[grady]

I saw the film a couple days back and I was farmilar with Annie Proulx short story after reading it in a collection of her work a few years ago. Neither the homosexual nature (the 'yewwwww' factor Deckard) of the story nor the western aspect was a detraction from me seeing it.

Putting those two elements aside for a moment, the film is exquisitely made and the cinematography is beautiful, but I wasn't as WOWED by it as everyone else seems to be among the critical community. It is definently a good film, but not great in my opinion. Both Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal are very good in the film, but Ledger is definently stronger.

The sexual nature of the film is not really graphic in anyway aside from two men kissing and being in each others company sans clothing. It's amusing to hear how people are discussing the reaction to male audiences, but the film is really being marketed in the opposite direction, towards the female crowd. The film is more of a love story set in Wyoming than a gay cowboy romp like some make it out to be.

Are there some people here who will not see the film on the basis of it's subject matter?