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LGBThread |OT3| Friends of Dorothy!
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You must teach me your ways, sensei.
Weekend is one of the very rare gay films that's actually really well done. I would whole heartily recommend it to everyone and I'm really thankful to whoever recommended it to me last year.
Other guy is more attractive but the actor is straight 
Mystic Theurge
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I didn't really care for Weekend. It bored me.
Mystic Theurge
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*hic*
Shelter is much better than Weekend.
Heck, Hold Your Peace is better than Weekend, and that movie was absolutely horrible. But at least it felt like something happened.
kitchenmotors
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Weekend is one of the better gay movies I've seen but it still doesn't hold a candle to Beautiful Thing.
You're breaking my heart here. I thought we had something special.
Bel Marduk
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C.r.a.z.y. is the best of all
C.R.A.Z.Y. is the best but that's an unfair competition.
I think the point of the movie is more to create an atmosphere and a certain feeling than to tell a story. I can totally see why people would think it boring, but in my opinion it was a great movie.
Shelter was good, but ultimately the story was kinda pedestrian and pretty simple. It is one of those stories you've seen/read a thousand times except this time it was with 2 gay guys.
(I kid, boo).
I don't think I'd go so far to call Weekend an atmospheric movie. It certainly is not plot driven. I mean, it's a movie about two people talking over the course of two days.
However, I'd definitely say it's a character/theme driven movie. I haven't seen it in over a year, but I recall it having a lot to say about homosexuality and society in a way that didn't feel overtly heavy handed.
Cup is right that there's very little that "happens" and Alcoori is right that it's more focused on emotions and mood but I think there is an interesting exploration of sexuality and people's imposed and perceived barriers towards it.
I thought weekend was an ok movie. It kept my attention somewhat as I wanted to see development of the main character. Didn't really happen but I enjoyed it for what it was. Recently saw leave it on the floor on Netflix. It's a gay musical with a mainly black cast about the ball scene. It was ok, had a few laughs and some eye candy. There are some touching moments in it too.
Please do, I need to laugh.
Speaking about comedy in particular, I almost never like minority comedians whose entire shtick centers around their minority status.
Asians making jokes about their crazy asian mom, black guys making "haha, I'm black!" jokes, and yes, gay comedians whose act focuses on the fact that they are gay.
I find it tedious. I'm almost always more amused by comedians making general observations, both because I relate to them more personally (obviously), but mostly because the punch lines can be more varied. "Haha, I'm gay!" as a punch line gets old pretty quickly.
Edit: just to make it clear, I am not saying all gay (or all black or all asian) comedians operate this way, just that some do, and that those are the ones I don't tend to like.
Yes.
More that aren't as gay as beau travail.
Night of the Hunter
Woman in the Dunes
Stalker
Last Year at Marienbad
MyAbsolution
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Did you enjoy Avatar?
I saw Sculli in the LTTP: Hurt Locker thread and immediately thought of you.
MyAbsolution
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Oh lord now i have to hit the search button... see if he liked that one too.
Not really. The effects were nice but that's about it.
Is that on netflix?
Did you get a number?
The cop's reaction is funny too.
MyAbsolution
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My ex-BF (of almost 3 years at the time) introduced me to a friend of his once as 'a friend', and I went along with it in the moment, but boy was I pissed afterwords. He didn't get any that night. :|
Avatar was alright; In The Mood For Love is pretty good; but I have not seen Weekend, so no comment.
I depends on what you expect. It is a "boring" movie, i.e. nothing really happens there. It's literally a movie about two guys who met at a bar and spend a weekend together. The movie is all about dialogs between them though: one guy is an open homosexual, who willingly talks about his orientation and admires how gays are treated in America and thus wants to leave UK; the other one is more sheltered one, only outed to few close people, doesn't even want to kiss or hug in public etc. The movie is about clashing those two "views" and about development of both characters.
What I love about this movie is how natural it all felt: the characters, their conversations, their development. And even though it isn't really a sad movie, nothing dramatic happened there, when the end credits kicked in and the "I Wanna Go To Marz" song started, I really couldn't hold my tears.
I think what I liked best about the movie is that it was very true in its depiction of the short romance and the inherent bitterness of knowing that it has an expiration date. I have been in similar situations and that's maybe why the movie spoke to me. That's what I'm talking about when I say atmosphere.
I feel like if you haven't experienced it, then there's not a lot of chance you're gonna enjoy the movie.
I feel like if you haven't experienced it, then there's not a lot of chance you're gonna enjoy the movie.
I generally avoid them as well. Did a brief spat last year where I watched a bunch because I was in the mood. I still find the vast majority is pretty bad.
Weekend is well made for what it is but if you don't enjoy more "indie" like movies that place the focus on characters and dialogue then you're not really going to get much from it.
That is true. Let's be frank, most of the gay movies are terrible. I don't usually watch them for the quality of the acting or of the plot.
For example I thought Another Gay Movie was actually hilarious. I know, I know.
Dead Prince
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*rawr* kitten
Dead Prince
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she was kinda cute in house bunny.
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