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"It ain't right."
Brown Eyes:
Hey there Friends,
I'm starting this thread as the flip-side of the "lovable details" thread. Now we all know we love, love, love this film. But, I'm sure for all of us there are little things that we find ever-so-slightly annoying, funny, off, etc. in the film (and the story for that matter). I thought it might be fun to have a thread that pokes some gentle and loving fun at our BBM. I think continuity errors could fit in here too.
To start, I think the best and most famous example of something that doesn't ring quite right (mentioned sometimes on BetterMost and on TOB) is the portrayal of Bobby Twist... and his goofy, almost New York accent.
tamarack:
I wondered since my first viewing why, since Jack drove straight in toward the building beside Aguirre's trailer to park his truck, the truck was facing out when Ennis was helping him get it started after they got down from Brokeback.
Amber:
There are two that I always notice.
One - is the scene where Aguirre comes down to camp. When he's coming down Jack has a log on the chopping block and after Aguirre leaves the log has disappeared.
Two - In the "Mexico" scene ... the same boy in a stripped shirt runs behind Jack twice.
They don't really bother me though - at least they don't ruin any storylines! ;)
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: tamarack on July 08, 2006, 11:23:02 pm ---I wondered since my first viewing why, since Jack drove straight in toward the building beside Aguirre's trailer to park his truck, the truck was facing out when Ennis was helping him get it started after they got down from Brokeback.
--- End quote ---
Oh wow! Good catch! I've never thought of that before, but you're right. His truck definitely seems to be pointing the wrong way.
serious crayons:
Here's the one that has bugged me the most lately, because it has such impact on the story itself. I've posted it elsewhere, but ...
If the charity dance at which Jack met Randall happened in 1978, according to the banner over the stage, and presumably Jack and Randall started seeing each other not too long after that, and if Ennis met Cassie sometime just before that, then ...
... by the time Jack and Ennis each discussed their relationships with the "good looking little gal in Riverton" and the "ranch foreman's wife," those relationships had been going on something like FOUR F'IN YEARS. (The screenplay in "Story to Screen" says three, but that's unmistakably flawed, based on the chronology of events following that lakeside scene.)
Anyway, it's illogical that they would have gone four years (or even three) without mentioning these other involvements -- AND YET, when the subject happens to come up in conversation, they nonchalantly spill as if it's no big deal. If they were keeping these involvements secret for years, fine. Or if they had only been going on a short while and so they don't mind casually discussing them, fine. But not both!
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