What is your favorite scene - and why?

[true-enough.livejournal.com]

For me, it's the pillow talk scene where Shaun initially brings up the idea of Zach leaving with him but Zach is at a point where he can't even consider it a possibility. Their talk meanders the way pillow talk does from Shaun's imminent departure to Zach being able to accept a compliment but underneath it all is the two of them trying to figure out a way to stay together - just like they are - and unable to come up with any real answer. When Zach accepts his compliment and caresses Shaun's cheek I love it when Shaun catches Zach's hand and holds it to his chest. The whole scene has a beautifully unscripted feel to it but that gesture is just heart stopping. Side note: during the montage scene that precedes this one where Zach and Shaun are in bed and Zach is laughing it looks like they used the end of this scene with Shaun still holding Zach's hand and squeezing it and saying god knows what to make Zach beam like that. ::sigh::

Comments

[true-enough.livejournal.com]

Oh that's a great scene and also a great icon. I love how Shaun seems almost unable to say anything at first and then when he does it's to get Zach talking. He had to be so nervous about being hopeful but at the same time just feeling it run through him. Lovely scene ...

[boonesfarmgirl.livejournal.com]

I like the really intimate scenes too. They way they gaze into each others eyes. Almost, almost as hot as a sex scene. You know??

Chelle

[true-enough.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. Those looks are what sold me on the movie even before I saw anything more than the preview vids. I can't think of another movie that so effortlessly conveys such a strong sense of two people falling in love - which is another thing: even though they never say "I love you" I have yet to come across someone who doubts that they do. So good ...

[inthekeyofd.livejournal.com]

I'll have to think about it, I really can't narrow it down, but I love LOVE LOVE PILLOW TALK, seriously, the pillow talk and the affection and tenderness just get me right in the heart!!

And that one part on the montage, where Zach walks out on the balcony and Shaun turns around and they kiss...*sigh*

Have I mentioned I love the pillow talk? *smile*

[true-enough.livejournal.com]

...the affection and tenderness just get me right in the heart!!

Oh me, too. There is such a strong sense of comfort between them. I know the focus of the film is on Zach but I think they both needed someone to find comfort (shelter?) in.

And that one part on the montage, where Zach walks out on the balcony and Shaun turns around and they kiss...*sigh*

Thank you so much for reminding me of this scene. I had this thought the first time I saw it that Zach had just woken up from some post coital wonderfulness and he immediately goes padding out heavy-footed to look for Shaun and give him a kiss. They could have let that scene run on and on and I would've loved it.

p.s.
I'm looking at your icon of Zach and Shaun sharing those small kisses and OMG look at Shaun! He is drunk on them. So beautiful ...

[inthekeyofd.livejournal.com]

I think they both needed someone, Shaun just came from a really bad break up, it's brought up a few times in the movie, so I'm guessing he needs some TLC too.

And shelter from the world that is trying to knock Zach down, yep, Shaun is totally that.

That balcony scene, seriously, I've ran a thousand scenarios through my head from just after to just before to just hangin around...all of them make me melt.

Just as much as that look on Shaun's face just before he kisses him for the first time...it KILLS ME.

Shaun is drunk on them...heck, I am too!! *smile*

[true-enough.livejournal.com]

Just as much as that look on Shaun's face just before he kisses him for the first time...it KILLS ME.

It's like he was half expecting Zach to throw is hand off his chest as part of their rough-housing and then when he realizes Zach wants him to kiss him ... I think I forgot to breathe - again.

[inthekeyofd.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, that look he's giving him, and when he's touching Zach and Zach is just laying there...and looking back at him...his silent way of saying he'd be okay with it.

I really do need a moment to myself. *sigh*

[true-enough.livejournal.com]

Oh, oh, oh! Before you have a moment ::grin:: don't you just love the scene where where I think it's Zach remembering their first kiss and we see Shaun with the back of his hand on Zach's chest but this time he's tugging at Zach's jacket collar so that he can caress his jawline with the back of his thumb? That little gesture kills me. Also, the look on Shaun's face is like he can't see anything but Zach. And this is shown in the breakup montage. Even the breakup shows how much they love each other.

[inthekeyofd.livejournal.com]

The first time I watched it I was like..ZACH YOU LOVE HIM, GO BACK..you know you want to..don't listen to Jeannie, no one else had a problem, especially you.

You know why that scene is different..it's because it's supposed to show how your memory changes things a little bit..I loved that that was the explination the director gave in the commentary (I sort of wished that that part was put into the first kiss scene, the way he touches his face..it makes me swoon)

[true-enough.livejournal.com]

Yes, I love the explanation in the commentary about the slight differences and OH YES, I wish the face touching was part of the first kiss. I keep wondering how did they fall asleep with that moment between them? What if Shaun reached over again and Zach fell asleep with Shaun running his thumb along his jaw? Aye, a girl can dream ...

[http://users.livejournal.com/_sin_attract/]

I agree! I really, really, REALLY love the montage...the camera angles dipping and moving around, the light, just the slow pace of it all. It just shows how close they've gotten to each other...that and I'm a sucker for pretty boys in lurve!! :P

[true-enough.livejournal.com]

It just shows how close they've gotten to each other...that and I'm a sucker for pretty boys in lurve!! :P

I think it's so cool that even though they never say "I love you" that no one ever seems to doubt that they do. That montage really took any doubt away. I also love how the montage showed that Zach's relationship with Shaun has an effect on Zach even when they're not together. His art opens up and he becomes this playful and vibrant uncle to Cody. Such a great scene!

[spikedluv]

OMG, I love the way Zach is just gazing at Shaun in that pic! And you are truly evil to make people choose just one favorite scene. *g*

But, if I had to *g*, I'd go with this one *points to icon* their first kiss. I love how slow it seemed to happen, and the way Shaun reaches out and touches Zach. *sigh*

[true-enough.livejournal.com]

The first kiss ... ::sigh:: There's so much to love about that scene. The first thing that made me smile about it were the kissing sounds. It's like it's coming from both of them which reminds me of the next thing I love about it: the fact that Zach is not passively letting himself be kissed - he's kissing right back - so much so that when the kisses end he blindly follows after them a bit.

... and the way Shaun reaches out and touches Zach. *sigh*

That searching hand: Is this OK? And Zach just holding him with this look. I also love how Shaun sets his hand over Zach's heart when they kiss. You can imaging that Zach's heart is just pounding away under his palm. Aye dios mio! ::bites fist::

[spikedluv]

*dies just from your description* Must go watch movie again. *g*

[inthekeyofd.livejournal.com]

I think I'm up to 22 now. I'm sorry, I just can't get enough.

[shopinchickcas.livejournal.com]

This is a really hard decision and you are sooooooo evil for making us choose just one scene ;)

BUT.... if I have to choose, I pick the whole first kiss scene. The way Shaun understands Zach's art is so sweet. I love the way they turn use the way guys typically rough-house as a way to touch each other and flirt. And then the way they look at each other right before the kiss.... DED. And the tiny smile that creeps onto Zach's face right before the scene ends is just so adorable!!

[true-enough.livejournal.com]

::big grin:: I am not evil I am pushy. There's a difference. Right??? ::big hug::

The first kiss was so perfectly played out. I'm still amused at how Zach seems to pull Shaun over him when they're rough-housing and then seems reluctant to let him go when it ends. And that big laugh! There has to be a lot of emotion - including happiness - that wants to be let out.

And then the way they look at each other right before the kiss....

I love that split second moment when Shaun finally realizes that Zach wants him to kiss him. His gum smacks a little like he lost track of it and then he's moving over for those wonderful kisses.

.... DED.

Oh me, too ...

[brokeback1963.livejournal.com]

I'm so fucking in love with the whole Lazy Days montage. I adore the bit when Shaun was in the balcony and Zach comes and they kiss, the bit when Shaun was caressing Zach's face when he was sleeping, the bit when Shaun said to Zach that he was beautiful, the bit when Zach kisses Shaun lips slowly in a very tender extremely sensual way, and above all, the deeply precious moment when Zach kisses Shaun's chest, then Shaun's ear and neck and then he rests his head in the hollow between Shaun's neck and shoulders.

Jesus, just thinking about that whole scene makes me tremble. It's so damn gorgeous, sweet and sexy. Love the precious music, the intense light, the unique bright colours, the slow pace, the eroticism of those powerful glances full of love.

Lazy Days scene is one of the most special ever!!!**sigh** I'm so swooning.

Much love.

Tammy.

[true-enough.livejournal.com]

... when Shaun was in the balcony and Zach comes and they kiss ...

I was just telling inthekeyofd that it made me think that Zach had just woken up and immediately went looking for Shaun, still all sleepy, but wanting that kiss. ::grin::

... and above all, the deeply precious moment when Zach kisses Shaun's chest, then Shaun's ear and neck and then he rests his head in the hollow between Shaun's neck and shoulders.

So much intimacy and comfort in that scene. And I mean this in the best way possible but they both look drunk on it. Very powerful ...

I'm so swooning.

Hermanita, you are not alone. ::big grin::

[inthekeyofd.livejournal.com]

The whole montage kills me.

But after the part where they show Zach painting the mural...and they show that tender kissing..and the feather touching or not even touching of the lips...COLOR ME DEAD...see, that's the tenderness I love.

But the balcony scene still just gets me, I think it's because too..you really can't see what's going on there...that and when they are sitting on the edge toward the end of it...and you can just barely see the part where Zach puts his arm around Shaun and sort of pulls him over..I love that part too.

But those kisses, the smiles at the beginning, the hanging around, the balcony, and the part where Shaun must be reading something and then looks up at what has to be Zach's face.

Like I said, the whole montage makes me melt.

I'm so glad the director decided to put that in, he made one hell of a great decision, he calls it the "big gay montage" in the commentary.

[equally-dour.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, boy, that's a tough one. Ok, it really depends on my mood while watching the movie but one thing that always makes me swoon is Zach's smile in the car after their first night together. That little lopsided grin that blooms in to a wide smile just kills me - he's so happy and yet he can't believe what had just happened. I love that scene and Trevor is sooo beautiful there *sigh*

Another one that always gets to me is in the montage when they are in a bar just talking and smiling at each other. I find that scene really intimate and they are not even touching - it's not only the physical thing that connects them, they are friends first and foremost, they seem so at ease with each other, just enjoying being together - lovely!

And I love love love the balcony scene as well. Someone has to write a one shot about it, I know I need to read it LOL

Can I say how much I adore this movie? I'm a long time BBM addict and Shelter helped my broken heart heal a little.

[true-enough.livejournal.com]

That smile is like the sun breaking through the clouds. He's so used to falling into his default mode of worry but his time with Shaun just overrules it so beautifully. And yes, I couldn't agree more, Trevor is just breathtaking to watch.

Oh, the bar scene really is so lovely. I need to watch it again because, yeah, I need to watch it again ::grin:: but if I remember correctly, they're not even looking at each other and still they're smiling away. It's a nice way of conveying how in tune and connected they are and how it requires very little maintenance from either one. Very sweet ...

The balcony scene is getting some much deserved attention and I'm with you, I hope somebody writes it up - the sooner the better.

I don't think it's a coincidence that so many BBM fans have taken to Shelter. As brilliant as the film is, that need for a happy ending - especially in the wake of a real life tragedy - is a near physical ache. I also think that it's no coincidence that the makers of Shelter wanted to leave no doubt at all that Zach, Shaun and Cody would be together happily. I could have easily believed they were going to have a good life together just from the scene where they watch Jeanne drive away but the added on scene of them playing on the beach literally sealed it with a kiss. Such a sweet thing to do not only for the characters but also for us.

[at-midnight.livejournal.com]

well, my favorite scene is definitely the same with you. i love how it feels like something unscripted. just sweet. BUT, i also love the quick kiss that shaun gave zach in the end. because it feels like an everyday kiss. something simple almost "non thinkable" act, if i make any sense at all. like something you do with your partner daily ... very, VERY domestic thing

[true-enough.livejournal.com]

The beach kiss is also a lovely rejoinder to the kiss in the kitchen that Zach kind of skated away from. In the kitchen I think Shaun was coming at him in a very casual and thoughtless way - a see-you-in-bit-kiss - an everyday thing, but at that point Zach was unable to accept it although the kiss goodnight at the door looked like he was on his way to accepting it. The beach kiss, out in public, in front of Cody, sweet and YES so very domestic ::squees!:: speaks volumes about how far they've come in their relationship. Very sweet ...

[boonesfarmgirl.livejournal.com]

I know I already gave a favorite but reading all these comments had me thinking of another.

I do believe Zach starts falling when they are talking on the phone and Shaun tells Zach to bring Cody to dinner. That's not it but it leads up to Zach totally falling in love when He and Cody come into the kitchen and Shaun immediately picks up Cody and asks him what he wants for dinner. Zach says don't worry he will eat whatever and Shaun cracks a joke with Cody (finally I am getting to my point), the look on Zach's face when he is watching those two is amazing. He realizes that Shaun accepts ALL of him.

Do you know how hard it is to find not only your soul mate but one that accepts your kids (or nephew in this case) as their own?

Chelle

[true-enough.livejournal.com]

... the look on Zach's face when he is watching those two is amazing. He realizes that Shaun accepts ALL of him.

Exactly! By comparison, it makes me think of the phone call that Zach has with Tori when she's at the party. She asks what's he doing and says something like, what do you think? and her answer is, "babysitting" like it's a common occurrence that she's had to deal with. I'm sure there were times when he was suppose to see Tori and had Cody left with him at the last minute and they both might of felt that babysitting Cody was something that got in the way. Shaun's mindset just completely overrules that. You've got Cody? Bring him over! It's suddenly a non-issue. This little boy that Zach loves so much is no longer viewed as hindrance. And I think it's also really obvious to Zach that Shaun's interest in Cody was genuine and not something Shaun was playing at for the short term. I imagine that it was hard for Zach not to begin to fall in love when the object of his affection is so good to the object of his affection.

Because I can't help myself - an image:

(http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v436/TrueEnough/Shelter/?action=view&current=752-1.png)

p.s.
I hope I didn't sound like I was bashing Tori because I really do love her.

[gutterqueen.livejournal.com]

Hmm... I love the pillow talk scene, much like everyone else.

But I think my favorite part is when Shaun opens the door and Zach launches himself at him. Love it. Could watch it over and over. Love Zach's pacing, and the passion in his eyes when he sees Shaun. Not to mention the music! Perfect.

[true-enough.livejournal.com]

Yes, such a great scene! I love how Shaun doesn't seem to have a clue about what's going to happen. In fact, the dejected way he comes down the stairs makes it look like he's expecting Zach to give him hell and then the next thing he knows Zach is waltzing him up the stairs and fumbling with his belt buckle. Hello! And I totally agree with you about the music. It's an unusual choice but it works so well.

[astra2104.livejournal.com]

My favourite scene...hmm, it's really hard pinpointing it down to one, but I think it's when Zach and Cody come over to Shaun's for the barbecue; the look on Zach's face when he watches Shaun talking to Cody is pure magic - you can practically see how he's falling in love ♥


*sighs and needs to rewatch*

[true-enough.livejournal.com]

::points to image in above post:: That look says so much, doesn't it? I think that whole evening is an eyeopener for Zach. It's proof that Cody is not viewed as a hindrance and that Zach didn't just invite him over for sex. That he's willing to embrace all aspects of Zach's life and not just the ones that are convenient. That affectionate hug when I think Zach was expecting some kind of sexual overture while Cody was sleeping also had to add to Zach's esteem for Shaun. It gets shaken a little by Jeanne but it rallies back quiet strong.

*sighs and needs to rewatch*

Excellent idea! ::grin::