The line in my signature below. Says so many things about their relationship, that it definitely was not just built on lust. I think it's actually something that a lot of people feel and experience....not just an issue of love, but of friendship. You ever spend quality time, just with a good friend, male or female, and had just the best conversation, and you didn't want that conversation to end? And when you leave, you just feel great, because you know you have this true friend, someone you trust as much as your own sibling, and because you have this friend, you feel like you can conquer the world? This was so much more profound for Ennis, knowing that he has led a lonely and harsh upbringing, parents died at a young age, really no close friends at all, and finding a new friend when he leasts expects it. It was before the affair started and hence a really pure period of true friendship...I really dig that. the movie was awesome, but this is one thing I wish Ang Lee could have expounded upon...that is, showed them in this scene having this really long conversation where they each opened up, and saw how much each one earned the other's trust and respect. The one scene we did get was the one where ennis opens up about his parents.....great scene, but wish it could have been longer.
