How many decades will it take for LGBTQ cinema to progress beyond this ancient tried-and-true (and by 2018 utterly boring) formula?
Two boys, one a bit older, from different socioeconomic backgrounds are brought together by some incident. They flirt. They fool around. They think they fall in love. They possibly have sex (suggested but not shown beyond a bare behind). Plans are made, but never come to fruition. And then the inevitable end of the relationship by something trivial or tragic. But they never stay together. And ends are never tied up (except when one dies).
If you want to see the full potential of LGBTQ cinema, "God's Own Country" has set the bar so high it will be a long while before it is caught up to or surpassed.
Meanwhile this stale bonbon from France has two boys who can best be described as barely attractive, and the bisexuality of the older one ruins the plot, but not nearly as much as the most annoying little girl in the history of cinema since Rhoda in "The Bad Seed" (and although there is a thunder-and-lightening storm, it fails to execute this brat the way it did Rhoda).
Don't waste your time.
Two boys, one a bit older, from different socioeconomic backgrounds are brought together by some incident. They flirt. They fool around. They think they fall in love. They possibly have sex (suggested but not shown beyond a bare behind). Plans are made, but never come to fruition. And then the inevitable end of the relationship by something trivial or tragic. But they never stay together. And ends are never tied up (except when one dies).
If you want to see the full potential of LGBTQ cinema, "God's Own Country" has set the bar so high it will be a long while before it is caught up to or surpassed.
Meanwhile this stale bonbon from France has two boys who can best be described as barely attractive, and the bisexuality of the older one ruins the plot, but not nearly as much as the most annoying little girl in the history of cinema since Rhoda in "The Bad Seed" (and although there is a thunder-and-lightening storm, it fails to execute this brat the way it did Rhoda).
Don't waste your time.