"Jack, I swear...."

Rating: 10/10 (9 January 2006)

simply put, I now know that there are a lot of "Ennis's" like me out there. And a lot of them from 1963, at age 19, like me.
This movie has made me think of my life as an "Ennis" and if I made the right decision to not be a "Jack". Still not sure, but God! I sure miss the Jacks in my life.
Like Annie said "If you can't fix it, stand it"! But Damn, I find myself driving the freeway home at night thinking of those Jacks and of course my youth. I get mad and turn the radio up because I can't remember several events and the order they fit into.
And then this movie made me find my best friend from 1963. He refused to come to my wedding 30 years ago because I was choosing the straight life and he was 100% gay. He wished me well and we knew that we would still be friends. I was to late, he died in 2003 from Aids related cancer at age 58. My God! He was a beautiful Jack and full of life. I cry on the freeway some nights now. That has never happened to me. And when I went to see the movie again, I stopped because I just can't let the compulsion drive me to despair again. But my, don't we owe Heath, Jake and Ang and especially Annie a huge round of applause?
It is asking for a summary, don't know why. My summary is "I swear Jack...".