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You MUST go, and you MUST bring tissues.

( Trying to go )

I held it together through most of the movie; I didn't start crying until Ennis got the last postcard. Then I just kept crying and crying. I could hear sniffling and sobbing throughout the theater, and I've NEVER heard that before. When the screen faded to black and the credits started to roll, no one moved. We all just sat there stunned. Slowly, some people gathered themselves together and began to leave. A man behind me joked, "I don't think John Wayne would have made that movie." When I finished wiping my eyes and stood to leave, the man in front of me was still crying, and the male couple to my left were just sitting together quietly.

I think I felt the real impact later. I couldn't sleep all night. I lay there thinking about Jack and Ennis, and the hours rolled on until it was dawn.