First, I'd like to say this movie is dated in the themes it portrays, but the acting is very good. It opens with a gay civil union where one of the grooms tries to have a fling with a male waiter (I thought this has a lot of gall and I didn't like this portrayal at a gay union; very unlikely).
The movie dealt with gay bashing in several different ways with multiple characters. I didn't even get what was going on in the one guys head who took care of his grandmother (Alfie), he would get dressed up gay and go out to find someone to bash. His first victim, it was horrible to see what he did to him, the way he broke a glass vase over his head, beat and kicked him, stuffed ciggarette butts in his mouth, urinated on him and spit on him (HOW DEMEANING), I never knew what would cause this guy to do something like that. The waiter who was making out with the groom was bashed to death by two youths when they found him in a pickup restroom. The first gay basher I mentioned was later bashed by a big stocky guy he was trying to pickup to bash. At first I thought this might have been someone the first gay bashed victim may have hired to get even with they guy, but the movie never disclosed that.
There was a 14 year old boy who was possessed with an older man who turned out to be a convicted pedaphile, living across the street. Although one viewer though this part of the story was very very good and described the man only as an older man and not the pedaphile he was, this turned my thought on this part of their story. It was very well acted and the actors characters you did want to feel different about but pedaphiles do not deserve sympathy. Although he did not provoke the boys attention, quite the reverse, and he tried many times to get the boy out of his apartment and cried when the boy kissed him, etc, etc. The boy was determined to have the man. Despite everything, a pedaphile is a pedaphile and this story touched a nerve and I felt no sympathy for either character. There was a parental confrontation that was well acted as well.
The was one short story about a young black violinist that was being harassed by a thug group and he was afraid to go home any one way after his lessons. This story did not feed into the woven structure of the other stories and could have been cut out of the movie.
All the other stories, blended together throughout the movie and created a woven storyline. At times shocking, always interesting, most controversial. For the most part, the movie from beginning to end circled around one of the grooms wedding rings, except the pedaphile piece.
All together I thought it was a good movie, well acted, but exaggerated a lot of todays actual gay social life. It might be that way in London, but I'm not so sure about here in America. It concentrated a lot on violence and outdated gay sex scenarios.
I would buy this movie to add to my personal DVD collection but would be hesitant to share watching it with friends.
The movie dealt with gay bashing in several different ways with multiple characters. I didn't even get what was going on in the one guys head who took care of his grandmother (Alfie), he would get dressed up gay and go out to find someone to bash. His first victim, it was horrible to see what he did to him, the way he broke a glass vase over his head, beat and kicked him, stuffed ciggarette butts in his mouth, urinated on him and spit on him (HOW DEMEANING), I never knew what would cause this guy to do something like that. The waiter who was making out with the groom was bashed to death by two youths when they found him in a pickup restroom. The first gay basher I mentioned was later bashed by a big stocky guy he was trying to pickup to bash. At first I thought this might have been someone the first gay bashed victim may have hired to get even with they guy, but the movie never disclosed that.
There was a 14 year old boy who was possessed with an older man who turned out to be a convicted pedaphile, living across the street. Although one viewer though this part of the story was very very good and described the man only as an older man and not the pedaphile he was, this turned my thought on this part of their story. It was very well acted and the actors characters you did want to feel different about but pedaphiles do not deserve sympathy. Although he did not provoke the boys attention, quite the reverse, and he tried many times to get the boy out of his apartment and cried when the boy kissed him, etc, etc. The boy was determined to have the man. Despite everything, a pedaphile is a pedaphile and this story touched a nerve and I felt no sympathy for either character. There was a parental confrontation that was well acted as well.
The was one short story about a young black violinist that was being harassed by a thug group and he was afraid to go home any one way after his lessons. This story did not feed into the woven structure of the other stories and could have been cut out of the movie.
All the other stories, blended together throughout the movie and created a woven storyline. At times shocking, always interesting, most controversial. For the most part, the movie from beginning to end circled around one of the grooms wedding rings, except the pedaphile piece.
All together I thought it was a good movie, well acted, but exaggerated a lot of todays actual gay social life. It might be that way in London, but I'm not so sure about here in America. It concentrated a lot on violence and outdated gay sex scenarios.
I would buy this movie to add to my personal DVD collection but would be hesitant to share watching it with friends.