I got this movie on blu ray months ago, idk why i bought it but i've heard and seen it a lot of times. I've seen how popular it is so i was intrigued but im not sure what this all is.
I really didn't care for its setting, its all ugly ass white suburban houses, school and furniture and it makes the already fine cinematography look boring as fuck. On the conversation of "boring" the main characters besides Patrick are dull and generally, Ezra millers performance is really good as well so it leaves me wonder why the other are so stilted and wooden. I did expect a very commercial queer and just love ingeneral, story but the way the film depicts teens is really shallow and boring. It makes it look and sound like a Disney channel movie sometimes.
The problem the three main characters is that they are puppets( to be fair every character in a movie is a puppet) for this shallow look at teenagers that you've already seen a million times. Its crumbs of queerness still feels very white and expected as to what you will find depicted in this and its ironic because the rocky horror picture show is a mirror to what the queerness of this film is (even when its not to that movies extend) which is that its somewhat outdated and just there for decoration. I do think there is something of a problem to be discussed in terms of seeking queer love but even then its shallow at best.
Maybe don't put a lot of emphasis on narration that is just the characters thoughts and nothing else. Narration is fine but i always hate when movies do that shit where its all throughout the film and its just a singular characters thoughts.
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