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lovable subtle details
Sandy:
I am getting little over excited and forget things so here's another.
Ennis is the one who is scared of the possible repercussions of them living together, and he is the more 'physical' partner (i.e. fight scenes, shoving Jack during the last fight, and even the FNIT scene, he quickly takes control). But in the motel, he is cradled in Jack's arm. He is being held as opposed to holding.
And here comes another!
When they part after the summer, and Jack asks if Ennis is 'doing it again' next summer (doing what? ;) !) Seriously though, the emotions that flit over Jack's face, in particular, the fact that he raises his eyebrows after saying "but I might be back" is so amazing- I think he is opening his heart and almost begging Ennis to come too.
Front-Ranger:
I agree with you, Sandy, Jack's eyebrow action is awesome!! Just as fabulous as his tongue action in the post-divorce scene!!
Also, I love the Siesta Motel scene too because it is like a mirror of the dozy embrace scene. At last, Jack feels accepted enuff to embrace Ennis, and Ennis is comfortable enuff to "lay back" (another lovable subtle detail!!) in Jack's arms! Another thing I like about that scene is the reflection on Jack's chest. I like to imagine that the moonlight is coming in thru the window and reflecting off Jack's chest. OMG, I have to watch this movie again!
LauraGigs:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on January 09, 2008, 06:34:36 pm ---Another thing I like about that scene is the reflection on Jack's chest. I like to imagine that the moonlight is coming in thru the window and reflecting off Jack's chest. OMG, I have to watch this movie again!
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Dude, if you like Jack's chest, watch the fullscreen version. It's got even more chest! :P (I know it's sacrilege, but at least once it's OK.)
Brown Eyes:
This is not really a detail since it's really about a full sequence... but it's lovable (and here I'm bouncing off of some of the more recent posts in this thread). After watching BBM again on Friday night, I was struck (maybe more than ever given my heightened emotional state these days)... by how gorgeous the motel scene really is. The incredible intimacy of it is just really amazing. It's so simple but it conveys so, so much... especially in their posture. With Ennis's ear smushed into Jack's shoulder... Jack nuzzling and speaking into Ennis's hair... the amazing pretzel-like positioning of the arms... The amount of intimacy conveyed through such simple means.
And, I was also struck by the immediate and almost shocking sad turn that the motel scene takes on towards the end of this little segment. When Ennis says "I'm stuck with what I've got here" and Jack silently closes his eyes... it's just overwhelmingly sad.
OK... and so here's the real lovable detail for this thread... the little gleam of a tear that appears in Ennis's eye when he says "I'm stuck with what I've got here"... just blows me away. That combined with the way he squeezes his eyes closed and takes a drag on his cigarette. Such unbelievable acting. Gorgeous.
:'(
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: atz75 on January 29, 2008, 10:57:10 pm ---... the little gleam of a tear that appears in Ennis's eye when he says "I'm stuck with what I've got here"... :'(
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Choke!! Is that his left eye, the one with the tear when he picks up the toy cowboy on a horse in Jack's room?? Also, which eye has the tear in the divorce scene? I think in the lake scene, it's both eyes. :'(
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