I concur! No corn products in that at all! that is one of the most beautiful and IMHO, one of the most defining scenes in the movie.
It came at atime we needed to be reminded of the love and tenderness they felt for one another. We all need and long for that!
There are 2 scenes in BBM that show such tenderness and love that they never fail to move me to tears. On is the dozy embrace, the other is the motel scene where Ennis is in Jack's arms and just gently rocks his arm. In a way that gesture is far more intimate than sex. It also shows a level of comfort that we do not often witness.They are both it is inferred, naked in bed, having had sex but are in no hurry to rush off and get dressed.
For me, the biggest demonstration of being at ease with someone is to lie vulnerable in your nakedness with that person. There is no mind blowing sex to hide behind, just a pure unadulterated moment of love.
The sex can be played down which ever way sits better with the two of them, but to lie entwined, smoking and talking after sex is such a tender and loving thing.It is as if the 4 year gap never happened, and to me those scenes along with the reunion kiss are the ones which show beyond any doubt that Jack and Ennis are in love.
The last scene in the tent where we see Ennis with his arm wrapped protectively round Jack is pretty special as well.
If I look back along the road I have travelled, I remember some sexual encounters, but I remember even more basking afterwards in the warmth of someone's love. To lie naked with someone is to expose yourself 100%.
