Jake attached some very distracting baggage to those beautiful scenes. Who wants to think about him being so skittish when we're trying to focus on the unbridled passion of the characters?
I understand what you are saying. If you ask me, I wish he could handle the whole thing more elegantly. Particular for Jake who said he wants to take how he feels at the moment into the scenes. His comments could be taken as undermining the powerful passion that we witnessed on screen.
Jake is inconsistent in different interviews on this topic. But I certainly don’t think that this is his
bandwagon, unlike some of the other stars we are talking about here. All the comments are specific to the questions related to a few scenes in this one movie. He does not act this way in other instances. Jake is the one who said that Jack died the moment when he realized that he and Ennis could not be together. That’s some powerful statement that I will always remember Jake by. He has a deep understanding of the movie, just not comfortable when the focus turns onto things that could be used against him on his sexuality.
Not trying to be argumentative here, just don’t think Jake qualifies as the stars and their bandwagons that we want to bash here. I am a Heathen after all, so I will leave defending Jake to more capable hands of all Jake fans here.
