A useless youth with six-pack abs, do you want it?
As a student, he dropped out of school; as an employee, he resigned; he was estranged from his family and indifferent to his friends. Would you like to make friends with such a person?
Hi, don't leave in a hurry. Maybe you don't appreciate this kind of crap, but he's a good surfer and is definitely an excellent tide hunter. A surfboard, plus his 6-pack abs and perfect mermaid line, is enough to make you lick your screen. By the way, he also likes gays!
He is the male protagonist Zach (Trevor Wright) in the movie "Gone with the Wind".
No matter who has a troubled youth like Zach at home, the family will probably have a headache. It is such a person who lost interest in learning and life, but found himself and found love in the world of surfing.
Zach also liked to study and loved art, but when the same life and several failures repeatedly attacked him, Zach began to get tired, closed himself, and longed to escape. For him, life is nothing but monotonous, tedious repetition.
Until the appearance of the little nephew.
My sister went out on business and entrusted Zach to take care of her son. In getting along with his little nephew Cody, Zack has been highly praised and recognized. The little nephew even mistaken Zack for his biological father, Zach explained patiently, "Your mother is my sister, so I am your uncle." As soon as the voice fell, the little nephew responded fiercely, "No, you are me. Dad! You are my dad..."
The affirmation of the little nephew rebuilt Zach's self-confidence and gave him the courage to change his boring life. Under the scorching sun, Zach picked up the surfboard and plunged into the sea. In the blue and white waves, Zach not only started a colorful new life, but also met the love of his life, Shaun (Brad Rowe).
The movie "Going for the Tide" revolves around the above plot, directed by Jonah Markowitz, and was released in North America on June 16, 2007. In the same year of its release, it won the 2007 Seattle Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Audience Award for Best New Director and Best Film Award, and the 2007 Tampa Gay International Film Festival for Best Cinematography, Best Supporting Actress, Best Film and Best Actor 4 items Jackpot.
"Did your family genes make you go out and engage in homosexuality?"
Does love come easily? love at first sight? A thousand years? Most people just fall in love over time. At the beginning, Zach and Shaun were only good friends, and the most intimate behavior was just an appointment to surf together.
Just one afternoon, Shaun, a well-known writer in Hollywood, suddenly got creative inspiration, and he couldn't help kissing Zach in excitement. For a time, Zach, who was at a loss, blushed, and still couldn't sleep until he recalled the same-sex kiss during the day when he returned home.
In a trance, I heard someone knocking on the door downstairs, and Shaun suddenly appeared. The two fiery bodies couldn't hold back any longer. Leave everything to the hormones. After a night of spring, the two men with strong vigor took a step closer and boarded the love train.
Same-sex love is rarely smooth sailing.
The true love that Zach thought was not recognized by his family. The first criticism came from my sister. "Cody doesn't have a father, he needs you, he needs a positive man to be a role model!" Zach explained that homosexuality can also be a positive role model, but his sister is reluctant. "Is this family gene let you go out and engage in homosexuality?"
Faced with the pressure from family, Zach can no longer resist. Like an ostrich, he buried his head in the sand and didn't listen. And the ostrich's own grievances were vented to his gay lover, Shaun. Shaun has endured all of Zach's negative emotions for a long time, causing the two to drift apart.
After breaking up, Zach gradually realized that some roads need to be walked by themselves. How to convince your family to accept what you love is the wisdom of life.
Wondering how Zach finally got up the courage to get back an old love? Leaving you with a suspense, the film presents textbook-level practices. In the end, sunshine, sand, and waves witness enviable happiness...
Which do you think is better between "covering the tide" and "bunker"?
"Want to Cover the Tide" was originally called "Shelter". After winning the "Outstanding Romantic Drama Award" at the Outfest 2007 film festival on HBO in the United States, the director said in an interview: "Shelter is a story about people—not gay people—just people. It's not a gay story, but a story about an ideal relationship born from a less ideal situation.”
(Shelter is a story about people, not about homosexuality. It's not a story about homosexuality, but a story about ideal relationships in discordant situations.)
Interestingly, the "Shelter" in the director's mouth, the English literal translation should be a cover or a bunker, but after the introduction, it was translated as "want to cover the tide". Personally I think "bunker" is more appropriate. It symbolizes the mutual support and care of Zach and Shaun. It also symbolizes that under the cover of the family, Zach once feared the world and avoided intimacy, and finally learned to shake hands with family and family to make peace and enjoy love.
Zach followed the portraits of most comrades in real life, mistaking the feeling of caring for his loved ones as a bunker that he couldn't come out of the closet, instead of getting along with his loved ones through self-disclosure.
Whether it is to give up a lover for the sake of the family, or to tear up the face with the family for the sake of the lover, it may not be a happy ending. There is an old saying, "You can't have both." But we can learn to balance the relationship. In the "can't have both" relationship, we can find the balance of symbiosis. Everyone gets along happily without interfering with each other.
Zach's appearance hints to the audience that he is not perfect, and the twists and turns of love also teach us how to swim freely with a surfboard in the wave of same-sex love and family love.
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Author / Guan Waichen editor / Li Che typesetting / sen
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