What's The Latest Film You Have Seen?

Leo© · 02-11-2010, 10:21 PM

adidasss · 02-12-2010, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by NumberNineDream

It seems these days, that we only have to put few gay characters in a movie to make it a blockbuster.

A what?

Short of Brokeback mountain I can't really think of any gay themed movie that made a noticeable impact on the box office. Did it make any money in France?

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It all looked too easy. It felt like they were thinking "Hey! Let's make a film with all the characters being bi-sexuals, and we'll get them to juggle their interest!!". It was all too predictable. Btw, I didn't really get where is the "edgy" part?

Well edgy in the sense that you just don't get to see any mainstream (meaning, not directed at a niché market, with good actors and a solid script) movies dealing with characters who are bi(or/pan)sexual. It's just refreshing. How many films with bisexuals as main characters have you seen?

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About the music: all the songs are just examples of cliché French pop. As I grew up in a very French style society, I got quite fed-up with this kind of corny music. The French can be the greatest, music-wise, but when it comes to Pop, they should stop imitating the Americans.
French Folk Rock was certainly the root of all the songs in the film, but this "American Pop" arrangement ruined it. That's without talking about the lyrics... Very bad lyrics: "I want to taste your saliva, and let its poison go through me" or "The worm of the apple may go through your teeth and rot you heart, your mind and your whole body - but the worm in the apple can go through me, and make me ecstatic" or even "Let your tongue strike me gently, let it cleanse my whole body". They should have just shut up.

I think that is the first time I don't side with the gay couple in a film

Ok well I didn't really pay attention to the lyrics, as I usually don't. I just liked the melodies.

NumberNineDream · 02-12-2010, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by adidasss

A what?

Short of Brokeback mountain I can't really think of any gay themed movie that made a noticeable impact on the box office. Did it make any money in France?

Well edgy in the sense that you just don't get to see any mainstream (meaning, not directed at a niché market, with good actors and a solid script) movies dealing with characters who are bi(or/pan)sexual. It's just refreshing. How many films with bisexuals as main characters have you seen?

Ok well I didn't really pay attention to the lyrics, as I usually don't. I just liked the melodies.

Well mainstream French films are all like that. Sexuality was never a big issue there... and that film shouldn't have been in the official Canne selection.

adidasss · 02-12-2010, 02:16 PM

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Well mainstream French films are all like that.

For example?

NumberNineDream · 02-12-2010, 02:26 PM

^ Ever watched 8 Femmes ? Another musical, with actual great songs, hilarious story, and Catherine Deneuve is bi-sexual.

adidasss · 02-12-2010, 02:34 PM

I've not. But I luvz me some Catherine Deneuve. Will do...

NumberNineDream · 02-12-2010, 02:36 PM

Enjoy then

adidasss · 02-12-2010, 02:41 PM

Speaking of french films featuring bisexuals made by directors who have a tendency to cast Catherine Deneuve, I just remembered Les timoines. That was a solid movie, although not as good as Ma saison préférée which features Catherine Deneuve but not as a bisexual or Les roseaux sauvages which doesn't feature Catherine Deneuve but does feature a bisexual (or bicurious) character.

NumberNineDream · 02-12-2010, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by adidasss

Speaking of french films featuring bisexuals made by directors who have a tendency to cast Catherine Deneuve, I just remembered Les timoines. That was a solid movie, although not as good as Ma saison préférée which features Catherine Deneuve but not as a bisexual or Les roseaux sauvages which doesn't feature Catherine Deneuve but does feature a bisexual (or bicurious) character.

I just noticed (with the help of IMDB of course) that all these movies are juggling with these 3 actresses:
_Catherine Deneuve
_Emmanuelle Béart
_Elodie Bouchez

It seems they act in the same kind of films. I need to check a lot of their works.

Bulldog · 02-13-2010, 09:51 AM

Absolutely loved it. First class animation, laugh-out-loud funny, thought-provoking, melancholic and heartwarming all at once - one of my new favourites of last year.

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adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	I've not. But I luvz me some Catherine Deneuve. Will do... __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

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02-12-2010, 02:41 PM	#5278 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	Speaking of french films featuring bisexuals made by directors who have a tendency to cast Catherine Deneuve, I just remembered Les timoines. That was a solid movie, although not as good as Ma saison préférée which features Catherine Deneuve but not as a bisexual or Les roseaux sauvages which doesn't feature Catherine Deneuve but does feature a bisexual (or bicurious) character. __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

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02-13-2010, 09:51 AM	#5280 (permalink)
Bulldog why bother? Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: UK Posts: 4,840	Absolutely loved it. First class animation, laugh-out-loud funny, thought-provoking, melancholic and heartwarming all at once - one of my new favourites of last year.