Author Topic: The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)  (Read 5514548 times)

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"I" is irrelevant
« Reply #18490 on: December 03, 2008, 01:03:34 pm »
Ennis's remark that it's a one shot thing became irrelevant when he reached out to touch Jack that night in the tent.

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"L" is lockstep
« Reply #18491 on: December 03, 2008, 01:16:47 pm »
Ennis, having chosen not to march in lockstep with his dad on the issue of homosexuality, imagined him at the door of the Siesta Motel, ready to offer him a taste of the tire iron.
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"M" is maul
« Reply #18492 on: December 03, 2008, 01:22:28 pm »
The reunion kiss involved more than just touching when Jack and Ennis began to maul each other.

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"N" is noncompliance
« Reply #18493 on: December 03, 2008, 01:39:38 pm »
During the daytime hours Jack had to keep the pup tent rolled up and out of sight so that the Forest Service wouldn't discover his noncompliance with their regulations.

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"O" is outgoingness
« Reply #18494 on: December 03, 2008, 04:26:27 pm »
Jack's outgoingness didn't prevent him from hearing what Ennis had to say.

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"P" is perceptive
« Reply #18495 on: December 03, 2008, 07:52:41 pm »
Ma Twist was very perceptive:  she touched Ennis's shoulder in condolence.

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"R" is reignited
« Reply #18496 on: December 03, 2008, 08:45:16 pm »
Four years later Jack drives to Riverton to see Ennis, and their passion is reignited.

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"S" is seedy
« Reply #18497 on: December 03, 2008, 09:37:46 pm »
Jack went to the seedy border town of Juarez where he heard the prostitute's greeting of "senor?"

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"T" is touchy-feely
« Reply #18498 on: December 03, 2008, 10:07:30 pm »
The dozy embrace was the most touchy-feely scene in the film.

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"U" is unnamable
« Reply #18499 on: December 04, 2008, 12:20:19 am »
"You'll see Ledger overwhelmed and retching with unnamable emotions again in Brokeback Mountain, and remember again his terrific, visceral economy as a performer."

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