BBM Screencaps ~ The Kiss Scenes, Pt. VI, The Stairs Kiss, Second Half....

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Brokeback Mountain Screencaps" ~ The Kiss Scenes, Pt. VI, The Stairs Kiss, Second Half....

This post presents the second half of the "Stairs" kiss," or, "Reunion" kiss....

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Every time I saw it in the cinema, there were little laughs at Ennis's looking around after the hug, becoming aware that they might be watched, - clearly the audience expectation was that he'd pull away embarrassedly, true to form. And then there were gasps and sometimes even loud yelps of surprise as he instead deliberately proceeds to slam Jack into the wall. Part of the impact of that extremely passionate kiss is that it is unexpected, for the audience as well as for Jack, that *Ennis* would ever behave like that and with such abandon, after his prior reticence has been established. And the *look* that Jack gives Ennis immediately afterwards; - you've captured it in your caps; - that searching look of vulnerable, utter incredulity that his hopes for this reunion has just come true.... OH! That *is* emotionally powerful.

Ah, Maeglian! You make me relive it without the caps! Yes, the audience is as shocked as Jack. Maybe Ennis is shocked at himself. In that scene in which Jack is clutching his shirt, just holding steady, I have a sense of Ennis as literally dizzy and needing the support to stay standing.

And when Jack recovers from his stunned state, the way he grabs Ennis and kisses him back, it's so utterly committed to the act, such a vivid, "Yes." The most viscerally, intensely spoken, "I do," I've seen.

What a scene. "Best actor!" "Best actor!" "Best actor!"

I've cast my vote.