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Front-Ranger:
Some say that Ennis did not/would not flirt with Jack and that their relationship was all Jack's doing. I disagree. Ennis was flirting with Jack from the moment they met. Your thoughts??

opinionista:
I don't think he flirts since the very moment he meets Jack. He does it later in the movie, when they begin to be friends.

Penthesilea:

--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on March 09, 2007, 04:00:39 pm ---Some say that Ennis did not/would not flirt with Jack and that their relationship was all Jack's doing. I disagree. Ennis was flirting with Jack from the moment they met. Your thoughts??

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Of course their relationship wasn't all Jack's doing. It takes two to tango.
The one scene that comes to my mind immediately is the obvious one: "You may be a sinner, but I ain't had the opportunity yet." Look at his face, his expression, the smirk, how directly and long he looks at Jack, then looks away for split-second, then back to Jack again, then taking the whiskey bottle and looking back at Jack again, checking the impact of his words. I thinks it's pretty bold for Ennis' standards. I love him in this scene. Ok, I love him in any scene as most of you already know   :).
And Jack perfectly gets it. He nods and makes a pleased "mmm" sound, sounding like "aha" or "I see".

The things he does for Jack: ordering soup, switching jobs, shooting the elk. They are not so much openly flirting, but more like courting Jack.

And the teasing: "Harmonica don't sound right either.", the rodeo fuck-up remark, and so on. Friendly teasing belongs to flirting.

I don't beleive Ennis flirted with Jack from the get-go. Too shy, too confused by this fella and his own reaction to him. But he sure was fascinated by Jack from the very beginning.

LauraGigs:
Great and fascinating question!


--- Quote ---The things he does for Jack: ordering soup, switching jobs, shooting the elk. They are not so much openly flirting, but more like courting Jack.
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What really got me was the "tent don't look right" scene. They had switched jobs; Ennis was to be out in the pup tent w/ the sheep.

But what's he doing? Straightening and fussing with the main tent, when he isn't supposed to be staying there.

I wouldn't call it actively flirting with Jack, but something was definitely going on in Ennis' unconscious . . .

Cameron:
To me the moment it all begins for Ennis was early up at the mountain, when he watches Jack ride away on the horse and he take a step back to look at him better.  Its as if something hit Ennis at that moment because right after  that he begins to look up at the mountain worrying about Jack and also starts doing all the the things for him.  Also right soon after this wind begins howling whenever he is thinking about about him, like when he is riding back from meeting the Basque and getting the supplies.  I am also not sure if Ennis actually flirts after this, although I think that does show Jack his interest in his own way with his doing things for Jack.  But I think that that moment, watching Jack trying to control the horse was when his infatuation, attraction and then love began.

But, on second thought,  I do think that Ennis telling Jack the coyote story, while sitting there shirtless, actually was serious flirting.

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