Author Topic: The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)  (Read 5489414 times)

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"D" is desire
« Reply #6560 on: August 25, 2006, 08:52:30 am »
Jack and Ennis eventually gave into their desire for each other.

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"E" is exuberance
« Reply #6561 on: August 25, 2006, 09:26:09 am »
Jack's exuberance was infectious, and finally brought a smile to Ennis's face.

def: joyously unrestrained and enthusiastic  ;D
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"F" is firsthand
« Reply #6562 on: August 25, 2006, 09:28:06 am »
Ennis got his initial sexual experience firsthand, starting when Jack first placed his hand on his crotch.
« Last Edit: August 25, 2006, 09:35:26 am by Memento »

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"G" is greeting
« Reply #6563 on: August 25, 2006, 09:48:25 am »
Obviously missing Jack more than anyone realized, Ennis extended him an exuberant greeting when they met after four years apart.
« Last Edit: August 25, 2006, 09:51:53 am by ProwlAmongUs »
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"H" is homage
« Reply #6564 on: August 25, 2006, 09:54:15 am »
The screenplay calls Ennis' sparely furnished trailer "an homage to plains life minimalism".

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"I" is inventions
« Reply #6565 on: August 25, 2006, 10:31:41 am »
"As rendered in Proulx’s story, Jack had 'some weight in the haunch and his smile disclosed buckteeth,' while Ennis had a 'high-arched nose and narrow face . . . scruffy and a little cave-chested.'  In the film’s major concession to commercial viability, both Gyllenhaal and Ledger are decidedly prettier than Proulx’s inventions.  That in no way minimizes their performances."   
-- Matthew Kennedy, Bright Lights Film Journal   
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"J" is jolliest
« Reply #6566 on: August 25, 2006, 10:32:35 am »
Of any scene in the film, Ennis had the jolliest look on his face when he saw Jack arrive after their four-year separation.
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"K" is kinda
« Reply #6567 on: August 25, 2006, 10:59:32 am »
Jack Twist:  "Well, what in the hell ever happened to August?
Christ, Ennis.
You had a fuckin' week to say some kinda word about this."
« Last Edit: August 25, 2006, 11:01:55 am by Toast »

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"L" is laconic
« Reply #6568 on: August 25, 2006, 11:09:23 am »
To say that Ennis had a laconic personality is an understatement.

def: terse, untalkative.
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"M" is mangled
« Reply #6569 on: August 25, 2006, 11:12:31 am »
"Jack pulled a squalling burr out of the harmonica, flattened a little from a fall off the skittish bay mare, and Ennis had a good raspy voice; a few nights they mangled their way through some songs...."  [story]
« Last Edit: August 25, 2006, 11:14:15 am by Fran »