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Did Jack's Love "Wear Out"
Monika:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 01, 2009, 10:39:28 pm ---Yes, of course he would have always gone to Ennis, whenever he invited him.
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I think so too. That´s what the shirts convey in the end of the movie. Jack´s love was of the forever kind.
Front-Ranger:
I think Jack communicated this when Lureen asked him why Ennis couldn't come down to Texas and fish, and he replied "Because the Big Horn Mountains ain't in Texas." He said Big Horn, but he was thinking Big Heart. :)
optom3:
I think jack's love for Ennis never died. He simply was incapable of "quitting" him. Time and circumstance may have led him down a different path, but his heart so long ago given to Ennis, remained just where it had always been since that first meeting. Maybe I am just an old romantic, but I truly beleve Jack was so in love with Ennis that no matter how many miles or years, he only truly ever had one love.
Life made that love an impossible dream, it did not kill it.
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 01, 2009, 10:39:28 pm ---Yes, of course he would have always gone to Ennis, whenever he invited him.
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Yes, I agree he would go whenever Ennis invited him too... no matter what. I think it's part of his short leash. Even if he resolved in his head to not respond to Ennis... I think he'd ultimately be unable to resist running back to Ennis. The short leash is part of Jack.
And, I always think the "I wish I knew how to quit you" line is very profound and self-aware. He knows he can't break up with Ennis (maybe even at odds with some of his more exasperated wishes). Jack's no more able to break his short leash than Ennis is able to overcome his own attachments to the relationship. Even when Ennis is saying "get off me"... he's hugging Jack tight.
mariez:
--- Quote from: atz75 on December 03, 2009, 03:22:35 pm ---Yes, I agree he would go whenever Ennis invited him too... no matter what. I think it's part of his short leash. Even if he resolved in his head to not respond to Ennis... I think he'd ultimately be unable to resist running back to Ennis. The short leash is part of Jack.
And, I always think the "I wish I knew how to quit you" line is very profound and self-aware. He knows he can't break up with Ennis (maybe even at odds with some of his more exasperated wishes). Jack's no more able to break his short leash than Ennis is able to overcome his own attachments to the relationship. Even when Ennis is saying "get off me"... he's hugging Jack tight.
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Excellent post, Amanda! I love the way you worded that: "The short leash is part of Jack." Exactly. It was internal - not something Ennis "put" on him. And I really like the point you make that Even when Ennis is saying "get off me"... he's hugging Jack tight. That's Ennis.
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