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lovable subtle details
saucycobblers:
--- Quote from: DavidinHartford on June 15, 2006, 09:29:41 am ---And Jack, sensing that Ennis is uncomfortable in Riverton suggests he move to Texas.
Poor Jack, always getting shot down.
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Poor Jack indeed. Emotionally he's so brave - constantly putting himself on the line for Ennis :'(
David:
oh! and as Jack walks over to the stream where Ennis is washing the pots and pans, you notice that Jack has a small belly starting to show! Ah yes, the middle age slump! He he he! Nice touch Ang!
Front-Ranger:
I love the Ennis express-o-meter! Had to LOL at that one. Part of the reason I enjoyed watching Casanova was seeing Heath's face unfrozen. I have to disagree with everybody about Ennis's stroking Jack's jacket being a lovable detail. Every time I see Ennis stroking or clinging to Jack's clothing, I start gnashing my teeth because it's the man who he should be touching, not the clothing! In making that crucial mistake, look what he gets in the end, an empty life and a closet with Jack's shirt in it.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on June 15, 2006, 09:47:19 am ---I have to disagree with everybody about Ennis's stroking Jack's jacket being a lovable detail. Every time I see Ennis stroking or clinging to Jack's clothing, I start gnashing my teeth because it's the man who he should be touching, not the clothing! In making that crucial mistake, look what he gets in the end, an empty life and a closet with Jack's shirt in it.
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Interesting, Lee! It's like a deliberate theme. There are those few times early on when you see him touching actual skin, and then never again. From then on it's clothes and, eventually, empty clothes.
Of course, in "real life," Ennis and Jack probably touched skin pretty often throughout the years, but this seems like another one of those maddening tricks Ang uses to make the viewers feel their frustration.
saucycobblers:
--- Quote from: latjoreme on June 15, 2006, 10:00:41 am ---It's like a deliberate theme. There are those few times early on when you see him touching actual skin, and then never again. From then on it's clothes and, eventually, empty clothes.
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Wow, interesting angle. No wonder we're all rewatching it so often. People keep coming up with new things to look for!
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