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TOTW 05/09: Things that made you go "hunh?"
belbbmfan:
--- Quote from: sfericsf on July 27, 2009, 12:35:38 pm ---The whole movie made me go "hunh?"! I had to see it 56 times in the theatres :D and post numerous questions on the internet, to finally get it. And I think there's still more to be learned too... The movie morphs with you over time as you change in your ways over time.
I'll try and think of some specific spots in the movie that made me go "hunh?". Off the top of my head, they're not coming to me, perhaps because the specific spots that did that to me were discussed in detail and my questions and concerns were answered long ago...
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LOL
This makes me think of what Casey Cornelius said (I'm pretty sure it was him, but maybe not 100%) that this movie left people leaving the cinema 'feeling more things than they could articulate'. That was true for me too.
Thank god for imdb and this site.
belbbmfan:
Great idea for a topic of the week.
When Ennis was sitting down in Jack's old room, he opened the window and you could hear the wind. Only... the curtains never moved. That made me go 'hunh?'
I actually get annoyed at myself for noticing things like these. It's distracting. :-\
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Brokeback_Dev on July 27, 2009, 07:42:50 am ---The thing that always made me go hunh was when Jack took a shot at that coyote without taking the time to aim. As a result he missed his target. It never sat right with me. There was no big hurry. He could have took his time
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That's always bothered me, too! Clearly he took no time to aim. Perhaps this is why the story's eagle feather (from Jack's hat) made no appearance in the film: because anyone who could hit an eagle could surely hit that coyote! And not keep missing an elk! ;D
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: LauraGigs on July 27, 2009, 11:37:14 am ---One technical problem that I'm surprised they let slip through: bad audio in spots. In the scene where Ennis is trying to fix the tent and Jack says "It aint goin nowhere — let it be" Jack's line sounds distorted, as if the mic wasn't placed correctly. The same is true with a few of his lines in the lake fight scene. I imagine (would hope) they fixed that for the recent blu-ray release.
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Speaking of mics, how about the infamous visible microphone cord on Alma, Jr., when Alma picks her up as Ennis is running off ot the mountains with Jack for the first time? ;D
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: atz75 on July 27, 2009, 11:13:07 am ---I'd say that numerous mysterious aspects of the timeline provide the biggest "hunh" moments for me.
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I agree about the timeline issues.
(OT--which is why I'm putting this in parentheses--but there are timeline issues in AP's story as well. The ages of the children as discussed on the final camping trip don't jive with their birth dates given early in the story.)
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