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Brown Eyes:

--- Quote from: Mikaela on May 30, 2006, 04:07:17 am ---Here's one:

"Jack ain't the restaurant type"

Of course Ennis has to stop Alma from entertaining any notions she'll be going along with the two of them, - but it has a unintended hint of the humorous to it because it seems like a gentle dig at Jack's constant complaining about the food situation on the mountain and all the fussing over the beans. 
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This is a really interesting line to point out.  I see your point.  I think there's another way of looking at it too.  I see Jack as being more of a restaurant type than Ennis.  I get this impression because he does fuss over the food a lot more (by the way, I love using the word fuss!).  Also, later when we see him at the charity dinner dance (well, it's not quite a restaurant, but close) we get the sense that Jack is more at ease in that kind of setting than Ennis would be (if for no other reason than it's a busy, crowded, social place... things that make Ennis nervous).

Also, I think we're supposed to remember this remark about Jack "not being a restaurant type" the next morning after the motel.  When Alma looks out the window at Ennis getting into Jack's truck she hears Jack ask if he wants to grab something to eat (presumably at a restaurant).  They'll probably drink coffee over breakfast too!  Texans, and definitely Jack, really do drink coffee (we know the prominence of the coffeepot on the mountain).  So, it's made crystal clear to Alma that Ennis is trying to keep Jack away from her and that they want to go hang out without her.

tiawahcowboy:
Alma was saying something about taking his friend to the Knife & Fork for supper instead of cooking it was so hot, if they could get a baby-sitter, but Ennis said more likely he'd just go out with Jack and get drunk. Jack was not a restaurant type, he said, thinking of the dirty spoons sticking out of the cans of cold beans balanced on the log.

Mikaela, you right; Ennis was attempting to make up excuses why he did not want Alma to be with him and Jack. And, while it does not seem that way so much in the movie, Alma was a person who was miserable and a whiner. He should have never married her in the first place.

I have a friend who is now separated from his wife; but, I certainly did not want to go anywhere with him when she was along, especially if we went to some kind of superstore. That's because she would strongly hint that I buy something for her or her daughters in the store. I say "her daughters" because I actually know that his mother and his sister both have said the could not be a biological father and his father did not believe that the girls were his biological grandaughters. I definitely agree with his father and, in a way, my friend seems to agree, too. But, both he and his father accept them as family. Oh, they accepted me, too.

serious crayons:
Good observations by everybody while I was gone over the weekend! I especially like the comparison of "Spare you a loan" with "Why don't you move" -- both times Jack is overlooking Ennis' angst, trying to be upbeat in a well-meaning way, but saying the opposite of what Ennis wants to hear.

OK, here's a line I'd love to analyze. Its meaning to the speaker is fairly clear. But what I want to know is what it means to the listener:

"Ennis, girls don't fall in love with fun."

I started wondering about this line only recently. It's the first time the word "love" is used in the movie, which gives it significance. We all know how significant the second use of the word is. I noticed that, immediately after Cassie says it and then flees from the bus station, Ennis' demeanor changes. He stops eating pie and looks up as if her words have triggered a thought. He barely notices Cassie leaving. The camera lingers on his face as he gazes into space as though pondering something.

What do you all think he's thinking?

nakymaton:

--- Quote from: latjoreme on May 30, 2006, 12:48:14 pm ---OK, here's a line I'd love to analyze. Its meaning to the speaker is fairly clear. But what I want to know is what it means to the listener:

"Ennis, girls don't fall in love with fun."

I started wondering about this line only recently. It's the first time the word "love" is used in the movie, which gives it significance. We all know how significant the second use of the word is. I noticed that, immediately after Cassie says it and then flees from the bus station, Ennis' demeanor changes. He stops eating pie and looks up as if her words have triggered a thought. He barely notices Cassie leaving. The camera lingers on his face as he gazes into space as though pondering something.

What do you all think he's thinking?

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"Wait... maybe boys don't fall in love with fun either?"

I'm not sure that Ennis really understands just how much he means to Jack, despite all those times when Ennis should have gotten the hint.

serious crayons:
So which boy didn't fall in love with fun? It could be him realizing how much he means to Jack. Or it could be him realizing how much Jack means to him.

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