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"Jack, I swear..." What do you think Ennis meant by that?
Katness:
This may be along the same lines as what others have said. However I'm not (at the moment) going to bother reading through that many posts. So here's my interpretation:
Ennis to me here, is saying several things.
"Jack, I swear I loved you since we first shook hands outside Joe Aguirre's office that day and I always will and if you were murdered, and I came to know them, who did it, they would get the thrashing of their lives. And I swear if I could go back and do things differently, then I would. I would have built us a cabin up there on Brokeback, where we could live away from the prying eyes of society. Where we could be just us"
Of course, Ennis might not be so ummmm articulate? but thats my interpretation and I'm sticking to it. *folds arms defiantly* ;D
Artiste:
Thanks Kateness!
Well said.
Kateness, melb, and all: I wonder if Ennis would build that cabin there, plus another elsewhere too??
Hugs!!
Rayn:
--- Quote from: Artiste on January 03, 2008, 01:49:13 pm ---Rayn, I still would like to think about that 10 percent. Could it be some thing? What? Guess more...
--- End quote ---
Nah, now I told you.... it ain't gonna be that way.... See you got your ideas and that's fine, but I got mine... and they ain't the same. Besides, all I got time for now is making a livin', so, you wanna go lookin' for that 10%, you go right ahead, but there ain't gonna be no more guessin' by me.....See, you're kinna stuck with what you got.
I gotta go now. ;)
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: Katness on January 08, 2008, 10:36:51 pm ---This may be along the same lines as what others have said. However I'm not (at the moment) going to bother reading through that many posts. So here's my interpretation:
Ennis to me here, is saying several things.
"Jack, I swear I loved you since we first shook hands outside Joe Aguirre's office that day and I always will and if you were murdered, and I came to know them, who did it, they would get the thrashing of their lives. And I swear if I could go back and do things differently, then I would. I would have built a cabin up there on Brokeback, where we could live away from the prying eyes of society. Where we could be just us"
Of course, Ennis might not be so ummmm articulate? but thats my interpretation and I'm sticking to it. *folds arms defiantly* ;D
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Hey Kat!
That definitely would be a mouthful for our Ennis! But, seriously, it's a lovely interpretation.
I personally think Ennis was motivated to go look at his little shrine in the closet specifically because of the conversation about "love" with Junior. So, I do think that it's very likely that the "word" love might be in Ennis's head as he makes this enigmatic statement.
Truly, I think the wonderful this is that the sentence is incomplete. So all of us can fill in the rest based on our own interpretations and understandings. It's the perfect manifestation of "completing the story" ourselves.
I love all the ambiguity that exists in BBM. It seems to be one of the key reasons that we can discuss this endlessly.
And, you have the right instincts about some of these really old, long threads. You certainly can just jump right in with your own comment on a topic without reading the whole thread. I do that all the time.
Rayn:
Excuse my manners! Welcome to Bettermost Katness...Yes, that sure enough was a lovely post.
atz75, I agree with you completely on this, "I love all the ambiguity that exists in BBM. It seems to be one of the key reasons that we can discuss this endlessly." It's also a key to why both story and movie are so lifelike. Life often has more uncertainty and ambiguity in it than certainty and clarity.
Ah, but those moments of clarity in between are so worth having, huh? The dozy embrace is one of them, just a gentle song and a hug was all that was needed to say what they both felt for each other.
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