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Bros (2022)
I really wanted to love this movie
As a gay man, I was looking forward to the first
release of a same-sex RomCom from a "major studio".
Instead, the film turned out to be cinematographic masturbation for the writers, who constantly self-indulge in their own narrow-minded views of what being gay means.
There are a couple genuinely funny moments, but most of it is the gay version of "basic". The characters are flat, the story is conventional, and the narcissism is relentless.
To add insult to injury, the bi, lesbian, and trans characters are painfully stereotyped and used for cheap laughs.
If anything, this movie sets the LGBTQ+ community back. We deserved better for the "first gay romcom from a major studio".
The fact that critics loved this movie is baffling, at best.
Wrath of Man (2021)
Eastwood ruins it
The film is entertaining and the actions is pretty good. The film would deserve a better score, but Josh Hartnett and Scott Eastwood ruin the film with their terrible acting.
Coming Out Colton (2021)
A misguided attempt at honesty and vulnerability
The premise piqued my curiosity as it is about the experience of an NFL player coming out as gay. I figured it cannot be easy to come out under such a constant spotlight and from such an absurdly "macho" environment. I had assumed that it was an after-the-fact documentary. I should have known better.
While I deeply empathise with his struggles, which is nothing to sneer at, I felt that the way it was approached lacked decency and common sense.
Basically, he brought a crew to film his coming out to his mother, best friend, brother, dad, and world. The reactions are either staged (as most reality TV shows are), or just plain weird.
What is disappointing is the missed opportunity. He clearly has an interesting and hard story to tell, which makes it even more annoying to watch how he turned his own genuine struggles into a way to monetise his pain for fame and fortune. Although it is his struggle and therefore he is free to sell his own pain, he makes a mockery/show of what should be difficult, raw and vulnerable moments.
It is baffling to me how far people will go to make money and gain more fame. It is a misguided self-serving farce of his own battle, which exposes the show as narcissistic and profit-oriented. Values such as privacy, intimacy, and genuine relationships are sold for profit while simultaneously seeking all three.
As for being a role model, the show displays that he isn't one and people who watch this should not take cues from this mockery of a gay experience. It could have been an inspirational story for others but it ends up being a story to avoid. Thankfully, there are plenty of great coming out and gay stories nowadays that are much more suitable, and paradoxically more genuine.