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What is the happiest scene?
Penthesilea:
--- Quote ---There were a few scenes that ended happily - the elk-shooting scene (ended happily for everyone except the elk); the "rodeo cowboys are fuckups" scene; the "tent don't look right" scene; the "I ain't yet had the opportunity" scene.
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Elle, thanks for stating this examples. You're right and I was wrong, there are happy scenes without a melancholy undertone.
--- Quote ---But yeah, the happiest scenes in the movie have such sharp pain skewered through them:
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Indeed <sigh>
--- Quote ---I notice all the happy-ending scenes take place on Brokeback, and all the pain-skewered scenes (good phrase, Elle), take place post-Broke.
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Right, too. Another <sigh>. Guess that's why I once watched their Brokeback summer only and stopped the movie when they came down the mountain.
Maybe Annie should have written a very,very short story and stop at that point. Ang Lee could have made a filmlet out of it. No, only joking here ;D .
The heartbreak ist part of the deal. For Ennis and Jack and for the Brokies, too. And without it we would not be here and discuss it endlessly.
Back on topic: Ennis and Alma tobogganing. Is this a happy scene? For Alma: sure. For Ennis: yes. As far as I remember, Ennis looks truly happy, doesn't he? Other than Jack with Lureen during their first dance.
For the audience? For us the tobogganing scene is not a pure happy one, because we know something, that Ennis is not really aware of at this point of his life.
Brown Eyes:
Here's my little list for now (I think my reaction changes daily to lots of these scenes, so this is subject to modification down the road).
1) reunion kiss
2) 2nd tent scene
3) skinny dipping scene (I think this is often overlooked as an important moment)
4) happy tussle
5) the entire sequence while they're moving from the first camp to the second on Brokeback. This is a relatively "simple" but beautifully happy part of the film... The puntuation of that happy bird call in the middle of that transition is the pure sound of happiness to me. An amazing moment of transition for our boys... their friendship is completely established and they are absolutely content together plus they're about to become lovers (the loves of each other's lives).
Ellemeno:
Yes, I thought about including the whole setting up camp beginning, especially the moment when they are both working on the felled tree with ax and saw. And the one and a half seconds when we look past the bridge to see Jack carrying the log and Ennis comes and touches him or it (can't tell). That's a happy one and a half seconds. Sigh....
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Ellemeno on May 11, 2006, 01:50:31 am ---Yes, I thought about including the whole setting up camp beginning, especially the moment when they are both working on the felled tree with ax and saw. And the one and a half seconds when we look past the bridge to see Jack carrying the log and Ennis comes and touches him or it (can't tell). That's a happy one and a half seconds. Sigh....
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You know, if we added up all the purely happy moments, I bet we could come up with at least two or three minutes worth out of the 134! Then we could make a video of just those and play it over and over.
Kd5000:
I agree with Penthesilea. So many of the happiest moments are offset by something rather sad. THe reunion scene is wonderful. Did Lee have to show Alma catchin him in that wonderful embrace. :(
THe horseplay after TS#2 would seem when they are most happiest, I suppose. THere is optimism. Even though there is the prospect of marriage in the background, that hasn't happened yet. They have their full lives ahead. But then ...
I enjoyed the male bonding scenes, "friend, that's the most you've spoken..." They are priceless as they get to know each other. The lowering of barriers and Ennis opening up so to speak was so refreshing to see.
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