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We went to see the movie "Bros" the other day. It's very rare for me to see a current movie, and even more rare for me to watch one in a movie theater. I think that the last movie I saw in a theater was a special showing of "Blazing Saddles" on the big screen about 5 or so years ago.
Generally, I don't like modern movies. I like old movies (when dialog and not blowing things up were important parts of the movie). So, while Mark goes to the movies, I rarely go.
The whole experience of going to movies these days is just weird to me. Reserved seats? Recliners? Trailers for movies that I'm never going to want to watch? Really, do they really think that there is a big crossover of people who go to see a rom-com and people who want to watch a movie about people who eat other people? Maybe their marketing department just figures that the pool of people who go to movies is so small that "people who to go movies" will go see just about any movie, and that it really isn't worth it to segment the advertising to "people who go to this type of movie" from "people who go to that type of movie". Still, I found myself cringing during several of the trailers and I wish that I could unsee some of what they were showing.
"Bros" was an OK movie. It certainly wasn't a great movie. I can't figure out why the Billy Eichner character had any friends -- he certainly never acted like a good friend to any of his friends during the movie. I'm too old for the whole "'sup" way of starting a conversation with someone. But, it was a rom-com, I did cry in spots, it wasn't a horrible experience.
However, it just wasn't the right movie for me right now. It seems like there has been a lot of death in my life (two friends lost a parent, I lost a good friend), and there were little things in the movie that really affected me. When they go to P-Town, Harvey Fierstein has a BnB and there's a very short bit where they show a picture of a bunch of people from the 80s, and Harvey's character is the only one still alive. And when they are in the meetings at the LGBTQ+ History museum, there are posters for the a couple of the "March on Washington" events and I can't think of those without remembering the AIDS quilt on the Mall. It doesn't help that the Luke Macfarlane character is an estate attorney.
It's odd how maybe 60 seconds out of a nearly 2 hour movie can completely change how I reacted to the movie. For the movie plot, it doesn't really matter what Luke Macfarlane's character's job is; it's only important that he not like it. The "March on Washington" posters are just in the background. They could have had Stonewall posters or Disco paraphernalia and it wouldn't have changed the movie at all. The focus of the LGBTQ+ History Museum is queer people throughout all of history and I don't remember the AIDS crisis being referred to other than that one scene with Harvey Fierstein (and it wasn't mentioned directly even there).
I guess the take-away is that small things can make a big difference, especially when you're feeling raw.
Generally, I don't like modern movies. I like old movies (when dialog and not blowing things up were important parts of the movie). So, while Mark goes to the movies, I rarely go.
The whole experience of going to movies these days is just weird to me. Reserved seats? Recliners? Trailers for movies that I'm never going to want to watch? Really, do they really think that there is a big crossover of people who go to see a rom-com and people who want to watch a movie about people who eat other people? Maybe their marketing department just figures that the pool of people who go to movies is so small that "people who to go movies" will go see just about any movie, and that it really isn't worth it to segment the advertising to "people who go to this type of movie" from "people who go to that type of movie". Still, I found myself cringing during several of the trailers and I wish that I could unsee some of what they were showing.
"Bros" was an OK movie. It certainly wasn't a great movie. I can't figure out why the Billy Eichner character had any friends -- he certainly never acted like a good friend to any of his friends during the movie. I'm too old for the whole "'sup" way of starting a conversation with someone. But, it was a rom-com, I did cry in spots, it wasn't a horrible experience.
However, it just wasn't the right movie for me right now. It seems like there has been a lot of death in my life (two friends lost a parent, I lost a good friend), and there were little things in the movie that really affected me. When they go to P-Town, Harvey Fierstein has a BnB and there's a very short bit where they show a picture of a bunch of people from the 80s, and Harvey's character is the only one still alive. And when they are in the meetings at the LGBTQ+ History museum, there are posters for the a couple of the "March on Washington" events and I can't think of those without remembering the AIDS quilt on the Mall. It doesn't help that the Luke Macfarlane character is an estate attorney.
It's odd how maybe 60 seconds out of a nearly 2 hour movie can completely change how I reacted to the movie. For the movie plot, it doesn't really matter what Luke Macfarlane's character's job is; it's only important that he not like it. The "March on Washington" posters are just in the background. They could have had Stonewall posters or Disco paraphernalia and it wouldn't have changed the movie at all. The focus of the LGBTQ+ History Museum is queer people throughout all of history and I don't remember the AIDS crisis being referred to other than that one scene with Harvey Fierstein (and it wasn't mentioned directly even there).
I guess the take-away is that small things can make a big difference, especially when you're feeling raw.