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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
oilgun:
--- Quote from: seriouscrayons on September 10, 2008, 11:40:32 am ---I hope not, because it's exactly that thinking that keeps gay actors who might want roles in straight romances from being able to come out.
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Chamberlain came out at seventy or something, no one cares who an actor sleeps with at that age, lol!
I watched JUMPER last night and was pleasantly surprised, I had heard mostly negative things. Hayden Christensen is his usual arrogant and ridiculously handsome self and I always love Jamie Bell. I hope the planned sequals get made.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: oilgun on September 11, 2008, 06:58:18 am ---Chamberlain came out at seventy or something, no one cares who an actor sleeps with at that age, lol!
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But I think a lot of people thought he might be gay long before he officially came out.
It's sad, because I've heard that, too -- someone says they find a movie romantic, and someone else snaps back that the actor in it is gay in real life, as if that canceled everything out and the first person should rethink her original opinion of the movie. News flash: The actor was playing a role! Even if he were straight, he'd likely be unavailable to you in real life for all kinds of reasons -- he lives in Los Angeles, he dates supermodels, he's a total stranger. So what's the difference if he's gay?
Front-Ranger:
I find movies about gays more romantic than the typical hetero romance. It seems like the more unusual and unlikely the relationship is, the better the story and romance are to me. When two gay men hook up in a movie, I am not only glad for them, but I also relate to one or both characters strongly, even though I am not male. I also prefer intercultural, intergenerational and interracial romances. Am I weird or what? ::)
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on September 14, 2008, 06:45:06 pm --- I also prefer intercultural, intergenerational and interracial romances. Am I weird or what? ::)
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No weirder than Heath. I gather from his interviews that he took the role of Ennis for similar reasons.
Not to change the subject, but I saw Burn Before Reading yesterday and found it fairly tedious.
Kd5000:
I just saw BURN AFTER READING and I thought it wasn't one of the COEN BROTHER's best movies.
I did like Brad Pitt's character quite a bit. It's one of his better performances of late. There are some jarring twists and turns in the film but in the end, I really didn't care so much for the other main characters.
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