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You shut up about Ennis - this ain't (all) his fault
serious crayons:
Hey Ruthless,
What an amazing, insightful, original post. I've always thought Jack blew it that day leaving the mountain, letting Ennis down by acting so chipper and failing to acknowledge Ennis' devastation. Others have argued Jack was nonchalant because he assumed things would continue as they had been. Your theory wraps both arguments into one completely plausible whole, vastly deepening my understanding of both men and the entire movie. Didn't think it was possible to get much deeper after five months -- let alone from a single post!
I have read it a few times and will read it a few more. I think I might have tiny quibbles here and there, but the main points sound so right to me I'm not even going to bother right now.
If this is your very first post, I can't wait to see what others will bring. So glad to have you here at BetterMost!
Katherine
David:
--- Quote from: ruthlesslyunsentimental on June 26, 2006, 01:28:30 pm ---
Are you saying my folks just stopped at "Ruth?"
How 'bouts "Ruthlessly" as a compromise?
--- End quote ---
LOL! "Sure enough" ;)
JennyC:
Ruthlessly,
Thanks for the in-depth analysis on Ennis and Jack's love moments. I find it's not "ruthlessly unsentimental" at all. Your analysis of Jack's biggest mistake of not taking lead when they parted after the summer of 1963 was very interesting perspective. I too felt Jack missed the opportunity to grab onto what they had that summer and make some impact into their future relationship when they parted. What you said about Jack was confused at the time and didn’t know what to do makes sense.
Welcome to BetterMost! Please feel free to enlighten us more with your “ruthlessly unsentimental” comments :).
Ellemeno:
As is so often the case - what latjormeme and ednbarby said. I'll take that lazy, yet heartfelt, way out.
One thing I like about your analysis is it shifts some of the "blame" off of My Boy Ennis. Sometimes I git so durn mad at him....
Welcome to BetterMost!
Clarissa
slayers_creek_oth:
Welcome to CT and BetterMost Ruthless...
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