........ adios muchachos