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TOTW 06/07: Should/could there be a sequel?

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jstephens9:

--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on September 04, 2007, 02:20:26 pm ---This is all quite true, but for me personally it's beside the point. The point for me has always been that I feel that "moving-on Ennis" is not consistent with the character of Ennis as we know him, whether "Heath/Ennis" of the film, or the Ennis of Annie Proulx's story, who clearly has not found someone else many years after Jack's death.

Indeed, "some of those people" do "eventually" "find happiness with someone else," but others don't. That's just life.

Just my P.O.V. and not in any way intended to disparage Louise's story.

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I have to agree with Jeff in that the "moving-on Ennis" is just not consistent with they way his character was developed in the book and in the movie. Ennis was lonely for Jack even when Jack was alive. The problem was that he could not accept what completely being with Jack would entail. It just seems very out of character for Ennis to even look for or find another man in his life. I could almost see it being more likely that he would end up in another unhappy relationship with a woman. Although I certainly would not want to see a sequel where that happened. One of the main themes in the movie for me was the idea of that "once in a lifetime love."  I think Jeff hit the nail on the hand when he says that some people do eventually find happiness with someone else, but others do not. I just do not think given the way Ennis is that he would find that happiness again. I think the same would have been true for Jack if he would have lived and Ennis would have died. I don't think he would have ever been able to "quit" Ennis. This is one of the reasons why Jack is so torn. I believe he tries to find a replacement for Ennis to get over the pain and realization that he can never have the kind of life he wants to have with Ennis. The problem as I see it is that there is no replacement for Ennis for Jack. There never would be regardless of how hard Jack would ever look. Just my two cents worth. This is one of the things that makes this movie so unforgettable and so wonderful. There is so many open questions and so many possible interpretations.

Jack

huntinbuddy:

--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on September 04, 2007, 12:19:19 pm ---No. The story and the film both end just where they need to end.

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I have to agree with JW here. 

jstephens9:
So do I huntinbuddy  :)

Clyde-B:
To me, Brokeback Mountain is the story of a misfit loner that makes all the wrong moves, screws up his life and winds up with almost nothing.  At the end he's lost the love of his life,  has little left and almost nothing to lose.

That's the backstory of many classic Western heroes.

shortfiction:
It does not need a sequel.  BBM stands alone.

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