Too stunned to cry

Rating: 10/10 (16 February 2006)

After all the hype, i was finally persuaded to see this film. I was prepared for a "good" film. What I experienced was overwhelming. The sights, sounds and emotions cascading in front of me caught me totally off guard. I have never been in a theatre full of people where no one would even chew popcorn! The moment that sticks in my mind most is at the end where Ennis is standing at the closet with the two shirts, which he has switched and placed his on the outside, and then does up one last button, lovingly strokes the shirts and then says, "I swear, Jack." Those three words seem to hold all the anger, frustration, longing and love that Ennis has gone through in his journey with Jack.
I was too stunned to cry.