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Saturday, January 31, 2009

The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green (2005)

This is probably not a crossover hit, I don't think. The sex scenes aren't really explicit, but straight guys might still not find its generosity of male flesh something to go out of their way to see.

But as a gay film, I really liked it. The idea of romantic relationship self-sabotage is intriguing, though it obviously has nothing to do with my relationships. (Those don't need self- or any other kind of sabotage.)

The comic which the movie is based on isn't pretty to look at, but the movie is, with a number of young, cute, believably gay acting guys in the cast. Gay movies typically are low budget: and some can have horrific acting (Regarding Billy comes to mind), but the acting here is quite good and the story moves along well.

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A reasonably good movie with a similar (romantic self-sabotage) theme, but completely different story line: Boy Culture.

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