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Running with scissors.For those of you familiar with my Eating out 2:Sloppy seconds thread, and those of you who aren't, it's happened to me again.I found myself taken in by a movie when I didn't expect to be.It's saturday afternoon, and I'm lying back in bed, relaxing, looking through my channel guide, with the intention of taking a nap if nothing was on.I saw that Running with scissors was playing on Starz.I've been meaning to check this movie out, so I did.Soon I forgot about taking a nap, and ended up watching the whole movie. Afterward, I went on IMDB to find the name of a song I had heard in the movie, and in the process found a really polarized response to it.Most of the people either loved it, or hated it.With all of that said, and given the fact that it kept me from going to sleep, I would say that it was ok, bordering on good, but still just ok.I guess it was supposed to be this dark comedy, but I didn't think much of it was funny.I only laughed a couple of times.The funniest part to me was when Neil Bookman(Joseph Fiennes) read his poem out loud in Deirdre's(Annette Bening) poetry group.I loved Joseph Cross in it though. That brings me to the thing I want to talk about most:The relationship between 13/14-year-old Augusten Burroughs(Joseph Cross) and Neil Bookman, a 35-year-old man with schizophrenia.Now I know people hear that, and are taken aback by it, but the movie does not portray the relationship as the slightist bit creepy....atleast not to me.It came accross as very uncreepy actually.In fact, in my opinion, It almost comes off as.......I don't want to say sweet, but........especially if you compare it to the relationship between Justin and Brian from Queer as folk.I never really thought Brian was a likable character to begin with, but he also seemed predatory, and used Justin only to treat him like garbage for most of the first season after he was done with him. Neil, however, is not made out to be this perverted older man who manipulates this young boy to take advantage of him.....atleast not in the movie.I haven't read the book.Another thing I would like to address is how they totally degayed the trailer for this movie.I didn't know there would be lesbian content in it as well.I also like Gabrielle Union in this. Who has seen this movie?What did you think of the relationship and how it was portrayed?What did you think of the movie overall? Submitted by homoguy563 (1237 points) (195 posts) on Sat, 2007-10-06 17:53. |
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I hated this movie so much I didn't get past
the first half hour. Everyone in it was either so unlikable or played so oddly by the actors (or both) that I couldn't watch. But then again, I'm also someone who couldn't stand the book either so take it wit a grain of salt.
That being said, I just watched Casino Royale again tonight (Brent's out-of-town for the weekend so I'm all by my lonesome) and OMG that is a good movie. It's the perfect blend of great, exciting action (that opening chase on foot is still breathtaking), fantastic acting, and exceptional writing. I just love this flick and, oh, yeah, Daniel Craig is so hot and not so much because of how he looks, but the way he carries himself. Please, please, let the next Bond movie have a gay angle to it!
Book>Movie
Running with Scissors- The Memoir but Augusten Burroughs, is an amazing book. The characters are layered and when I put the book down after I had finished it I wanted MORE.
The book shows a different aspect to Bookman and Augusten's relationship. It's more graphic, it's more sexual. It's not as pretty, or as played down in the movie? Bookman's character leaves on a different note as well, rather then the incident involving Dr.Finch. The end of the book also differs.
For a good read, I advise Running with Scissors, do not go rent the movie it only butchers what was a great story.
PS.
C.R.A.Z.Y. A French Canadian film is an AMAZING story about a gay adolescent. It's subtitled, it's indie and it's totally amazing. Most of the budget was used to be able to use music (Hence the Title). I recommend this HIGHLY.
HIGHLY!
I have spoken.
CRAZY
C.R.A.Z.Y. is not my favourite gay-themed film, but I'll agree it is quite good and deserves to be more widely seen; I'm guessing a lot of readers here have not seen it.
Hmmm, come to think of it, some of the best gay movies are in the French language! I highly, highly recommend both "Just a Question of Love" and "You'll Get Over It"---loved both of them (even though, if I remember correctly, one of them is a film that was originally shown on French television---I cannot imagine a similar film being shown on the networks in the US).
This film is dreadful
I hated this movie, it was such a disappointment after the book. I love Ryna Murphy, POPULAR was such a great show, and NIP/TUCK is amazing too. I am not sure what went wrong but one of the things in the book that was totally dropped out of the film Augusten's bitter manipulation, especially of Neil. Brian Cox is normally brilliant in even the smallest parts but he totally missed the boat as the off the wall shrink. Also Joseph Cross seemed too old for the part. Annette Benning has turned into a real scenery chewer as an actress. But ultimately there is no chemistry between characters that is so essential to this story.
Insideguy
Have not had the pleasure
of reading the book (but I will one day) or watching the movie. I agree with you homoguy563 the Brian/Justin relationship at the beginning of QAF was predatory, but then again Brian was a F**k 'em and leave 'em kind of guy. Perhaps the relationship between the 35 year old and the 13/14 year old is not as creepy because the adult is schizophrenic which makes him seem more vulnerable. If you ever watched "Harold and Maude" it had a relationship between a suicidal young man and a much older woman. Very odd but I still loved the movie.
Michael I could not agree with you more about Casino Royale, perhaps the best James Bond movie ever. I personally do not find Daniel Craig sexy but he exuded a confident persona in this movie that was in itself a bit of a turn on.
Cheers
JBE