130 minutes of film and I cried for an hour.

Selina 2022-04-22 07:01:43

Rarely have movies ever made me see a crash, and this one did. The depressing atmosphere of the whole film is in stark contrast to the emotional conflict of the characters that often erupts. I knew from the beginning that it was a tragedy, no matter how sweet I was afraid of the separation that everyone would face. The 130-minute movie cried for almost an hour. The emotionally overwhelmed people in it were breathless, angry at the government's inaction, but also sad that even today AIDS still cannot be cured, and the LGBT community is still treated unfairly.

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The Normal Heart quotes

  • Felix Turner: Men do not naturally not love. They learn not to.

  • Ned Weeks: [to the President's advisor] What exactly does your title mean in terms of our plague?

    John Bruno: We prefer not to use negative terms. It only scares people.

    Ned Weeks: Well, there's 3,339 cases so far and 1,122 dead. Sounds like a plague to me. I'm scared, aren't you?