I think that fireworks idea is so sweet.
That being said, I do believe that the restraint truly enhances our longing and makes the film powerful in a way it might not be if some of the "unfilmed" scenes were actually included. Scenes filmed but not included would be very very interesting but I doubt that all together they could cure the longing expressed here for that which simply does not exist. IMHO if Jack and Ennis ever got what we want them to have, this fascination, this forum, and this discussion simply would never have existed.
This is true. The lack of any characters' happiness or sexual contact in the second half of the film really increases that depressingly desolate feeling, excellently.
I would've liked to see all of what Aguirre saw on Brokeback.
I would've liked to see Jack telling Ennis about his father abusing him when he was little, still feeling upset about it, and Ennis comforting him.
I would've liked to have a 'wrung it out a hundred times thinkin' about you' line in the movie as well as the book.
Perverted, I know, but I would've liked to see them making love in the motel scene (and the second tent scene).
I would've liked the filmmakers to indicate Jack is thinking about Ennis while having sex with Lureen, as they did with Ennis and Alma (I really liked the "sometimes you feel so
lonely..." touch).
Ennis' and Jack's last moments together, although it's quite brilliant and touching that we don't see those, so I'm not complaining.
The restraint in this movie really gives the film an overall feeling that, amongst many other wonderful things, methodic, pure, and hypnotic. This movie is such a tease.