Ask the Flying Monkey! (June 29, 2009)

Thanks Brent. I defy anyone not to love a movie that has the cutest cubbie imaginable stalking out of his bathroom with pens taped between his fingers to look like Wolverine. The relationship between the two of them is totally believable, and they're so sweet together.

Thank you, oh great Monkey! You have given me many great leads.

For some strange reason, I really want to see this movie now. And I don't think that the filmmaker is looking for shock-attention (as I call it), but he really wanted to explore this particular genre. Really, from the trailer, it looks to be well written, and acted, and I can't wait until it gets to the U.S.A.

Music Video from Do Começo Ao Fim (From Beginning To End) Very hot and sexy ever!(Remind me of shelter's MV)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1Zmn-17imw

Forget about brothers thing and just enjoy!

That trailer was way too explicit. I understand selling sex, but come on. The game did look cool though ... hopefully someone I know buys it so I can mooch off them.

Thanks to this site Chuecatown is now also on my netflix queue. The USPS can't keep up your recommendations.

Well, for what it's worth, I've read a small article about this movie on a local paper and it seems to be intended as a serious take on the issue. Both the director and the supporting actors are pretty well-known in Brazil, so it's not such a small movie either.

Good news for Futurama fans...its coming back! Next year Comedy Central is making 23 episodes (I think). It was about time, this thing has been cooking for years and the movies are not enough of a fix, mostly because they havent been very good. So, yay!

Nice interview with Brian Fuller. And thanks for the books suggestions.

Some information on Pepón Nieto. He has been working in a TV series, a cop show with a sense of humor, called Los Hombres de Paco (The Men of Paco). Interestingly enough, he has worked in 4 gay themed or related movies:

Chuecatown 

Los Novios Búlgaros (The Bulgarian Lovers)

Perdona bonita, pero Lucas me quería a mí (Forgive me honey, but Lucas loved me)

And if you really really must, but dont... Más que amor, frenesí (Not love, just frenzy)

Chuecatown is fine, but if you want a better bear related movie try Cachorro (Cub). Very sweet and funny.

Good stuff this week Monkey. 

 

I didn`t expect that you would actually pick my question(s) again so you totally made my day. ;)

They probably used those commercials in more countries, so I'm sure they aired in Australia too, but the first one was taken from Dutch TV (it has Dutch subtitles).

EDIT: From what the poster above me said, it seems like the ad aired just here in Europe.

Yeah the M&M adverts were shown in Britain too. I can't believe they didn't show them in the US, they were so subtle! From Beginning to End...I am in two minds about incest in of itself, but the film looks like it's gonna be a good one, which perhaps may even break the taboo a little bit. I'm a sucker for love stories anyway, regardless of which types of adults it includes.

I would recommend the short movie Starcrossed if you think From Beginning To End looks good. It's also about two brothers in love, it's a great love story.

 

Harvey Milk: You gotta give 'em hope.

I know folks love the drama but I just wish there were more love stories about gay men and lesbians that could have lots of drama but also more joy and less misery and tragedy. Romantic comedies can be smart and funny and powerful and well written. I think the best love stories are the ones where people actually get to HAVE a story. So many films (like Brokeback) seem to just want to tell how a couple got together or how they NEVER got together or ALMOST got together.

It's all pining and longing and emotional torture and "Will he or won't he" come out. So few films with central gay characters as the love interests actually tell the "love" story. I'd love to see a gay "The way we were" "Notting Hill" or even "10 Things I hate about you"

I remember seeing "The Coffee Date" and thinking, "It's cute and funny and sweet with a lot of heart and the leads have so much chemistry and passion. Why couldn't this just have been a love story about the two main characters? There was so much story to tell and they were each compelling characters in their own right" It was such a waste.

The story of the two men or two women meeting, dating and actually getting to love each other and have a relationship doesn't have to be boring or cliche.

It seems weird to me that given the fact that we are so tortured and maligned and demonized about our love lives that we wouldn't want to celebrate gays and lesbians falling in and out of love and having relationships on film.

I could easily see the story of "Scotty and Kevin" being turned into a film from the moment they met in his law office til they got married. 

Maybe I'm just feeling extra gay and lovey because of Pride but I don't get it. Gay and lesbian film makers don't seem to really want to produce mainstream films about love and relationships and dating (the indy stuff is either all sex or all "coming out" stories when it comes to love).

It seems like culturally we just skipped from "coming out" to "getting married" with nothing in-between.

The few films that try to be about gays dating "A Four Letter Word" "Long Term Relationship" "All About The Guy" (to name a few I've seen recently) are either ignored by gay press or aren't really up to snuff writing and production wise to get any mainstream attention.

I won't even bother with Lesbian stuff because there isn't anything that isn't "Loving Annabelle" type blah!!!

"That's our job today: to control the extent to which people can publicly manifest antigay sentiment." (Bayard Rustin) ** "Heterosexuality is not normal, it's just common" (Dorothy Parker)

Was this the movie that AE posted a clip of before, and everyone started talking about incest?

Personally, I kinda want to see the movie. I'm not a fan of incest, I find it kind of weird to watch, but that's just personal taste, as I have absolutely nothing against it. If two consenting adults want to have fun together, it's none of my business. They only thing that bothers me about incest is relatives haveing children, as biologically speaking that's dangerous, but hey, guess with a gay couple we don't have to worry about that.

And now I'm reminded of "Harry + Max", another movie about brothers who are something more. Oh great flying monkey, what can you tell me about this movie, and what you thought? (sorry, didn't mean to sneak in a question like this!)

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I may be straight, but I'm not narrow.

The idea behind the movie bothers me for a few reasons. One is that if the incestuos aspect of the relationship does not end before the movie, then I am not going to feel any sense of resolution about the story. I understand incest does happen in real life, but there is usually some sort of unresolved issues that causes it to occur. Secondly, aren't people just going to get more "weird" ideas about gays if they equate same gendered love with sibling love? And, the third reason this bothers me is that it seems the only time I see strong bonds of love between family members, except in a cheesy, moralizing family movie, it is in a movie about incest! There are a few exceptions, but you hardly ever see relationships given importance in a movie, if there's no sex involve. So it's even more frustrating for me when there is a movie where family relationships are strong, but there is sex involved.

I agree that artists should make art on whatever subject they like... but I'm going to have my own opinions on whatever art they make. I don't believe I will like this particular piece of art. (I will try to keep an open mind until I actually see it, though.)

I personally think she has what it takes to be a gay icon. The potential is there, i believe we just need to see the execution. I am hopefully. & of course the fact she has high fashion stiletto guns & technically does not wear clothes [her body is actually clad in her own hair, which she uses for magic. When you do poorly & lose health, Miss Bayonetta loses mental focus & thus cannot maintain the hair to form a suit = her clothes come off when you suck at the game] i would think are definitely not holding her back.

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Can anyone shed any light on why her dialogue in that trailer has been lifted wholesale from Ivy Valentine in "Soul Calibur II"? From the laugh to the "Let's dance!", some of those appear to be the exact same soundclips, yet the actress who played Ivy (Renee Hewitt) has no mention of Bayonetta on her IMDb page...

I'm wondering from heterosexual point of view about Brokeback Mountain especially straightmen. as oppose to gay men point of view about From Begining Til the End? Sex between two men is as much a taboo as incest between two brothers depends on whose point of view you are taking. Base on the clip itself, what resonate was love between two consenting adults.I doubt it would make many of us suddenly have a yearning to have an intimate relationship with our siblings. The movie explore the possibilty of two siblings with an unusual relationship. We know it exist within our society. Intead of judging as brothers should not do it, we need to keep an open mind that love does exist under the most perculiar circumstances. It's an interesting subject to provoke the viewers.