Thursday, September 15, 2016
Unrequited
Today, a sexy gay film about unrequited love.
Surprising, huh?
For various clinical and aesthetic reasons a lot of gay love goes unrequited. Asd, I suppose the het kind does too. Plays, songs, operas abound around this subject.
So much about "the gays" being like bunnies, doing it all the time. They all do it and have to pay the pipers.
Of course, doing it is not the same as loving. And, I think this is the film's point.
But along the way this is a very sturdy and well done romantic story with very attractive but not over the top handsome men. They have normal desires and trouble realizing their satisfaction.
It is not a romantic comedy but it is also not a dreary rehash of all the bad things that happen to people who love. And it is a very very far cry from the old model of gay film where happiness must not go unpunished.
There is also a significant subplot about money which goes away when the market crashes. Also something about lost fathers.
I liked it very much and if my romantic interest is interested, I will buy it for us to put in our library. That would make it a 5 out of Netflix5 or if we don't buy it, well, a 4. But I sure plan on seeing it again.
