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Brokeback Mountain's "heftiest emotional moment"

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Front-Ranger:
Excellent sleuthing, everyone!

Penthesilea:
Thank you, everyone. :)

Mandy21:
Good job sleuthing, Chrissi.  I thought that was how it went -- that no time had passed, and he went straight from post office to phone booth.  I also appreciate the insight from RouxB and Chowhound that Ennis's shock and denial could explain how he could immediately get on the phone to his lover's wife within minutes.  Interesting perspectives to ponder.

Brown Eyes:

Great thread Buds!

And, good work Chrissi.  As always, those background details are so important in BBM. ;D

I think the words "heftiest" and "wallop" are interesting.  The "hefty" implies solemn or sad to me.  But, there are definitely positive emotional wallops in the movie too.

I agree that the reunion kiss is probably the most powerful *positive* emotional moment in the movie.  It's just filled with raw, happy emotion... and it's as close to equal for Ennis and Jack as it probably ever gets in BBM.  I think TS2 is a close runner-up for the most important positive emotional moment.

And, to me the most powerful sad emotional wallop is Ennis discovering the shirts in Jack's bedroom.

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