Well, it has been two days since I saw the film and it's still haunting me. It was one of those movies that were even better than you thought. I didn't read a lot about it beforehand so I didn't have that much expectations either, just a hint of what it might be.
It was a lovestory. A story of two people in love, how it affected themselves and their surroundings. Watching the movie I "forgot" they were gay, all I saw was two people who loved eachother and families who had to live with it. It made me think how there must be hundreds, thousands of families like that where the other can't fully live a life they'd want to. That must be heartbreaking to all involved.
Here in Finland the attitudes are getting more and more liberal and people are slowly accepting gays. The whole gay-culture is fairly new and mostly in big cities. 20 years ago we still could only dream about they gaybars that now exists in Helsinki. Still the attitude is quite severe among many people, especially among older men who are not very educated; there's no worse insult than calling a man gay here in Finland. Quite ridiculous, eh?
There was very little sex in the movie, it was not the point. This was the first film I saw with Heath Ledger, and I must say he was REALLY convincing as Ennis del Mar. He didn't say much, but you could see his every emotion. I recommend this movie to everyone who likes a good story, beautiful landscapes and soothing music.
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Honk ! Honk !
Lilie...Yes, I can see what you mean, and yeah I guess it was more like my type of a movie, lol...I don't know why but I've always had a lot of sympathy for different kind of minorities, for a straight person it's difficult enough to find a partner, and it must be hundred times more difficult for those who don't feel accepted or can't fully express themselves. In US it's a horrible fact that many people get assaulted or killed every year just because they're gay. I can't understand it at all.
Like Anais Nin said: "The only abnormality is the incapacity to love"
Arno: :-) Oh and what does honk honk mean? ;-)
Oh and yes, Lilie, I thought about that man/woman-thing, women never insult eachother by calling the other a dyke or whatever; it's just manly behaviour that maybe we'll never truly understand. In some countries the insult is about the mother, like "son of a bitch" or something. In Finland it would never work. How about Russia or France? Lilie already had a great post about the differences in languages, how about differences in ways to insult??
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