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TOTW 16/08: When did you fall in love with the characters?
Marina:
Oh Gosh, I think at first sight! When Ennis got out of the truck and shrugged on that jacket. I fell in love with Ennis first, and my heart ached for his loneliness and his abandonment, and then Jack kinda grew on me, and it became all about Jack. And of course, the scene out in front of Aguirre's trailer, with Jack getting out of his truck and draping himself against it, all in blue, with so much confidence and bravado, as compared to Ennis' shyness, hiding nervously under his hat and almost collapsing in on himself. Both facades at the time for them.
Yes, I fell in love with this film at first viewing, and afterwards, I couldn't stop thinking about it, or talking about it. I began to search for information on it online. Very few films have affected me this way.
I love this film and story so much, every little while I watch it again, and I see it from either Jack's or Ennis' point of view, whatever pov strikes me at the time. :)
Artiste:
Right away !!
optom3:
I often wonder if I had seen the film 1st would I have fallen in love with both of them,at first sight.I will never know the answer to that.
Artiste:
Merci optom !
I am surprised that you did NOT fall in love with BOTH !!
Why NOT BOTH ??
May I be surprised by your answer already !!
Au revoir,
hugs!
optom3:
--- Quote from: Artiste on May 17, 2008, 12:35:31 pm ---Merci optom !
I am surprised that you did NOT fall in love with BOTH !!
Why NOT BOTH ??
May I be surprised by your answer already !!
Au revoir,
hugs!
--- End quote ---
I did fall in love with them both in the film and s.s, but at different times.
In the ss I fell in love with Ennis first,in the prologue which is so heart wrenching.
In the film I think realistically I fell in love with them both when I first saw them.It is difficult though as to some extent, I was influenced by reading the book first.
Does that make sense?
I loved Jacks doe eyes in the wing mirror, and funnily enough I loved the gesture of Ennis pinching out his cigarette to save for later.It is always I think different when you read the book first as you have built up some pre conceived notions of the characters.
Suffice it to say I loved them both,and wish that both actors were still here.Hoe ironic that It is Jake/Jack who dies in the film.Yet in life it is the opposite.
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