Brokeback

I saw Brokeback Mountain last night. It's a fantastic movie. Ledger was great. As were Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams and Anne Hathaway.

I still think Walk the Line is a better movie, but Ledger's performance was every bit as good as that of Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash (which was remarkable). So I could see the Oscar going either way, so to speak.

[An aside: Director Ang Lee no doubt should take home an Oscar or two -- as he seemingly deserves every time he directs. (Speaking of which, his un-nominated The Ice Storm is one of my favorite movies of the last 25 years.) We'll know more about Lee's chances -- and others', too -- when the Oscar nominees are announced in 11 days.]

Still, great as the movie is, in the end (so to speak) there's something bothering me about Brokeback Mountain. No, it's not that. Though that wasn't exactly fun to watch.

It's Anne Hathaway -- who's very fun to watch. She's pretty hot, yes. And we get to see her briefly topless, yes. Great and great.

But towards the end of the movie we get a close-up of her mouth as her character is talking on the phone to Ledger's character. And there's this weird orange filmy stuff between her teeth. It looks like they've rusted. Or like she's got a mouthfull of Cheez Puffs. What the hell was that? Stains from smoking? I don't know. But it's disturbing the hell out of me...