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What is the happiest scene?
brokeplex:
The scene that left me feeling happiest for them was the transition scene after they had separated Aguirre's sheep from the Chilean sheep, they are riding off together, Jack is making "noises" on his harmonica and Ennis says to him, "you better stop that or you'll run off the sheep again" (or appx that)
They were genuinely bonding, enjoying each others company, and earning their pay doing a really difficult job.
heath4oscar:
For me, the happiest scene is the last one. This may seem odd but it is the only glimmer of hope in an otherwise bleak landscape.
It is obvious that Ennis's daughter loves him. I hang onto that as the only positive thing about this story. One day, she will take care of him.
mvansand76:
--- Quote from: heath4oscar on September 08, 2007, 09:25:52 am ---For me, the happiest scene is the last one. This may seem odd but it is the only glimmer of hope in an otherwise bleak landscape.
It is obvious that Ennis's daughter loves him. I hang onto that as the only positive thing about this story. One day, she will take care of him.
--- End quote ---
Hi and welcome heath4oscar! I agree with you about the glimmer of hope being Ennis's daughter! She does love him dearly, doesn't she?
Dobie1018:
For me, I think the happiest scene is the reunion scene. For that 5 minutes or so, all is right with the world - it's just the two of them together - there's no one else in the world, if you know what I mean. The dozy embrace scene is a close second for the same reason - time stands still for those wonderful tender moments and it's just the two of them, and no one else.
Brown Eyes:
I'm reviving this lovely, old thread tonight because I feel like our community needs a little joy, comfort and happiness these tough days.
As I always say, the scene I think is happiest changes from viewing to viewing.
Following my little private screening of BBM on Friday... I'm struck by two moments of pure happiness.
One is very abstract (and I think has been mentioned before)...
It's when the boys are moving from their first to their second camp. It's right after they've really bonded following the fun conversation between Jack and Ennis where Ennis laughs and smiles broadly for the first time. There's just such a wonderful sense of contentment and very simple happiness in that little transition between camps. Of course, it's before they're lovers... but the idea that they are really enjoying each others' friendship is already established. The music and the one, beautiful high-pitched bird call just convey pure, platonic joy.
The second thing that really struck me was the pure joy in the "happy tussle" scene that immediately follows TS2. This is such an abstract scene because of it's silence... but the playful, and now erotic interactions between Ennis and Jack also convey a very simple and pure sense of joy. Perhaps because during this moment they're free of worry and enjoying the beginning stages of discovery in their romance. (Of course this peaceful joy is marred immediately when we realize we as viewers are seeing the scene in the position of Aguirre... or through Aguirre's binoculars... it's actually sort of a shock to the viewer to realize that the silence of the scene is due to the fact that we're very specifically located at a far distance and are seeing the scene through the vantage point of a hostile character... still before this realization is made... the happy tussle is wonderful).
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