Non-film reviews, purely subjective complaints, micro-spoilers (suggest to watch the movie later to avoid being affected by my personal subjective emotions)

Lee 2022-05-06 06:01:08

It's not a film review, it's the feeling of watching the movie, but the short review can't accommodate my complaints, so...

A film that was a little disappointing overall, I was looking forward to it when I first watched the trailer, but the actual viewing experience was very disappointing.

This movie is similar to Love and Simon. The plot is very general, but the other director's positioning is a simple and brainless love story coming out of the closet, so although the movie seems very idealistic after watching the movie, it finally brought people to it. Slightly moved, the viewing experience is still good.

However, this emmmm feels that the director's ability to grasp the whole film is really not good, the film is all scattered. The introduction of the male lead and the female lead in the first 20 minutes, and then the male lead and the male two met in less than 10 minutes, and then It collapsed. Nearly an hour, almost an hour!!! Fully describe the contradictions and struggles of the male protagonist, but your type is a comedy, do you change your mind and want to go the line of literary films, well, I am also quite literary. Like it, but you are deep?!! After nearly an hour to show the conflicts and struggles, you just behave like this? Just taste it, without going deep. The last ten minutes of the film ends without surprise, and I feel nothing after watching it. When I was young, I didn’t feel in love. To be honest, I just watched this film, but now the only memory of this film in my mind is the part where the male second dances in the room, which is the impression that a comedy should have. I didn't feel a deep smile, the only feeling was chaos...

It can only be said that comedies with the same sex coming out of the closet are really not so good.

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Alex Strangelove quotes

  • Elliot: And the shitty thing is, guys like my dad, they're giving Jesus a bad name, okay? Because from all that I know, Jesus was amazing. I mean, I don't know, he helped out the poor and sick, okay, he loves you unconditionally...

    [Alex says yes with his head]

    Elliot: I just think all those kids with their WWJD wristbands need to ask themselves: What would Jesus actually do? Call me a "faggot loser"?

    Alex: Did your dad call you that?

    Elliot: It's not really worth getting into.

  • Helen: Being angry is an exhausting way to spend your day.