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Could have done without the Kissing Scene!

posted 10 years ago by RvaBread22
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Did they really need to have a scene of two young men kissing in the woods?
I had really high hopes for this movie. The premise seemed interesting enough- I was even going to allow my niece and nephew to see it.

I was impressed when I saw it through- the acting was really good, and the story was engaging... up until..

The kissing scene in the woods!??? Okay, I wasn't prepared for that. Its just that there is no hint that its gonna happen and it comes out of nowhere. It really kind of ruined the movie for me. I did find out later in the bio that the main character was a homosexual. I don't care about that, but they could have eased around it in the movie because it came out of nowhere. Literally. It was so good up til that point.

Hasn't anyone heard of the art of implication? Years ago, they knew how to handle these things without making it overt. They didn't need to show THAT!
So now what would have been a wonderful FAMILY film, turned into filth before my eyes. Ouch.

[–] drmattdestruction 10 years ago

The boy being mean to the cleaner was more disgusting than the kiss. But yes, it happened too fast. but he did say that he was leaving tomorrow so I guess that sort of makes up for the fact that it happened so fast. I give the movie a 5/10. I don't recommend it unless you really love the actors in this. Too many illogical happenings and selfishness was in the movie.

[–] drmattdestruction 10 years ago

Actually, this seemed too dark for kids way before the kiss scene. The girls calling him a poof/puff. The nudity of the gardener. And all the crying.

[–] meadowlark54 10 years ago

I don't think this would make a good family film. I found the emotional neglect the boy went through, especially after losing his mom, a lot more disturbing than the kiss.

[–] cookiela2001 10 years ago

The kissing scene in the woods!??? Okay, I wasn't prepared for that. Its just that there is no hint that its gonna happen and it comes out of nowhere. It really kind of ruined the movie for me...Hasn't anyone heard of the art of implication? Years ago, they knew how to handle these things without making it overt. They didn't need to show THAT!

Are you joking?

Would you have felt the same disgust if the scene featured a boy and a girl?

Are your children unaware that there are homosexuals and bisexuals in this world we all share, and that they can even legally marry in many different countries and faiths (???)

.

[–] Skylightmovies 10 years ago

@cookiela2001

Just thank god you don't live with such repressed and ignorant folk in 2015

[–] Jes' Sayin' (6544) 5 years ago

There were plenty of hints:
- when he watched the gardener stripping off
- when he gave his milk to the boy instead of the girl
- when he watched the ballet dancer guy so intently when he first met him

[–] Yabeina (188) 3 years ago

Yeah, it was important to show his interest in being whoever he wanted to be. Nothing disgusting about a kiss. It was done honestly, and obviously the younger man wanted it, as he responded in kind. It's just a kiss.

I guess you just thought he was amused by the gardener's bare bottom, earlier. A straight boy would have looked just like that at a woman undressing. I saw it pretty clearly, though it wasn't absolutely certain. The fact the other kids bullied him as a poof and that he wasn't girl crazy but rather gave the milk to the boy underscored that, yes, he's probably gay. Which is all part of the normal spectrum of humanity, in case you didn't know.

I wouldn't think a child would want to sit through the first depressing half, nor should a child (how young?) need to see the display of Ms. Potter's sexuality, the obvious sexual suggestions of her kneeling and quivering and her lovely legs. A kid would wonder wtf that is being shown. Maybe would laugh at it. But overall I wouldn't say it's a move a child would be interested in. Not a family movie, but a movie about a family's relationships.