But don't forget, it's 1966. Back then, "nice girls" were not supposed to behave the way Lureen is behaving in that convertible.
Heh. You know, I haven't watched BBM with my mother, and one reason is because I think she would not approve of Lureen's behavior in that back seat.
In fact, I think she would possibly be more critical of Lureen than of any other character in the movie. (Hard to say, though. I still don't talk to my mother about sex.)
I'll be honest -- I've heard plenty of guys explain just how horny 22-year-old men are, but since I've never been one, I don't know for myself. So I don't know what it feels like to have a, ummm, gun cocked and wanting to go off for a long time. I guess I can believe that Jack might be looking forward to the prospect of an orgasm. And Jack certainly looks really lonely in the bar scene. So maybe between loneliness and horniness Jack isn't lying.
Edit: Just an additional thought: If his heart's not in it, what the hell is doing getting into that car with her in the first place?
Well, in an ideal world, he wouldn't have gotten into that car with her, would he?
I can sympathize with Jack, with the loneliness and horniness, and with living in a hostile society. But getting into that car was a mistake.
Diane: The story lie that gets to me most isn't in the movie. It's the moment in the motel when Ennis asks Jack if he has had sex with other guys, and Jack lies and says he hasn't. That's not just withholding information. Ennis was trying to sort out his feelings about his sexuality and about Jack, and even reveals that he thought about Jack while masturbating. (Sorry, TJ if you're out there, that's how I read the scene.) And then Jack lies. And lying in the face of that kind of personal revelation... well, that's harder to forgive than omissions are, at least for me.