Ohe thing that's changed the most about the movie for me now is the pace. It now feels like it goes by really, really fast. Which is funny since the pace, obviously, is famously slow.
I know exactly what you mean. I'll watch it now and think, What, they have sideburns already? What, it's the divorce scene already? I can't believe how fast it goes -- maybe because after all this time discussing it I've really begun to FEEL those 20 years going by, and I can't adjust to having them pass in 134 minutes.
I also know what you mean about thinking of BetterMost stuff as you watch. It's a running commentary in my mind. Not only the serous analytical posts, but also (maybe especially) the funny ones. For instance, when Aguirre yells "no fucking way" into the phone, I always laugh out loud, thinking of the post on the "Brokeback slang" thread that translated his line as something like, "Absolutely not, you persistent individual!"
And when Ennis drives his truck up and parks under the "Laundromat Entrance in Front" sign, I always laugh thinking of the Cowboy Etiquette thread, and someone's (Ellemeno's?) post saying, "Always park your truck right under the 'entrance in front' sign, so everyone will know what entrance you REALLY like using." After all this time, that still makes me laugh.
