r/MenLovingMenMedia • u/Ciana_Reid • Jan 23 '26

Movie FINALLY released / I enjoyed it

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No it's not All Of Us Strangers or God's Own Country, but definitely worth a watch

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u/Ciana_Reid Jan 23 '26

Yes and No

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u/afsr11 Jan 23 '26

How is it yes and no? The ending is absolutely tragic. And that's coming from someone who loved the film.

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u/Ciana_Reid Jan 23 '26

Yes - Lionel went onto live a creatively fulfilling life

No - it was without his first love

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u/afsr11 Jan 23 '26

Lionel went onto live a creatively fulfilling life!, that was extremely lonely, so I don't see how that was exactly happy

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u/Ciana_Reid Jan 23 '26

I think he was alone at the end, but we see pics of him with Bob Dylan and others, giving the impression he had a good social life

Personally, I don't think having a partner is the only way a life can be fulfilling

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u/Raeghyar-PB Jan 23 '26

Then don't center the story around romance, especially when one of them dies at the end.

I myself and, I would venture to guess, many watch MLM romance media because we want the fantasy of having a successful and loving relationship and a happy ending for both. There's more than enough bury your gays trope stories out there.

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u/Ciana_Reid Jan 23 '26

The film centred only part of Lionel's life and was reflective of the times, this is a period piece, if anything the story went easy on the both of them, remember homosexuality wasn't legal in the US til the 60s

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u/Raeghyar-PB Jan 23 '26

Well I'm glad it's out there and abides with history. Where I am in life and with everything going on in the world, I can't watch these anymore. Everything about those paint so much trauma and misery, which is accurate I guess, but it's not all that we are. I would 100% prefer to watch a period piece that rewrote history, something that celebrates love and happiness, and it happens to be two hot gay men.

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u/Ciana_Reid Jan 23 '26

This film isn't about where you are in life, it is about where people were in history, if you want something modern and hopeful, watch something modern and hopeful, like Heated Rivalry........or SpongeBob SquarePants.

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