THESE GAYS, THEY'RE TRYING TO MURDER ME | Romance Reader's Red, White & Royal Blue Reaction
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2023
- Romance reader reacts to and comments on the Red, White & Royal Blue movie adaptation.
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I love how you acknowledged the opening credits! Punk rock music with bright cutout graphics is SO VERY 90s/00s romantic comedy. That opening credits scene is so underrated.
I guess, when it comes to the sex scenes, they did not want to show the "typical" gay sex scenes. They showed the "love making", and that was beautiful shot.
More of these less the typical ones
It truly felt like we were intruding on something and I loved every minute of it
Yes, "Vicky" is one of the best lines I've ever heard referring to the entire Victorian era.
Oh that was about the victorian era? I was so confused 🤡
Your reaction to the polo match ass-clap-bounce-on-the-saddle shot was perfection. Literally the best of all the reactions I’ve seen all week. 😂
Oh they KNEW what they were doing when they decided to film it that way 😂
It's not only Henry's ass it's also Alex's crotch 😂😂😂
In the book Henry definitely doesn't instigate anything, but he does meet Alex's menace energy and loves antagonizing him at first, for the simple reason is that it gets Alex talking to him and paying attention to him XD my poor baby
Yes in the book he was always in love with Alex and I do think Nicholas the played him that in subtle ways, always gazing at Alex with heart eyes etc He embodied Henry so well!
This was absolutely sanitized from the book and yet it’s still rated R. If one of the leads was a woman this would be PG-13 without a doubt.
100%, I’ve been thinking that. Honestly the amount of nudity (ie side boob) and vulgarity with heterosexual sex scenes, I am shocked that this is R. It’s very clearly because it’s two men that these sex scenes “warranted” an R rating.
The book was so tame though, it was all fade to black.
Honestly, I think the R rating is more about the language than the sexual content, because the sexual content is pretty tame compared to heteronormative sex scenes.
@@brattneyrose5652yeah they said fuck atleast a handful of times that’s why it got an R rating
And Henry says Christ a few times. Is ‘fuck’ worse than ‘Christ’ when it comes to protecting public virtue ? 🧐@@brandonnakao7441
The Yellow Rose of Texas… historical figure from the Battle of San Jacinto, also an old country song, etc. That’s the tie reference.
Jacinto? Isn't that also the name of a guy that Apolo fell in love with?
Ok you convinced me, I’ll watch it for the 4th time this week 😅
right now, my fave rom-com ever
When it comes to casting, same, I read the book after actors were chosen so I literally imagined them as I was reading.
Same here. Reading the book I was always thrown off a bit when they described Alex as being short. 😂
Same here, I kept thinking of a ‘short’ Alex when watching the movie before I let it go…🫴 The movie has a macho but sensitive Alex and a soft but commanding Henry, IOW it has the MC’s dynamic in reverse - but it works: that’s where the casting magic occurs. The movie gives us a duo that complements and sees each other as their life mate. I love that both book and movie show elements of physical traits (height, hair/skin color), upbringing (elite, live in a castle) and vision (Alex’ ‘we must help change people’s lives’ to Henry’s ‘we are irrelevant’’). Not just a bland rom-com then, but good entertainment, food for thought, eye candy calories and definitely earning a spot in the LGBTQ+ iconography@@brattneyrose5652)
The director wanted an actor who understood having a last name ending with a Z. They are both perfect and ridiculously hot.
loved the movie, but the book was way better. But I will defend it with my life because 14 year old me would have LIVED for a gay romcom or even any gay themed movie that was NOT tragic.
Good point. 14-16-18-20 year old me would have expected nothing but sadness and self-pity. Both book and movie fulfill their respective roles in a classy, effective way.
I usually read the books before the movie, however, I had never heard about the book until watching the movie so I am going to have to go in reverse on this one. I have only seen these 2 actors in straight roles and I have to say they adapted very well as a gay couple. Sometimes there is such a disconnect as straight actors that the chemistry is ruined. So kudos for their adaptation to their respective roles and believability. Now I am off to read the book!
You've not watched Nick's queer role in Handsome Devil? You should..
I did the same thing but consciously as I didn't want to feel disappointed. So I first waited for the movie and then read the book and I can say the adaptation was wonderfully done. At least from my point of view! Both are amazing, actually ❤
hear me out, WHAT IF you reacted to Heartstopper? I thought it wasn't for me but then binge watched it last week and I'm kind of obsessed. lol
The pure squeeeeee of 5his film was wonderful.
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Great reaction! Loved the movie. My only complaint is that it should have been a series so more of the book could have been put on screen.
The book was so tame though, it was all fade to black.
27:59 I can remember a time when the protagonists in romance novels never slept together. We’ve come a long way!
Friendly neighborhood suggestion:
Don't watch Purple Hearts for anything or anyone in this whole wide world. It's just not worth it.
the music is good, especially the stripped versions.
go listen to it.
but yeah, the movie is not that uplifting. skip ahead.
Stephen Fry, who plays the king is a british gay actor. He is kind of an icon.
my 2 cents is I wish they had also killed the dad when he was young maybe military man and made the Step Dad the Entrepreneur/congressman. and since they merged June and Nora make Alex and June/Nora half siblings. The face the Prez was a non-Nuclear family was very appealing. Also the fact that the Step-Father was an eccentric Entrepreneur explains how the family moved up in status.
The cake is absurd as that is part of comedy. How could they cut it and serve any pieces without a stepladder to start at the top. (If they start at the bottom, they could only cut so much before undermining it.) There would be all sorts of serving people around the table and the minute the prince was touched, I think more people would spring into action to pull them away.
You can notice as it falls, Alex in particular rolls TOWARD Henry, so that when all is said and done, when the camera looks down, it seems to me to foreshadowing having two male bridegrooms on TOP of a normal wedding cake.
In the ending credits, there is a short clip where in the midst of the mess, Alex whispers to Henry "do you think anyone noticed?"
HOWEVER, because the film skirts so close to reality, it is easy to nitpick aspects that are there to make the story work despite being a bit implausible - it is a romantic comedy, after all. In particular, comedy often needs the action to proceed at a pace and in order to make the punch-line line work
Others may find this cheesy and full of cliches. I don't watch many romcoms as being a gay man, it is so hard in all the ones I have seen to transpose the heroine into another hero in an attempt to really feel the emotion. I am finding this one cuts so deep in a profound way that I have been binge-watching every reaction video of this that I can find, and tearing up in all the now-familiar lines. I have to say this has become my favorite movie and I'm not over exaggerating.
Exactly how I feel as a gay man and “gay’ romcoms. This one was a fresh take. I loved how they included some great information. The safe sex talk was important information with the comedy of no one wants to talk about sex with their parents. Perfect way to do it. Alex’s speech at the end was perfect. Queer people should able to come out on their own terms. Although the book is different on who outed both are great. The book’s story should be a movie in itself, it will not be a comedy. The movie shows how queers can be our own worst enemy. Something we should all think about before we let our little bitch ass self take over our brain.
@@donabaypro6782 In the different interviews, they point out all the little touches that they tried to get right - like the oval office with pictures of important women, including Harriet Tubman, the book by the same author in Alex's hand in the hammock, and a lot more that I missed or forgot. All involved treated this as a love letter to the novel/story.
But I think the comedy is timed perfectly to interact with the romance. I am amazed at each line of dialog, too. And at the same time, if this is enormously successful, we will see other ventures no longer shy away from queer love stories, and they can be done in all the different venues.
@@johnnehrich9601 I hope so after the disaster Bros was. The very bad part is Bros was a big studio giving a good for romcoms budget. It was also for gays, especially men. RW&RB was the straight young women and gays target that most queer shows are today. Bros probably destroyed gays getting another studio to do the same again. They look at the bottom line, not the content. I don’t blame them, they are looking for return on investment. Fortunately RW&RB have given us a chance at still getting content when we desperately need it.
2:33 when Alex grabs Henry by the shoulder. Henry turns around stiffly not bc of the cake icing, but bc Alex is accosting him in such a rude manner. Slapping a hand on a prince’s shoulder is a big no-no. When he realizes his tux is smeared by icing cake, Alex’ mind just goes flying. From a mere breach of protocol to an actual public disaster in just 2 seconds…🤣.
Speaking as an author of gay romance novels, it is my ultimate dream to have a book made into a movie. Hell, I'd be thrilled to have audiobooks made. 😆
Fellow PK trauma represent! ✊🏻
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I can't watch this until I'm done with the book.
I was thought by my high school English teacher to watch the movie first so you won’t be disappointed. This was very good compared to the book.
You literally look like lana with the hair and the outfit 😭
Why, oh, why would you leave out such significant moments as them reuniting on the stairway of Kensington Palace, walking out on the balcony to greet their supporters and standing hand in hand during Ellen's acceptance speech???!!!
you are guessing right, they only have "so long" in a movie. Different mediums - book - movie. Surprise. 🙄
The movie was originally made three hours long but they were forced to cut it down to two, probably removing some of the transitions and scenes that explain things. Later on, they do get each of them to admit that they were smitten with each other from the first meeting - and angry that the other just seemed hostile. I think during the reception line at the beginning, Bea pulls Nora away as an attempt to fix up Henry with Alex. (And Alex says "how's it going?" and Henry just walks away. I think that was so not proper way to greet royalty and Henry took it as a sign Alex was mocking him.)
it was 3 hrs of cuts not a 3 hr movie
@@fundudehere1yeah, the director was basically saying the first draft cut of the movie was 3 hours long not that it was like a director's cut or anything like that. He clarified that there is no director's cut of this movie. Just deleted scenes that will hopefully get released eventually. We only have one so far that got released.
the director said in an interview that there was never a 3hr movie just the cuts
let's not put words in the directors mouth
That’s neither here nor there. There was enough material for 3 hours of film but the director edited the material to its current state once the producers had their say on the matter. Under penalty of professional suicide, no director will ever contradict his production company about the why and how it came to be released commercially in its current state. Not unless you’re a Steven Spielberg or Christopher Nolan. @@fundudehere1
You can certainly speak much faster, but on a normal level that would certainly be enough for the viewer.
please get a better mic, I wanted to watch the reaction but it had this cracking sound I couldn't sorry
Why are you blocking the whole screen.