Not in the greatest mood today and having trouble focusing. Maybe it’s that I’ve been blogging so much that the verbal side of my brain has slowed down. Kind of like how I used to feel after going on a really long run. I had to walk a bit before I could once again find my stride.
And I have a number of topics on my list of “potential blogs” and while there’s lots in the news worthy of conversation, notably McCain’s suspension of his campaign to focus on the bailout (about which I have mixed feelings).Â
Maybe I’ll be better able to blog after I do my cardio — or after I see a Reagan movie with friends. The image of the Gipper may well erase the bad movie I saw last night.
As I was fixing dinner, I decided to pop in a DVD I got in some gift bag–Denied a gay movie which, well, seemed to lack a plot. And I just didn’t feel the chemistry between the two male leads.
I probably should have ejected the DVD and put it in my giveaway pile, but I have this habit of watching movies until the end, hoping to find something redeeming in them. Anyway, after watching this flick, I felt kind of empty, almost as if I have internalized the non-communicative relationship between two two ostensible lovers who often find it difficult to communicate verbally. As if that’s how all gay men relate to one another. They have sexual relationships without human connection. Â
Even when they try to communicate at the end, they’re little more than actors reading their lines.
But, then as I was writing this post, I got a call from a close friend. Â And it reminded me of the human connections in my world. Â I immediately began to feel better.
Perhaps, the lesson of this is never watch bad movies alone.
I don’t think this is unique to gay movies. I’d say that is the description of most bad Hollywood movies. It’s all about the sex not the relationship.
That is what makes the truly good ones so enjoyable, the characters connect with one another and you the viewer connect with them as well.
Hillarious because I just watched Denied earlier this week. I ALMOST ejected it after the first ten minutes. I did watch the whole thing, and it ended up not being horrible — aside from low-budget sound mixing making conversations difficult to hear, and long, artistic shots of lamps and car headlights. I was left with the impression that it could have made a decent “romance novel,” but really didn’t work as a screenplay. I liked the fact that the lead character removed himself from the unhealthy relationship at the end. We all know how rare that is in reality. That said, I would not recommend it to anyone. The meandering visuals and poor sound quality made the whole movie a chore to watch.