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Monika:

--- Quote from: chowhound on July 08, 2010, 05:02:37 pm --- It is Ennis, of course, not Jack, who initiates the November meeting at Pine Creek and maybe, at that meeting, Ennis was thinking of offering Jack more of that "sweet life" than he ever had been prepared to offer in the past. Anyway, I like to think so.


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This is a very interesting point,and so full of what-could-have-beens.
We don´t know for sure that this was the first time that Ennis initiated a meeting, but of some reason that´s the way I´ve always thought about it. Might be that Ennis wasn´t sure that Jack wanted to see him again after their last argument and that´s what pushed him to do it. But he was too late.

Brown Eyes:

--- Quote from: Buffymon on July 09, 2010, 11:19:38 am --- This is a very interesting point,and so full of what-could-have-beens.
We don´t know for sure that this was the first time that Ennis initiated a meeting, but of some reason that´s the way I´ve always thought about it. Might be that Ennis wasn´t sure that Jack wanted to see him again after their last argument and that´s what pushed him to do it. But he was too late.

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Yeah, this is such a great way of thinking about/ explaining the dynamics there.  Definitely a lot of bittersweet could-have-beens.  And, it does seem so important that Ennis initiated the last card... I guess I'd never considered whether or not it was the first time he sent out the invitation.  I can believe that it could have been the first time for him.  At least it's the only invitation-card written by Ennis that we witness in the film.  The only other Ennis card is the "you bet." card (am I correct in recalling that)?

chowhound:

--- Quote from: atz75 on July 16, 2010, 02:39:15 pm ---Yeah, this is such a great way of thinking about/ explaining the dynamics there.  Definitely a lot of bittersweet could-have-beens.  And, it does seem so important that Ennis initiated the last card... I guess I'd never considered whether or not it was the first time he sent out the invitation.  I can believe that it could have been the first time for him.  At least it's the only invitation-card written by Ennis that we witness in the film.  The only other Ennis card is the "you bet." card (am I correct in recalling that)?



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You're right the "you bet" card was the first card that Ennis sent to Jack. After that, Ennis sent Jack the "divorce" card but although we know the information got to Jack through a card from Ennis, not via a phone call, as in the short story, we never get to read the contents of that card. (I wish we could!). However, it looks as though the "Pine Creek" card was the first card Ennis sent Jack to set up one of their meetings, though this, of course, can't be proved. From what is said, however, you get the impression that it was always Jack who proposed a date for a meeting and Ennis who rearranged his life to fit in with Jack's proposals.

ifyoucantfixit:



    When she first makes an appearance to Ennis.  She heads him off on his way to the
mens room.  Not exactly him making a rush for her.  She manages to steer him  to the
dance floor instead.  He doesn't even bother to stop and crush his cigarette.   The interest
that Ennis shows is practically sleepy. 
   As to her age, she seems about 27 or 28 to me.   I agree with those that think that his
interest in her is less than his hand...So to speak.

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