Brokeback Mountain is worthy of thousands of words for me to write after watching it. On the one hand, it is my personal selfishness towards it, and on the other hand, I admire the director and screenwriter's profound grasp of human nature. In short, if you are willing to watch it carefully, you will never understand why this film has won many awards. But it doesn't matter how much I win, because it means more to me than just the icing on the cake.
So I will divide the after-view of this film into four parts. On the one hand, I want to answer some people's doubts about this film.
In the first part, I want to answer a question about whether the emotional development between the two is too fast. Here I am from the point of view of comrades!
In the second part, I want to analyze the main characters in it, including Ennis, Jack, Emma, and Lorraine, and interpret the whole film from their backgrounds, personalities and dialogues.
In the third part, I would like to state my point of view on the other supporting roles.
In part four, I'll explain what Brokeback Mountain has brought me.
I'm not a professional film critic, I've always positioned myself like this, I'm just a movie-watching fan, so I only write about how I like the movie after watching it. I am very subjective. I like the movie I like very much. I like it so much that I can't extricate myself. I like it so much that I can madly collect its peripheral products and listen to its original soundtrack all day long. Brokeback Mountain definitely made me like it very much, and I will let you all know how much I like it in the following content.
I believe that this film needs to be seen by people with a little experience to feel it. Many young students watched it, but they were at a loss, and didn't know where the touching part of the whole film was. I want to say that this film really touched me, but I don't know if it touched other people, so when watching the film, you should take it easy, don't make any guesses, and watch every action of the actors carefully , Say the tone of each sentence to feel the film.
Simply put, think of it as a drama, an ordinary romance.
Okay, without further ado, I'm going to get to the point here. The first is everyone's question, will the progress of the two of them be too fast?
I don't think it's too soon, if you find out that Jack has love at first sight for Ennis!
When Jack gets into the parking space, kicks the bad car and swears at him, you will find that Jack looks at Ennis with a scrutiny. Then, what did he do? This action is very important, super important, do you remember?
He turned to Ainis with his rear-view mirror, then took a closer look at him.
Yes, this action is very obvious! This shows that Jack has a good impression of Ennis. Because it is difficult for non-comrades to understand the meaning of this action, let me explain it to you!
The average boy will not "look" at the boy, and the average boy will at most only glance at the same sex. Even, when a man stares at another man and is found, he will avoid his eyes awkwardly or unnaturally. Because boys can't adapt to the feeling of being watched by the same sex, this phenomenon is much more serious than girls. Maybe I should say so! There is an implicit norm in society. There are gender differences. Men are the ones watching and women are the ones being watched. Boys are more habitually appreciating their favorite objects, while women are more habitually being watched by boys.
There are actually more opportunities for women to be watched and scrutinized around their lives than men.
Because of this difference, boys look upright when looking at beautiful women, while girls look at handsome guys secretly! (Nonsense)
Especially when a man goes to see another man, there is a strange feeling to the person being watched. But comrades love to see handsome guys, so what can I do? Yes! There is a very simple way! Just don't look directly at it! Relying on specular reflection is really a trick.
I admit that I used this trick to peek a lot of handsome guys on the MRT or the bus. I'm sorry, but I'm sorry to tell you that it's really weird for boys to be seen by boys. This is something only comrades can understand. So, Jack started to observe Anis in the rearview mirror. He has already expressed that he has a good impression of Anis, at least he doesn't hate him. Would you like to see more people you hate? No way.
Next, there is a very interesting scene, when the farmer invites them in.
Did you notice what Jack did next? He's shaving! Holy crap, isn't that obvious enough? This time, another bunch of people are confused, and question marks are flying all over the sky! Shave, so what?
For Jack, shaving represents two typical meanings: First of all, in front of the person you like, everyone will take care of themselves, right? I want to make myself look better! Whether it's simply dressing, taking a shower, or spraying perfume! When Jack arrived at the workplace, he saw a person he liked a lot. He wasn't a girl and he didn't have to make up. So he did this action, expressing that he wanted to impress the other party, and in order to take care of his appearance, he began to shave his beard.
On the other hand, having a beard is more representative of male authority, and feels like a more mature male, stable and not free to joke. Compared with a bearded man, a young face is more stress-free and easier to approach! So shaving, also means that Jack wants to look younger, wants to shorten the distance between himself and Ainis, and wants to build a good relationship with each other.
You see, our Jack's heart just flew to Ainis! What sheep doesn't matter at all!
Of course this is an over-interpretation, but we can see that Jack has a crush on Ennis for sure. The next key is for Jack to drink and chat with Anis.
Ainis talks about his past, poor and embarrassed. After Jack expresses his words to Ainis, the body information revealed can empathize with him on the one hand, and show a little pity on the other hand. Both of them came to work at Brokeback Mountain because they were desperate and had no choice but to have similar backgrounds. It is certain that if they met a poor person who had the same experience as themselves, wouldn’t they be tempted? If it was I would definitely do it! And it can be known from his words that Anis is also a lonely person.
I will talk about this part when I analyze the character of the character, and I will skip it here.
Then it was the process of the two going up the mountain, and the little sheep was picked up and crossed the river (I heard that when someone was watching, the audience next to me kept shouting that the sheep are so cute and so cute. When I was there, I would definitely say: If you are noisy again, I will peel you like a sheep. Of course, I just think about it. ).
Next, the two began to separate and shepherd the sheep. Due to the limited space, I just want to briefly explain a few scenes. First of all, it is a shot of two people looking at each other.
Jack looked at Ennis from the hillside, and Ennis looked at Jack from below. I think this storyboard is quite interesting. Have you noticed that Jack sees Ennis at night, and Anis sees Jack during daytime?
What does this represent? Warm campfire! The campfire runs throughout the movie, have you noticed? Dim lights and campfires are often the scene of the two of them talking. Those tiny campfires, like gay romance, are invisible and can only be done in the dark. But the faint light gave Jack a reason to hold on. He thought that in the flames and the smoke rising, Ennis was there, in that bright place, waiting for him to come down the mountain.
What should I do, I started to cry when I hit here?
Jack unconsciously connected the lights with the feeling of Anis. He was sure that Anis would always be waiting for him at the foot of the mountain, and found that in the lonely shepherd work, Anis would be the only person who would take care of him, prepare three meals of food for him, take care of his clothes, and chat with him about this. All day long! Ennis was like the warmth of a campfire to Jack, and it also illuminated his days in Brokeback Mountain.
He was originally a comrade, and that kind of reliance on Anis in his heart could easily develop into affection.
Wasn't there a scene where Anis met the bear and Jack was waiting for him at the camp? When Ennis came back, Jack firstly asked angrily: "Where the hell have you gone?" In fact, the meaning behind it was: "You know how worried I am?" Or: "I'm scared, here. It's just the two of us, you still let me find no one." Of course, the last two sentences are usually unspoken by boys. So he questioned his whereabouts angrily.
As a result, Anis came back injured, just for their damn food. Jack's original anger turned into worry, and I'm afraid he was also a little guilty, because he was actually angry with Anis and the injured Anis. He then dipped a little hot water to help Ennis clean the wound. We can see that the feeling here is not good enough, because Ennis took the cloth and didn't ask Jack to help wipe it. Jack's expression here is a little lost.
Didn't they have nothing to eat afterwards? Jack the kid immediately shouted and said eat the sheep! Anyway, one or two less will not be found. Anis immediately objected. From this, it can be seen that Anis is a person who obeys the rules, is responsible, and follows traditional values. various), he thought of other methods, and the two ran to do it. (I won't reveal it here, people who have seen it know what I'm talking about.)
Ennis shows his reliable side, and from this point onwards, I think Jack is about to fall into place for the sake of their livelihood. Moreover, I believe that from here, Jack secretly had the idea of living with Ennis. Well, you can be sure that Jack loves Ainis!
Then we turned the camera to Ennis's side, because it's not good to talk from Jack's side all the time (laughs), it's not complete. From Jack complaining that the beans are unpalatable, and Anis helping him change the soup, we can also see that Anis has a good impression of Jack. However, let’s talk a little deeper!
In the film, Jack gives us the impression that he is spirited, young and full of energy, which is more contrasting with Ainis. He complained at once that the beans were unpalatable, that the tent above was smellier than cat urine (how stinky is cat urine?), that the cans were not opened well, and the soup spilled out. He was so angry that he threw the cans out. He was impatient. Singing songs, playing broken harmonica. What does this show? It shows that Jack is still willful, immature and vexatious in some respects.
It's like a child's feeling...
What do we see Anise's attitude towards Jack's willfulness? He is very accommodating! He has also been trying to solve Jack's problems, trying to make him happy. We can see that, first of all, he swapped the beans for the soup which was of course the most obvious! However, the fact that he also changed shifts with Jack was quite interesting.
Jack keeps complaining about the bad above, cold commute and tired, what is his purpose? He said, "Whatever his rules, we should all stay in this tent!" So he actually wanted to stay down there with Anis, in a warm place.
As a result, Ennis's solution was to change shifts with Jack.
Most people may think this decision is normal, but to Jack, it should be very surprising.
Jack must have been terrified, because he didn't even think Ennis would switch shifts with him. Jack didn't express his opinion on the decision from beginning to end, and maybe he didn't know why it happened? He didn't understand how Anis would say that? This may represent two possibilities: The first possibility is that Anis doesn't want to hear him nagging any more, and he doesn't want to stay in the same tent with him, so he wants to change shifts with him. However, according to the experience of getting along well in the past, this possibility is very small.
The second possibility, we could say, is that Anis is showing a manly style who wants to solve problems. He wanted to help Jack solve the problem, solve this terrible situation, and he thought it was nothing to suffer a little. If we explain it a bit more excessively, I think he probably doesn't want to make Jack suffer? Want to help him share a little, or make Jack more comfortable by the campfire? This
is a typical behavior that a boy likes to show when he likes a person: to help the person he likes to share the hard work, or to do something.
If you think about it, Anis can pretend that he didn't hear anything, anyway, this was originally assigned by the original work. I don't have to help you, just build a fire downstairs and wait for you to come back for dinner. But Ainis chose to change shifts with him, and his affection for Jack is evident here. And we can find that Anis is pretending to be relaxed here. He should have some words to say. After hearing Jack's complaint, under reasonable circumstances, he knows that going up the mountain is not easy, and it is impossible to exchange unconditionally.
"You remember to help me introduce the job after going down the mountain!" "The hot water should be boiled more!" These explanations should be given, because I will help you at work and expect the same return. But Ainis didn't say anything, and he didn't need anything in return from Jack. This means that Ennis has a good impression of Jack to some extent, but we don't know how much.
So Jack panicked, taking Ainis' unexpected decision. He later said: "But my cooking skills are not very good!" This meant that he left some leeway, and wanted to test whether Anis was just talking, and let Anis know that he could go back on his words. But then Ainis didn't say anything, and Jack didn't care.
"Okay! But I'm not bad at opening cans." Jack is joking, and his can-opening skills are terrible! He just let Ainis know that he accepts such a decision.
I think Jack's heart is probably very sweet at this time, right?
In many small places, we can see the picture of Jack showing his favor to Anis. Example: Did you notice him helping Ennis wash his shirts? He washed "Anis"'s shirt first, and then washed his own. You want to see how two men, if they don't like each other, can help each other to wash their clothes before washing theirs. From this, you can know how much Jack attaches to Anis.
Later, when Anis took a bath, Jack gave the hot water to Anis. On the one hand, he felt that Anis was very hard. But look, help "boil the water" for the person you like, a delicate relationship has already occurred!
However, Anis's emotions have always been very restrained, so I can't find a lot of evidence that he really likes Jack very much. Although this is more in line with Anis' repressed personality, it also causes everyone to feel that the passion scene is too sudden. But here, I have a small opinion: when Jack asked him to enter the tent that night, why did he refuse?
He clearly knew that it would be very cold outside, so cold that people might freeze to death. If the campfire was extinguished, the temperature would become extremely low, so why would he refuse? And two men slept in the same tent, and honestly, it wouldn't matter! Why did he reject Jack's proposal?
The only possibility is: Anis has a ghost in his heart, so he dare not sleep in the same tent with Jack!
From this perspective, you can see the reason why Anis refused. He was afraid. In fact, he vaguely felt that his relationship with Jack was not right, and he should have also observed Jack's favorable impression of him (Jack's favorable impression is obvious! Plus he has been acting self-willed towards Anis, boys are to boys, Anis is not may not feel it). Afraid of losing control with Jack, he flatly refused and would rather be outside shaking than entering the tent.
The depth of his fear represents how deeply he likes Jack. He didn't dare to face the fact that he had a crush on Jack, and here he chose to escape, but was forced into the tent by the damn low temperature.
Then there was that passionate scene, all I can say is, it really came naturally! I'm going to talk about it here first because I'm sleepy, and I'll write my thoughts on the passion scene when I wake up.
This passionate scene, I don't think it is full of very many emotions, is more purely physical. We see that in the movie, Jack yells to Ennis, "Stop shaking! Come in!" Then Ennis runs into the tent wrapped in a blanket, where the two sleep.
Then, Jack grabbed Anise's hand, what did he do?
According to the original novel, it should be: "Touch his hard erect cock." My mom, how exciting! So what happened to Anis? He was startled and pushed Jack away suddenly with a surprised expression on his face. This part makes it clear that Jack has an erotic response to Ennis. and then? Jack then confronted Ennis for a while, then Ennis "turned over" Jack, spat and started to thrust.
Yes, to be honest I was terrified here too! Because I didn't expect Jack to be number zero! Hahaha.
The next morning, Ennis woke up, put on his pants, and walked out of the tent without looking at Jack. Then Jack woke up, and without fully putting on his pants, he opened the tent and told Ennis to remember to come down for dinner.
What does this passage mean? You can think about it. The relationship between the two can often be seen from the behavior that you do when you wake up in the morning after having sex for the first time.
Ennis didn't want to be in the tent at all, did he? On the one hand, he was worried about his work as a shepherd, and then he didn't know what to do with what happened last night, so he started to run away. He just kept avoiding his feelings for Jack and didn't dare to face up to the fact that he liked Jack. He saw it from the beginning. So how does he behave? He rode away without looking back, without saying a word.
On Jack's side, he likes Anis very much, and he is very afraid of losing it. When I saw Anis go out, I hurriedly wanted to know how Anis felt about him. He had a physical relationship with Anis, but Anis was very cold, so he was very frightened. Anis didn't say anything, he didn't whisper on the pillow, and he didn't even respond to questions. At this time, what was Jack thinking in his heart: "Will he not want me anymore?" "Will he not even be a friend?"
"How did he position our relationship?"
Did everyone notice? In the sex scene, the two did not kiss, only confrontation. It takes a certain degree of intimacy to reach a kiss, so I think this passion scene is more erotic. Also because this kind of lust is too real to be exposed, but it has a sudden effect, and everyone is not psychologically prepared. But it's not so untraceable.
Then there's a scene where the two are on the lawn and Ennis says, "I'm not gay." He's running away, trying to deny that he had sex with Jack.
Pay attention to Jack's answer here, his answer is the key.
With a slightly complicated expression, Jack said, "I'm not gay either." What does that mean? Jack is lying. It can be understood from many plots that Jack is gay, so why did he lie?
Because he didn't want to hurt Anis, he also thought: "It's over, Anis said so, what can I say." Think about it, today someone you like came to have sex with you, and then acted stupid afterward. You still like him, what else can you do? So I think Jack at this time probably has mixed feelings in his heart and is very uncomfortable.
Who is he lying for? In fact, he is protecting Anis, and he doesn't want to make him difficult to be a human being. Also avoid conflicts. Two men have sex, even if they are not gay in their hearts, their behavior is okay! But Ainis denied it, and of course Jack could only follow along.
The next scene, I think, is where they really fell in love.
Ennis drinks outside the tent, bewildered and miserable, while Jack is topless inside the tent. What are they doing?
Anis is still denying his feelings for Jack, and Jack is waiting for Anis anxiously.
Ennis finally walked into the tent, and at that moment, I was sure he loved Jack. Because that was a turning point, if the previous sex was a random or impulsive mistake, then what Ennis should do now is to ride off back to the mountain and not get close to Jack. In other words, it was the best time for him to get out. As long as he didn't get close to Jack, he could pretend that nothing happened, and Jack would give up, knowing that Anis and him were just venting out of his body.
But he walked into the tent, do you remember what Jack said first?
"It's okay." That's what Jack said. How strange? Why is it okay? It doesn't matter what does that mean?
What does it mean? Jack said it didn't matter, because he somehow knew that Anis had feelings for him, but Anis was both afraid and afraid, maybe because he was afraid that he was gay? Also afraid of feelings for Jack. At this time, what Jack said didn't matter, it was like a kind of tolerance, with a kind of don't be afraid to face yourself, don't be afraid to love me, it was a soothing tone.
Then they kissed deeply. Later, he also pulled silk (Taiwanese).
I have to mention it here, because the action of this drool online is really shocking. On the Internet, there is an American female viewer who mentioned this scene. She said that she watched Brokeback Mountain three times, and the third time she went to the big city to watch the big screen, and only then did she see the action of pulling the wire. Shocked, I saw it three times before I actually saw it. She said it was a wet kiss, a deep kiss, no doubt, a kiss that only two people in love can do.
That American female audience, you know how excited to see this shot! Because she has found evidence, a proof that Ennis really loves Jack, and those little evidences of love can only be found with subtle, magnifying glass-like observations! Do you think Ainis deserves a beating?
After the kiss, they hugged each other, and Anis fell on Jack's naked upper body. Jack patted him gently to comfort Anis. In fact, emotionally, we can see through the lens that emotionally Jack is more courageous to face and accept than Ennis.
Because Jack was originally gay, right? There's less need to go through Anis's chaotic period of identification.
Here, I think the two are in love with each other. It is very simple to outline, but it is also very real. Who says love has to be spoken?
I was caught by the boss at the end, and then went down the mountain. I found the part of the fight before going down the mountain to be very interesting and worth mentioning. Of course, the two of them were very reluctant. Anis said that the boss wanted to take their money. Jack immediately said that he had money to lend him. Anis was a little unhappy and said no.
Jack is a big idiot, and his incomprehensible style makes Anis angry! Because Anis was reluctant that Jack didn't want to leave, this was Anis' real idea, a very boring way of showing love, with a lover's peculiar little anger.
In the end, Ennis was sitting on the hillside, and Jack took the ring to tease him: "Cowboy, it's time to go."
At first, the ring was on Ennis, but when Anis got up, the ring was put on his foot, causing the He falls. What does it show here? Why are there fights in the back?
This means that Jack has completely caught Ennis's heart, and he has been stumped by Jack, so Ennis is unhappy and has a fight. There are also differences in their attitudes towards leaving Brokeback Mountain.
For Ainis, going down the mountain is to marry Emma, which means that he will not come back here in the future. He was very sad and painful.
For Jack, he had planned to come back the next year, which means he didn't plan to let the relationship end, so he held the mood: "There is still a future."
As a result, the conflict between the two came into being. Anis felt that he had to separate and smiled. What do you think of me? The two of them went on fire after playing, and they bleed. Jack also felt that Anis was inexplicably beaten, and was punched and fell to the ground. At this time, Jack is probably very hurt, right? At least it hurts more than the body.
There's another point here about Ennis' character, which I'll get to later.
Then faced with the separation, Jack asked, "Will you come again next year?" Ennis said probably not, right? gave an indeterminate answer. Jack was certain that he would come again next year, and then asked Anis if he wanted to take the car? Ennis refused.
After leaving that part, Jack still used the rearview mirror to look at Ainis meaningfully. Reluctant, but will come again next year.
Leaving that section, Anis slapped the wall angrily, vomited and cried. It's over, it's over, he's going back and getting married and trying to make money, so he knows it's over with Jack. He cried until he retched and grieved. The original text said that it was as if his internal organs had been pulled out one by one. What an apt description. You know, even though he didn't say or show anything, he really loved Jack. Otherwise he would not have this reaction.
At this point, there is clearly a paragraph here, and then Ainis goes to form a family. Emma officially joins the plot axis.
Let me start by mentioning here, based on my observations, what are their gender roles?
Jack is sure gay, okay, what about Ainis? I think he does too, because he's in love with Jack. There's no point in arguing about things like that, but I would say that if you can have sex with the same sex and fall in love with the same sex, I think it's more correct to generalize to homosexuality.
But so what? Homosexuality, heterosexuality, and bisexuality are all defined by people. It is pointless to insist on which side of the two. You just have to believe what you see. In this film, what I saw is: Jack is very Love Ennis, and Ennis loves Jack, that's enough.
Here are three main scenes to illustrate the aftermath. These are the ones I feel more: the first scene is when Jack and Anis reunite, the second scene is when Jack goes to see Anis after the divorce, and the third scene is when they dance Fragment.
Jack reunites with Ennis, and when he first receives the postcard, Emma asks who he is, and Ennis says he is a fishing friend. He lied to Emma, I wonder if everyone noticed, why did he lie? In fact, he could have said that they were colleagues from Brokeback Mountain, and no one would suspect that they were related, but he chose to lie.
He must have never mentioned Brokeback Mountain to anyone. This is proof that he has a ghost in his heart. He still likes Jack very much. .
The love for Jack has become an unspeakable, painful and sweet secret.
Then, he couldn't wait to rush to the post office to reply. Even after four years of no news, his feelings for Jack are still there, as he knows from the behavior he waits for Jack. And then when they met was a fierce hug, a passionate kiss, as if to make up for the vacancy in the past four years.
That kiss was both strong and brutal, a joy of reunion, a show of love, and a betrayal of Emma at the same time. I thought that performance was brutal, brutal and real. What if someone was laughing all the time? I really don't understand why the audience would laugh? If you see your husband kissing another man, or your wife kissing another woman, the kiss is more enthusiastic than you are, and it is so suffocated that you can't breathe before you stop, can you laugh?
If you can laugh, I'm afraid you don't love your other half very much.
Emma will suffer because he loves Anis so much and has difficulty accepting the fact that he is gay. This passage conveys the different feelings of three people at the same time. We see that Ainis is happy and proud, and also confirms Jack's love for him. After all, Jack can come from a long distance to find him; Jack is uneasy, but also happy to be able to meet again, Emma is very painful and shocked. This means that the relationship between Emma and Ainis is about to change, but Ainis doesn't notice it at all.
Because his heart is on Jack.
The second paragraph is that after the divorce, Jack rushed to find Anis, thinking that Anis was going to be with him. As a result, Ainis declined on the grounds that his daughter was present, and Jack left with a heartbreak. What do we see over there? In fact, he could have taken Jack to play or something, but he rejected Jack, and he was still afraid of this shady relationship.
Even if he is divorced, he still dares not be with Jack. This is not a simple responsibility issue, but an issue of Ainis himself. Then we see that Jack is helpless, does not cry, does not make trouble, and does not argue, he silently accepts In this fact, Ainis has never been able to accept his love with Jack, and dare not let this relationship have any possibility of continuing to develop. Then, without saying a word, he drove away.
In the car, Jack dared to cry, it was tears of grievance, tears that could not be vented to Anis, nor could he yell in front of him. He doesn't ask for anything, he just needs Anis' courage to give him a reason to keep going, but this happens to be what Anis lacks the most. He couldn't get Anis, he had driven twenty hours, and he had nowhere to go. The music played in the car happened to be the original song that won the Golden Globe Award.
Texas is a twenty-hour drive from Wyoming, and it takes about two days to go back and forth. Thinking of this, I feel sad. It turns out that Jack has always been like this. He spent his own time and traveled such a long distance to find Anis, but he often hit Anis' soft nails and asked for trouble. So he later went to Mexico to find male prostitutes, which is understandable.
If I can't get Anis, what should I do with this feeling of loneliness? He went south to Mexico, found a man to sleep with, and solved his physical needs. The two walked into a dark alley, which was completely dark. This shot stays for a long time, what does it represent? Very simply, it represents Jack's desperate mood, his love, his lust, shameful, and can only be carried out in this darkness forever.
The dance scene at the end, I have to mention. There are three dance scenes in this film: Jack and Lorraine, Ainis and Cassie (waitress), and Jack and Lashan (talking girl). I think there is an interesting meaning in it.
The first is that Jack dances with Rowling, and when he looks at Rowling, his face is happy. As soon as the camera turned, his face was leaning against Rowling, but his heart was heavy. What was he thinking at that time? Thinking of Anis? Thinking of those hugs in Brokeback Mountain? Still thinking about the way forward?
It is very likely that that worried expression represents Jack's complicated feelings for Ainis, and also indicates the relationship between Jack and Roryn. When you want to hug, but can't hug the person you love the most, when there is one person in your heart, no amount of music entertainment can make you truly happy. You can only look for each other's shadow.
The dance between Ennis and Casey shows Ennis's passiveness. You see, Cassie is a passionate and expressive woman whom Ennis rejects at first and then dances with. It can be seen that Ainis is passive at the emotional level, which is in line with our previous impression. And this also quickly brought out Cassie's personality.
In the end, Jack danced with La Shan. There are two sides here. One is that Rowling complained: "Men don't dance with their wives after they get married." Is that right? Is this a joke? Or say it? The real meaning is that the relationship between the two is deadlocked, so she is complaining, complaining that her husband does not love him, dancing is just a hint, because dancing is an action of close physical contact, and people love to dance with the person they like. Jack didn't love Rowling very much in the first place, and here we can see that the relationship between the two of them has long been respected.
Then Jack Yolashan dances, what does that mean? Jack was vaguely dissatisfied with Rowling's complaints, so he deliberately invited other people's wives to dance, which was a silent protest. And further, it doesn't matter who you dance with, Anis is the person he wants to be with, the person he wants to dance with, Anis can't dance with himself, and he can't develop a good relationship with himself, so who does Jack dance with It doesn't matter, we see later that he is tired, tired, love and hate with Anis.
He must hate Anis very much, dragging on such an unclear relationship for 20 years, but he still loves him and cannot leave him. For Jack, Ennis is the person he truly loves in his life! People who really want to rely on care, but Anis has repeatedly refused, dodged, and escaped. Is this what hurts Jack the most?
So it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter who you are with, it doesn't matter who you have sex with, he loves Anis so hard, but he is so desperate in this relationship.
Jack is here, making a comment for his feelings and laying the fuse for future conflicts.
Next, I will introduce the feeling of the four main characters, starting with Jake, Lorraine, Emma, and then Ennis. Why did Ainis introduce last? Because he affects the emotions of all people, it can almost be said that this series of plots are dominated by him, so it must be watched last, so as to understand such a complex emotional relationship.
Brokeback Mountain, some people say it's boring, some people say it's not very touching, I understand it very well. Can't remember what Anis said: "You can't change, so you can only accept it." He said it lightly, but it hit me deeply!
Did you notice? That's right! This is human nature, and this is what the whole film wants to convey to everyone.
Our TV movies and even commercials are caught in a mystery. The more vernacular the lines, the better, the more conflicting the plot, the better. When you think about it, it's not like this at all, right?
True human nature is to avoid conflict. Even if it is to maintain a false relationship, it is better than conflict. This is true human nature.
Look at movies like the Ferris Wheel and Human Torch, threatening with a gun at every turn, sneering and sneering, real life is not like this at all! I'm upset will you tell you? Will you deliberately quarrel with you? Will I cry, make trouble, and hang myself in front of you?
If you are unhappy with you, I will speak ill of you behind your back, but in front of people I will chat with you and maintain a relationship of interest.
If I want to quarrel with you, I will try my best to hold back. Anyway, it won't change anything, the atmosphere will be awkward, and I am afraid of destroying our relationship. How could I possibly quarrel with you.
I won't make trouble with you, but I will make up my mind to find a way to break up with you, or find someone better than you. Damn, if you dare to play with me, I will play with you, and I will take revenge.
Our media presents packaged human nature, whether it is love or hate. So you can easily see the emotions of this character, but don't forget, we are not like this in real life at all. We will try to hide our true emotions, try to mislead others' perceptions of us, and fear that others will see our true self.
We all want others to misunderstand, and in the eyes of others, the misunderstood self is always better than the real self.
So at the same time, we are also afraid of being seen through by others, and at the same time, afraid of expressing our true emotions. The media has told us so much that it makes us accustomed to watching TV or movies in this way: "Seeing with the eyes." Instead of seeing with the heart.
You don't need to think about the character's emotional feelings or the reasons for the character to do it. Anyway, he "acted" it for you, and read the lines without missing a single sentence. When the protagonist says he is happy, he is happy, when the protagonist says he is sad, he is sad. You know the ins and outs, the emotions of the characters, and the background factors, so you just watch it.
When you look at Brokeback Mountain in this way, there is bound to be a problem. Its character emotions, its thoughts, and even its love, are all restrained. If you don't observe carefully, many things will pass in a flash, and the protagonist will not explain it in particular. What is this trying to tell us? By the end, will feel like, yeah? What the hell are you doing?
Does a person who talks about love all day mean that he really loves?
Real life is like this, no one will tell you whether I love you or not, whether I like you or not, whether I value you or not. But you can see it from other places, eyes, tone, body movements, way of answering, many, many clues! If you observe carefully and think carefully, then the people in Brokeback Mountain are the same as in real life. Everyone is holding their own thoughts, various pains, and trying to survive.
Because of this, the people in the play will not conflict like crazy, or have any plot that makes you feel very exciting. A touch of sadness, a touch of love, is the truth of life.
"You can't change it, so you have to accept it." That's the real life.
It is human nature to avoid conflict, and it is human nature to be hypocritical. It is because this kind of human nature is too plain and common, so if you don’t observe carefully, you will miss it immediately.
Some might say that watching a movie like this is tiring, but I think for me, it gives me a lot of things. Thinking about this whole movie really taught me a lot. When I came home after watching it, my mind was full of chaotic thoughts. I wandered around the movie discussion forum and read other people’s movie reviews. Why am I so crazy? Because I feel that I have missed a lot of things, and I feel that there are some things that I can't see, but others have, so I'm very curious, and I really want to know what people "see?
" Yes, because I think there are a lot of things I haven't seen. Can't help but want to see it again. But there is another reason (mentioned last).
Of course, everyone has their own ideas, and I am just very simple here, writing my own opinions! It doesn't mean that this film is really like this. In addition, I think if everyone can write about the experience of watching Brokeback Mountain, I will be very happy and read it carefully.
After all, my afterthought is only the aspect I see, and I believe there are many different ideas for this film.
Jack is my favorite character, hehe, so I asked him to open my character introduction.
Please, those thick and long eyelashes took away half of the girl's heart first, and then she was affectionate, sincere, and never retained her affection for Anis. Can you dislike this beautiful and somewhat tragic character? ! !
Without further ado, let’s start with his background….
Author: Flight Reply Date: 2006-4-28 20:28:07
Jack's personality is lively, enthusiastic, outgoing, full of cheerfulness, and has the courage to face challenges. He only seemed to be hesitant to talk about his feelings for Anis, and he was stretched thin, which shows the influence and importance of Anis on his life. In the film, we can see that Jack's family environment, he has an indifferent father: "It is impossible to do anything to satisfy him." Coupled with the description of no siblings, he is likely to be an only child.
An only son who grew up on a ranch, life was monotonous and inflexible, with no special friends, plus his gay sexuality. We can say that such a lonely and lonely life background has taken shape. Such a Jack loves challenging and exciting rodeos. It is not difficult to imagine that, on the one hand, he wants to seek the approval and encouragement of his father, and on the other hand, he also longs for the attention and concern of others.
So when he met Ainis, he was unable to resist falling into it. Ennis is the one he's been waiting for for so long, someone who truly cares about him. Jack seems to be lively and enthusiastic, but in fact he is like a big boy, always hoping to attract attention. Ennis just didn't eat this set, don't forget he once said in the film: "My dad said that all rodeos are idiots." It's a joke, and it's also a joke. This should subvert the people Jack met before. When most people hear a rodeo, they will say, "Wow, that's amazing!".
Ainis expresses his philosophy and does not pay attention to competition and challenges. He simply gets along with Jack like this, and invisibly removes Jack's long-standing defenses. Although Ainis didn't say anything on the surface, he did some caring actions to Jack in private, which was just enough to attract Jack's attention, because Jack, although he was flirtatious on the outside, retained the keen intuition of a child in his heart.
So he fell in love with Anis, a lot of complicated emotions, love? Affectionate? Friendship? In fact, that feeling of dependence is really difficult to separate, I always say, Jack is caught in it. On Brokeback Mountain, love is like a runaway horse, wild, frightened, longing for freedom, but also full of explosive power.
We also see that in this film, Jack has always been a very aggrieved character.
Being punched by Anis is very aggrieved. But what hurts me the most is the scene where he runs back to his boss begging for a job, and ends up being humiliated by the boss. We saw that although the boss said that he would not work for Jack, he still asked if Anis had come back, and the result was....
"You two take care of yourselves! Money is not earned like this..." We saw the boss's eyes, disdain, a little angry, and dissatisfied. The dissatisfaction is that the work was not done well? Or dissatisfied with the two of them having sex? Possibly both! How does Jack look? Panicked, flustered, embarrassed, humiliated, Jack was quite surprised, right? But I can't refute anything. When I saw this passage, I felt sad from the bottom of my heart.
Later, it was the part where he seduced the clown and was rejected. The man replied: "If everyone I save invites me to drink, then I'll be drunk (this sentence is based on impression)." The clown left angrily and returned Running to talk to the others, everyone whispered and looked at Jack.
"Hey! Are you kidding me?" Here I think the bartender is amusing Jack, making fun of Jack's poor ability to pick up a conversation, and mocking him for being a comrade.
"Do I look so good?" He was so angry that he left without even taking the money.
Look at this side, isn't this analogy very similar to the previous part where he used a rope to trap Ennis? In fact, so far, Jack himself also understands that he is the only one trapped by Anis, although he is also trapped by Anis. The trapped person is also trapped by the other, forming a knot that cannot be opened.
Later he meets Lorraine, an active and friendly girl who loves challenges, much like Jack. Then the two developed rapidly, got married and had children. Some friends asked him if he liked Rowling. I think the answer is very clear. In the motel, Jack explained that the year he met Rowling, he only earned 3,000 yuan and almost died of starvation, and Rowling's father sold farm implements, a farming machine that cost 100,000 yuan. It can be seen that Jack is more likely to marry Rowling because of financial problems.
In addition, he often stated that he could divorce at any time and live together with Ennis, which also shows his attitude towards Rowling. But every time he mentions this, he will be opposed or poured cold water by Anis.
There's a passage where Lorraine complained to Jack that his friends didn't come to Texas to fish, how unfair it was! Jack's expression here is embarrassed and impossible to refute. You noticed that although Jack was not with Anis, he faced a lot of grievances for Anis. What did he gain from this relationship? I can't get enough of it. What is it that underpins Jack's love for Anis?
Of course, a large part of it is the days of Brokeback Mountain, but I don't know if you have noticed that in the film, Ennis is the only man who cares about and loves Jack. His father, the ranch owner, the clown, the bartender, the father-in-law, and apparently the only man in the film who can accept Jack is Ennis. In that traditionally conservative society with obvious hostility to comrades, it's even more difficult to meet a comrade!
We can say that Jack has no choice, is destined to fall in love with Ennis, and is destined to be tortured for him.
Ennis brings both pain and hope to Jack, a hope to build a dream for the future.
I saw the date in the second half of the film, and Jack had a few strong expressions of affection for Ainis: First, when the two were in a motel, he said he was "driving at full meter speed to find Ainis" "of. The two hugged each other naked. Jack wrapped his arms around Anis from behind, his forehead resting on Anis's back, with a happy expression on his face, looking forward to Anis' answer.
"Well, I'll wait for you all day too, from morning to noon." That's a correct answer that will make Jack feel comfortable, but we idiots, Ennis, don't have any sweet words at all.
"Holy shit, I never thought we'd meet again," he replied, throwing a bucket of cold water on Jack.
Then they went fishing at a meeting. In fact, it was a rendezvous. When Jack saw Ainis praying, he asked curiously, "What are you praying for?"
"I'm thanking God that I can meet you again." This sentence The words are too emotional, of course not for Anis to speak.
"I'm thanking God that you didn't bring the rotten harmonica." Such a good answer, even I didn't know what to say. I sighed like I was in the theater.
In short, the two of them didn't say the word "love" from beginning to end, and it was difficult for me to find out what Ennis said to Jack to express his goodwill. Jack fell into a very strong sense of insecurity, the last time I saw Jack say one of the most affectionate words to Ennis.
"It can't be changed, so I have to accept it." Anis said helplessly.
"Tell you, in fact..." He was silent for a while, not sure if he should speak.
"Sometimes, I think it's unbearable to think of you." Jack's words made my whole heart tug, as if I felt the pain in Jack's heart. How could Jack be unkind to others? Really angry. Then the picture changes, and no one cares what Anis will say next, because everyone knows he can't spit ivory from his dog's mouth. The use here is very clever, because everyone naturally guessed that Ennis would not respond to Jack's affectionate words. Because Ainis's personality has been clearly shaped, he is not someone who can say such things.
Jack began to show insecurities, and the two had occasional conflicts, mostly for economic reasons. Anis has too many things that he can't let go of, work, family, life, children, society, people next to him, and a bunch of things that he doesn't have. Anyway, Anis always has a bunch of excuses not to be with Jack. and then? We saw Jack's reaction, in the later stages, did he start to brag about how rich he was! I think there are two implications here.
One is that he feels that these excuses are not important, the most important thing is whether Anis is determined to live with him. He has enough money for two people to live together. Besides, as long as two people are together, they will be very happy. Look at the days on Brokeback Mountain, those beans and soup, even if the material life is not full, but two people love each other can be overcome. of.
"You don't forget the poor days, do you?" Ennis reminded Jack of this sentence. He is still blurring the focus. The biggest problem between the two of them is that it is not economic at all, but that Anis is afraid of this relationship from the bottom of his heart.
Emotionally, Jack is the absolute underdog, and he loves Ennis too much. So he will inadvertently show off his financial resources and let Ainis know that I do not live as well as you, and have a job, a family, and a son. This feels like a child being angry. I like you, but I am very unwilling to be reconciled by your vague attitude. I want to let you know that I am also very valuable, but there are many people who love it. You can live just fine without you, maybe even happier.
Emotionally weak, Jack unconsciously and deliberately emphasizes material strength. But Ainis did not understand this. He felt that Jack had become utilitarian. In fact, Jack was afraid of this insecurity. He needs Ainis to love him and give him some assurances so that he can keep going. After all, he doesn't know how many years he will continue like this.
At the last meeting, Jack finally broke out! He was mad at Anis for threatening to kill him for something he couldn't get.
Ainis knew that Jack went to Mexico to find a male skill, and threatened him with anger. Look this way, Anis was jealous for the first time, he wasn't jealous of Rowling, but jealous of a strange man. There are also traces on the front here. Jack told Ennis that he was with a neighbor's wife, but in fact he was with the bearded husband. Jack lied to Anis, you see, he lied because he was afraid that Anis would get angry, why?
Ainis will eat men's vinegar, but not women's vinegar, why?
Because Anis is gay too! This reasoning is simply unreasonable. In short, Jack said a bunch of face-breaking words later: "We could have had a happy life!" "In fact, everything we have is a phantom built on Brokeback Mountain." And so on heartbreaking sentences. He pierced the truth, and finally, recalling the look in his eyes twenty years ago is quite different from the look of farewell now.
At that time, Ainis stretched out his right arm, wrapped Jack's body from behind, hugged him, and said, "Young man, it's time to go to sleep, don't sleep standing up like a horse." That sentence was taught by her mother. his. We saw that Jack closed his eyes happily, and his body swayed gently from side to side with Anis, enjoying the unreserved warmth given by Anis, the man he loved and trusted.
As Anis rode away, Jack looked at him with tenderness in his eyes and hope in his heart, knowing that he would never be alone again in the days to come.
His eyes firmly told us that he wanted to protect this man.
But now, the tenderness in his eyes has long been smoothed out by the unbearable reality, and his hopes have long been dashed. He was forced to think about the possibility of fulfilling his wish with other people.
It's a pity that, like many of his dreams, it didn't take shape. I thought it was pretty cruel to Jack.
Next, from the mouths of Lorraine and her father, we can better understand how hard Jack has made for Ainis. Jack never concealed his memories of Brokeback Mountain, Lorraine said, and Jack described it as a fairyland where whiskey gushed like a stream. Jack's father told Anis that Jack once said that a young man named Anis would come to his farm to help and run the ranch together.
Jack has always been very serious, working hard to make this relationship bear fruit, and wants to realize the dream in his heart: to live with Anis. After he came down from Brokeback Mountain, he was sure that he had finally found the person who he wanted to live with for the rest of his life. So he never shy away, and he's not afraid to let other people know, anyway, he just wants to live with Anis.
Who cares what others think?
Jack treats Ainis with such an attitude, he does not shy away, and loves him sincerely.
But Ainis couldn't return the same, let Jack follow him in pain for 20 years, love him and hate him can't be separated from him. His later affair seems to be less important, because he really can't rely on a few brief meetings every year to fill the yearning for Ainis.
Then there is Jack's room, which is simple and empty. We can imagine that Jack has lived here for so many years. He can only look out the window and the road that he is familiar with, and hide the secret that he can't tell in his heart. . Then, Ainis found the two shirts.
"I see..." No amount of remorse was too late. It turned out that Jack loved Anis so much and tried his best. That's really a piercing regret, when you know that the person you like is like this, and he likes you in this way, but he never told you. What you have done is to hurt him inadvertently and subject him to a lot of humiliation and rejection.
Is it not until this moment that you realize how much he loves you? Is it not until this moment that you realize how deeply you love him?
Jack is such a person, in the way of a big boy, he likes Anis, and it has not changed since the moment he met Anis.
For me:
Many details of the movie can only be made up through this movie review. After reading it word by word, it really allowed me to better interpret the movie itself. The subtleties reveal the true meaning! Great writing. . . It is indeed a classic movie that gives people enough space to think and feel.
The cinematography and the soundtrack are all top-notch. As expected from the hands of director Ang Lee.
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