Broke my heart, and I love it

After raving "Rent," I want to promise you I don't only fall for love stories about gay people, but here's the thing, Brokeback Mountain is so much more than that. Everyone from the New York Times to the Salvation Army Santa's been saying it, so I'll be the million and oneth. There aren't many ways left to convey love against all odds, which is what all the great love stories are. Brokeback does it. It makes you want to be in love, even if that means being wrenched and shattered. It makes wrenched and shattered look transcendent. Broke my heart, made me want to suffer, made me write drunken poems in Clarke's on Belmont at 1 a.m. I can't give you a single reason not to see it; it's 100% perfect. Whether before or after you see it, read the story; the best lit to film transition I can imagine.