i am here today because i am gay and have been seeing a surge of negative takes online recently, specifically regarding the age gap between elio and oliver. i’ve found a lot of the takes from people both for and against the movie to be pretty un-nuanced and lacking in any historical or societal context so i just thought i would write down a couple of words about my musings on the matter.
SPOILERS FOLLOW
age gaps really are the…
Ceremony 70/90: 2008
- best picture
- best director
- best actor (winner)
- best adapted screenplay
phone rings
keira knightley: hello?
keira knightley’s agent: hi keira, i’ve got a new role here for you to consider...
keira knightley: okay, great, what’s the movie about?
keira knightley’s agent: well, it’s a period piece set i-
keira knightley: i’m in.
line goes dead
this movie uses jennifer aniston’s character to show that in order to be happy in life you have to have money but it uses the other three women to show that even rich people have crappy lives so i guess we should all just, like......... die????
also i was so shocked to see that this came out in 2006 because it felt very 1998 in a bad way.
