Queer Beacon

Pride and Prejudice (2005) - No Gay Content

Excellent movie.  A good reminder that marriage should be about love (not money or anything else).  I usually avoid period pieces because I pretty much lack the ability to put movies into context, so most times I get all riled up on those class related verbal abuses ("you're of inferior birth" crap), but this was really good, and that is considering that Keira Knightley annoys the shit out of me.  On the other hand, Rosamund Pike, who plays Keira's sister, is becoming one of my favorites.  I hate her name though, I think I'll just call her Mary.  That's better.

Even if you have no formal schooling you should know the movie is based on Jane Austen's book.  The movie tells us the story of the Bennet family and its matriarch's quest to marry her daughters to rich men.  Characters played by Matthew MacFadyen (he was excellent), Simon Woods and Rupert Friend are some of the targets.  Rent the movie already (or should I say queue it up at Netflix.com?).

Pretty Persuasion (2005) - LightShed 7

Excellent movie.  Evan Rachel Woods rules!  She is a nasty high school girl who wants to be an actress.  She is mean and the dialogs are fantastic. 

In Evan's character quest for exposure and publicity she lures the reporter played by Jane Krakowski into action.  Jane is a sexy lipstick lesbian.  Evan is just skanky and evil.  There is a little girl-on-girl action.  It gets a little weird, but I think it is all clearly positive.

Get out now.  Go rent it.

Prime (2005) - LightShed 9

Seriously. Who was that Bryan Greenberg? Can your performance be any worse in your acting debut? I doubt it.  People agree with moi.  NO, I mean, no chemistry with Uma Thurman whatsoever (even though both are very hot individually). The movie tells us the story of a 37 year old woman (Thurman) who falls for a 23 year old (Greenberg). Greenberg is jewish, Thurman is not. Thurman is in therapy with Greenberg’s mom, played by Meryl Streep. After you stop trying to figure out what the hell Streep was doing in that flop, you kind of actually find the movie a little (but just a little) on the cute side.

Our gay here is played by Zak Orth (he has played small roles in several movies, including Melinda and Melinda – I really like Woody Allen and I pay attention). Our gay is Thurman’s acquaintance and had sort of a crush on Greenberg (the baby face Thurman falls for). There are nice gay remarks, like the one said by Thurman when Greenberg wonders how nice it must be to be rich, and have a great house in the Hamptons, and Thurman says only rich gays have that good taste in a house. Cliché, but I’ll take it.

I have been totally into most chick flicks. They always contain a little positive gay reference, even if small. Yay!

Proof (2005) - No Gay Reference

I saw the movie and liked it, but there was not gay content. At all. Paltrow and Gyllenhaal are pretty good together in the movie.  Here, Gwyneth plays the daughter of Anthony Hopkins, a famous mathematician in the movie.  Jake Gyllenhaal is a student of her father.  She is pretty bright too.  Everybody is bright.  Believable.  Lovely.  Get out now.  Go rent it.