Is there ever a day when you'd be comfortable with a gay feature film romance?
example.. Zachary Quinto and Jim Parsons
I've never been uncomfortable with it.
I like movies about love sex and relationships.
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Having read some of the disparaging comments from the usual clowns like BillHicksfan, it must be miserable for someone to be so insecure with his own sexual identity that he can't even entertain the thought of a fictional same sex couple.
shareNot per that example, no. Never. But yes if two hot females. Yes, there's a double-standard.
sharenope.
why?
myself and many straights have zero interest in it.
why?
because it does not interest us.
why?
why should it? I'm straight.
Aren't you tolerant?
that has zero to do with it. yes I tolerate gay just fine, but I don't choose to be entertained by it. people butt fucking is not of my interest, and actually, it repulses me a lot. I am tolerant because I say "go do whatever you like" behind your closed doors - same for straight people fucking: keep it to yourself.
That said, make as many gay movies as you want, I will NEVER stand in your way. but don't expect an audience more than who it is made for.
Might as well ask people who's favorite ice cream is chocolate, WHY vanilla is not their favorite also. The answer is simply they don't like it as much, so it is not the favorite.
... ... but, why?
oh FFS....
Why would a romance movie have to include butt fucking? Many romance movies don't include sex at all. Girl on girl porn is very popular with straight men, so I would say that homosexual "romance" is of interest to straight people. Also...there are plenty of "straight" movies that include or heavily imply anal intercourse. Body Heat, Basic Instinct, Silver, Bridget Jones, Bad Santa, Little Children, and Under the Silver Lake just to name a few.
I'm not saying that you have to have any sort of interest or to like it, I'm just pointing out some counters to your statements. I do appreciate your comments about straight people keeping it to themselves as well.
one needs to understand the reality of gay love that is overlooked or maybe has altered our reality of love as of late.
one can define LOVE as a nice feeling or wanting to be near someone, and or also physical (which means SEXUAL) attraction to someone.
one can deeply love people of the same sex. In fact, I truly do deeply love my brother, my father and most of my male friends. the only thing that separates that from gay love is the sex part. yes, I'm dumbing this all down to the very basics, but that is truly it.
the only part that defines it as truly gay - or even strait for that matter - is the sex of it.
I've never seen one straight romance movie that left sex out. maybe it is not shown, but I dont recall one ever where sex was not expected or insinuated.
same will go for gays movies as well. be it kissing, petting, sex, whatever, that is the end game.
i've seen movies where they end up as friends only, and guess what? that makes it NOT a romance movie.
because that part of gay life repulses me, I will never seek out gay entertainment. and that's not going to change, nor should it. I dont have to accept things I dont like in my world... AS LONG AS I am not defeating others over it, or trying to block them from whatever they like.
"Not that there's anything wrong with it" - Jerry Seinfeld
I also can not stand the taste of green beans in my mouth. That will never change, and it doesn't have to.
gay cinema belongs in mainstream as much as mainstream belongs in niche gay cinema: it doesn't, doesn't have to, and makes no difference. :)
honestly, I do not speak for any majority of straight people, but all the ones I do know pretty much feel this way.
I don't generally watch romances but a good movie is a good movie. If the focus is quality then who cares if it is gay? I'm not a desert nomad either but I can imagine that a romance in that setting could be done with skill. I think maybe some of the opposition comes from fear of them being preachy or vacant agenda movies. Or the tedious trend of ALL CAPS GAY IS NORMAL that plays like Canada's CanCon rules. I actually love it when a gay character is well written because it is refreshing compared to the LOOK AT US WE'RE THE PERFECT GAY COUPLE AND SUPER HAPPY AND TOTALLY NORMAL AND NOTHING IS WRONG. Stop trying to teach us that you're normal and just be normal. People are shedding the hate and it ain't because of your television battle front. I'm comfortable with characters comfortably written.
Water that is too pure has no fish.
Never. I find it gross and unnatural and it ruins the entire film for me.
shareAs a straight guy;
I'm not into romance movies. In the unlikely event that the plot of a romance movie intrigued me, if it happened to involve two guys, that in itself wouldn't put me off. But any depiction of gay sex is a no-no. However, like many straight guys, I find two hot girls together absolutely fine. It may even draw me to a movie that I wouldn't otherwise watch.
This.
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