BBM is a solid film with great acting and a solid storyline. It's also a unique film. Will there ever be another film that combine same sex love in the 1960's west. Hence, I don't think this "genre" is in any danger of being overdone. So I hope it will still be considered a cinematic landmark for decades to come.
I'd like to hope that in 2035, ppl still love this film and find it powerful and heartbreaking... However, I'd also like to hope that ppl will sigh and say what's the big deal, i.e. homosexuality will not be such a taboo subject in films in that time period.
DO hope there is never a remake. Sometimes a classic is best left untouched. By 2035 Hollywood will start looking at successful films in the first decade of the 21rst century and wonder if BBM would be an excellent candidate for a remake.
I do worry that as society gets faster, BBM will lose some appeal as many will find it a very slow paced movie.
Brokeback Mountain was a landmark film. The only mainstream gay film I could compare it with would be MAKING LOVE. Sure, there have been films like THE BIRD CAGE or PHILADELPHIA, but they weren't really about same sex love or desires. In PHILADELPHIA, his relationship with his lover was just so downplayed, so passionless. THE BIRD CAGE, I didn't even go to see it in the theater as it rehashed every sterotype possible.
In MAKING LOVE, you have a successful doctor with a nice wife, who seems to have it all, but leaves her for a MAN! Even then, it's more of a coming out story then a gay love story. However, given how Hollywood used to portray gays as being swishy and holding marginal jobs, MAKING LOVE was an icebreaker. Unfortunately, it was still a mediocre film and didn't garner much attn at the boxoffice. Many did watch it on HBO or SHOWTIME from what I remember.