"It could always be like this."

There it is, finally said out loud in this beautiful story of ill fated love.

Watching it play out you know it won't be, yet I found myself rooting for them to make it work. Resolve the complicated side stories of all the relationships and ride up country. It's the crux and the real catch of the movie, I think. You know it won't be.

The story's resolution - and there is a resolution - is bittersweet.

The whole look of the film was beautiful, the sets, the scenery and the pacing. I loved the characters - each clearly individual yet part of the whole story.

It seems as Ang Lee intended - a classic love story, set in the West, among two men. I thought he hit it right on the head, as did the cast.

And, anyone who has lost someone relates to the final scenes of Ennis with Jack's shirt and jacket. That rang true as well.