Brokeback Mountain: Our Community's Common Bond > Heath Ledger Remembrance Forum
Do you think your life will change now?
malina:
atz75... what you said, about how now we get to see how hard it is to be Ennis... for some reason, I never thought about it quite that way before. But, at least in some measure, that's true. And the fact that Heath was the one who showed us Ennis... there's a symmetry to that.
I've always said that Ennis was 'everyman', and that's why so many of us relate to him. So now we get to finish the journey.
Katherine, I think there's definitely a place for a thread on A.H. movie discussions. For all the reasons you said, which I can't repeat and don't have in front of me, but I think you're right.
Ellemeno:
--- Quote from: malina on January 26, 2008, 01:18:51 am ---Katherine, I think there's definitely a place for a thread on A.H. movie discussions.
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A.H. :'(
malina:
--- Quote from: Ellemeno on January 26, 2008, 06:32:04 am ---
A.H. :'(
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I know... :'(
It just doesn't seem real, but in a way, putting it that way makes it seem more real..
Dagi:
--- Quote from: malina on January 25, 2008, 11:31:07 pm ---Hi Katherine... Thank you for 'getting' it... that's exactly what I meant. There's just something about that fact that someone so young and so talented has died so... so randomly, really.. that reinforces the duty to life that the rest of us have. And my realization is that that duty is not just to love, and to enjoy life, which I pretty much was doing anyway, but also to... take care of things.
Maybe that comes from the feeling that I have and can't shake, that there should have been someone taking care of Heath, when he was alone in that apartment. But in order to take care of each other, we have to be strong, ourselves.. strong and clear and resourceful and not dragged down by stuff or blinded to reality. I feel like, if we can do that, and also remain open-hearted as BBM taught us, then that's the best we can do. And it still won't be enough to eliminate horrible things happening, like people dying too soon, but since NOTHING can eliminate that, facing the life we've been given is the best we can do.
That's some of the meaning behind my personal "Heath, I swear". The rest of it has something to do with how Heath never shied away from using his talent to its fullest, taking on challenging roles... that is a brilliant example to all of us, I think.
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Thank you for this thoughtful, inspiring post, Malina!
Dagi
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