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dontinterrupt:
LSD= love that abbreviation <3

--- Quote from: coffeedrinkintexan on January 14, 2015, 08:10:40 pm ---I love that whole motel scene. A lot of times I'll watch it once and focus totally on Ennis' face, then rewatch it and focus totally on Jack. There are a ton of details that if you're watching one, you'll miss on the other.




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So true! I do that quite a lot (I still can't get over the fact that I can freely say this stuff to someone and not feel like a total freak for it!) - and that motel scene is one of the deeper ones expression-wise. For example, the rapid change in Ennis's facial expression when Jack asks "what are we gonna do now?"- like it just struck and destroyed him all over again how much of a hopeless situation they're in. And he doesn't even need to say a word- it's all written in his eyes. God, his eyes in certain moments just make me wanna cry for an hour and then go through that screen, give him a hug, stroke his hair and say "shh...s'alright..."
Nope, still feels a little bit freaky to say this!  I guess I'm still in the "i ain't queer" stage if you know what I mean ;)

Sason:
I'm loving the exchange here.

Please keep it coming, CDT and dontinterrupt!

You may not get a lot of replies from other forum members who are past that stage of Brokiedom, but I for one love to read it.

I kinda miss the raw emotions and obsession with these details from my early Brokie years.

coffeedrinkintexan:
Thank you, Sason!  :-*   I have really wanted to sneak in another viewing here lately....to get more of those LSDs.

Grad school has been really overwhelming in terms of both time and emotional energy so I find myself with so little left over at the end of the day. And it's too emotionally shattering to watch without free time at the end to cry and then pull myself together and move on.

But one little thing I just love (even though it's not a very happy scene) is when Ennis complains, "I can't believe I left my damn shirt up there."

Jake plays/Jack responds *exactly* the way I respond when I've come *thisclose* to getting busted at something....kids almost find the Christmas present hiding spot, husband starts asking questions when I'm trying to plan a surprise for him...

....the "Oh-God-try-to-stay-cool-and-say-something-without-giving-it-away", so you just say, "yeah....". His facial expression is just perfect there.

dontinterrupt:
aw, thanks, Sason :)
so here's another LSD I lately began to appreciate:
Fishing trip post the thanksgiving drama scene. The one with "God damn Jack-Fucking-Twist, got it all figured out, don't ya" (BTW: how harsh!).
Rewind a little bit to the moment when Jack says "Well, maybe you oughta get out of there, you know? Find yourself some place different, maybe Texas?". Note how Jack's tone and behaviour are so blatantly uncertain, really emphasising how insecure (almost scared) he still is after all these years, to be mentioning anything that even vaguely hints them getting together. He even tries to fake nonchalance when saying this, with the pauses and the shrug, but it really only highlights it. And then when Ennis starts to ridicule him with the sarcastic remark of adopting the girls with Lureen, this insecurity is confirmed again along with something else definitely present there when he just looks at Ennis defeat in his eyes, blinks a few times, then tilts his head (look closely, it lasts but a few seconds), as Ennis finishes his tirade. His "Go to hell, Ennis Del Mar" sums all these feelings up - resentful, quiet, voice breaking, then quickly replaced by anger.
Did you see that too? It's such an underrated scene!... Or am I overanalysing?  ???

Penthesilea:

--- Quote from: dontinterrupt on February 15, 2015, 12:06:41 am ---Did you see that too? It's such an underrated scene!... Or am I overanalysing?  ???

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Yes, I did. And no, you're not at all overanalyzing; you described it very well.
Jack's attempt on hiding his motives is pretty clumsy and Ennis easily sees through it. I can understand Ennis' strong reaction. E opens up to J, talks about his insecurities, his angst, about their situation (and I bet he wasn't often willing to do that!) and J brushes E's anxieties aside in one big swoop: just move to Texas, everything will be fine. As if Tx were so much more progressive and easy going. And no thought whatsoever about E's daughters. Easy to say for Jack. But of course, seeing poor Jack being put down so harshly is sad, too.


Like Sonja (Sason) already said, and as you can see here in Open Forum, we led these discussions of minuscule details over several years. Talk about excessive. ;D ;)
But for us this phase of being a Brokie is also years ago meanwhile. Don't get disheartened when you get only few new replies. Like Sonja, I also read and enjoy what you two add here, even if I don't join the discussion. And I think Sonja and I are not the only ones. Keep it up. :)

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