![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beelikejI had the best moviemarathonweekend with J., the program may have had a theme. See if you can figure it out *grins*
Yesterday afternoon I introduced him to 'Beautiful People'; we only watched one episode to lift our spirits before starting with The Serious Films Session. (FYI: I just heard the BBC commissioned a new series of Beautiful People!\o/)
filmsfilmsfilms
1. Shelter (2007) - When his college dreams are sidelined by family obligations, Zach finds comfort in surfing with his best friend's brother...
This is what we call 'a pamphlet'-film; a movie with a message. But while the statement may be a bit obvious ("gay=okay and better than slutty straight girls anyway"), it's mostly a very sweet story about a young man dealing with life, love and all that stuff. *grins* Here's a clip the day after the first kiss. Notice how well the boys communicate. True to life, if you ask me:)
2. Latter Days (2003) - A promiscuous gay party animal falls for a young Mormon missionary, leading to crisis, cliché, and catastrophe.
What it says in the summary. Very educational. J. cried. I didn't, but I have a heart of stone. Beautifully filmed. The nude scenes felt choreographed, but not artificial. Here's the trailer. There are more revealing clips available on YouTube, I'm sure you are able to find them yourself if you wish to see them.
3. Wedding Wars (2006) - Shel (John Stamos), a gay party planner, agrees to organize the nuptials for straight brother Ben (Eric Dane) to the daughter of the governor. After Shel finds out that Ben, a campaign manager for his future father-in-law, is behind the governor's speech against gay marriage, he decides to go on strike for equal rights. The strike picks up steam and eventually spreads nationwide.
This idea could have easily been over the top and the film is indeed hilarious at times, but the issue does not get lost in laughs. I applaud everyone involved for making the point understandable for the masses. Good work. A joy to watch.
4. Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000) - A group of gay friends in West Hollywood lean on each other to work their way through gay life, not always with success. They gather around Jack's Broken Hearts restaurant and lounge.
Too many plotlines to summarize properly, we put this film on the program for the cast; there are a lot of young! familiar faces acting their little socks off. (Not all the guys who are better known these days are on the poster, see if you recognize them;)
Zach Braff is blond Benji, who ends up with muscle boy Christian Kane. 'Superman' Dean Cain is pretty boy Cole, breaking hearts all over the place (one of his victims is Kerr Smith in the days before he said gay kissing is icky). Timothy Olyphant is photographer Dennis, who decides to stop the one-night stand-game. Young Andrew Keegan is caught in the middle as newbie Kevin, who is not sure if he's gay yet. And last, but not least there is John Mahoney, playing Jack, the man who's been with his boyfriend for over twenty years. He could teach the guys a thing or two, if only they would pay attention to his wise words: "Sometimes I wonder what you boys would do if you weren't gay. You'd have no identity. It was easy when you couldn't talk about it. Now it's all you talk about. You talk about it so much that you forget about all the other things that you are."
Loved to see all those guys:)
In between the films we watched Room 101 with Stephen Fry (who turns the room of doom into Room fluffy to talk about things he loves).
This morning after breakfast we had another session in the attic with Beautiful People, followed by Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-long blog (we also watched a tiny bit of the Commentary-musical - Joss Whedon, you ridiculously brilliant man) and a DVD with clips and performances by The Smiths (we both fell in love with Morrissey again: awesome lyrics, awesomer dancemoves;).
To make a point I then made J. watch the finale of the last concert of Panic At The Disco and of course I managed to convert him. Although he may be more of a Ryan fanboy, he had to admit Brendon has grown into quite a presence on stage. Oh and he admired their skills as musicians as well. *grins* I sent him home with both CDs for further studying:)
Such an amazingly relaxed weekend, it was perfect. *satisfied sighs*
Oooh, J. gave me loads of music and the DVD from Hairspray: the 2007 Shake & Shimmy edition \o/
Yesterday afternoon I introduced him to 'Beautiful People'; we only watched one episode to lift our spirits before starting with The Serious Films Session. (FYI: I just heard the BBC commissioned a new series of Beautiful People!\o/)
filmsfilmsfilms
1. Shelter (2007) - When his college dreams are sidelined by family obligations, Zach finds comfort in surfing with his best friend's brother...
This is what we call 'a pamphlet'-film; a movie with a message. But while the statement may be a bit obvious ("gay=okay and better than slutty straight girls anyway"), it's mostly a very sweet story about a young man dealing with life, love and all that stuff. *grins* Here's a clip the day after the first kiss. Notice how well the boys communicate. True to life, if you ask me:)
2. Latter Days (2003) - A promiscuous gay party animal falls for a young Mormon missionary, leading to crisis, cliché, and catastrophe.
What it says in the summary. Very educational. J. cried. I didn't, but I have a heart of stone. Beautifully filmed. The nude scenes felt choreographed, but not artificial. Here's the trailer. There are more revealing clips available on YouTube, I'm sure you are able to find them yourself if you wish to see them.
3. Wedding Wars (2006) - Shel (John Stamos), a gay party planner, agrees to organize the nuptials for straight brother Ben (Eric Dane) to the daughter of the governor. After Shel finds out that Ben, a campaign manager for his future father-in-law, is behind the governor's speech against gay marriage, he decides to go on strike for equal rights. The strike picks up steam and eventually spreads nationwide.
This idea could have easily been over the top and the film is indeed hilarious at times, but the issue does not get lost in laughs. I applaud everyone involved for making the point understandable for the masses. Good work. A joy to watch.
4. Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000) - A group of gay friends in West Hollywood lean on each other to work their way through gay life, not always with success. They gather around Jack's Broken Hearts restaurant and lounge.
Too many plotlines to summarize properly, we put this film on the program for the cast; there are a lot of young! familiar faces acting their little socks off. (Not all the guys who are better known these days are on the poster, see if you recognize them;)
Zach Braff is blond Benji, who ends up with muscle boy Christian Kane. 'Superman' Dean Cain is pretty boy Cole, breaking hearts all over the place (one of his victims is Kerr Smith in the days before he said gay kissing is icky). Timothy Olyphant is photographer Dennis, who decides to stop the one-night stand-game. Young Andrew Keegan is caught in the middle as newbie Kevin, who is not sure if he's gay yet. And last, but not least there is John Mahoney, playing Jack, the man who's been with his boyfriend for over twenty years. He could teach the guys a thing or two, if only they would pay attention to his wise words: "Sometimes I wonder what you boys would do if you weren't gay. You'd have no identity. It was easy when you couldn't talk about it. Now it's all you talk about. You talk about it so much that you forget about all the other things that you are." Loved to see all those guys:)
In between the films we watched Room 101 with Stephen Fry (who turns the room of doom into Room fluffy to talk about things he loves).
This morning after breakfast we had another session in the attic with Beautiful People, followed by Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-long blog (we also watched a tiny bit of the Commentary-musical - Joss Whedon, you ridiculously brilliant man) and a DVD with clips and performances by The Smiths (we both fell in love with Morrissey again: awesome lyrics, awesomer dancemoves;).
To make a point I then made J. watch the finale of the last concert of Panic At The Disco and of course I managed to convert him. Although he may be more of a Ryan fanboy, he had to admit Brendon has grown into quite a presence on stage. Oh and he admired their skills as musicians as well. *grins* I sent him home with both CDs for further studying:)
Such an amazingly relaxed weekend, it was perfect. *satisfied sighs*
Oooh, J. gave me loads of music and the DVD from Hairspray: the 2007 Shake & Shimmy edition \o/
no subject
Date: 2009-02-16 07:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-16 08:44 pm (UTC)