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I haven't read the short story, but is there any indication in either the movie or story that Ennis ever had a romantic or sexual inclination towards men other than Jack?
I don't see why Ennis would be a failed bisexual while Jack is not since there is no indication that Jack was ever attracted to a woman, perhaps even his wife, and it took the woman being the aggressor to get even that.
I do like that for the most part you could change all the genders of the people involved and it is still a compelling story (though you might have to have a different reason for forbidden love). It isn't so much a gay love story as a love story with gay people. It doesn't highlight a uniqueness in homosexuality but a universality in love.
And Gyllenhall isn't hot, unless bovine eyes are attractive. I think I'm a better judge of male hotness than any gay people (and I say this tongue firmly in cheek).
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