Friday, September 25, 2015
Conversion
Today's film was an attempt to modernize and gay-ify a classic play.
I suppose that if one liked Shakespeare and this play it would be an insult to watch this film. I am not a Shakespeare fan. I hate the stuff. The weird dialog, the strangle plots. Sorry. I am an apostate.
So, how is it to watch this film if one dislikes Shakespeare? About the same, I think.
They have used most of the words, they say, and translated the roles to two men. Otherwise the same. Or not?
As a film without all this baggage, it is enjoyable enough. Two cadets in a military academy have an affair. The rest follows more or less the same path.
All a bit of a stretch. But the young men are handsome and the relationship believable. The obstacles are a little stylized. I am sure there is a lot of gay-play in a place like VMI or one of those. Why should it be any different because they are military. In fact, having been in the military, the costumes and discipline, the role playing and the life of bodies working for the same outcome is very gay supportive.
Don't ask, don't tell is set up for a reason. Homo-military is real and remember the warrior lovers of Greek times.
Another thing is that there are only six cadets. It is summer and so forth, bit it is also a low budget film.
Anyway, this is not a bad picture. I enjoyed seeing it again. In fact, drum roll, it is a NYTimes Critics' Pick!
A 3 out of Netflix5.
It is interesting to note that the first scene on the trailer has basically nothing to do with the rest of the film. But it is hot.
