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Boys Don't Cry (1999)
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"Welcome to a new feature on Reel Thoughts – and, perhaps, something I should have begun a long time ago. In light of a recent discussion that heated up (in a good way) in the Oscars group (request membership!), I have decided, since my Netflix queue is pockmarked with contenders and winners of Oscars past and semi-present, that I would call attention to and/or highlight this status, since I frequently, if not always, am inspired to watch such films because the Academy saw fit to recognize them at least through nominations. Now, some may call that a narrow or limited worldview, but the fact of the matter is that I, personally, watch many types of films, not just Oscar films, and, just like for the AFI Project, this feature will be associated merely with what's up on the queue, not to the exclusion of viewing those other films (and will apply to only those films I haven't blogged about before--though I may go back and edit the others--and to those that are not on an AFI list) ... "
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"Both are broadly classifiable as science fiction, but Alien is basically a horror flick and Aliens has all the conventions of a war film. That’s a pretty slick transition from one type of movie to another, especially since the switch was so immediate within the series. Most movie franchises don’t play with genre in such a way until they’ve gone through a number of sequels, and even then the series usually just simply takes its characters into outer space, a la Moonraker, Jason X and Leprechaun 4. Genre jumping isn’t that easy, though, unless a franchise inhabits a whole universe in which to expand through. Like Star Wars, for example. Originally a film series, the Star Wars franchise spread out into novels, which has allowed "
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"I have followed Hilary Swank's career since Next Karate Kid and have to say that she has showed real chops as an actress. This is probably her bravest and most known performance. The film itself is dark, disturbing and very, very inspiring. It talks about bigotry and ignorance. I can't really say anything about this other than watch it. "
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The Problem With Spring
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"I've recently watched a string of bad movies.They're not bad as in they never should have been made. It's more disappointing than that. They're bad because a good idea and often talent was wasted on poor execution.I should have known better than to throw away my time on them. They were all released in the dumping ground casually referred to as the Spring Season. Few decent U.S. films debut during this time. It's home for stupid family fare featuring Martin Lawrence (College Road Trip and Wild Hogs) and now random offerings from this year's unexpected double-dipper, Dennis Quaid. 2007 was a rare exception to the rule with Zodiac, Grindhouse, and the widely liked but personally loathed 300. Typically, it's an overall mess.The films that I ignored post-Oscar rush and pre-Summer Blockbuster are now on DVD and at the library. Since now I don't have to pay to see them, the slightest bit of interest that I suppressed in March and April by staying home now looks at me every day at work a ... "
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"(There are some spoilers here, but as the film is based on a well known incident, I'm not giving much away) One of the most critically acclaimed films of 1999, Boys Don't Cry is an effective piece of cinema with a harrowing climax. Although it was contraversial for its gay-friendly message, it's more of a true-to-life drama than an Oliver Stone-like political tract. It makes some effective social commentray along the way because its argurments those are the only possible conclusions a reasonable person could reach. The movie is based on the tragic life story Brandon Teena, a Nebraskian biological female who felt that she was really a man. Lacking the funds for a sex change operation, s/he simply dressed and acted masculine and things went reasonable well until John Lotter and Marvin Nisson, two of Brandon's male friends, found out his secret and brutally raped him in retaltion. After Brandon reported the crime to the police, he and two of his friends were murderd in an apparen ... "
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Great Film!!
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"When I watch a film and it leaves me thinking... for days... I know i've really enjoyed it, and this film did that to me... I just couldn't forget about certain scenes for days... I felt for this film..... "
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"While drag humor is definitely not new to movies, queer drag may only be relatively new to mainstream film. Whether or not you care to differentiate between straight and gay men playing women, and straight and gay men playing gay men playing women, it’s all about interpretation. It’s all about spin. Breeder or queer, they’re making a statement about the excesses of feminine behavior, and what sort of comportment society expects of its’ women. Of course now, while Patrick Swayze may be copying gay men in a movie like, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar or doing his best to tap into his own homoerotic energy, that can be very different from Charles Busch doing a (relatively subtle) caricature of the whiskey-voiced matriarch in Die Mommie Die! Queer drag always carries the implication that gay men can trump self-identified, biologically designated females when wielding bitchy attitude. It is, without a doubt, a step forward that major studios are ... "
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