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vkm91941:
Got this from TOB...
As the subject alludes to, I wanted to start a post about the dance scenes in BbM and the emotion overtones associated with them.
I was driving home, listening to the soundtrack and "I Don't Want to Say Goodbye" came on. For the first time I realized how fitting that song was. It's played while Jack is dancing with LaShawn after being snipped at by Lureen and cruised by Randall. Taking the song in consideration, it seems Jack is contemplating, maybe for the first time, whether to not to stay with Ennis and weighing the fact that they belong together against the reality that they probably can't be together,
I don't want to say goodbye
All I want to do is live with you.
Together our two hearts are strong
Don't you know know that's where our hearts both belong?
A very heart-wrenching thought process for Jack, I'm sure.
So I just wanted to know: what to you guys feel when you see certain dance scenes? I think all four are great scenes...with their own level of tension.
I could not agree with the OP more
serious crayons:
Good thread, Victoria. My favorite is when Ennis dances with Cassie to the Allman Brothers' Melissa (on their date with Alma Jr.). This one is particularly meaningful because it is Ennis himself who picks it out on the jukebox. Here are the lyrics that you hear as they hit the dance floor:
Knowing many, loving none,
Bearing sorrow havin' fun,
But back home he'll always run
To sweet Melissa... mmm...
moremojo:
--- Quote from: latjoreme on May 19, 2006, 07:07:07 pm ---Good thread, Victoria. My favorite is when Ennis dances with Cassie to the Allman Brothers' Melissa (on their date with Alma Jr.). This one is particularly meaningful because it is Ennis himself who picks it out on the jukebox. Here are the lyrics that you hear as they hit the dance floor:
Knowing many, loving none,
Bearing sorrow havin' fun,
But back home he'll always run
To sweet Melissa... mmm...
--- End quote ---
I love Melissa; it tears at my heart in such a bittersweet way everytime I hear it. I was pleasantly surprised to hear it when first seeing the film. You're right that, significantly, Ennis is seen choosing this song (after we hear the conclusion of Tammy Wynette's 'D-I-V-O-R-C-E'), and it might also be significant that Ennis first wishes to sit down with the two ladies after it begins to play. He only goes to the dance floor at this moment because Cassie insists that he do so.
slayers_creek_oth:
--- Quote from: latjoreme on May 19, 2006, 07:07:07 pm ---Good thread, Victoria. My favorite is when Ennis dances with Cassie to the Allman Brothers' Melissa (on their date with Alma Jr.). This one is particularly meaningful because it is Ennis himself who picks it out on the jukebox. Here are the lyrics that you hear as they hit the dance floor:
Knowing many, loving none,
Bearing sorrow havin' fun,
But back home he'll always run
To sweet Melissa... mmm...
--- End quote ---
I gotta agree here...powerful song if you actually listen to it...
Meryl:
I love the scene when Jack dances with Lureen as "No One's Gonna Love You Like Me" is being sung. It's the most obvious, but it works beautifully. There's Lureen looking adoringly at Jack smiling at her, and then he looks over her shoulder with the saddest expression, as if he knew that he was looking ahead to a life of settling for something that was only a shadow of what he really wanted. :(
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