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newyearsday:
I agree with you Amanda--it's a good topic, with some very neat detours along the way about ageism in the movies, and in life. At least we know that in the story, they were getting down to bidness right up till the end. I so wish they had showed that at the last scene of them sitting and talking by the river at night.
This is my first time over here to the open forum, and I'm liking what I see. Nice to know that 6 months later, there are STILL things to be talking about in the movie that haven't been discussed before.
serious crayons:
Welcome, Jenny! Glad to have you join us here.
I think they do kind of imply that in the last scene -- that quick shot of them together in the tent -- and I am glad that shot made it into the movie. Still, I wish it had been a little more, um, intense.
newyearsday:
Yeah, for me, it was a nice shot, and is some people's favorite frame in the movie, but a very different portrayal of their relationship than the book showed at that particular point.
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: newyearsday on June 18, 2006, 05:44:36 pm ---Yeah, for me, it was a nice shot, and is some people's favorite frame in the movie, but a very different portrayal of their relationship than the book showed at that particular point.
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I'm guessing that Lee is letting the audience imagine and assume that their relationship continued to be physical. Some of the glimpses of their later camping trips are so brief that we hardly have time to get our bearings or to see much real interaction between Jack and Ennis at all. I do think this is a minor flaw with the movie. I would prefer to have seen more of the later conversations (not to mention love scenes) between Jack and Ennis, and I mean conversations that weren't filled with tension and arguments. I feel like we often find ourselves learning more about the Lureen/Alma/Cassie/Randall characters and their involvement in our boys' lives than we learn about how the main relationship actually developed. I'm guessing that Lee is trying to make the audience actually feel the same kind of frustration that Jack feels when he says "never enough time, never enough". I mean I know I'm frustrated by the lack of time the camera spends on the two of them together in the second half of the film.
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serious crayons:
--- Quote from: atz75 on June 18, 2006, 06:08:29 pm --- I do think this is a minor flaw with the movie. I would prefer to have seen more of the later conversations (not to mention love scenes) between Jack and Ennis, and I mean conversations that weren't filled with tension and arguments. I feel like we often find ourselves learning more about the Lureen/Alma/Cassie/Randall characters and their involvement in our boys' lives than we learn about how the main relationship actually developed. I'm guessing that Lee is trying to make the audience actually feel the same kind of frustration that Jack feels when he says "never enough time, never enough". I mean I know I'm frustrated by the lack of time the camera spends on the two of them together in the second half of the film.
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Me too. And though I understand Ang Lee's objective, I sometimes think he may have gone a bit TOO far. Just because something's a masterpiece doesn't mean it's perfect. Surely there could be some happy medium -- a teeny glimpse, at least, of the brilliant charge of their infrequent couplings.
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