Hold him tight: a story of coming out of nowhere

Katlyn 2022-04-07 09:01:06

I originally wanted to take this opportunity to take stock of the gay movies with the plot of "starting from two lovers, and then one party messing up, the other party madly in love", but later I found that this is not only a big project, but also I The entry point of the film has not been completely thought out, so I have to give up this idea first and write directly about my feelings about this film.

Closer to home, as I mentioned in the title, this movie spends a lot of ink to create the illusion of a corner, and there are a few places I remember: the empty street behind him and the silent elderly man when Tim was on the phone at the beginning. , and Tim's painful way of seeing John's chest cut open, after which he stands with his back to the camera in the middle of a road that has come to an end, and a body of water in front of it; and a scene that echoes the beginning and end of the film , Tim lies on his back in the middle of the water, away from the shoreline. If you've seen the movie, you'll understand how "bad" the situation the protagonist is facing, but the wonderful thing is that the movie doesn't focus purely on the tragedy, but in the tragedy there is love and disapproval. Love struggles, but love always wins.

This film tells the story of a 15-year relationship of a pair of ups and downs in love. The story contains doubts about themselves, insistence on self, and various contradictions that may occur in the relationship, and this relationship is finally unable to due to illness. Sadness that does not end in sadness. The scene that moved me the most in this film is that John has passed away, but because of illness, Tim is in the fear that the memory of John, who has cherished his life, is about to disappear. The incomparably healing words of "John was beside you." made people burst into tears and relieved with satisfaction. After all, the purpose of the movie is to make the audience believe and truly realize that love is the only antidote, and love is also the only one. way out.

Haven't been so sad about a gay movie in a long time, Love's gonna bring you home.

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Extended Reading
  • Alexis 2022-04-05 09:01:07

    8.2 points. It is very rare that a biography has not been adapted into a running account. The editor skillfully spliced ​​together and cooperated with the screenwriter's remodeling to make this embarrassing story smooth and sincere to the audience. The protagonists of the story are a pair of gay lovers, but the film is as natural as depicting an ordinary love story, falling in love, breaking up, accompanying, not avoiding sex, promiscuity, AIDS, etc., but also not waving labels deliberately. Those last two sentences are a tearjerker.

  • Tremaine 2022-04-04 09:01:08

    I've seen a lot of this subject, and the actors are not eye-catching enough, so I'm a little weak. The first man with short hair is barely okay, but the uncles forcefully act as students when they curl their hair, really...

Holding the Man quotes

  • Timothy Conigrave: What happens to my soul if I go mad? Does it stay trapped inside or is it floating free?

  • Timothy Conigrave: [to John] I should have worked harder to make you come.

    [Girls laugh]

    Timothy Conigrave: Is there a problem?

    [Girls laugh harder]