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What if... ?!
Sunflower79:
i thought the same thing myself.."he can' be dead..." he is going to come back and there going to be happy..then I came to the realization that he did die..but if he did live I think the movie would have been very different and maybe not as good..as I read somewhere this wasn't a typical romance where two people meet, fall in love, fight/break up, and get back together at the end of the movie happy and in love..it wasn't typical..as much as it would have been nice if they did end up together I don't think the movie would have had the same effect it had..
LuvJackNasty:
I was in denial too the first time. I had that same thought in my head hoping that Jack was faking his death or Ennis was just having a nightmare and they'd be happy together. To have that happen after the emotional last scene together was almost too much to bear. I had not read the story and knew pretty much nothing about BBM, other than what I had seen in the trailer, going into that first viewing. It would have been a nice ending to have them "live happily ever after", but that is not always the case in life. I don't think the story would have such an impact if we had gotten that "feel good" ending. I've read a few of the fan fictions that have the alternate happier endings and I've enjoyed that "what if", but it just makes their "reality" that much sadder to me- what could've and should've been.
nspat:
I also felt Jack would not make another trip up to Wyoming, since Randall was his new "fishing buddy" in Texas; but most of us addicted will always feel Jack would always come back to Ennis, even if he "wished I knew how to quit you" comment, was a sign of frustration, for Jack not wanting to live together all those years; he said "you remember this one thing, we could of had a good life, but you didn't want it Ennis"
Mars:
As previously and better told by others, tragedy fixes their love in the human eternity.
Otherwise, their intimate connection would probably fade away: Ennis paralyzed by his
fears, Jack in search of other loves which might give him relief to his necessities.....
It's a one way situation.We have to admit its intrinsic sadness.... :(
Stephen:
Yes, Mars, we have to admit its intrinsic sadness; without this tragic pain, the story would just fade away as most other Hollywood stories that get wrapped up with superficially happy endings.....Jack is dead. Ennis will spend the rest of his life with regret, sadder but wiser, and always lonely, as his spirit wanders Brokeback Mountain......
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