Oct. 20th, 2014 10:12 pm
Mumblecored
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muckefuckPit Stop did have some elements I liked. For starters, most gay films end when the married guy comes out. Here that's already happened and instead we get a look at what happens when the lovers don't ride off into the sunset but the responsible one sticks around to give his child a stable home. We also don't see the accident that put someone into a coma, and we don't see them miraculously come out of it either. A less-than-accepting relative doesn't get lectured or undergo a sudden change of heart.
What it didn't have, however, was a satisfying arc. It feels unfinished, like there was at least another ten minutes of movie they forgot to film somehow. The central romance, if you can call it that, feels idealised and arbitrary and there's no sense of how it changes the characters whose backstories have been exposited so leisurely. So it all ends up feeling rather slack. I also joked to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
monshu that it could just as well have been called Awkward conversations with poor lighting. But that's true of any indie mumblecore film, gay or straight, isn't it?
Given the sketchy plot, I'm not sure how much better calibre actors would've helped. It goes to show that there's more to making a good gay movie than simply steering clear of all the clichés which make so many bad gay films bad.
What it didn't have, however, was a satisfying arc. It feels unfinished, like there was at least another ten minutes of movie they forgot to film somehow. The central romance, if you can call it that, feels idealised and arbitrary and there's no sense of how it changes the characters whose backstories have been exposited so leisurely. So it all ends up feeling rather slack. I also joked to
monshu that it could just as well have been called Awkward conversations with poor lighting. But that's true of any indie mumblecore film, gay or straight, isn't it?Given the sketchy plot, I'm not sure how much better calibre actors would've helped. It goes to show that there's more to making a good gay movie than simply steering clear of all the clichés which make so many bad gay films bad.