I wanted an entire film of Coop using boyfriend's butt as bongos.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:14 (four months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldFWvHa4Svg
― Expansion to Mackerel (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:37 (four months ago) link
Yes, the ostensible main point of the movie is the relationship but both characters are ciphers. Also, apparently in real life he wrote Felicia a letter before they married about his attraction to men and need for the occasional boy toy, and she wrote back accepting of it! On the other hand, the movie never makes it clear what sort of arrangement they had.
― Expansion to Mackerel (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:42 (four months ago) link
Coop no doubt thought American Netflix viewers couldn't stand the idea of an open marriage.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:43 (four months ago) link
But his relationship with his wife isn't an inherently interesting story imo.
I guess we just disagree on this point.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Saturday, 30 December 2023 19:07 (four months ago) link
"It's a movie about his relationship with his wife" coupled with Cooper's very transparent need for alms and validation all just adds up to "we want to win both lead acting Oscars for this one" to me
― stephen miller is not your friend (Eric H.), Saturday, December 30, 2023 bookmarkflaglink
I mean, it's that time of year isn't it? I'm willing to be there are other movies out right now that you like that are also transparently aiming for Oscars.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Saturday, 30 December 2023 19:08 (four months ago) link
― Expansion to Mackerel (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, December 30, 2023 bookmarkflaglink
I think you just missed it. She knew nearly from the beginning. The scene where they are watching, and then participating, in the On the Town dance number seems pretty clearly to say she sees him in his homoerotic desires. And this was before they married. And after they're married there are numerous scenes where she speaks to him directly about it.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Saturday, 30 December 2023 19:11 (four months ago) link
Yeah, it's clear to me the wife knew; the film's Bernstein isn't hiding it from friends, why should he hide it from her? But I still didn't find this bit compelling.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 December 2023 19:48 (four months ago) link
Well I think the relationship wasn’t defined as “she knew but couldn’t accept it” or “She willfully looked the other way” or “ she tried to be tolerant but life is messy and she found herself unhappy about it”
― Expansion to Mackerel (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 30 December 2023 19:48 (four months ago) link
I know she knew in the movie but her motivations remained obscure because her character was so poorly sketched out.
― Expansion to Mackerel (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 30 December 2023 19:51 (four months ago) link
Please compare that with "Night and Day," the Cary Grant movie where he plays Cole Porter.
In the movie he is portrayed as "carrying a torch for" Linda, though some accounts suggest that he wanted the social cover of a marriage blanche, as they used to say.
― CthulhuLululemon (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 30 December 2023 20:04 (four months ago) link
Sorry blanc or maybe lavender
― CthulhuLululemon (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 30 December 2023 20:12 (four months ago) link
_"It's a movie about his relationship with his wife" coupled with Cooper's very transparent need for alms and validation all just adds up to "we want to win both lead acting Oscars for this one" to me― stephen miller is not your friend (Eric H.), Saturday, December 30, 2023 bookmarkflaglink_I mean, it's that time of year isn't it? I'm willing to be there are other movies out right now that you like that are also transparently aiming for Oscars.
― stephen miller is not your friend (Eric H.), Saturday, 30 December 2023 20:22 (four months ago) link
the movie is about their marriage but for some reason it does not do a very good job of letting you inside to understand the push and pull of her attraction. On the one hand it's easy to say 'she knew what she was getting into so why does she have such a hard time with his homosexuality later on', but real relationships are complicated. The problem with the film is that it doesn't really sell that complication. Outside of the very first scenes I don't know that I ever believed she actually loved him. I don't know if this was the case in real life or a fault of the film.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Saturday, 30 December 2023 20:38 (four months ago) link
Mulligan doesn't help either. She's supposed to be urbane but she looks stricken. I'm not sure she knew what she was supposed to play.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 December 2023 20:44 (four months ago) link
Blecch. What a shit script on this...
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 17 February 2024 12:41 (three months ago) link
Hey, don’t blame me, I didn’t write it
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 17 February 2024 12:44 (three months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW9Lfs-Fxmo
― budo jeru, Sunday, 25 February 2024 20:35 (three months ago) link