I called myself giving the movie a chance when it hit streaming. I turned it off IMMEDIATELY at the podcast. I'm not watching a movie about a man that has a podcast. Lmao
Bobby as a character just makes me think of that line from The Social Network that's like "you're going to think girls don't like you because you're a nerd. But I promise from the bottom of my heart that's not true. It's because you're an asshole."
yeah his show was better. him and John Cho had great chemistry I was expecting this movie to be more like difficult people But in a show you can have him break up every episode Feels more like ryan Murphy without the horror
No it flopped because it was over acted overhyped and so full of sickening poorly written gay cliques and script , but hey the bodies were hot … YAWN sooooooo 1980s
Hey, as an older man who "grew up" in the 80's....I have to say that the 80's aren't the problem. In the 80's there were some great "gay" films. So blame the film. Not a decade. Keep this film in its own time as a failure.
@@timfahey7127 not many 80s gay films with happy endings, though. not that bro's happy ending is worth much if nobody wants to watch the damn thing. 😆 and the 80s had my beautiful laundrette! one of my favorites, with a sweet ending.
yeah his show was better. him and John Cho had great chemistry I was expecting this movie to be more like difficult people Feels more like ryan Murphy without the horror
Right? I remember watching Fire Island, a gay retelling of Pride and Prejudice and I WISH, it had the same level of budget and marketing that Bros movie had. 😤
As a retired, widowed after 38 years, gay man - I thought it was just me not being the target demographic. That was until my 21-year-old great grandnephew and his BF (the gay gene actually skipped two generations) visited me and let me know I was probably not the target demo, but it was also a horrible movie.
I'm a straight woman. I enjoyed Bros, but it would have been better if Billy Eichner's character wasn't darn near insufferable. His character journey is literally just realizing how amazing he is.
The movie lacked likable main characters. It was hard to enjoy their love story because honestly I don’t think anyone would care to see their stories in general. Bobby was annoying as fuck and Aaron’s character was so unrealistic and plain. No one wants to see a whinny gay fall for a hunk with 0 personality
@@Gee-xb7rtyeah his show was better. him and John Cho had great chemistry I was expecting this movie to be more like difficult people Feels more like ryan Murphy without the horror Its like if portlandia was a full movie. Great show but different mediums
@@johnindigo5477 I didn't really like his show either, they were really obnoxious, just not my humor. I think Larry David kind of perfected that formula.
This movie should have been a play. The main character's exaggerated negative traits would play so exceptionally well on a stage. Especially with Eichner's general "acting volume".
Saw the ads nonstop for this movie which was wild because while I want to be a Billy fan, I find him sort of...insufferably obnoxious. I liked the movie more than I thought I would, I just really wished someone else was the lead.
I don't want to be a fan. Billy is a stereotype of loud, obnoxious and given a pass to be insulting because he's extremely gay. No thanks. Too much of that already running around West Hollywood 😂
Well, that last part is your opinion, but yeah, I like Billy Eichner, and his work is usually great, but he and the rest of Hollywood need to take constructive criticism to heart! And use it to make your thing that you make better, and learn from your mistakes! Don't attack your fans or insult them just because you disagree with their criticism of your work, if it's constructive criticism, then take it already! Sheesh! This is ridiculous!
@@taejasper1343yeah his show was better. him and John Cho had great chemistry I was expecting this movie to be more like difficult people Feels more like ryan Murphy without the horror
I just....do not get the appeal, ngl. They're both annoying, and had no chemistry. I'm a monogamous, married gay. I don't mind when a movie isn't 10/10, as long as it's funny or interesting. Sometimes a girl wants a popcorn flick. But this was just......bad
My conspirascy theory for this is that Billy Eichner did the entire film as an elaborate ruse to have sex with Luke McFarlane (can't blame him). I'm gay as a goose and found Bros insufferable, mainly because Billy was shouting from the rooftops that the movie would really draw in and appeal to the straights.
The main plot is just Billy's character (and prob Billy irl) wanting the hot no-strings arm candy to satisfy his egocentric and sexual desires, but it barely explores why. So why should I care when the characters are barely interested in one another. The American Pie movies had more depth in their characters and relationships.
Bros sucked because it was an ego-piece for Billy Eichner. And all the secondary characters were caricatures, not real people. Luke McFarlane deserved better than this.
I really feel like we should get rid of the term 'straight acting' already. It implies someone is trying to mimic something they're not, even if they're just being themselves, and it's so often thrown around with an obnoxious eye-roll or straight up insult. Billy definitely comes off as one of those petulant gays that's just as bad as the people he criticizes because everything has to fit into *his* world view, and he'll make damn sure you know if you don't. I've been very lucky not to encounter much direct homophobia in my life, so I always find it ironic how much shit I've gotten from other LGBTQ people for 'not being gay enough' or some equally inane crap. We all need to just let people be who they are, love who they love, and stop trying to turn everything into more and more specific 'us vs them' confrontations.
I just want to clarify, when I called Aaron straight-acting, I definitely mean the gays who actively mimic their straight counterparts in order to assimilate, an active decision to oppress some part of themselves to “fit in”. In Aaron’s case, when he reveals he wanted to be a chocolatier but never pursued that because it was “f*ggy” - his words, not mine. Nothing to do with mannerisms! Hope that clears it up because how flamboyant or not obviously does not define one’s queerness
@@stutter_box Gotcha. The trailers looked insufferable to me (probably because they focus on the main character so much) so I never actually watched it. I know the term definitely originates from a genuine place of masking yourself to fit in, and in this case it applies, but I also feel like it's often thrown around a bit easily these days. It's especially sad when you consider that a lot of actual straight guys are "straight acting" in much the same ways, and some LGBTQ people play into stereotypes just so they can fit into their own community. That's really why I feel like everyone needs to try a little harder to step outside their tribes and just accept people for who they are. Sorry if my comment came off like I was specifically calling you out because you used the phrase in your video. It was really more just a frustrated rant at the sky.
I really thought this movie was going to be good when I saw the trailer and 😒 nope, could not get through it. I agree, main character was not good, in my OPINION.
It flopped because it's bad, they overestimated Eichner's star quality and acting capabilities, Luke Mcfarlane is too hot & gorgeous to be Billy's Bf, they don't have chemistry, the supporting characters are way better
I don't think being monogamous is heteronormative. I've been in a monogamous relationship coming up to 13 years now. Sure, I fooled around a lot when I was younger but now I'm with someone where I just don't have to desire to be sexual with anyone else and would never go there.
I agree, monogamy is not heteronormative, hut it is more normalised in heteronormative relationships because of religion and man+woman. Gays are just a bit more free and open and so non-monogamy tends to be more prevalent in queer relationships. I do think a lot of monogamous couples shouldn’t be because a lot of people simply weren’t built for it, but the pressures of monogamy definitely condition a lot of people. That said, whatever works for each person is always best (as obvious as it sounds, I don’t think everyone actually thinks it through). Hope that makes sense 😅
Can someone explain how a character that we hate and is annoying and requires an immense amount of suspension of disposition to believe the scenario, is the center point of a ‘good’ movie, a good movie?
So trueee. I literally didn’t watch it because of him. I already didn’t like him, and don’t find him attractive at all…why watch him in a romantic movie?? It’s a no from me
@@IsraelLlerena For me, it's the loud, rude and obnoxious personality he portrays all the time. It's the typical "overtly gay man with no manners, but it's okay because he's ultra gay" stereotype only white gays get away with.
I agree with your point about giving more screentime to the supporting characters. I wonder if it could've worked better if Bobby and Aaron were ex-lovers that had to reunite due to a legal crisis involving the new center (maybe it could've been something involving the Lincoln exhibit). Plus, having Aaron be just as well-versed in LGBT history and perhaps fact-checking Bobby at different times might've created a comedic dynamic that I felt was missing. Those are of course my thoughts. Great review!
this review is HILARIOUS!!! I couldnt stop cackling at your reactions to what happens in the movie XD That said, Billy Eichner's behavior at the movie flopping (and in general) was deplorable. Like don't you working in the Hollywood system? Don't you know that straights even have lost interest in their Romcons FEAT. HETERO ROMANCE!!?? C'mon... his tantrum made zero sense to what's going on.
As a queer man I too am one of those homophobes, the movie just didn't appeal to me. Fire Island the movie was more representative of my gay life than just these two white cis-males being awkward for 90 minutes.
Fire island was better but it still used diverse gays as props and the Asians weren't intune with their culture, black gay had to be underappreciated, shy and not seen as desirable although there are plenty of gays like him and in the internet, claims to love chubby gays 🙄 please.
@@TheHeatInColorPodcast this was my issue with fire island. It’s a good movie but…kinda underused the other cast and I didn’t feel it was as diverse as everyone was making it out to be. Words from a mixed black gay man.
A reminder to watch FIRE ISLAND, streaming on Hulu, with lovable characters, hella gay jokes, and IT'S A PRIDE AND PREJUDICE RETELLING, WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT!!
I heard of this movie and that it was intended to be a romcom... And then found a copy of Jeffrey from the '90s and enjoyed it instead. (Maybe all Bros was missing was Nathan Lane?? ....and a likeable protagonist too)
The narrow view that some people have regarding gay/queer/trans folks is reinforced by films like Bros... Billy Eichner's movie is partly responsible for reinforcing stereotypes about gay men being over-sexed that makes people like Aaron's mum believe children need to be shielded from being taught about gay people in school.
Gay guy here, elder millenial. What was with that one weird flashback to his friends grandma learning about the throuple, and rev there never being any 'flashbacks' for the rest of the movie? The main character waa unlikable and very whiny. Plus the most egregious thing was that he turned a benefit to open the lgbt centre into an excuse to sing about his 'not boyfriend'? Way to make what should be about community all about yourself.
i got a lot of ads for the movie but never felt like going in. Like I prefer a fun romance then a deep dive into community drama, I´m just not into that kind of drama and I don´t know why the love interest has to be a hot hunk, like I don´t know but this hole story seemed unbeliveable from the ads. My favorite gay movie is still love simon
Harassing a Black girl to watch Lalaland, a movie literally whitewashing Blackness out of jazz music ... was certainly a choice! 🙃 Edit: I support gay rights and SOME of their wrongs but Billy Eichner reminds of Jerry Seinfeld. Dated, entitled, mean-spirited, bigoted against everybody BUT their own identity, etc. and just not my cup of tea. 🙅🏾♀️
Funny enough, yes! I do stutter significantly less speaking English than Portuguese (though not completely gone, I also stutter less when rambling to myself, which is why TH-cam is the perfect medium for me to speak much more fluently 😅)
This movie does a good job at satirizing a certain facet of gay culture. Honestly, it flies over the heads of even gay people who never witnessed or experienced circuit gay life, much less straight people who may be surprised this is even a thing.
I 100% agree with this. I'm a sucker for rom coms, especially gay rom coms. However, I felt the same way about Bobby. I like Billy Eichner, I think he's funny and I like his type of comedy, however, his character was a lot and had some unlikable moments where he did too much. I would've loved to see some self reflection on how his past traumas caused him to be so cynical in his life and how Aaron helped him finally love himself and allow others to love him. Instead, we didn't get that.
I specifically didn't watch the movie because of Billy Eichner lol. He usually comes off very abrasively and he did _not_ bother to tone that down when trying to promote this movie.
🤣 Exactly! The reason I didn't see the film is because I found the trailer was packed with unfunny jokes and uninteresting characters, with a lead actor playing a stereotypical dramatic, obnoxious, annoying, bitchy man-ho.
I'm confused like, you SAY you liked the movie but have pretty much nothing but bad things to say about it? Really confused on that front. But glad to see in the comment section I wasn't alone in absolutely hating the movie. And this may be because I'm not the intended audience (i'm a bi woman and very far away from the party gay male circles protrayed in the movie) but it was just too much for me to handle. I loathed billy every second he was on screen, I hated the museum parts (I'm passionate about museums ...) and got annoyed at so many of the details. It was extremely frustrating because I really liked the synopsis and I just really want more stupid and light hearted gay (rom-)comedies to exist but this just ain't it.
There were a lot of isolated jokes I genuinely enjoyed, which to me work almost as individual skits within the movie (the foursome scene for example had me audibly cackling because of the physical comedy of the fourth wheel, and the restaurant scene with the singers interrupting in the campiest way also got me good. And everything TS Madison did was golden, as usual), but as a whole, there were a lot of misses for me, especially the main character and his entire personality. Remove that and they could have had a much better movie. Problem is, he is in pretty much 90% of all scenes
Side bar: I wonder if gay men who use being flamboyant and even being obnoxious to keep people from getting too close to others. That way we can see the rejected the character we are playing instead of the person we are.
I’ve definitely met gays who do that. Obviously not all of them but a certain few are like the polar opposite of the “masc4masc anti-femme” gays who spend most of the time pointing fingers at the other side of the aisle to avoid confronting how truly obnoxious they actually are as individuals, regardless of their mannerisms or way of being. Two sides of the same self-hating gay coin
I love this video. Agree with almost everything and I’m an old gay male but not by choice. I have a medical condition that prevented my transition but anyway. I really love the things you pointed out and I was also sitting in a puddle.
Billy is so delusional as a gay man because he released this movie the same weekend of Hocus Pocus 2. A movie that gays threw watch parties at their homes to watch with all their friends. If he was actually connected to GAY HISTORY then he would have known not to release a gay movie to compete with the Sanderson Sisters. Then he blames everyone else for being so clueless. He did this to himself.
I watched this movie on a flight - wouldn't have gone to the cinema to see it. I kinda liked it, and hated it, in equal amounts. The good stuff was good, the bad stuff was bad 🤷♂️ Provincetown is up in Cape Cod, btw. It's kinda like Fire Island's older, somewhat more civilized cousin. Fire Island is a literal island, off Long Island. Both have their "charms" and their issues. A bit like this movie.
My gay movie was “not another gay movie” its literally American pie but with gay characters. The first one is best. The second one had a cast change cuz some of the characters were portrayed by straight actors n they make fun of this during a 4th wall break. Chz the actors didnt want to reprise their roll cuz “maybe people think they gay” I thought this one was gonna be like this…….. i avoided bros. He isnt a good choice for character. Movie was literally him self sucking himself n actually scoring man candy he would never be able to get in a realistic setting. They should’ve casted someone else n tweaked the script.
It actually happened the same night! Long story short, Gus is full of himself, but his boyfriend (at the time, who actually has a shirt role in Bros) is a lovely chap and I wish him nothing but the best! And Billy was super sweet and approachable, polar opposite of his character
You, sir, are more entertaining than anything in that movie. The best part of BROS-to my intense disappointment-was the Find Me Someone to Love trailer.
I’m hung over on a Saturday morning and totally stumbled upon this and can’t stop laughing. Hit the subscribe button right away. 100% recommend. Five stars on Yelp.
I don't always get sarcasm. Is Grindr as bad as your retelling of the movie hints? As AFAB I have no place to use it, and sadly have no friends who do either, so all I know comes from other TH-camrs or stories.
As a gay guy who used to have Grindr , when I made my account I kid you not in the first ten minutes I had five guys messaging me for nudes. So yeah it’s pretty bad if you’re trying to find actual relationships.
Billys entire press tour before the movie even came out, he was constantly angry and bashed straight people all the time. It turned me off so much I didn't bother with the movie.
I will just never watch a movie with billy eichner as the lead. He’s unbearable. And after he terrorized the streets of Chelsea for years … I just can’t
The main character was very annoying with nothing redeeming or likable and thus the chemistry was not believable - essential in a rom com… missed completely ❤
Regardless of the quality of the film, who releases a gay rom com in October? This film would have done better in June during pride or in February around valentines day. Any romantic comedy would flop in October. I went and saw this movie with a room full of gay men and we all enjoyed it. I guess we were in the minority, but still it would not have flopped as hard in June or February. October is for Horror and magic themed movies.
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I called myself giving the movie a chance when it hit streaming. I turned it off IMMEDIATELY at the podcast. I'm not watching a movie about a man that has a podcast. Lmao
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I know they're the worst
Bobby as a character just makes me think of that line from The Social Network that's like "you're going to think girls don't like you because you're a nerd. But I promise from the bottom of my heart that's not true. It's because you're an asshole."
Couldn’t have said it better!
yeah his show was better. him and John Cho had great chemistry
I was expecting this movie to be more like difficult people
But in a show you can have him break up every episode
Feels more like ryan Murphy without the horror
No it flopped because it was over acted overhyped and so full of sickening poorly written gay cliques and script , but hey the bodies were hot … YAWN sooooooo 1980s
Hey, as an older man who "grew up" in the 80's....I have to say that the 80's aren't the problem.
In the 80's there were some great "gay" films.
So blame the film. Not a decade.
Keep this film in its own time as a failure.
@@timfahey7127 not many 80s gay films with happy endings, though. not that bro's happy ending is worth much if nobody wants to watch the damn thing. 😆 and the 80s had my beautiful laundrette! one of my favorites, with a sweet ending.
@@ameddayr True...
yeah his show was better. him and John Cho had great chemistry
I was expecting this movie to be more like difficult people
Feels more like ryan Murphy without the horror
It flopped because both the gays and the straights agree that Billy Eichner is annoying af
He can be funny in small doses, but a whole movie? Nah.
@@stainedglasspixie the small doses of him I’ve seen in American Horror Story are good. This was just up to 11 at all times
Right? I remember watching Fire Island, a gay retelling of Pride and Prejudice and I WISH, it had the same level of budget and marketing that Bros movie had.
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@@moustik31 Remember when we all got yelled at by Todrick Hall for not supporting "Real Friends" of WeHo?
@@itsjezzer He is delusional. Why would I watch anything he is in, when I firmly believe he is a bully and a scammer?!
M3gan did more for the gays than Bros could ever hope to
Period.
Periodt.
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Fr, I adore M3GAN ❤
As a retired, widowed after 38 years, gay man - I thought it was just me not being the target demographic. That was until my 21-year-old great grandnephew and his BF (the gay gene actually skipped two generations) visited me and let me know I was probably not the target demo, but it was also a horrible movie.
I'm a straight woman. I enjoyed Bros, but it would have been better if Billy Eichner's character wasn't darn near insufferable. His character journey is literally just realizing how amazing he is.
I'm all for celebrating gay wrongs but to feature a character with no redeeming qualities is.... a choice. 😂
The movie lacked likable main characters. It was hard to enjoy their love story because honestly I don’t think anyone would care to see their stories in general. Bobby was annoying as fuck and Aaron’s character was so unrealistic and plain. No one wants to see a whinny gay fall for a hunk with 0 personality
the biggest detriment to the movie was billy. he was incredibly insufferable.
Billy Eichner annoys tf out of me, really don't want a film where he is the main character.
@@Gee-xb7rtyeah his show was better. him and John Cho had great chemistry
I was expecting this movie to be more like difficult people
Feels more like ryan Murphy without the horror
Its like if portlandia was a full movie. Great show but different mediums
@@johnindigo5477 I didn't really like his show either, they were really obnoxious, just not my humor. I think Larry David kind of perfected that formula.
This movie should have been a play. The main character's exaggerated negative traits would play so exceptionally well on a stage. Especially with Eichner's general "acting volume".
omg yes!
Saw the ads nonstop for this movie which was wild because while I want to be a Billy fan, I find him sort of...insufferably obnoxious. I liked the movie more than I thought I would, I just really wished someone else was the lead.
I don't want to be a fan. Billy is a stereotype of loud, obnoxious and given a pass to be insulting because he's extremely gay. No thanks. Too much of that already running around West Hollywood 😂
Didnt by him as the lead had no real chemistry woth the love interest and I couldn't buy them together
Well, that last part is your opinion, but yeah, I like Billy Eichner, and his work is usually great, but he and the rest of Hollywood need to take constructive criticism to heart! And use it to make your thing that you make better, and learn from your mistakes! Don't attack your fans or insult them just because you disagree with their criticism of your work, if it's constructive criticism, then take it already! Sheesh! This is ridiculous!
I really don't vibe with him
@@taejasper1343yeah his show was better. him and John Cho had great chemistry
I was expecting this movie to be more like difficult people
Feels more like ryan Murphy without the horror
I just....do not get the appeal, ngl. They're both annoying, and had no chemistry. I'm a monogamous, married gay. I don't mind when a movie isn't 10/10, as long as it's funny or interesting. Sometimes a girl wants a popcorn flick. But this was just......bad
My conspirascy theory for this is that Billy Eichner did the entire film as an elaborate ruse to have sex with Luke McFarlane (can't blame him).
I'm gay as a goose and found Bros insufferable, mainly because Billy was shouting from the rooftops that the movie would really draw in and appeal to the straights.
Can you blame him? Luke McFarland is hot.
*Discretely Googles Luke MacFarlane*
Huh, yeah I can see that being the case.
I dont blame him, I have eyes but he also cant blame us that this anti-marketing strategy backfired on him!
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@@aguyhere7945i dit the exact same thing
I can see it
The main plot is just Billy's character (and prob Billy irl) wanting the hot no-strings arm candy to satisfy his egocentric and sexual desires, but it barely explores why. So why should I care when the characters are barely interested in one another. The American Pie movies had more depth in their characters and relationships.
That movie was so painfully bad, I couldn't finish it. As if that hot guy would fancy the awful main character!
Exactly!!
Amen!!!! The best review ever. You nailed it. I’m gay and i hated this movie so much.
Fish jelly did a good review of this movie
Bros sucked because it was an ego-piece for Billy Eichner. And all the secondary characters were caricatures, not real people. Luke McFarlane deserved better than this.
Bad gay!
Fire Island is on Long Island, in New York!
Provincetown is in Massachusetts! lol 🏳️🌈
I’ve only been to Seattle once 😖😖😖
hahahahahahaha!!!!!!
@@stutter_box you lost your rainbow batch
Or maybe don’t release a rom-com in October… maybe save it for Christmas, Valentine’s Day, or Pride???
I really feel like we should get rid of the term 'straight acting' already. It implies someone is trying to mimic something they're not, even if they're just being themselves, and it's so often thrown around with an obnoxious eye-roll or straight up insult. Billy definitely comes off as one of those petulant gays that's just as bad as the people he criticizes because everything has to fit into *his* world view, and he'll make damn sure you know if you don't. I've been very lucky not to encounter much direct homophobia in my life, so I always find it ironic how much shit I've gotten from other LGBTQ people for 'not being gay enough' or some equally inane crap. We all need to just let people be who they are, love who they love, and stop trying to turn everything into more and more specific 'us vs them' confrontations.
I just want to clarify, when I called Aaron straight-acting, I definitely mean the gays who actively mimic their straight counterparts in order to assimilate, an active decision to oppress some part of themselves to “fit in”. In Aaron’s case, when he reveals he wanted to be a chocolatier but never pursued that because it was “f*ggy” - his words, not mine. Nothing to do with mannerisms! Hope that clears it up because how flamboyant or not obviously does not define one’s queerness
@@stutter_box Gotcha. The trailers looked insufferable to me (probably because they focus on the main character so much) so I never actually watched it. I know the term definitely originates from a genuine place of masking yourself to fit in, and in this case it applies, but I also feel like it's often thrown around a bit easily these days. It's especially sad when you consider that a lot of actual straight guys are "straight acting" in much the same ways, and some LGBTQ people play into stereotypes just so they can fit into their own community. That's really why I feel like everyone needs to try a little harder to step outside their tribes and just accept people for who they are.
Sorry if my comment came off like I was specifically calling you out because you used the phrase in your video. It was really more just a frustrated rant at the sky.
Thanks for mentioning that this was a good movie because that totally went over my head when I watched it.
I really thought this movie was going to be good when I saw the trailer and 😒 nope, could not get through it. I agree, main character was not good, in my OPINION.
TS madison deserved better.
It flopped because it's bad, they overestimated Eichner's star quality and acting capabilities, Luke Mcfarlane is too hot & gorgeous to be Billy's Bf, they don't have chemistry, the supporting characters are way better
I don't think being monogamous is heteronormative. I've been in a monogamous relationship coming up to 13 years now. Sure, I fooled around a lot when I was younger but now I'm with someone where I just don't have to desire to be sexual with anyone else and would never go there.
I agree, monogamy is not heteronormative, hut it is more normalised in heteronormative relationships because of religion and man+woman. Gays are just a bit more free and open and so non-monogamy tends to be more prevalent in queer relationships. I do think a lot of monogamous couples shouldn’t be because a lot of people simply weren’t built for it, but the pressures of monogamy definitely condition a lot of people. That said, whatever works for each person is always best (as obvious as it sounds, I don’t think everyone actually thinks it through). Hope that makes sense 😅
Not all gays like Romcoms. I myself enjoyed All Of Us Strangers, and love tennis.
I'm exclusively into sci-fi and super hero stuff
Gonna say I'm the fantasy horror gay
The only way I'm watching a romcom is if it's an anime.
@@jovic_sawyermore of a comedy horror guy
This movie was so unbelievably annoying. They meant well but the execution was so but so bad.
I love how this movie (and Billy) annoyed so many people that they're still making videos about it two years later.
That's a legacy!
Can someone explain how a character that we hate and is annoying and requires an immense amount of suspension of disposition to believe the scenario, is the center point of a ‘good’ movie, a good movie?
Goddamn, you deadass sold me on Snap Out Of It but you forgot to leave the link 😔💔
My bad 😂😂😂
I found the show boring and the jokes were too lazy. It didn’t do it for me as a romance or a comedy
I was so excited for you to have a sponsor! I fell for it hahaha
Manifesting it! 🤞🏻
oh, i fell for it so much i skipped forward
Aaron’s mother is Amanda Bearse ONE of the first out lesbians on television from Married with Children.
In that case, one of the things they did well was cast queer actors, even in straight roles (Aaron’s brother was also played by an out gay actor!)
Billy whatever is beyond annoying. That's why I didn't watch it. No thanks lol
So trueee. I literally didn’t watch it because of him. I already didn’t like him, and don’t find him attractive at all…why watch him in a romantic movie?? It’s a no from me
@@IsraelLlerena For me, it's the loud, rude and obnoxious personality he portrays all the time. It's the typical "overtly gay man with no manners, but it's okay because he's ultra gay" stereotype only white gays get away with.
I agree with your point about giving more screentime to the supporting characters. I wonder if it could've worked better if Bobby and Aaron were ex-lovers that had to reunite due to a legal crisis involving the new center (maybe it could've been something involving the Lincoln exhibit). Plus, having Aaron be just as well-versed in LGBT history and perhaps fact-checking Bobby at different times might've created a comedic dynamic that I felt was missing. Those are of course my thoughts. Great review!
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Thank you so much 🫶🏻
this review is HILARIOUS!!! I couldnt stop cackling at your reactions to what happens in the movie XD
That said, Billy Eichner's behavior at the movie flopping (and in general) was deplorable. Like don't you working in the Hollywood system? Don't you know that straights even have lost interest in their Romcons FEAT. HETERO ROMANCE!!?? C'mon... his tantrum made zero sense to what's going on.
Deadpool & Wolverine was more of a gay romcom than Bros ever was, let’s be real.
omg yes
Did not recognize the clip. Straight cis Spanish woman, for the demographics. Thanks as always for the great content ^^, will check out the movie
As a queer man I too am one of those homophobes, the movie just didn't appeal to me. Fire Island the movie was more representative of my gay life than just these two white cis-males being awkward for 90 minutes.
Fire Island was brilliant! completely agree with you on that
Fire Island is fantastic. Bros...isn't.
Fire island was better but it still used diverse gays as props and the Asians weren't intune with their culture, black gay had to be underappreciated, shy and not seen as desirable although there are plenty of gays like him and in the internet, claims to love chubby gays 🙄 please.
The femme Latino was loud and obnoxious though he was so sweet. He was just into bodies and superficial and a sloppy drunk.
@@TheHeatInColorPodcast this was my issue with fire island. It’s a good movie but…kinda underused the other cast and I didn’t feel it was as diverse as everyone was making it out to be. Words from a mixed black gay man.
A reminder to watch FIRE ISLAND, streaming on Hulu, with lovable characters, hella gay jokes, and IT'S A PRIDE AND PREJUDICE RETELLING, WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT!!
I will die on this hill... BROS should've been a streaming release, Fire Island should've been a wide cinema release.
@@reallycaughtnow IF I COULDVE SEEN FIRE ISLAND IN THEATERS 😭😭😭😭 the world is so cruel
This is a much better movie, hell My Fake Boyfriend is better than Bros
@@danielrubinstein896 The Birdcage is better than Bros! At least that has actual characters, LIKABLE characters, aside from the son.
@@wiinterflowers4277 haven't seen that one but most gay movies are better than Bros
I heard of this movie and that it was intended to be a romcom...
And then found a copy of Jeffrey from the '90s and enjoyed it instead.
(Maybe all Bros was missing was Nathan Lane?? ....and a likeable protagonist too)
Bros is the US equivalent of the Spanish Netflix show Smiley... terrible lead(s) and amazing supporting characters
here early! That clip with no context looks like a bad fox news graphic or something
Is Snap Out of It a real product, I’m still confused or are we manifesting? I’m with you either way
Manifesting all the way! 😌😌😌
The narrow view that some people have regarding gay/queer/trans folks is reinforced by films like Bros... Billy Eichner's movie is partly responsible for reinforcing stereotypes about gay men being over-sexed that makes people like Aaron's mum believe children need to be shielded from being taught about gay people in school.
Exactly! 🤦🏼♀️
"Sometimes, it's ok to be homophobic." I almost died at that. Billy's schtick can be hard to endure (he's kind of an anti-Pee Wee) but, God, he's hot.
This review was far better than the movie itself
Gay guy here, elder millenial. What was with that one weird flashback to his friends grandma learning about the throuple, and rev there never being any 'flashbacks' for the rest of the movie?
The main character waa unlikable and very whiny.
Plus the most egregious thing was that he turned a benefit to open the lgbt centre into an excuse to sing about his 'not boyfriend'? Way to make what should be about community all about yourself.
i got a lot of ads for the movie but never felt like going in. Like I prefer a fun romance then a deep dive into community drama, I´m just not into that kind of drama and I don´t know why the love interest has to be a hot hunk, like I don´t know but this hole story seemed unbeliveable from the ads. My favorite gay movie is still love simon
Perfect ! This is the perfect assessment of this movie and your offer to make Aaron happy is glorious . Well done you!
Just waiting on him to call me! 😂
Fire Island coming out the same year and being overshadowed by Bros makes me sad.
I didn’t know people were still talking about this flop of a film. Good commentary though.
Also, I would have watched the movie for Luke MacFarlane alone. They simply should have given him a more likeable love interest!
oh, Gus Kenworthy isn't nice? I would have never guessed 🙄
He has the WeHo gay vibe, u know, Rich mean gay
Harassing a Black girl to watch
Lalaland, a movie literally whitewashing Blackness out of jazz music ... was certainly a choice!
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Edit: I support gay rights and SOME of their wrongs but Billy Eichner reminds of Jerry Seinfeld. Dated, entitled, mean-spirited, bigoted against everybody BUT their own identity, etc. and just not my cup of tea.
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As I said, it’s ok to be homoph*bic sometimes 😆
Are the stutter and the American accent connected? Like, can you control it better when speaking in a different accent?
Funny enough, yes! I do stutter significantly less speaking English than Portuguese (though not completely gone, I also stutter less when rambling to myself, which is why TH-cam is the perfect medium for me to speak much more fluently 😅)
In 2024, nobody's gonna settle for bad representation.
It was a great movie and people hate it because they hate Billy being a stereotypical gayi
It’s internalized homophobia and it’s exhausting
As a gay. Who loves queer romance movies? This was not one of them, and I'm incredibly shocked it even got good reviews.
Premiere have great food before to put people in a good mood.
This movie does a good job at satirizing a certain facet of gay culture. Honestly, it flies over the heads of even gay people who never witnessed or experienced circuit gay life, much less straight people who may be surprised this is even a thing.
The movie did have some funny parts tbh but your commentary is wayyy funnier. ❤
1:55 Where can I watch this blanter completely? She was absolutely gorgeous 😂
I 100% agree with this. I'm a sucker for rom coms, especially gay rom coms. However, I felt the same way about Bobby. I like Billy Eichner, I think he's funny and I like his type of comedy, however, his character was a lot and had some unlikable moments where he did too much. I would've loved to see some self reflection on how his past traumas caused him to be so cynical in his life and how Aaron helped him finally love himself and allow others to love him. Instead, we didn't get that.
This video is the therapy I needed to recover from suffering through ‘Brothers.’
I specifically didn't watch the movie because of Billy Eichner lol. He usually comes off very abrasively and he did _not_ bother to tone that down when trying to promote this movie.
omg is your intro sung by hannah montana???
Perhaps… 👀
I'll take the boar worms over actually watching this movie. Thanks for taking the bullet for us. Love you!
I don't even know what this exchange/segment is supposed to be about, but I found myself shouting "I know that's right!"
"You know, some times its okay to be homophobic" that is how I felt the entire film. And I am gay as a picnic basket.
Billy Eichner proving to the straight world that the gay world deserves to be othered. If we’re all like Billy Eichner, I’d be othering us too.
🤣 Exactly! The reason I didn't see the film is because I found the trailer was packed with unfunny jokes and uninteresting characters, with a lead actor playing a stereotypical dramatic, obnoxious, annoying, bitchy man-ho.
I'm confused like, you SAY you liked the movie but have pretty much nothing but bad things to say about it? Really confused on that front. But glad to see in the comment section I wasn't alone in absolutely hating the movie. And this may be because I'm not the intended audience (i'm a bi woman and very far away from the party gay male circles protrayed in the movie) but it was just too much for me to handle. I loathed billy every second he was on screen, I hated the museum parts (I'm passionate about museums ...) and got annoyed at so many of the details. It was extremely frustrating because I really liked the synopsis and I just really want more stupid and light hearted gay (rom-)comedies to exist but this just ain't it.
There were a lot of isolated jokes I genuinely enjoyed, which to me work almost as individual skits within the movie (the foursome scene for example had me audibly cackling because of the physical comedy of the fourth wheel, and the restaurant scene with the singers interrupting in the campiest way also got me good. And everything TS Madison did was golden, as usual), but as a whole, there were a lot of misses for me, especially the main character and his entire personality. Remove that and they could have had a much better movie. Problem is, he is in pretty much 90% of all scenes
I’ve never liked Billy 🤷🏻♀️ he rubs me the wrong way
Side bar: I wonder if gay men who use being flamboyant and even being obnoxious to keep people from getting too close to others.
That way we can see the rejected the character we are playing instead of the person we are.
I’ve definitely met gays who do that. Obviously not all of them but a certain few are like the polar opposite of the “masc4masc anti-femme” gays who spend most of the time pointing fingers at the other side of the aisle to avoid confronting how truly obnoxious they actually are as individuals, regardless of their mannerisms or way of being. Two sides of the same self-hating gay coin
You have a brilliantly subtle vibrato. 🥰 🎶 I felt those lyrics!
That clip… I thought “surely that’s not from Wicked?”
I’m gay . It flopped because it wasn’t funny .
I liked this video because I like your delivery and editing and reactions which are humorous.
Stutterbox! Hahaha Luke McFarlen is my all time crush!
I love this video. Agree with almost everything and I’m an old gay male but not by choice. I have a medical condition that prevented my transition but anyway. I really love the things you pointed out and I was also sitting in a puddle.
This "comedy" was lacking laughs...
You better be talking about the movie 🥲
@@stutter_box ha... definitely was...lol
Eichner's character was just soooooo unlikable! And for that matter, so was the love interest.
Billy is so delusional as a gay man because he released this movie the same weekend of Hocus Pocus 2. A movie that gays threw watch parties at their homes to watch with all their friends. If he was actually connected to GAY HISTORY then he would have known not to release a gay movie to compete with the Sanderson Sisters. Then he blames everyone else for being so clueless. He did this to himself.
this review is an absolute banger and i can't believe it was almost lost media 😢
I watched this movie on a flight - wouldn't have gone to the cinema to see it. I kinda liked it, and hated it, in equal amounts. The good stuff was good, the bad stuff was bad 🤷♂️ Provincetown is up in Cape Cod, btw. It's kinda like Fire Island's older, somewhat more civilized cousin. Fire Island is a literal island, off Long Island. Both have their "charms" and their issues. A bit like this movie.
My gay movie was “not another gay movie” its literally American pie but with gay characters. The first one is best. The second one had a cast change cuz some of the characters were portrayed by straight actors n they make fun of this during a 4th wall break. Chz the actors didnt want to reprise their roll cuz “maybe people think they gay” I thought this one was gonna be like this…….. i avoided bros. He isnt a good choice for character. Movie was literally him self sucking himself n actually scoring man candy he would never be able to get in a realistic setting. They should’ve casted someone else n tweaked the script.
I want to hear the story about Billy whatever being kind, but Gus was a diva. Make another video addressing this please. Gives us the deets! Lol
It actually happened the same night! Long story short, Gus is full of himself, but his boyfriend (at the time, who actually has a shirt role in Bros) is a lovely chap and I wish him nothing but the best! And Billy was super sweet and approachable, polar opposite of his character
@@stutter_box Omg gurl, but what happened exactly? De he ignore you? Give you the cold shoulder? Say something rude? What gurl, what?! 😂
You, sir, are more entertaining than anything in that movie. The best part of BROS-to my intense disappointment-was the Find Me Someone to Love trailer.
I saw one poster and nothing else.
Then I scheduled a date to see it and he stood me up, so bad by association.
I wanted to hear your review of Fire Island tho. That movie was so much more fun than this one.❤️✨
seconding this! fire island is so underrated
Girrrl Province Town, Massachusetts and Fire Island, New York are different places 😂😅😂
I’ve never been to either 😓 my US geography 👎🏻
I’m hung over on a Saturday morning and totally stumbled upon this and can’t stop laughing. Hit the subscribe button right away. 100% recommend. Five stars on Yelp.
I don't always get sarcasm. Is Grindr as bad as your retelling of the movie hints? As AFAB I have no place to use it, and sadly have no friends who do either, so all I know comes from other TH-camrs or stories.
It’s literally just a hookup app, it’s got nothing to do with any sort of connection or romance, it’s just about sex, it even kinda looks like pornhub
As a gay guy who used to have Grindr , when I made my account I kid you not in the first ten minutes I had five guys messaging me for nudes. So yeah it’s pretty bad if you’re trying to find actual relationships.
Billys entire press tour before the movie even came out, he was constantly angry and bashed straight people all the time. It turned me off so much I didn't bother with the movie.
I will just never watch a movie with billy eichner as the lead. He’s unbearable. And after he terrorized the streets of Chelsea for years … I just can’t
The main character was very annoying with nothing redeeming or likable and thus the chemistry was not believable - essential in a rom com… missed completely ❤
How does this compare to Trick?
The movie flopped because no one wanted to watch Billy on the street making out. Sorry. 🤭
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the movie release when a hurricane was going across the country?
If anything this movie has made the gay community look bad… also the hangover is hilarious for that line! Imma use that with gay friends from now on 😂
Regardless of the quality of the film, who releases a gay rom com in October? This film would have done better in June during pride or in February around valentines day. Any romantic comedy would flop in October. I went and saw this movie with a room full of gay men and we all enjoyed it. I guess we were in the minority, but still it would not have flopped as hard in June or February. October is for Horror and magic themed movies.