I was looking forward to this film, and I did ultimately enjoy it (and the actors in it... yum) but it let me down.
One nitpick I had was one of the key lines in the trailer: "if you could make anyone love you, would you?". It wasn't delivered properly, nearly burying the "would you" words, which should have had the emphasis.
I think the film went too far in suggesting the entire town could be turned gay. Who is this guy, Santa Claus? Nobody has that much time, not to mention flower-aiming accuracy.
I would have: * not made it based on Shakespeare, particularly texts that I do not believe actually exist in Shakespeare... (do they?) * eliminated the manic drama teacher ... she was just creepy and unnecessary * delved more into the personalities of the other students. I'm certain we don't even learn most of their names, regardless of what the credits say. * followed up with the true gay love, once acknowledged. The viewers have earned this. Dammit, when are we going to get a good gay romance film (in any genre)? * pushed the envelope a bit. Guys are guys, and whether they are gay, or potion-gay, some aren't going to be making lovey-dovey eyes at each other for very long before moving on to the first few bases, if not home plate. * gone full musical. This was a film with music, but not a musical. It could have been...
I think I still prefer Get Real or Beautiful Thing.
Anyway, still a 7/10 is not a bad score, and I do recommend this film. But it does continue a trend of excellent gay shorts turning into merely average-to-good gay films (Dare being another recent example).
One nitpick I had was one of the key lines in the trailer: "if you could make anyone love you, would you?". It wasn't delivered properly, nearly burying the "would you" words, which should have had the emphasis.
I think the film went too far in suggesting the entire town could be turned gay. Who is this guy, Santa Claus? Nobody has that much time, not to mention flower-aiming accuracy.
I would have: * not made it based on Shakespeare, particularly texts that I do not believe actually exist in Shakespeare... (do they?) * eliminated the manic drama teacher ... she was just creepy and unnecessary * delved more into the personalities of the other students. I'm certain we don't even learn most of their names, regardless of what the credits say. * followed up with the true gay love, once acknowledged. The viewers have earned this. Dammit, when are we going to get a good gay romance film (in any genre)? * pushed the envelope a bit. Guys are guys, and whether they are gay, or potion-gay, some aren't going to be making lovey-dovey eyes at each other for very long before moving on to the first few bases, if not home plate. * gone full musical. This was a film with music, but not a musical. It could have been...
I think I still prefer Get Real or Beautiful Thing.
Anyway, still a 7/10 is not a bad score, and I do recommend this film. But it does continue a trend of excellent gay shorts turning into merely average-to-good gay films (Dare being another recent example).