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Anyone giving this movie 1 star needs to get a psych evaluation because they completely missed the point and must be going through some seriously rough times in their lives. If you're watching an Amy Schumer movie and expecting some Oscar-worthy performance or writing then the joke is on you! In case you missed it...
This is Amy Schumer.
Don't watch if you don't like Amy Schumer humor. Because this movie is 100% Amy Schumer. AND I LOVE IT!! The jokes are actually hilarious, the acting is on point (for a chessy comedy), and the production is great too. This is an easy, fun couple of hours that you can put on and laugh with your friends or partner. Don't overthink it. It's meant to be silly and not taken too seriously.
Trust me, you'll love it.
This is Amy Schumer.
Don't watch if you don't like Amy Schumer humor. Because this movie is 100% Amy Schumer. AND I LOVE IT!! The jokes are actually hilarious, the acting is on point (for a chessy comedy), and the production is great too. This is an easy, fun couple of hours that you can put on and laugh with your friends or partner. Don't overthink it. It's meant to be silly and not taken too seriously.
Trust me, you'll love it.
I'm sorry to say this to all the crazy people out there but this is real life stuff. Lots of young men/boys have experienced this type of "love" (or perhaps "connection" would be a better word) whether it had anything to do with a soldier or not. As a gay man myself I remember I started having these thoughts very early on, probably the same age as all my hetero friends did. I sure wish it had happened to me too!
The power of the movie lies not in the movie itself but the conversations that it has started. The movie itself is pretty bad to be honest. Perhaps maybe it was great for that time but production is minimal, lighting is bad, too many dark scenes, and the acting is... well, it is probably the best they could find. Overall, they made it work but nothing impressive here. Very basic stuff as far as movie making goes.
However, as far as the subject matter, this is nothing unusual or controversial. We all know how the body works. At "that" age you start to have those urges and you begin wanting to explore. The movie does not do a very good job at building the chemistry between the two main characters. And it doesn't help that they can't even communicate or speak the same language. So in a way, it does seem like the soldier acted as more of a predator than a romantic partner in a consensual relationship. In the beginning and the end, the movie does try to make it clear that the boy was "willing" but I wouldn't say it does a very good job at it.
I am in no way whatsoever condoning pedophilia here. That's a crime and pedos belong in jail behind bars. That being said, back in those times, and in europe, people were free to explore. And that included young boys. In my eyes, the soldier showed nothing but love and respect for the boy and it's obvious that the boy loved him too.
The power of the movie lies not in the movie itself but the conversations that it has started. The movie itself is pretty bad to be honest. Perhaps maybe it was great for that time but production is minimal, lighting is bad, too many dark scenes, and the acting is... well, it is probably the best they could find. Overall, they made it work but nothing impressive here. Very basic stuff as far as movie making goes.
However, as far as the subject matter, this is nothing unusual or controversial. We all know how the body works. At "that" age you start to have those urges and you begin wanting to explore. The movie does not do a very good job at building the chemistry between the two main characters. And it doesn't help that they can't even communicate or speak the same language. So in a way, it does seem like the soldier acted as more of a predator than a romantic partner in a consensual relationship. In the beginning and the end, the movie does try to make it clear that the boy was "willing" but I wouldn't say it does a very good job at it.
I am in no way whatsoever condoning pedophilia here. That's a crime and pedos belong in jail behind bars. That being said, back in those times, and in europe, people were free to explore. And that included young boys. In my eyes, the soldier showed nothing but love and respect for the boy and it's obvious that the boy loved him too.
I'm all for using movies to evoke some type of emotion but this movie took that quite literally by combining random images with random music and hoping we feel what the director felt. There's almost no connection between anything. It's like the writer took a bunch of pills, got high, and wrote the script. Then the director and the whole cast smoked a ton of weed and then made this. Whatever this is.
Trust me, I know very well what the director was going for. I'm gay. I know all about the queer culture, how lonely it is, and how we all long for a lasting connection with someone much younger and hotter than us. This movie makes that very clear. And I love that it explored that. But why was it necessary to get high to do that?? The whole thing feels like a hallucination trip. There is minimal dialog. There are looooooong scenes with no dialog at all. Sometimes for 5-10 minutes. We're just staying on a close up of someone's face or watching them perform an action but ultimately nothing is happening on screen except for some subtle movement which is just not enough to keep you engaged or interested.
Thank god I watched this at home and I could fast forward. Many times I skipped forward 20-30 seconds and it was STILL the same exact shot on screen. That's crazy!! That's not movie making. That's not a masterpiece. You're not being some kind of genius by boring us to death. You can't just play an upbeat tempo song for 5 minutes and show us one shot and think that will do the trick.
As far as the acting goes... I can't believe Daniel Craig did this. I'm talking full nudity, full on gay sex, tons of making out... the whole 9 yards.
The Mexico setting was a complete miss in this one. It did not fit the theme at all. The sets were ridiculous. They were very well made but just completely wrong for this movie.
I was a huge fan of Call me By Your Name but I think this might have been the last Luca movie I'll ever see. At least for a while. My time was completely wasted.
Trust me, I know very well what the director was going for. I'm gay. I know all about the queer culture, how lonely it is, and how we all long for a lasting connection with someone much younger and hotter than us. This movie makes that very clear. And I love that it explored that. But why was it necessary to get high to do that?? The whole thing feels like a hallucination trip. There is minimal dialog. There are looooooong scenes with no dialog at all. Sometimes for 5-10 minutes. We're just staying on a close up of someone's face or watching them perform an action but ultimately nothing is happening on screen except for some subtle movement which is just not enough to keep you engaged or interested.
Thank god I watched this at home and I could fast forward. Many times I skipped forward 20-30 seconds and it was STILL the same exact shot on screen. That's crazy!! That's not movie making. That's not a masterpiece. You're not being some kind of genius by boring us to death. You can't just play an upbeat tempo song for 5 minutes and show us one shot and think that will do the trick.
As far as the acting goes... I can't believe Daniel Craig did this. I'm talking full nudity, full on gay sex, tons of making out... the whole 9 yards.
The Mexico setting was a complete miss in this one. It did not fit the theme at all. The sets were ridiculous. They were very well made but just completely wrong for this movie.
I was a huge fan of Call me By Your Name but I think this might have been the last Luca movie I'll ever see. At least for a while. My time was completely wasted.