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Least Favorite Character in BBM
Sashca1007:
Without reading the other posts or even the list of choices-- my first thought was...BOBBY TWIST. Then, of course I realized you were referring to the actual characters, not the actors who portrayed them! With that in mind, I'll have to go along with the senior Mr. Del Mar, for planting those hideous homophobic ideas in the minds of sweet little Ennis and K.E.
Dishonorable mention goes to:
- 4th of July biker creeps
- rude old men in Lureen's office (making disparaging remarks about Jack!)
- Cassie sticking her stinky feet on Ennis and calling him 'dummy' just grates on my nerves. I guess it bothered me more than it did him. :-\
- Oh, what the heck, dang it---BOBBY F-ing TWIST! 'Next two weeks'?!? That's right, little 'Weird Child from Anywhere but Texas'.... Why, I oughta...... >:(
Lumière:
--- Quote from: Sashca1007 on April 20, 2006, 07:31:59 pm ---
- Oh, what the heck, dang it---BOBBY F-ing TWIST! 'Next two weeks'?!? That's right, little 'Weird Child from Anywhere but Texas'.... Why, I oughta...... >:(
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Aww..poor Bobby! lol...
David:
OMG! It has to be Ennis's Father! The Bastard!
It is all his fault that Ennis couldn't bring himself to openly LOVE Jack. :'(
Toast:
I am not revoting or changing my vote,
just a note in defense of Cassie
Ennis has just been castrating calves this morning
a foot or two are not a problem for him
Cassie is in the story to show that Ennis has no interest in playing heterosexual games with another woman's life, just for show.
He looks so noble, sad and hurt with his apple pie at the restaurant on his last meeting with Cassie.
That character and performance by Heath is so universal but specific.
I love Ennis because he is so real.
oops this is about who we dislike - sorry...
GRRR old man Del Mar - rest in pieces by the highway.
Lynne:
I'm waffling between Mr. Del Mar and Mr. Twist. I know that Ennis' father is to be reviled for instilling his own homophobia in Ennis, leading to Ennis' life-long denial of his love for Jack. And there is a case to be made that he was directly involved in Earl's murder. As bad as he was, though, it was the early 1950's and I think he was a product of his own upbringing. In a very convoluted way, he could have been trying to protect his sons from a similar fate.
That said, I'm going with Mr. Twist. I cannot get past him facing Ennis, obviously aware of how much Ennis is hurting, and choosing to knowingly inflict additional pain. Jack's mother's unconditional love and acceptance makes her husband's rejection and hatred that much more severe. And just because Annie Proulx's scene from Jack's childhood didn't make the movie doesn't mean it didn't happen. He was an abuser from the beginning.
They're both very very bad...flip a coin, I guess.
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