Is there ever a day when you'd be comfortable with a gay feature film romance? - General Discussion Discussion

[–] PaladinNJ (20615) 2 years ago

Hallmark was trying it with some of their Christmas movies. As I heard, they were among the lowest ratings of the season.

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[–] MonStar (12029) 2 years ago

A family-friendly BLOG was created to review Christmas TV movies. It warns readers about movies promoting LGBT. (If you don't like the blog, then don't read it.)
https://itsawonderfulmovie.blogspot.com/2021/10/which-2021-christmas-movies-made-its.html

People have religious beliefs about this issue, and decide what their children can see. They have a right to practice their religion.

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[–] ILJtheFirst (1949) 2 years ago

V in V for Vendetta was gay, literally.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (35027) 2 years ago

I’m not a fan of Romance, full stop.

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[–] chilone (17393) 2 years ago

💯

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[–] samoanjoes (52959) 2 years ago

Asian Babes Vol. VIII was a horror film?

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[–] CraigC (7307) 2 years ago

Absolutely not. In fact it's sickening that Hollywood these days feels the need to include that demographic in every damned thing they make. It's way over-represented.

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[–] Kowalski (63403) 2 years ago

YOU'RE SAD.

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[–] CraigC (7307) 2 years ago

I'm honest, not politically correct, fashionable or trendy. Most straight people, which is most people, don't want to see two dudes making out or having sex. It's gross and it's unnatural. Not to mention that much of the appeal of romantic movies is that the viewer places themselves in one of the two roles. Can't do that if you're straight and they're not.

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[–] Keelai (32636) 2 years ago

"The Wedding Banquet" was excellent. It's a romance comedy about a gay Chinese guy who pretends to be straight and engaged to a woman so his dying father can live out his last days happily.

"La Cage de Folles" movies are great, too.

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[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

I love The Wedding Banquet, such a charming comedy, and it’s the movie that introduced me to the genius of Ang Lee.

The Sum of Us, an Australian movie starring a young Russell Crowe, is another gay themed comedy/drama from the 90s that’s definitely worth checking out. I love it for being one of the first films that gave me a gay character who wasn’t a stereotype that I could actually relate to. It’s also incredibly heartwarming and well made. Great film.

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[–] Keelai (32636) 2 years ago

Wedding Banquet spoiler:
It has one of the best movie endings.

I never heard of "The Sum of Us". I just watched the trailer and it's funny so I'll give it a try. Thanks.

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[–] Kowalski (63403) 2 years ago

YESTERDAY.

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[–] BillHicksFan (10241) 2 years ago

No, I'm straight.

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[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

So? Imagine if a gay person said the same thing about a romance featuring a straight couple, “no I’m gay so I can’t watch straight movies”.. how ridiculously immature would that be?

Personally I love seeing movies that explore communities or cultures different from my own, I find they broaden my horizons. But if others prefer to wear blinkers and only watch movies about people like themselves, that’s entirely up to them I guess.

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[–] WandererFromYs (1880) 2 years ago

That’s not an accurate comparison, because a straight couple offers the same thing to gay and lesbians as it does to straight people. That is the possibility to be attracted to one member of the couple. 2 men doesn’t offer anything to people that are only attracted to women.

It would make more sense if a gay person said this about watching 2 women.

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[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

That’s a pretty big assumption you’re making that you have to be attracted to the characters to enjoy a romance film. One of my favourite romance films is The Bridges of Madison County, and I can categorically confirm that neither saggy Clint nor chubby Meryl do it for me that way.

I think it’s entirely possible to get caught up in the emotion of a movie exploring themes of love, loss, passion and regret; regardless of the gender or attractiveness of the leads. Those are universally human themes.

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[–] NitroHangover (1123) 2 years ago

Imagine if a gay person said the same thing about a romance featuring a straight couple, “no I’m gay so I can’t watch straight movies”.. how ridiculously immature would that be?

I don't think that would be "immature," or ridiculous at all. I think it would be totally understandable.

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[–] Kawada_Kira (7282) 2 years ago

I don't have any problem with it, other than that I'm usually not crazy about romance-focused movies in general, regardless of orientation.

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