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lovable subtle details
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: moremojo on August 02, 2006, 03:48:20 pm --- I get the sense that a son would have provided another avenue for male bonding, something that I believe Ennis desires, both sexually/romantically (via Jack) and emotionally/amicably (through the son he never had, and perhaps with the father that he lost and the brother from whom he seems estranged).
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Maybe. But men who have difficult relationships with their own fathers sometimes have trouble in relationships with their sons. For example, what would Ennis teach his son about homosexuality? Obviously he wouldn't do what his own dad did, and maybe he wouldn't bring it up at all. But given that it's a huge issue in Ennis' life, and that it became an issue because of what his father taught him, this might produce complications.
Ellemeno:
"That's how come me end up here."
"I doubt there's nothin we can do."
I love these patterns, they feel the same wonderful way to me as seing Ennis's shirts fit him so beautifully, or Jack's eyebrows flicker. They are just right.
adrian:
I also love the way Ennis reads the very first post card from Jack ("Hey Ennis, you know a guy name a Jack?"). The way his lips can be seen reading every word, not wanting to miss a drop.
Ellemeno:
Ennis's face flick asking for reassurance from Alma Jr. after telling her she can't live with him.
Brown Eyes:
I love (well... it's at least a very smart detail... if not lovable exactly) that there are photos of Jack and Lureen visible in some of the Texas locales. I think there's a picture of them together at least during the scene following Bobby's birth. This just emphasizes how sad it is that Jack and Ennis don't have photos of each other... or together. It seems to emphasize how invisible their love was to society.
:'(
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