God that was amazing. It made me cry all over again just reading it.
I need to treat myself to seeing this film again.
But there's one thing I wanted to clarify. annmarwalk helped with this; I thought they left Jack's death open to interpretation in the film. It was as if Ennis was having his worst nightmare confirmed by hearing about Jack's death, and then took it a step further in his own mind, without knowing for sure if that's what happened. The worst possible thing that could happen to Jack, for Ennis, is what happened to that rancher his father showed him. This one fate was what he juxtaposed the actual happiness he and Jack could have had against; Jack's death couldn't have been senseless because then the fate they had stayed apart to avoid wouldn't have mattered, and they could have lived their simple "cattle-and-calf operation" life together somewhere...that crushing realization is something that he could not have taken...not sure, that's just what I got from it.
I loved this review, it clarified so many things for me, as did your thoughts and everyone else's comments. May I link to this post in my journal?
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Date: 2006-02-07 03:23 am (UTC)I need to treat myself to seeing this film again.
But there's one thing I wanted to clarify.
I loved this review, it clarified so many things for me, as did your thoughts and everyone else's comments. May I link to this post in my journal?