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

[Fran]

xuding boredom, Lureen smokes a cigarette while Lashawn chatters away.

[Meryl]

mblematic of its continuing relevance in people's lives, Brokeback Mountain has several home pages on Facebook.

[southendmd]

ntering the Twist ranch, Ennis is met by its ghostliness.

[memento]

nnis finally gave in to Alma's wish to get housing in town above a laundromat.

[Marina]

xplaining to Jack the reason why he couldn't live with him openly, Ennis related a terrible experience he'd had, at a very impressionable age, when he witnessed homophobia of the most virulent kind.

[Fran]

"nnis weds his similarly frontier-sturdy fiancée, Alma (Michelle Williams), quickly fathering two children he lugs everywhere as if they were his heterosexual credentials, while Jack catches the eye of the equally dark-haired and dazzlingly grinned Lureen (an underrated Anne Hathaway) and embarks on a career in farm equipment sales."

--  Violet LeVolt, Baltimore City Paper    

[Sason]

nnis wasn't very methodical when he packed for one of his fishing trips. He merely scurried around the house, grabbing stuff on the fly and putting it in his bag.

[Meryl]

nervated from sleepless nights spent in the pup tent listening for coyotes, Jack took frequent naps during the day.

[memento]

very aspect of the production excels, yet does not overpower the whole -- the writing, the direction, the cinematography, the performances, the score and on down the line. And that's really saying something, when you consider that 'Brokeback' could be the career best for all involved. Director Ang Lee, who took home an Oscar for 'Brokeback,' was the perfect choice to portray a story about characters who can't address their feelings. 'Sense & Sensibility,' 'The Ice Storm,' 'The Wedding Banquet,' even 'Hulk' -- they are all strands of the same thematic thread, but never has Lee evoked the tortures of repressed passions as beautifully as in 'Brokeback.' The actors are also, dare I say, revelations. Yes, that is an overused critical phrase, but few coule have ever expected such a level of subtlety, perception and restraint from Ledger and Gyllenhaal.Not to mention fellow Oscar nominee Michelle Williams (forever erasing any memory of 'Dawson's Creek'), and Anne Hathaway, who with one immensely powerful last scene, facilitates a whole new understanding of the film with just a flitter of the eye and a few simple pauses between words. Finally, we can't forget screenwriters Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, who will likely never be able to write another such perfectly modulated, perceptive script as this.

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[Sason]

nnis didn't agree with Jack on his plans for a sweet life together; that way, he thought, protecting them both from a cruel death.