Bros

Bros was a refreshing breath of fresh air in the canon of gay movies, it's a movie with a bit of money behind it which has great production values, and it's a gay movie where no-one ends up dead or miserable at the end, a point which is referenced with some humour towards the beginning of the film. Breathe easy, it has a happy ending. For me the first half of the film was far superior to the second half, there were laughs to be had, and it had lovely moments of heart, and some nice sexiness as well. It's the story of two people who on the surface you think shouldn't click, but surprisingly they do. Luke Macfarlane was excellent throughout as the macho "bro", his acting is strong and believable. The film is let down by Billy Eichner’s character however, his acerbic opinionated Bobby is tolerable to begin with and there’s a nice interplay between the two main leads with a touching scene on the beach from Eichner where he explains why he’s the way he is. HOWEVER the justification that because he’s been supressing and hiding who he is during his early life should now give him carte blanche to be incredibly rude, indulge in never ending opinionated lecturing, and to disregard everyone else’s feelings because his are the other only opinions that matter is awful and as the film descends into cliché it he becomes difficult to like or watch. Apart from one scene near the end where he apologises to his work group, it’s always everyone else who’s in the wrong, never him, and his apologise are just throwaway and without weight. The second half obligatory breakup and reunion was clumsily scripted and executed, and Eichner’s poor attempt to cover the fact that he can’t cry on cue made what should have been a touching and emotional moment painful and killed the immersion. I hope Bros leads to more mainstream gay focussed films in the future, but I sincerely hope they are not hampered by clumsy scripting and characterisation as this was.

It's a rom com, yes it pushes a lot on lgtbq+ history and rights but why not? Some people need to lighten up and just enjoy a simple rom com for what it is. How many rom coms out there are masterpieces? Do I still watch them on the regular to enjoy a bit of silly humour and romance? Hell yes because I just like a good laugh. Thoroughly enjoyed it and loved that it had non-cis and non-straight representation and messages. Most people didn't previously complain when movies would make fun of someone being gay, trans or any other marginalised group. Take the ribbing (wink) and chill out. I loved it.