My ex never wanted to go to the movies. M.W. was always too antsy to keep on moving to watch movies. So I took myself to see Brokeback Mountain tonight. Now before anyone goes off about my seeing that movie, you should be aware that I will not tolerate intolerance; a person is a person and every person has just as much right to be here as you do (except maybe Charles Manson and the like).
Other than the fact that the central characters were two men, it was practically a story out of mine and M.W.s book. Jack Twist was played by Jake Gyllenhaal, and was definitely the more emotional of the two. He drove from Texas to Wyoming every couple of months to see the love of his life, Ennis. He needed Ennis to understand that he could not accept the limited amount of time they got to spend together.
In fact, the two men were crying as they were about to leave one another again. Jack said to Ennis "I wish I could quit you!" and Ennis said "You should just leave and never come back!" as he broke down, crying. Damn. That was almost an exact quote from me and M.W. from a few months back -- I didn't know how to leave, and he didn't know how to let me go.
The quote of the movie was "This is one goddamn bitch of an unsatisfying situation!". I Abso-freaking-lutely Agree! It was one hell of an unsatisfying situation.
The thing that occured to me that that I am not Jack Twist, but also that I need to turn it down a notch; I don't want to live so hard that my life burns right on out.
One more thing about the movie? I don't want M.W. to be alone for the rest of his life, like Ennis was -- he's way too good of a guy to close himself off and not love again.
wamhas, m.w.
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