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

[Meryl]

After almost twenty years on Ennis's short leash, it was unavoidable that Jack's anger would eventually erupt and disrupt the seeming harmony of their relationship.

[Fran]

"Ennis' life turns out differently. He sticks with ranching, but doesn't seem to be able to earn enough to buy his own property. Just when he gets good work, he quits to run off into the mountains with Jack on one of their trips."

-- Joel Wendland, Political Affairs     

[Fran]

Round 830!

Let's Rhyme a Fifth Time!

Each reply must include an unplayed word
and at least two words that rhyme.

[memento]

When Ennis saw Jack he was all aglow, as he ran down the stairs to give him a huge hello.

[Meryl]

Aguirre didn't bat an eye when he ordered Jack to sleep with the sheep, but Jack, holding his hat, smelled a rat, and sure enough, that tent smelled like the piss of a cat.  Drat!

[Fran]

"Brokeback Mountain finds its genius in the juxtaposition of real emotions with a kind of dreamlike denial of the passing of days. But when the bubble of Jack and Ennis' love is eventually punctured, the weight of the comedown feels inextricably time-bound. The ache of the film creeps up on you, and like the players in its romance,  you'll only feel its true impact when all hope is beyond lost."

-- Karina Longworth, Cinematical     

=aside= Meryl
Once again you've managed to work in
all the rhyming words associated with the
round announcement... plus one more.
Nicely done.

[memento]

The morning after TS1 Ennis left in a daze, feeling some malaise, wondering if this was a passing phase, and delays saying a word until he hears Jack's ok's.

[Meryl]

Lureen was rodeo queen, empress of farm equipment, and princess of prettiness, but Ennis ruled supreme in Jack's heart.

=aside=Fran
Thanks for noticing.  I've had lots of fun figuring those out.  

[Fran]

"Gyllenhaal, meanwhile, plays the more flamboyant (if only by a matter of degrees) of the two men, but his performance is a tightrope-walk of tenderness and hard-earned toughness: he wants nothing more than to live free and open with Ennis but must reluctantly respect his partner's taciturn reticence to make their relationship public."

-- Todd Gilchrist, IGN Entertainment   

[memento]

In the weeks before filming began on “Brokeback Mountain,” director Ang Lee met individually with each of his actors to impart small bits of guidance about how to handle their roles. With Heath Ledger, the advice was simple.

-IMG-“The main thing I remember Ang telling me was 'stillness,'” Ledger told this publication in an interview this week.

It’s an appropriately Zen imperative from the Taiwanese director, whose work, including 1995's "Sense and Sensibility" and 2000's “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” earned him a reputation for squeezing soulful and intimate performances out of actors in the midst of grandiose settings.

Lee’s advice cuts to the core of Ledger’s character, Ennis Del Mar, a conflicted ranch hand who only feels safe when he’s in the quiet majesty of the Wyoming wilderness and in the arms of his unlikely soul mate, Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal).

Washington Blade.com