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cara1158:
What if... Jack had not died?
Who wants to write a synopsis of what might have come next in the story?
I have a few wild-hair ideas but I'd be interested to hear others' thoughts first... ...
tpe:
--- Quote from: cara1158 on Mar 02, 2006, 11:54 AM ---What if... Jack had not died?
Who wants to write a synopsis of what might have come next in the story?
I have a few wild-hair ideas but I'd be interested to hear others' thoughts first... ...
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If we are to believe Gyllenhaal, Jack would have tried to break up with Ennis and get things going somehow with the Texas foreman. Whether Jack would have succeeded in ultimately breaking up with Ennis is the interesting point.
As I had said in an earlier post, I cannot imagine Jack living without Ennis. Hence the only logical direction I can move my story line is to have Jack killed. Thus, I end up with roughly the same ending. :'(
Lilie:
Yup. No matter how you look at it, it always ends up tragically.
The first time I saw the movie, I couldn't believe Jack was dead. Seriously. I expected him to pop up at some point and tell Ennis "Hey, everyone thinks I died, we can be together now". (I know, it doesn't make sense, but I was in serious denial there).
But now that I think about it, I don't think a happy ending was possible for them. Even when I try to come up with other scenarios for the end of the story, the outcome is always the same. It's ultimately Jack's death that made Ennis truly realize his feelings and what Jack meant to him. They would never have been together the way they should have, had Jack lived.
Well, I depressed myself now. PBS is going strong tonight. :'(
aimi15:
--- Quote from: Lilie on Mar 02, 2006, 06:17 PM ---Yup. No matter how you look at it, it always ends up tragically.
The first time I saw the movie, I couldn't believe Jack was dead. Seriously. I expected him to pop up at some point and tell Ennis "Hey, everyone thinks I died, we can be together now". (I know, it doesn't make sense, but I was in serious denial there).
But now that I think about it, I don't think a happy ending was possible for them. Even when I try to come up with other scenarios for the end of the story, the outcome is always the same. It's ultimately Jack's death that made Ennis truly realize his feelings and what Jack meant to him. They would never have been together the way they should have, had Jack lived.
Well, I depressed myself now. PBS is going strong tonight. :'(
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Lilie when i first watched film, the bit where Ennis realises Alma JR left her jumper and he opens door, i was thinking 'right pleeeaaase let Jack be there please please pleeeaaassse' Would have been a pretty rubbish ending though BOOO!!!!
Lilie:
--- Quote from: aimi15 on Mar 02, 2006, 06:21 PM ---
--- Quote from: Lilie on Mar 02, 2006, 06:17 PM ---Yup. No matter how you look at it, it always ends up tragically.
The first time I saw the movie, I couldn't believe Jack was dead. Seriously. I expected him to pop up at some point and tell Ennis "Hey, everyone thinks I died, we can be together now". (I know, it doesn't make sense, but I was in serious denial there).
But now that I think about it, I don't think a happy ending was possible for them. Even when I try to come up with other scenarios for the end of the story, the outcome is always the same. It's ultimately Jack's death that made Ennis truly realize his feelings and what Jack meant to him. They would never have been together the way they should have, had Jack lived.
Well, I depressed myself now. PBS is going strong tonight. :'(
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Lilie when i first watched film, the bit where Ennis realises Alma JR left her jumper and he opens door, i was thinking 'right pleeeaaase let Jack be there please please pleeeaaassse' Would have been a pretty rubbish ending though BOOO!!!!
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Me too!! Of course I realize it would have ruined the whole story, but damn it, I couldn't accept that he had died.
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