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TOTW 05/09: Things that made you go "hunh?"
LauraGigs:
Well, a big part of Ennis's character is that he compartmentalizes his life hugely. His time with Jack is so cut off from the reality of his "other" life... so although the delay in mentioning Cassie is indeed strange, I wouldn't say it's completely out of character, you know? Especially since he seems to have next-to-zero emotional investment in that relationship.
But I very much agree that the timeline aspect is strange as far as how long they would have been dating. 4 - 5 effin' years is a long time for a relationship that was so one-sided.
LauraGigs:
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.
serious crayons:
The audio is questionable throughout. I missed half the lines the first time I saw it. Only on the third time, when I went to a theater with a better sound system, did I hear everything clearly. Of course, that's partly the first theater's fault, but I never had that problem with other movies I saw there.
SFEnnisSF:
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...
SFEnnisSF:
Ok here's one, it was when Aguirre talked about "stemmin' the rose".
#1 I had no idea what that meant...(but I had an idea)
#2 Why would Aguirre know what that was?
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