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Seeing a lot of people comparing this show to Q&F and W&G, I would say it doesn't have to be. I have watched but never watched these two dramas. Although Q is also gay, it gives me the same feeling as most American dramas. The plot develops too fast but lacks enough internal motivation. It feels like a need for filming. Pushing the plot to go, and the face is not my appetite, so I gave up after the most favorite role. Of course, I watched this drama many, many years ago, if I watch it again now. . . I'm afraid the evaluation will be worse. . . W is even more so. First, the plot is blunt and instructive. The relationship between W and G in the two episodes I watched can be said to be very inexplicable. Second, the appearance is not appetizing.
But looking I was interested in it before it aired, firstly the director was Andrew Haigh, the director of weekend, and secondly he was British. Although there is an element of bias, I still think that British films are generally better at capturing and expressing delicate emotions than American films, and they are more reasonable in terms of play due to their deeper dramatic background - and the performance is also better. Weekend is also an excellent gay movie. It is excellent in terms of lens, color and script, but what impresses me the most is some of the views and ideas about gays, which can be said to be very sharp and to the point.
To sum up, I think that Hagrid, as a writer and director, has the ability and is allowed to bring his own style into looking. First of all, the picture will be different from that of many American dramas. The subtext despises the tediousness of the creative expression of many American dramas. Er Haig's ability to express emotional changes in weekend, from the script to the picture, is delicate and reasonable enough, so there will be no stupid education and how to shoot for the needs of shooting - even if there is a need, it will be Make it as rational as possible. 3. I am very much looking forward to Hagrid expressing some new views.
Q and W are the two major monuments of gay dramas. I don't have much research on the history of gay dramas, so I don't deny them, but I don't think these two dramas are of a high standard. Of course, it may also be related to the continuous development of gay films/dramas. In the past, gay films focused on seeking rights for themselves, on the fight against AIDS, on those drama queens, on gays who were repressed in a conservative society - such as Brokeback Mountain, on those who are suave and handsome The merciful gay - um, like Q&F, and countless stereotypical gay romances. But now there are more movies about the emotional life of the average gay, they're not pretty, they're not drama queens, they're just normal gays hiding in straight society. I don't know if it's a new wave? What they want to express is feelings, which is the same as straight people's emotional films, not to make money, not to fight for rights, but to show human emotions. So from this point of view, I think L is better than Q and W, and I do think L looks much better than Q and W.
Of course, this is also the progress of comrades. Thanks to the relatively equal status of comrades for so many years, the film can no longer regard comrades as a new special group, and no longer mainly reflect those exciting struggles, but care about ordinary people who are too ordinary. in ordinary stories.
These ordinary gays may not have the courage to fully reveal themselves to this society. They learn to act like straight men in every word and deed, for fear that they will be laughed at and looked down upon if they are too slutty. Even in gay circles, they're not the most visible. fall in love? There are too many factors to consider, looking down on others or being looked down upon, how your face and body are, whether you can talk about it, and whether you are serious about your relationship—after all, this circle is very messy.
No boyfriend, but they have their own emotional needs, but they have no one to talk to. Friends are not boyfriends after all.
Social pressure is not obvious in looking, because this story takes place in the gay stronghold of San Francisco, so Patrick can openly tell gay jokes in the company, while Russel in weekend can only listen to straight male colleagues talk about sex with women and then silently Head down.
In the gay circle, Patrick is obviously not the most eye-catching, a plain-looking Richie courtes him, and he can fall; Russel too, he was only Glen's second choice that night, if not Glen missed the first one , and there is no further story.
But this does not mean that their emotions are not complicated. I am more concerned about the protagonist, so I mainly talk about the emotions of the protagonist Patrick.
In the first episode
, Patrick mainly did four things: the opening scene, dating the doctor, being molested on the subway, and attending ex's bachelor party.
The first two things have little effect on the promotion of the plot, but they point out two characteristics of the protagonist. Fielding shows that P is more open to sex, and dating shows his desire for true love and a stable relationship. The relationship between sex and love is very delicate, you can get a touch of comfort in the desire for love, but sex can never replace love. And on the date, we learned about P's bad love history, and saw that he was not very good at dealing with people, and it only took ten minutes for the other party to completely lose interest. Although the doctor is also a little weird.
What followed was the first appearance of the all-important Richie. Richie obviously likes P, but what about P's feelings for R? At least not as love at first sight as R. When R flirts with P, P is as shy as a big girl. It's hard to tell if it's because of "Richie makes him ok" or "someone makes him happy", after all, he just had a bad experience On a date, Richie is a little bit mean to take advantage of it. In short, the active party is Richie.
The result of P and R's relationship, I guess was hinted at in their first conversation, Richie: you've been hanging around with the wrong people tonight, dear. Wrong people maybe including yourself. Next, at P's ex bachelor party, what he said to Dom: he came on kinda strong and he's not really my type. Too strong, not a dish, in short, no good words, but Dom said, what if you don't have a high degree? Is he not as good as those idiots with a high degree? P didn't answer directly, just went to pee, and then met ex in the toilet. One was the encouragement of his friends, and the other was the excitement of ex wanting to get married. Finally, he decided to give Richie a try.
So I think Patrick doesn't have that strong feeling for Richie, and he's a bit of an opinionated, easy-going friend. Well, very ordinary people.
In the second episode
, P mainly did help with moving, see Richie two things.
During the move, they talked about Tintin, so Patrick went home to search for uncut Tintin pictures. Later, I saw Richie and went back to P's house. Although Richie kept saying that he still had to go to work, Patrick still pushed him down and found that he was not uncut! Richie left in a rage.
First of all, Patrick's interest in Richie can be said to be concentrated in Tintin. Richie has said many times that he doesn't want to xxoo today, but Patrick ignores his reluctance at all. It can be seen that P's interest in R is mainly based on sexual interest. Sex-led, can that be called love? Patrick is more curious, try it out, so I think P is a bit scumbag. Richie left in a rage, which I totally understand. I am sincere, but you are only interested in my body. This is a completely unequal contribution.
And from not very interested to no matter what, Patrick's blindness and strong desire for emotional needs are evident.
The most important part of the third episode
of this episode is the appearance of the little wolf, which is Kevin. It is said that nine out of ten Kevin are gay.
Patrick mainly met Kevin, apologized to Kevin at the company, discussed Kevin with his friends, and deleted the okcupid account.
An entire episode was about Kevin. And Richie's departure from his house didn't seem to affect him much.
From Kevin's appearance, Patrick's eyes never left Kevin, discussing with straight male colleagues whether Kevin is gay, and finally chasing Kevin. When playing games, I try to find out if the other party is gay. When I get home, I search Kevin's Wiki, discuss his appearance with my friends, and ask my friends if they will have sex with him - although Patrick said, "Would you like to have sex with him?" Those big ears! ——But if you actually ask that, it means you want to have sex with him. And Kevin got caught on the company's dating website and deleted his account on the dating website. Kevin worked hard when he passed by, and tried to get into the infinite team, obviously trying to impress Kevin. Although there is also an element of pleasing to the boss, it is hard to say that there is no element of pleasing Kevin.
Well, compare Patrick to Richie, and then look at Patrick to Kevin. From passive to active, this change is too obvious, right? It's obvious who Patrick really likes, isn't it?
But Patrick is also duplicitous. Although he likes people, but at first he said that the British are the worst - obviously he imitated the English pronunciation to please Kevin later; he also said that he would not have sex with Kevin - if he didn't want to have sex with Kevin, why would he ask this question?
Episode 4
Patrick and Kevin worked overtime, participated in the gay pride parade, and finally returned to the company wearing an ecstasy SM jacket and was caught by Kevin. In the end, he rejected Kevin's invitation, met Richie at the bar, and made up with Richie.
This episode can be described as a major turning point. The gradually warming PK relationship encountered the interference of K's boyfriend, and Richie once again lost no time to appear as a bird. Patrick is willing to work overtime, it is hard to say that it is not because of Kevin's invitation, and Kevin said that when the task cannot be completed, it is Patrick's encouragement - it is a while to contact Kevin for a while. Later, Patrick participated in the parade and went to buy a coquettish leather vest. Patrick was also very sullen. Although he said he would not wear it, he still wore it. Although his friend said that he would not wear it, he would not tell you where to go, but you insisted on not wearing it. You can't hold you even if you wear him, right? My friend knows that you are a little sassy, and you will definitely wear something serious--and even wear it to the company, although there are no people on weekends, but for example, the uncle at the front desk, maybe someone else will come to the company, completely ignore it, you can see. . Very boring. As for Kevin, if his boyfriend is coming, not picking him up can be understood as feeling unnecessary, or it can be understood as forgetting to work overtime with Patrick as a more important thing. After settling down and going back to the company, I can see that Kevin also wants to be with Patrick - the boyfriend will have an interview tomorrow at home, even if he is going to rest, but you haven't seen each other for a long time, can't you wait at home! I also work overtime until it gets dark. The rhythm of overtime depends on Patrick. Later, I had to order takeout to eat with Patrick, complaining about her boyfriend intentionally or unintentionally. . . This is the rhythm of cheating at all. . .
However, at this time our male protagonist Patrick carried forward his morals. . . Before Patrick's boyfriend was just a legend, but now he is around, the problem has become very real. Based on morality, he chose to back down and rejected the olive branch thrown by the other party.
And Richie was once again the one to appease Patrick. Richie is really a good backup = = It is worth mentioning that this time Patrick stepped forward to strike up a conversation, and he was actually a friend - Agustin's boyfriend encouraged him. too passive.
In this episode, the topics discussed by P and K and in the SM store, I think Americans will definitely not shoot. Only the British would do it. As for why, simply put, Americans are more hypocritical and more conservative, SM is not mainstream after all, while the British are more open-minded and look at reality more directly. [This seems a bit difficult to explain clearly, but if you compare it carefully, you will agree.
In the fifth episode
, P and R finally roll the sheets, R plays the piano for P, P skips work, hangs out with R all the way, chats, and finally goes to the goddess, but they run away, and finally the two of them end up in bed.
Well, I think the relationship between P and R is still dominated by sex. . . At the beginning, P got up secretly, and after brushing his teeth, he heard the sound of R getting up and playing the piano, saying "oh god please no". I don't know what his subtext means, but I don't think it's a good meaning. I don't know if I think the other party is too cliché or what. After walking for a while at work, I turned around and had another haircut, um, it was sex. The two of them chatting all the way - that's Hagrid's style - I don't think it's very speculative. . . The places that R took P to, the places he thought were very romantic, P didn't like it very much, and I also thought it very much. . . conventional. . . It's just the plot of the street in a love movie. As a high-level intellectual, P must also feel "oh god no". Where P is afraid that R will hear some "bad news" first, the two of them want to ask about the direction of the relationship, and P has no confidence in the relationship between the two of them.
I feel that the relationship between P and R is like a spare tire, like charity. It is not a complete call, but it can be used in the future. But in such a chaotic situation in the gay circle, it is not difficult to encounter better - it is not difficult - the relationship between the two people will definitely have a big problem.
The next episode told us their relationship was even more volatile than that.
Episode 6
This episode is mainly about what happened on Dom's birthday.
This episode made it very clear. Whether it was Austin or Richie, they actually looked at Patrick much more accurately. Austin said that Patrick was curious, but Patrick didn't even refute it. Richie blamed Patrick for lying that he wanted to develop a gallery. Patrick really doesn't look down on Richie's social status from the bottom of his heart, and he needs Richie to decorate himself in front of Kevin, so he lied and didn't consider Richie's thoughts. He still can't remember the name of the very cherished necklace that Richie gave him. You say what the basis of the relationship is. It could also be that he panicked a little in front of Kevin.
Episode 7
The problem with P and R is completely exposed in this episode. P went to attend her sister's wedding, but Richie ran away halfway. Later, she had an affair with Kevin. In the end, Kevin kissed Patrick.
R shaved his beard for the wedding, and P had a rough road all the way. He yelled at R on the way, took out his mobile phone, tied a bow tie, and finally yelled at R with marijuana. I was very nervous at home. R noticed that P used the word totally when he was nervous. R was really in love with P. . . But P doesn't really care about R. . . Kindhearted to help you tie a bow tie, but yelled stop, and kept saying what you did with marijuana at my sister's wedding with marijuana. . . Really. . . All the good intentions of R are completely ignored by P. . . The fact that R went to pick up the mobile phone was suspected of not being a family member, which also implied that R could not enter P's house. . . After all, the two are not right.
Well, now it's Kevin who takes the R's baton. First help Patrick to tie Richie's unfinished bow tie, and then Patrick said the word cunt - very British! Patrick pays attention to Kevin's words, and Richie pays attention to Patrick's words.
One of the highlights of the episode is a conversation between Patrick and his mother. Patrick complained that his attitude towards Richie was influenced by his mother, I think it is natural, everyone will be subtly influenced by their parents since childhood, especially the way of thinking. In fact, Patrick really has nothing to complain about, just accept it. And the mother is eating marijuana candy or something, which is ironic with Patrick yelling at Richie for marijuana. Patrick didn't even know his mother was on antidepressants and, like many of us, didn't care enough about his parents. . .
It's really important to be a good match. As long as the relationship is curved or straight, and if you want to go to a higher class, you must be a person who is qualified to enter that class, otherwise the problem will still be huge. This episode basically shows how doomed Richie and Patrick are.
When Kevin and his boyfriend were encouraged to get married, they both shied away, especially Kevin was very embarrassed. Finally Kevin complained to Patrick about her boyfriend again, and they kissed. Kevin was also very obvious, but Patrick reckoned that he had a "boyfriend" on both sides, so he pushed him away.
PS In this episode, there is a soy sauce character played by Captain America's younger brother Scott evans, which is estimated to reflect the invisible discrimination that Patrick received when he was a child.
At the beginning of the eighth episode
, P went to R, and R's response was indifferent. Before P's text messages and calls were never answered, it was the rhythm of breaking up. Then Kevin went to the rooftop to find Patrick, which reminded me of the scene when Patrick went to Kevin's office to apologize to Kevin, and finally Patrick was called to the office by Kevin during dinner to have sex. P went out and met R and broke up with the bird.
In this episode, dom's restaurant opened, but no one came until very late, specifically how late, dom's female friend sarcastically said that no one came to eat at 10:30, it was estimated that it was not early; but after they ate almost When Kevin called and asked Patrick to go to the office. Kevin's boyfriend is at home, but he is still waiting for Patrick in the office, which shows Kevin's thoughts. Patrick didn't answer the phone, also considering the awkward relationship between him and Kevin, if he didn't have a ghost, he would have answered the phone earlier. And he said that if it was a work problem, Kevin would send a text message. As soon as he answered the phone, it was indeed a work problem, which was obviously inconsistent. While Patrick may not have a clear idea of what Kevin wants to do, he definitely feels it has more to do with their relationship than work, and he's half willing to go to the office.
Next is Kevin's confession. Kevin's standard British sullenness, his affection for Patrick is also true, and has been suppressed to this day, but he is more aware and courageous than Patrick. He knows that he has a good impression of Patrick, but he is not bound by the boyfriends of both sides. By the way, Little Wolf really shows pp in any drama.
In the end, Richie stopped Patrick downstairs in the company. He said that he was a stalker. I guess he also knew that Patrick had an affair with Kevin? But that's not the point anymore, the point is that they did play it out.
But can Kevin and Patrick be together? After all, Kevin still has a boyfriend of two years, and good impression does not mean love does not mean affection, whether it is impulsive or true love, it is really hard to say. Just wait for the next season.
Finally, let's talk about color.
For the three protagonists, Patrick's appearance is actually quite standard, but it is only standard. . . I think his skin is very old, especially the wrinkles under his eyes. The actor Dom is even more miserable, with dry skin and many wrinkles. The wrinkles between the eyebrows are very bad in appearance, and the mountain root is obviously lower, which is not good. He didn't like him in the previous episode of Burning Love in August. By the way, I pushed the face of another actor, Russell, very beautiful. Austin Latino, I'm more indifferent. . And half of his face was covered by his beard.
Richie actually. . . I find it ugly. . . To put it simply, the forehead is too small. . . The mouth is big and the facial features are rough. I really don't know where the hot is. Is it just a beard? . . I know that the director is very particular about the beard.
little wolf. . It's Kevin. As a British fan, I think British people are very good-looking. . . Although it is also a three-court problem, the nose is a bit short, but it doesn't feel awkward, and it is just as cute as the big ears.
From the style of the play, the use of blue filters is more depressing compared to weekend, the slightly shaky lens, the use of zoom to express dialogue, and the chat about emotions, sex, and life blahblahblah, somewhat like the before series, quite typical of the sea grid style. I don't watch much American dramas, but I still feel bright. The chat content is not as sharp as weekend, but it is enough.
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