The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)

[memento]

MW: For what purpose did you expand the role of Cassie (Linda Cardellini), and what part did she play in Ennis’ relationship to the women in his life?

DO: Cassie somewhat xemplifies Ennis’s continual denial of his emotional makeup, and his attempts to have what he believed was a “normal” relationship with a woman. After his and Jack’s final confrontation about Mexico, Ennis realizes that it is Jack he truly loves, and he simply cannot continue in his attempts at a relationship with Cassie, thus her confronting him in the diner about his whereabouts and her frustrations and painful realization that she’s not “the one.” 

Brokeback Mountain: Interview with Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana

[memento]

Round 557!!!
It was a match made in heaven!!



Jack and Ennis together on Brokeback!

[Fran]

"At the beginning of Brokeback Mountain, two 19-year-olds, a ranch hand named Ennis del Mar (Heath Ledger) and a rodeo rider named Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal), hire on to tend a herd of sheep in Wyoming for the summer.  Off alone in the rugged, mountainous terrain they start having sex with each other and, though they don't realize it, fall in love.  It's 1963 and these boys from the middle of nowhere have no way to assimilate what they feel for each other." 

-- Alan Dale, Blogcritics

[Ellemeno]

The time up on Brokeback was bliss.

[southendmd]

Jack and Ennis fell for each other's charms, whether they knew it or not.

[Fran]

With his confidence and sincerity, Jack succeeds in lowering Ennis's defenses, and a friendship develops.

[memento]

When Jack was peeling potatoes and Ennis was peeling off his clothes, Jack tried to appear as cool as a cucumber by not even batting an eyelash.

[ProwlAmongUs]

Upon hearing of Ennis' divorce, Jack, flushed with excitement, made the long trip to visit him only to have his hopes of a real partnership deflated.

[Fran]

"After falling in love one summer while herding sheep on Brokeback Mountain, Ennis (Heath Ledger) and Jack (Jake Gyllenhaal) try to downplay the intensity of their feelings and the galvanizing emotions stirring within them...." 

 -- Milan Paurich, The Cleveland Free Times

=aside= Tim
Howdy!  Welcome back. 

[southendmd]

Jack and Ennis's time on the mountain was heaven-sent.

=aside= Tim
We're flushed with excitement at your presence here!