Favorite Gay Themed Film
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maytagbear
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Some of my favourites; including gay characters
Parting Glances (Available on Netflix Instant).
Love! Valour! Compassion!
The Family Stone
Edge of Seventeen
Trembling Before G_d
Chutney Popcorn
I liked Big Eden, but, I agree that it is "magic realism."
Show Me Love
Waiting For The Moon
As I said, just some of my favourites.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
Parting Glances (Available on Netflix Instant).
Love! Valour! Compassion!
The Family Stone
Edge of Seventeen
Trembling Before G_d
Chutney Popcorn
I liked Big Eden, but, I agree that it is "magic realism."
Show Me Love
Waiting For The Moon
As I said, just some of my favourites.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
I loved Big Eden too...
I remember reading that they made the movie knowing it was unrealistic. I think it may have been on IMDB where I read it. Kind of a "In a perfect world" type scenario which they knew didn't exist. I think that's why I like it. But it could also be because I have thing for Native American Two-Spirits, hehe. But some of my other favorites are:
Shelter
Trick
Broken Hearts Club
Jeffrey ( Michael T. Weiss..mmmmmmph )
Love! Valor! Compassion!
Beautiful Thing
To Wong Foo! Thanks for everything, Julie Newmar.
I remember reading that they made the movie knowing it was unrealistic. I think it may have been on IMDB where I read it. Kind of a "In a perfect world" type scenario which they knew didn't exist. I think that's why I like it. But it could also be because I have thing for Native American Two-Spirits, hehe. But some of my other favorites are:
Shelter
Trick
Broken Hearts Club
Jeffrey ( Michael T. Weiss..mmmmmmph )
Love! Valor! Compassion!
Beautiful Thing
To Wong Foo! Thanks for everything, Julie Newmar.
My two biggies are,
Love!,Valour!Compassion.
I watch it every long weekend of the summer.
Of course,To Wong Fu.
Love the car,love Miss Vida's purple dress,Stockard Channing was great in that movie, as in all she does.
I can watch it 10 times compared to Prissilla,Queen of the Desert.
Love!,Valour!Compassion.
I watch it every long weekend of the summer.
Of course,To Wong Fu.
Love the car,love Miss Vida's purple dress,Stockard Channing was great in that movie, as in all she does.
I can watch it 10 times compared to Prissilla,Queen of the Desert.
Love Valour Compassion is one of my all-time favorite plays, but twice I've tried to watch the film and both times I fell asleep. I think Nathan Lane is what made the play so good, and absence of him is what made the film so bad (IMO of course).
My favorite review of it comes from Amazon.com:
"Boys In The Band" meets "On Golden Pond" LOL
Edge of Seventeen is another one that puts me right to sleep. Its storyline and script are utterly pedestrian.
My favorite review of it comes from Amazon.com:
"Boys In The Band" meets "On Golden Pond" LOL
Edge of Seventeen is another one that puts me right to sleep. Its storyline and script are utterly pedestrian.
iheartmaytag
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It has to be Brokeback Mountain
Though this specifically drew fire because of a "gay theme" an open minded-non phobe person would see a love story that is quite touching.
Though this specifically drew fire because of a "gay theme" an open minded-non phobe person would see a love story that is quite touching.
laundromat
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My Beautiful Launderette
Too Wong Fu
Birdcage
Percilla Queen of the Dessert
Rent
Philladelphia
Too Wong Fu
Birdcage
Percilla Queen of the Dessert
Rent
Philladelphia
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I mentioned "Big Eden" as a favorite because it is filled with characters that I can identify with...people like I grew up with. I suppose once a country boy, always a country boy.
Somebody mentioned that the premise of the film was a bit ridiculous; well the filmmaker did say that it was a fantasy of sorts, something that might happen if we lived in a perfect world. If you have ever lived in a very small town you know that adults of all ages tend to sit around at times and match make. In a perfect world, one with no homophobia this premise is not so unbelievable.
Another favorite would be "Brokeback Mountain", again because it is something I identified with.
Many of the other gay themed films out there I didn't enjoy, or enjoy as much as the other two films I mentioned because I simply couldn't identify with any of the characters.
“To Wong Foo†is another favorite…
I mentioned "Big Eden" as a favorite because it is filled with characters that I can identify with...people like I grew up with. I suppose once a country boy, always a country boy.
Somebody mentioned that the premise of the film was a bit ridiculous; well the filmmaker did say that it was a fantasy of sorts, something that might happen if we lived in a perfect world. If you have ever lived in a very small town you know that adults of all ages tend to sit around at times and match make. In a perfect world, one with no homophobia this premise is not so unbelievable.
Another favorite would be "Brokeback Mountain", again because it is something I identified with.
Many of the other gay themed films out there I didn't enjoy, or enjoy as much as the other two films I mentioned because I simply couldn't identify with any of the characters.
“To Wong Foo†is another favorite…
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For UK members..(Unsure if it was ever shown in the US).
Film... " My Beautiful Launderette "
I couldn't wait to see the film for 2 reasons
1: Gay themed
2: Of course the washers!
Mark
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Film... " My Beautiful Launderette "
I couldn't wait to see the film for 2 reasons
1: Gay themed
2: Of course the washers!
Mark
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nmaineman36
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I saw the movie Shelter on Here! ...very good movie.
Drum roll please...
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Mambo Italiano
Shelter
Kinky Boots
Mommy Dearest...yeah i know not gay themed but very campy just the same.
The Trip
Summer Storm in German
Regular Guys in German
All Over the Guy
Too Wong Foo....love me some Miss Vida and ChiChi..not so much on the Miss Noxema.
The Women...the Joan Crawford version of 1939. Amore Dahlink!
Drum roll please...
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Mambo Italiano
Shelter
Kinky Boots
Mommy Dearest...yeah i know not gay themed but very campy just the same.
The Trip
Summer Storm in German
Regular Guys in German
All Over the Guy
Too Wong Foo....love me some Miss Vida and ChiChi..not so much on the Miss Noxema.
The Women...the Joan Crawford version of 1939. Amore Dahlink!
nmaineman36
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I do love most of the movies that you guys posted...Philadelphia though....I hate movies that go back and forth...drives me nuts.
One movie we saw at the IMAX was Beowulf...even though its animated....what a body and nakedness....if any saw it you know what I mean!
One movie we saw at the IMAX was Beowulf...even though its animated....what a body and nakedness....if any saw it you know what I mean!
Far from heaven. Sort of a post Stonewall ending in a pre Stonewall setting. And don't forget all the fifties stuff in this movie.
brisnat81
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Consenting Adults
Would have to be my alltime favourite, yet its one of the saddest movies I've ever seen.
Would have to be my alltime favourite, yet its one of the saddest movies I've ever seen.
maytagbear
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Three more worth mentioning:
Gods and Monsters
The Opposite of Sex.
Kinsey
Lawrence/Maytagbear
Gods and Monsters
The Opposite of Sex.
Kinsey
Lawrence/Maytagbear
frontaloadotmy
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I've always liked
Whose Afraid of Virginia Wolf
Suddenly, Last Summer
The Boys in the Band
and of course
To Wong Fu, JN
and
BBM,
Welcome Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Whose Afraid of Virginia Wolf
Suddenly, Last Summer
The Boys in the Band
and of course
To Wong Fu, JN
and
BBM,
Welcome Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
nmaineman36
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Well one movie I forgot was Steel Magnolias....the lines from that movie I love...Just the other night I got to really sit down to watch it....lines like ..."You know I love you more than my luggage" ...or" I know you worship the quicksand I walk on"...timeless. And lets not forget..."If you've got nothing nice to say ...come sit by me"
Lots of fine movies here . . .
but my all-time favorites are always those John Waters film featuring Divine: Polyester, Pink Flamingoes, Female Trouble and Hairspray. They may not necessarily be gay-themed films, but the mere presence of Divine casts a large gay shadow all by itself, and certainly there is a gay sensibility to all of them.
"I'd be so happy if you was nellie!" <--- Ida Nelson (Edith Massey), lamenting that her hairdresser nephew is straight.
but my all-time favorites are always those John Waters film featuring Divine: Polyester, Pink Flamingoes, Female Trouble and Hairspray. They may not necessarily be gay-themed films, but the mere presence of Divine casts a large gay shadow all by itself, and certainly there is a gay sensibility to all of them.
"I'd be so happy if you was nellie!" <--- Ida Nelson (Edith Massey), lamenting that her hairdresser nephew is straight.
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Sordid Lives
All Over The Guy
Beautiful Thing
Maurice
Love Valor Compassion
Parting Glances
too many to list
Torch Song Trilogy
All Over The Guy
Beautiful Thing
Maurice
Love Valor Compassion
Parting Glances
too many to list
Torch Song Trilogy
My picks?
The Ritz
Zero Patience
Angels in America
and of course, Brokeback Mountain
The Ritz
Zero Patience
Angels in America
and of course, Brokeback Mountain
Long Term Companion
BBM
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