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Other gay-themed movies
Impish:
A big (34!) shipment of films just arrived, of which a few have gay-related themes, so look for additions to my list above in the coming weeks, and posts about my reactions to them as I view them.
One of them is the original "La Cage aux Folles," (in the original French) which I saw with my parents when it first appeared in theatres. While I didn''t identify with it in any way, I loved it for its comedy, and so did my folks. They too knew it had little to do with me, one of the advantages of being out to them.
We could laugh because there was no fear of being "tarred with the same brush."
Phillip Dampier:
--- Quote from: Impish on March 14, 2006, 10:49:11 am ---A big (34!) shipment of films just arrived, of which a few have gay-related themes, so look for additions to my list above in the coming weeks, and posts about my reactions to them as I view them.
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34 Films!!! Are these rentals or do you have more cash than Tom Cruise? Wow.... I have Netflixed myself out last year in grabbing movies that way. These days, most of the films I see are on pay cable before I fall asleep at night. Most of them aren't good enough to stay awake for.
Impish:
--- Quote from: Phillip on March 19, 2006, 08:30:12 pm ---34 Films!!! Are these rentals or do you have more cash than Tom Cruise? Wow.... I have Netflixed myself out last year in grabbing movies that way. These days, most of the films I see are on pay cable before I fall asleep at night. Most of them aren't good enough to stay awake for.
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I collect films, so I own them. So far, I have 285 films in my library. I usually order 7-10 movies a month, so that shipment of 34 was my biggest order so far. It was a promotion of "buy two, get one free" choosing from a list of over 900 movies all priced at $9.42. I jumped on that sale!
rightstar:
I actually liked one of the Cage aux Folles sequels better than the original, but I forget which one. The two men demonstrated love for each other by walking to embrace in front of people holding guns on them, or something like that. At any rate, for a brief moment they actually seemed like they had a real love, instead of a buffoon-clownish relationship.
Boys in the Band--yikes! I saw that one on stage when I was 18 and dealing with being gay and boy did it depress me. Everyone I was open to was telling me it was look into my future, and I believed them, at the same time knowing that there was nothing I could do, or would do, to avoid it. I am sooooo thankful everyone was wrong.
Another long ago movie was a French one called Pourquoi Pas. It was actually about a menage a trois, but I recall being moved by the affection between the men. Don't know if it would hold up well now.
I think The Talented Mr Ripley has also been overlooked. Tom Ripley is not exactly a role model, though.
And did anyone mention Wonder Boys? The first time Tobey Maguire stuck in my mind!
Impish:
I saw "Gone But Not Forgotten" last night.
It was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. It's so bad that it can't even fit into a "so bad it's good" list.
The script was simply awful, and I felt sorry for the actors struggling so hard to make something of it. The few scenes in which the actors seemed authentic, the editing was so choppy that it interfered with the pacing of their dialogue and all their effort was destroyed.
I started laughing when it was over, laughing in embarrassment for the entire production. I hope the director chalks it up to experience and will go on to better things.
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