DISQUS

Alex · 3 years ago

"Lee has truly failed his craft"...
Then I guess all these people MUST be crazy:

BAFTA Awards: Best Director (Ang Lee)
Boston Society of Film Critics: Best Director (Ang Lee)
Critics' Choice Award: Best Director (Ang Lee)
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association: Best Director (Ang Lee)
Directors Guild of America Awards: Director of the Year Award - Theatrical Motion Picture (Ang Lee)
European Film Awards: Best Director (Ang Lee)
Florida Film Critics Circle: Best Director (Ang Lee)
Golden Globe Awards: Best Director - Motion Picture (Ang Lee)
Iowa Film Critics: Best Director (Ang Lee)
Las Vegas Film Critics Society: Best Director (Ang Lee)
London Film Critics Circle: Best Film and Best Director of the Year
Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Director (Ang Lee)
National Board of Review: Best Director (Ang Lee)
New York Film Critics Circle: Best Director (Ang Lee)
Satellite Awards: Outstanding Director (Ang Lee)
Southeastern Film Critics Association: Best Director (Ang Lee)
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association: Best Director (Ang Lee)
The 62nd Venice International Film Festival: "Golden Lion" for Best Film
Directors Guild of America: Best Director (Ang Lee)
Utah Film Critics: Best Director (Ang Lee)

Nominated: (And Will surely win)
Academy Award:** Best Director (Ang Lee)

Did I leave out any? ;-)

Larry O. · 2 years ago

I didn't see the movie back in 2005, but I saw yesterday (July 28th, 2007).
Ang Lee did a great job directing this movie; however my sincere and deep appreciation goes to Annie Proulx for her magnificent story. The story is deep in love, deep in feelings, deep in opportunities people are afraid of taking.
This is more than a love story, is the story of a secret love. Before the 1950's love between a black person and a white person was a taboo. Nowadays even though racism is still alive everywhere those relationships are not taboo anymore. Homosexual relationships however are still a major controversy, but I hope someday people accept it as heterosexual relationships are accepted.

The story of Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist is unique and deep. I'm still amazed how a heterosexual woman was able to come up with such sweet, bitter and passionate story.

A day after watching the movie and reading the original short story my heart does not stop beating with nostalgia, melancholia and sadness. This is only love story that touched deep in my heart by making me cry and appreciate love.

Thanks Annie Proulx!!!

jake · 2 years ago

The movie in all reality was really slow the two men were not homosexuals they were bi-sexual it showed all the time right up to the end, and it was stupid they had to kill off the one, instead of showing they could get along without others. the senic shots were just wonderful, but both men were shown up by the wives in their roles. It is too bad that they had to make it a homosexual movie when it really wasn't just two lonely men who wanted to meet a couple of times a year and this is suppose to be love, I don't think so. Thanks
Jake