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Why Jack Quit Ennis
Luvlylittlewing:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on June 09, 2013, 01:59:48 pm ---Agreed. He's instantly recognizable, partly for his incredibly in-depth understanding of BBM and strong opinions about it, partly because he's one of the few people on IMDb who I've never seen make a grammatical or spelling mistake.
Any other old friends still sticking around over there, Marie? Daphne? Malia? Toycoon?
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Yep, they're all there. Malina and Daphne appear once-in-awhile while Toycoon is more active. Its strange -- the problems are still there: TXMike (remember him) is as active as ever. Most of the people who post there now are homophobes and seem proud of it. Its such a shame that people who want answers to questions about our movie are given smart-ass answers by trolls who are the first to answer newbie's questions and think they own the Board! There is this one guy from England who is so obsessed with BBM that he has gone so far as to create websites that track Ennis and Jack's ascent up the mountain, complete with a little horse and a cowboy figure graphic that climbs up the mountain. He even has a timer on the site that records the horse's progress!! But at the same time, he'll post almost incomprehensible, disgusting rants about how Ennis and Jack are terrible people, and not only because they're gay. The big board is still pretty active but I don't know most of the posters there anymore. I visit IMDB only once a week or so.
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on June 08, 2013, 10:03:08 pm ---I think Annie Proulx set it up so that Jack was ready to quit Ennis and Ennis was ready to accept Jack when it was all cut short by Jack's death. That would be just like her. :-\
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--- Quote from: Brown Eyes on June 08, 2013, 11:32:36 pm ---Wow! That's such a concise way of stating this in a nutshell. I think this might be spot on Lee! Everything about a scenario like that really does seem Shakespearean as far as tragic construction goes... and it fits in with their star-crossed/ moon-crossed status.
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I agree with Lee. However, unlike Kathrine, I don't believe that Lureen was telling the truth about the accident.
I do believe that Jack was ready to quit Ennis. There is only so much that people can take, and after 20 years, I think Jack had his fill.
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