Oh how the west was won

While I wanted to hate the movie before watching it, it did grow on me. The movie started very slow and awkward, which I find similar to any new relationship. For the first half hour the sexual tension was actually palpable, but still quite random. There never is any backstory to the man on man action, it just kinda smacks us in the face... Not that there's anything wrong with that.

The movie did ruin the "Cowboy" image for me. What used to be an image of John Wayne has been replaced with Heath and Jake hand in hand riding along alpine passages on horses. That's all I have to say about that.

The fact that they both seemed to have trouble living their double lives seems to speak of the times the movie took place in. I suppose some people's choice of sexuality is still seen as taboo but nowadays it's basically shrugged off. To hide who you are back then must have torn people apart.