Monday, April 28, 2014
Situational
Today's movie is a German, gay sitcom.
I enjoyed it but have to admit to a little FF.
The rest of this is spoilers so watch out. Since it is pretty much formula there isn't anything I can really do to steal the suspense.
An ideal gay couple runs into trouble when one of their exes turns up as a sex changed woman still bent on having her old boyfriend.
Needless to say, the present and actual boyfriend doesn't like her. But we know, if his partner takes most of the film to find out, she is a bitch. Not that far from a nasty queen which was her previous identity.
There are great friends to come to the aid of the jilted boyfriend and various schemes are put into play to undo the home wrecker. Many of these verge on slapstick and are, actually, pretty good.
One thing about the ideal couple is that until now they have never had a fight. Even the bitch goddess points this out.
Well, to say the least, they now manage to have a fight. Long and continuous and face to face. The dumb ass who doesn't see through his ex is enlightened finally and "she" gets her due. We do not see this and I was disappointed. But the main thing is reaching the happy ending. They have had their fight, they know they are in love and so through a great montage they live happily more or less forever. At least as long as it takes them to take a long trip together to NYC and other places in fast fast motion. Must have cost a pretty penny to do this, locations and all. A paid for vacation for crew and cast I suppose. This was quite a fun part of it.
One thing that is outstanding is that despite the hi-jinks the sex scenes are quite good. These guys really really love each other and lust is not only alive but kicking up its heels.
I will give this a 3 out of Netflix5 and, to be honest, do not feel tempted to add it to our gay film collection. It is good but not that good. Besides those DVDs have to be a five to get there.
