Saturday, March 10, 2012
HAPPY GAY LIVES
Today's gay favorite film (#21) was
The Broken Hearts Club: A Romant Comedy (2000)
If I were going to recommend a gay film for straight people, this is it. It would show them gay life as I know it and love it. It would show the particular gay view of "the straights" in a nice way.
With a great ensemble cast, this film shows gay friendship in all its forms. If you want to see how it is different than straight guys just stay for the first five minutes. A game. How long can we keep a straight guy conversation going? They hit a record at about 6 minutes.
There are crushes, romances, problems with drugs, all that, but no self hatred, tragedy or neurosis. Well, maybe a little neuroses. The sad stuff is not there as it is rarely there in the real gay world. Just in other movies.
It is funny, tearful, and, yes, romantic.
I have seen it two times and will see it again. A 5 out of Netflix5.
