I'll admit that this is a dark and twisted film, and difficult to watch at times. However, I feel people are missing the whole point, and mistakenly judging it for its content, rather than its message.
Sure, the film features some truly ugly deeds and events, but that's all necessary to convey the hopelessness and abandonment experienced by too many young boys going through the sort of things these two are dealing with.
At least one of the boys is gay, and is struggling with his unrequited feelings for the other boy. That is literally tearing him apart inside, and drives him to become callous and dead inside. As a matter of fact, this film has one of the most powerful scenes of gay suffering I've ever witnessed in film. That scene alone was so well-done, and it deserves praise.
The message is about how homophobia is so toxic, and destroys gay people inside. The whole film is like a fever dream. In fact, it's that dream-like quality which feels so nostalgic to me. I have to admit, I used to dream these sorts of things when I was a closeted youth. This is exactly the sort of hopeless despair I experienced. Very few other films have ever portrayed that experience better.
To me, this message is important. I think people don't really understand how difficult being gay can actually be, and this film presents how internally destructive homophobia is. That may be difficult to accept, but it's no less true, and I think everybody needs to know it.
I guess, very few people will ever understand the internal struggle the two are going through. The film is no celebration, but a warning. Not everybody will accept that dark reminder, but I think it's important, nonetheless.
Sure, the film features some truly ugly deeds and events, but that's all necessary to convey the hopelessness and abandonment experienced by too many young boys going through the sort of things these two are dealing with.
At least one of the boys is gay, and is struggling with his unrequited feelings for the other boy. That is literally tearing him apart inside, and drives him to become callous and dead inside. As a matter of fact, this film has one of the most powerful scenes of gay suffering I've ever witnessed in film. That scene alone was so well-done, and it deserves praise.
The message is about how homophobia is so toxic, and destroys gay people inside. The whole film is like a fever dream. In fact, it's that dream-like quality which feels so nostalgic to me. I have to admit, I used to dream these sorts of things when I was a closeted youth. This is exactly the sort of hopeless despair I experienced. Very few other films have ever portrayed that experience better.
To me, this message is important. I think people don't really understand how difficult being gay can actually be, and this film presents how internally destructive homophobia is. That may be difficult to accept, but it's no less true, and I think everybody needs to know it.
I guess, very few people will ever understand the internal struggle the two are going through. The film is no celebration, but a warning. Not everybody will accept that dark reminder, but I think it's important, nonetheless.
