I think it's weird that Universal is touting, as Keith says, that BROS is the first major studio gay rom-com. 20th Century Fox made the same claim with LOVE, SIMON back in 2018. I didn't like that film much but it does exist, and Universal just wants to... ignore it?
Was just rewatching Midnight Mass last week and wondering why Hamish Linklater isn't in more things. It has its weak points (seriously, does EVERY character get a big actorly monologue about the Trauma That Shaped Who They Are!?!) but man was that a great show and a very strong cast. It was especially great going into it totally blind and finding out the premise as I went. Also a relief to see Flanagan right the ship after the shitshow that was Haunting of Bly Manor.
I was trying to think where else I'd seen Linklater turn up (that Miranda July movie whose name I'm blanking on? That one season of Fargo?). He's always an interesting presence.
I know it doesn't count as a major studio film, but gay rom-com discussions always make me think of Orion's JEFFREY (1995), which I think was a major turning point for me in the way I thought about LGBTQ+ relationships. (Steven Weber was great, and Patrick Stewart was a scene-stealer in his supporting role.) I wonder if BROS can do the same thing on a larger scale.
> Hill’s use of digital photography allows him to remove most of the colors from the palette
See, this all by itself make me not want to see movie. Think Sesame Street would have taken off if me were grey and Oscar were grey and Bird were grey and Bert & Ernie were grey and grey?
I think it's weird that Universal is touting, as Keith says, that BROS is the first major studio gay rom-com. 20th Century Fox made the same claim with LOVE, SIMON back in 2018. I didn't like that film much but it does exist, and Universal just wants to... ignore it?
Was just rewatching Midnight Mass last week and wondering why Hamish Linklater isn't in more things. It has its weak points (seriously, does EVERY character get a big actorly monologue about the Trauma That Shaped Who They Are!?!) but man was that a great show and a very strong cast. It was especially great going into it totally blind and finding out the premise as I went. Also a relief to see Flanagan right the ship after the shitshow that was Haunting of Bly Manor.
I was trying to think where else I'd seen Linklater turn up (that Miranda July movie whose name I'm blanking on? That one season of Fargo?). He's always an interesting presence.
I know it doesn't count as a major studio film, but gay rom-com discussions always make me think of Orion's JEFFREY (1995), which I think was a major turning point for me in the way I thought about LGBTQ+ relationships. (Steven Weber was great, and Patrick Stewart was a scene-stealer in his supporting role.) I wonder if BROS can do the same thing on a larger scale.
> Hill’s use of digital photography allows him to remove most of the colors from the palette
See, this all by itself make me not want to see movie. Think Sesame Street would have taken off if me were grey and Oscar were grey and Bird were grey and Bert & Ernie were grey and grey?
!!!OATER ALERT!!!
Is this our first The Reveal usage of this sacred descriptor?