You folks gotta watch this one.....this year's oscar is going to brokeback mountain for sure.. its a really well made movie, hard to believe that a taiwanese directed a movie like this...truely amazing and touching... people might want to stay away from this one because of the gay theme...i was doing the same until a friend of mine and my prof. recommented it...there are a couple of scenes you might feel uncomfortable, but its authentically done and its hardly there for few secs....heath ledger might just win oscar for his role in this movie

The Taiwanese director you mentioned, Ang Lee, is quite famous for his works. Sense and Sensibilities, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, The Ice Storm, Hulk are some of his well known movies. So, I am not surprised that his most recent release - Brokeback Mountain - is an Oscar contender.

I dont understand what was so ground breaking about the movie. It was a simple love story with sporadic gay sex. I hope it doesn't win any awards.

I feel the same VincentBodega. What a big fuss about it. Lets' not get carried away with reviews and hollywood love for gay theme...

It's a gay love story movie... Yikes...

From what I understand, due to innumerable romp-fests in the movie, one of the protagonist's sphincter went from (_._) to (_O_).