Note to the LA Times....297 million Americans also havent seen Brokeback Mountain.
...and every single one of them feels the need to voice an opinion.
I don't have much of an opinion on 'Brokeback Mountain' except it is trash. Years ago, there was a film, 'The Rounders', with Glenn Ford and Henry Fonda, about two cowboys (not shepards, as portrayed in this movie), also long-term male friends, but there was NEVER any question about mixing things up with each other. The interesting interaction was between the horse and the cowboy, and it had a great deal more to do with personality than was exhibited in 'Brokeback Mountain'.
'Brokeback' is a COYOTE movie (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics). Men in close quarters over extended periods of time do NOT automatically turn to homosexuality.
"...and every single one of them feels the need to voice an opinion."
LOL, yes, and offer an alternative title!