Weekend: Another Must-See Movie

This write-up should have been due, following a personal deadline, more than a year ago, but I only managed to prepare this after a lot of events happened in my life lately, and which led and strongly prompted me to share my thoughts about this film made in 2011. I know some people have been raving over this film, which I believe is a must-see movie if you're wanting to understand, other than to merely enjoy being in the company of, what goes on in the private lives of the members of the LGBTQ communities all over the world (or in your own little world). Or you may just want to see a very ordinary love story told with a twist, this time, after having exposed yourself to the usual crappy stuff shown in most media outlets. Of course, each one of us is different, as may have been represented in this film, and which is fact that is needless to say but most of us would conveniently forget. But with the way the film narrated its story, I'll recommend that you watch this one. 

This film shows a searing portrait on how male gay people, in this instance, lead their lives when enough acceptance is felt, experienced by them coming from and shared most lovingly without judgment their relatives and friends. In so many words, it's not typical, not clique. And you'll be comforted yourself about your own uniqueness, which trait you have to recognize and share with everyone else around you.

Also, I was prompted by seeing how similar in looks one of the film's protagonists with the looks of a roommate who's a straight Puerto Rican guy (I should tell him about this and wait how he would react). I was wondering if I should ask him to watch it and make him uncomfortable with his issues; he can be homophobic at times when he relates with me. And I have read somewhere that the actors who played the interesting characters in this film were straight in real life. I've seen and met a lot of straight-acting types in my life, and I can tell you, these actors have done a great job.

Just like straight people, gay people are just so varied in terms of their values that they hold dear to their hearts, their levels of education, respective social backgrounds, every day life directions, hopes, and other aspects of lifestyle."Weekend" will give you an honest introduction to some interesting characters who are trying to fall in love with each other, sustain these feelings, and build a significant relationship even amidst built-in distracting and off-putting elements in the surrounding environment where the two individuals happened to meet each other. The plot runs almost very similar with any other love story you'll find in any movie or book you've pored your time on. Except that one character was a slut, in normal straight terms.

Despite your reservations and biases, watch this film because you'll see how most young people don't really bother much about issues related to their friends being gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender these days. It has been like that for the past few years, probably a decade or so. Most of these young people simply don't, at least from what I've seen and have heard about. They don't even bother to intellectualize these issues as they're basically no-brainer ones because they're very much part of the list of emotional experiences available to someone who would like to open up to possibilities of loving and living with other individuals of the same gender as yourself. And loving is actually something you're capable of doing, as long as you open your mind and heart to it without expecting much in return. Also young people don't anymore carry the baggage that the more elderly try to continue to carry the burden and cover themselves up with and which make their relationships more complicated when it comes to facing LGBTQ issues. An example of this can be gleamed from how surveys in the USA consistently show that younger people are more accepting of marriage equality issues. What matters to most young people is that they like to deal with authentic friends who are true to themselves and would want to be better when shown opportunities. 

What the film endeavors to present to its targeted viewers maybe deemed amusing to some. But as a curious viewer, you'll probably end up wondering where the world has gone if you consider what the film's attempting to share. It's saying "mind your own business" in so many words. As many accomplished and notable artists have been saying all along, it does not matter whatever sexuality you have---what matters is that you have a heart and an open mind ready and wiling to love another person who is also taking a great risk of loving you, given the presence of so much hatred in the world now. As to what kind of love you've got  does not matter much anymore----what suffices is that you've had the experience and you're a better person because of it.