#26
Posted: 9/2/04 at 10:25am
popcultureboy - I'm with you - I would have MUCH preferred to see the jock give in and join him - but it at least is self-empowering.
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#27
Posted: 9/2/04 at 10:28am
Bar Girls - ick. I hate when they have to get all PC. Which all lesbian movies seem to have to do.
Desert Hearts was the closest to a good lesbian movie, except it's not really a lesbian movie, now, is it?
Desert Hearts was the closest to a good lesbian movie, except it's not really a lesbian movie, now, is it?
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#28
Posted: 9/2/04 at 10:28am
Self empowering, unromantic and decidedly realistic. I actually respect the film for not giving in to that ending, but that doesn't mean I didn't want it to happen. You know?
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#29
Posted: 9/2/04 at 10:30am
"Get Real" was exactly what I said after watching that movie. I couldn't believe how stereotypical it was and just insulting.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#30
Posted: 9/2/04 at 10:35am
Come now, Matt, it is nowhere near as bad as some homo movies out there.
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#31
Posted: 9/2/04 at 10:39am
Though Get Real may have had some stereotypic moments, it was actually pretty accurate given people's actual behavior patterns. I found it more "real" than most gay romantic films like Broken Hearts Club or Trick. Besides, stereotypes are based on truth. The nerdy boy gets the pretty jock because the jock cannot find another outlet as accessible for his sexuality. As soon as he is threatened to be outed, he leaves the nerd. The evil straight jocks beat up the nerd because they suspect he is gay. Nerdy boy comes out and talks about sex with his best female friend. I don't know about you, but that sounds exactly like high school life when I was a teenager.
So what was so insulting? The fact that they portrayed pretty accurately emotions and situations of many teenage gay boys?
So what was so insulting? The fact that they portrayed pretty accurately emotions and situations of many teenage gay boys?
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#32
Posted: 9/2/04 at 10:51am
I think I'm just sick and tired of seeing the same exact plot in queer cinema. Try something new, people! GREGG ARAKI, WHERE ARE YOU!?!?!?!?
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#33
Posted: 9/2/04 at 10:52am
Maurice is one of my all-time favorites. That f*cking crickett scene is so friggin beautiful. As is Rupert Graves. DAMN!
I also enjoy Broken Hearts Club and Coco Peru in Trick (Coco in anything tickles me!)
As for a lesbian movie, I was actually greatly surprised by how much I liked Chutney Popcorn. Though the lead woman (and director I believe) left a little something to be desired in the acting department, it was actually very witty and sweet. And Jill Hennessey is kinda hot...for a girl.
I also enjoy Broken Hearts Club and Coco Peru in Trick (Coco in anything tickles me!)
As for a lesbian movie, I was actually greatly surprised by how much I liked Chutney Popcorn. Though the lead woman (and director I believe) left a little something to be desired in the acting department, it was actually very witty and sweet. And Jill Hennessey is kinda hot...for a girl.
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#34
Posted: 9/2/04 at 10:53am
Didn't Gregg Araki go straight?
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#35
Posted: 9/2/04 at 10:55am
Matt - Mr. Araki is listed as being in post-production on something called 'Mysterious Skin' - his first film in four years!
#36
Posted: 9/2/04 at 10:55am
rath, what about bound ?
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#37
Posted: 9/2/04 at 10:56am
Oh ma gosh, HE'S directing that? The book is incredible, I recommend it highly.
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#38
Posted: 9/2/04 at 11:00am
Bound is not a lesbian movie. A movie with a lesbian moment or two is not a lesbian movie.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#40
Posted: 9/2/04 at 11:02am
But Bound has THE hottest girl on girl action I have ever seen in a movie. Even I was a little aroused.
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#41
Posted: 9/2/04 at 11:02am
Very romantic, pop.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#42
Posted: 9/2/04 at 11:04am
We all have our own version of romance, Rath!
Have you seen Chutney Popcorn? It's really cute.
Have you seen Chutney Popcorn? It's really cute.
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."
#43
Posted: 9/2/04 at 11:04am
Their arc in Bound was romantic, didn't you think? And the sex was hot.
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#44
Posted: 9/2/04 at 11:05am
But it's not a lesbian movie. You can tell because it's good.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#45
Posted: 9/2/04 at 11:07am
It's a lesbian heist thriller and that's one of the reasons I love it. The movie is not about the fact that they are lesbians, it's incidental to the plot. We need more movies like this.
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#46
Posted: 9/2/04 at 11:08am
I hated The Living End and The Doom Generation. I found nothing likeable about either film. And talk about being sick of plots, do we need more teen angst shock flicks?
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#47
Posted: 9/2/04 at 11:08am
The Living End was HATEFUL!!!!!!!!
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#48
Posted: 9/2/04 at 11:11am
It might be hateful, but you have to admit it was original and went where no gay movie had gone before.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#49
Posted: 9/2/04 at 11:13am
It was meant to be hateful. And I really liked Doom Generation. Nowhere is unwatchable though.
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#50
Posted: 9/2/04 at 11:14am
well, i'll admit it's no no man's land 11 (the one with jeanna fine, anna malle and alicia rio), but the arc of the story finds two women falling in love. that's not a lesbian movie?
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
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