Brokeback Mountain is a good movie, though tough to live up to the hype. The Metacritic 87 is the highest score I’ve seen in my short experience with Metacritic. On the all-time scores Brokeback Mountain ties for 64th… note, however, that Metacritic has only been around for ~5 years, and while they are working backwards to include films from the pre-internet era, it’s not a comprehensive list in any way before 2001.
Strangest part about watching the film for me was that all I knew going in is that it’s a love story about gay cowboys. Most movies about love stories build to a match, so when the central couple gets together early in the film, I didn’t know what to expect for the rest of the movie.
The mountains of Wyoming play a gorgeous supporting role.