Stays with you forever

Rating: 10/10 (8 June 2006)

I saw the film months ago, a few weeks after it came out. Initially I was too numbed to cry, or even react. I knew it was a good movie, but I couldn't begin to express its beauty and heart-wrenching poignancy in words. There are aspects to this film that only reveal themselves to you when you are alone in bed, longing for someone you can't have, or wondering about that one person you could have been so happy with. It's what made me think about the film so long after I'd watched it only once. It's what made me feel longing just hearing the melancholy twang of the guitar solo theme song. It's what made me read pages of comments about the film just to know I wasn't alone in loving the characters. The tears came only afterward. I know I will still remember the longing look in Jack's eyes and the tears Ennis produced but refused to shed for the rest of my life. That is when I realized this wasn't just a film-- it is a truly transcending love story.