I know there was a thread on it already but it got a little diluted. So here's a place for you to post your review and thoughts.
I finally got around to watching it. The recording was taunting me on my DVR every time I switched it on. And to be honest, I didn't expect much because I didn't want to be disappointed. And even with my low expectations, I couldn't have been more disappointed.
My random thoughts...
It was a steaming, heaping pile of crap!
It was obvious to me that not one single gay person was involved with the production of the movie. It was like a fucking high school play and even less subtle. The stereotypes that we were joking about in the other thread... they were in the movie in spades.
The only gay character that got any real screen time was John Stamos' character. And this was a "gay" movie?!
The only gay kiss in the movie was about as romantic as an Aunt's kiss at Christmas.
John Stamos couldn't have been less convincing as a gay man. Can he even act? I can't bear to watch ER, so I may never know.
The only fun and original thought in the movie... about gay people going on strike, got very little play. Wouldn't you like to see what country would be like if that happened? It got about 2 minutes in the entire 2 hour movie and that included a graphic of flags popping up across a map... indicating the strike's spread across the country.
Some very uncomfortable moments...
- The main character dancing with his brother at the reception. EEEWWW!
- The main character's boyfriend watches the news and sees a political candidate talking about how gay marriage would cause people to marry their dogs. He looks at the dog and says "Don't even think about it." Then he wakes up the next morning with his arm draped across his dog who is laying on his/her back with it's legs apart. WHAT THE FUCK?! I think it was suppose to be funny but all I could do was try to suppress my gag reflex.
- The evil but nice governor goes for a night stroll in his yard and happens across John Stamos peeing on the other side of the tree that he's peeing on. It was completely unnecessary and didn't develop the plot even the tiniest amount. Just another ICK moment in a movie chock full of them.
Some "scratch your head" moments...
- Why did the very sensible bride let the replacement wedding planner do such tasteless things? Oh, I get it! It was comic relief. How stupid of me. You could tell that they wanted to cast Kathy Najimi for the part but she obviously had the good sense to STAY AWAY.
- Why did the "strike" crowd get to camp on the governor's property? We all know from Camp Casey that politicians don't allow that. Protesters only get to camp in the ditches.
- Why would the president attend the governor's daughter's wedding in the first place? We can assume the governor was a democrat because his opponent was a raging conservative. Both candidates were (not surprisingly) anti-gay marriage. But everyone is glaringly aware that inter-party socialization doesn't happen anymore.
- The main character poo-poos civil unions and equates it to riding at the back of the bus. And then he says that civil unions have none of the legal benefits of marriage. Excuse me?! They have very similar benefits as marriage except for not being recognized by other states as legally binding. Give me an inch and I'll take it a mile.
- The happy ending... the governor walks down to the lake during the reception with Mr. Stamos' character. The governor says I only said I was anti-gay marriage to get reelected. HAHA! Isn't hypocrosy funny? HAHA!
Oh I could go on! Why did I waste 2 hours watching it and then 20 more minutes bitching about it? Because it PISSED ME OFF. That's why.
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