What is your absolute favorite, wordless moment in BBM?

[JCinNYC2006]

<snip> Ennis always running away everytime Jack came too close, and Jack standing there all heartbroken seeing him go and wishing things were different. <snip>

Isn't that what the movie is all about?  Why people react to it so?  That feeling of wanting to get close to someone who is scared and runs away.  Or maybe you were the one running and now regret it.  I guess I should just say that's what kills me about it, identifying with that piece. 

Oh what am I saying, there's a jillion things I identify with, lol.  But that aspect in particular is, uy, killer.

Juan

[Ellemeno]

You know, you guys amaze me.  20 times and countless videos, and I never put that together.  This movie just gets deeper and deeper.

Check out Brandon's video montage for this.  He does an awesome job of showing this.  It's around here somewhere.

[Ellemeno]

Ennis sitting outside the tent by the fire, before going in.

[ednbarby]

Jack looking at Ennis sitting alone on the hill before they come down from the mountain.

Close second:  Jack watching Ennis ride away after the dozy embrace.

Of course there are so many wonderful ones, and I could go on all day - the movie is really about all the unspoken moments, isn't it?  But those are the two (other than the reunion scene - especially Ennis knocking Jack's hat off so he can get his hands on his face and hair - ROWR!) that I anticipate the most and get the most bang for the buck from every time.

[fernly]

Oh, sure, I can pick just one....well, no. 
All that you all have described, plus...
From Ennis, who was wordless all too often -
In the motel scene, Ennis has been stroking Jack's forearm while they're talking and smoking, and when Jack says "Brokeback got us good" Ennis reaches his hand over a little further, holds on, and pulls Jack's arm tight around him.

[Toast]

My absolute favourite moment is Jack, stepping into closeup, looking at Ennis after Jack takes his lassoo.  The look he has on his face is real love and caring from one human being to another.

I also love how Ennis tells Jack that it can't be, but he moves closer to Jack to let him know that he is not rejecting jack, just that it cannot be.  And then Jack touches him on the side of his face.  Perfect.

you are all right about the different scens you picked - this is a "silent" movie more than a sound experience. 

The more I think of the joy of watching Jack be so "carefree" and giving, I think of how good his Mom must have been to him - to let him express himself so well, even if the world did not accept him.  I would love to have a piece of her cherry cake.

Morey

[Kd5000]

Images worthy of a great photograh

1)  Jack lying down sideways while Ennis is standing up, right before they say the One shot thing we got going here.

2)  The flashback, before they start talking about sleeping on your feet.   

Both images have been recycled in countless magazines and publications. What do they say, sometimes an image is worth a thousand words....

[Flashframe777]

The sound of Ennis spitting into his hand.

[serious crayons]

The sound of Ennis spitting into his hand.

I like that, too. Plus the sound of that first kiss in TS2.

[DeeDee]

I think Jack washing the clothes with just boots on.. that is a powerful scene.. so vulnerable.