i think what i admired most about brokeback mtn was the characters' passive acquiescence in their own misery. of course, the fact that neither of them could utter an english sentence may have reduced my empathy. but that of course was the key part of the movie's brave, yet entirely mechanical, reversal of stereotypes. i'm working up a script for brokeback 2, just because i don't understand how the heath ledger character escaped being beaten to death.