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"Love You Simon" is the fourth same-sex movie I've seen. The three I watched before are: "Please Call Me By Your Name", "Half Understanding", "Face", they are more about two gay stories. In terms of plot, "Love You Simon" basically tells a story from a gay perspective.
Compared with the previous ones, this movie is quite satisfactory in my mind, and just crossed the pass line. I think there are several reasons:
1. Insufficient realism, some dramatic. Before and after the male protagonist came out of the closet, the attitude of surrounding friends and school classmates towards him changed somewhat deliberately.
2. The other half is portrayed so little that it is difficult for the audience to empathize with the final scene. But this movie is really dominated by the male protagonist, depicting the psychological changes of the male protagonist before and after coming out of the closet. So, this shortcoming is not surprising.
But in my opinion, the main thing this show expresses is this: a boy who is afraid of coming out, overcomes this fear and finally succeeds in coming out. If the male protagonist still did not find his other half in the end, but still bravely and happily accepted his homosexuality, the theme may be more profound.
3. Regarding parental attitudes towards homosexuality. Parents are not against the male protagonist's sexual orientation, on the contrary, they are very supportive. The same is true for the attitude of the parents in "Call Me By Your Name". Actually, this is understandable. One of the intentions of making the movie like this is to give some encouragement to those gay groups in reality.
But I think it's a bit old-fashioned to shoot it all like this: the parents find out that the child is gay, and they are very supportive. This is also not realistic. I think the fact that Jay treats his son as gay in the American TV series "The Morgan Family" is more realistic: from hard to accept, to slowly accepting, to hardly caring. It would be great if there was a movie that could portray this process.
From a movie perspective of all kinds, you can watch this movie or not. But it's still worth watching if you're talking about gay-themed movies alone, and it'll give you an idea of how a teenage boy identifies with his gay identity—the struggles, the fears, and the bravery.
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