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Do young royals next pwease 💪💪
I downloaded the game and my life has never been the same 😣😣
Waltuh, stop promoting freeium games Waltuh
Something my sister said that really stuck with me after I cringed for the 10th time is that if the straights deserve cringe sweet unrealistic romances, then so do the gays
Exactly that’s why I like heartstopper bc straights get cringy awkward romances and we deserve that too
I rolled my eyes so much I actually felt fatigue after some time from pulling the eyes.
@@biinniitif it's not for you don't watch it
@@nublessed8993 lol, okay. I'm sorry for assuming a MLM romcom would be a suitable watch for a gay man like me. 🙄
@@biinniit yea, that still can happen. Just like straight cringey romcom is not for every living straight people to watch
"He grabbed my hair in a way that made me understand the difference between rugby and football" had me DECEASED
it made no sense i died. The line is so stupid I don’t wanna get it. Because he’s bi??? IM LIKE ON THE BORDERLINE OF UNDERSTANDING
@@ntbored7727 just one word, passion
I quit after that
@@ntbored7727 wait, i thought the joke was because rugby is british english and football is american english he meant to say it was because henry was british? dunno haven't watched the film just context clues
@@serenecelineit is supposed to be a double meaning joke lmao
"You can be inlove with someone and know that life with them would suck" this is top tier dating advice right here!
I love how Alex says the least offensive things but he's still worried about being insensitive. I'm bi and I laughed at the street fighter joke because it's true 😅
I mean nowadays, you can get canceled for anything 😅 can't blame him
I thought it was really funny but I wouldn’t say it’s very true..
@@LordDomielOfElysium
Right??? 🙄
If you don't yell "HADOUKEN!" during sex, did you even really have sex?
DUDE. SIDE NOTE BUT I LOVE YOUR PFP. I never see anything about the Walking Dead video games
Alex coming out as "probably mostly straight" made my day
LGBTQAPMS+ community gained a new memeber :P
It took me a second to realize you meant Alex Meyers and not Alex Claremont-Diaz and I tried to remember where he said that line in the movie or book 😂
@@tinas_hotdog_sophie what does the m stand for im gay and i have never even seen this version of the acronym
@@scip4303i think alex (not claremont diaz) is bi
@@sbugly i was askin about a letter in the acronym the guy i replied to used never asked that
Nicholas Galitzine going from Straight Prince to Marine to Gay Prince is quite the range.
nick has played lots of queer roles and more are coming out in the future.
and he's gonna play milf lover and historic queer royal next
wait till bottoms comes around
It’s cute that you thought the Prince in Cinderella was giving straight vibes tho 😂😂😂
@@poppyrosie505ah, I see.
Coming out. Coming out indeed.
The book takes a longer time developing the relationship and making it richer, but for a two hour movie adaptation, I think they did an absolutely PHENOMENAL job!!! Thank you for reviewing this one :3✨
Honestly the main problem for me is it should've been longer and had a bigger budget. I don't know why Amazon Prime didn't have faith in the movie, the book is already so popular.
@@killyourdarlings1305ikr, it would've been great as like a 6 hour, 1 season show
@@killyourdarlings1305not to mention, kinda missed the mark with the royal "pressure" breathing down on Henry’s neck thing, when there wasn't any. Nobody seemed to care what he was doing during those trips. I just sat there thing and thinked: "he’s from a royal family, yet is treated like some uppity, black-sheep? Can’t worry if nobody seems to give a shit, HENRY🤷🏾♀️"
Not saying it’s a bad movie, just felt one-sided with the stakes.
nah they could have done so much better
the script is lazy and very VERY cheesy, all they should have done was follow the book, it wasn't that difficult
I agree, for me the adaptation was wonderfully done!
Honestly i wish they would’ve have made it a mini series so we could get all the details and the angst of their relationship. It’s actually really slow developed in the book and is one of the sweetest
Right, it's like I didnt care as much when the plot moved forward because there wasn't much character development. I really loved the book though.
the characters could've been sooo much more 3d as well. They could've kept June, Leo, and Raf..
I will say the “reason they hate eachother” is much more explored in depth in the books
Alex dislikes Henry because he was a dick to him when they first met and also because he’s tired of being constantly compared to Henry and having to try harder than him.
Henry never really dislikes Alex. He actually is attracted to him from their first meeting but was rude to him because he was still grieving his father. Then Alex was hostile to him from there on out and Henry just matched his energy because it was easier than admitting he had a crush on him.
i think the movie kinda robbed it of that whole energy bcs alex just said the comparison thing at the beginning rather than admitting it in the closet for the first time tbh
Okay but doesn't the movie explain literally all of this 😭
It does, I am also confused, they discuss it in a lengthy scene and numerous times, did these people even watch it lol
@@ChaoticArtCatyup there were scenes regarding it but in book it is bit more detailed and focuses on.
@@ChaoticArtCat The closet scene was done so much better in the books. It was the first time they were ever vulnerable with each other and the movie didn’t so it justice.
At least Marco moved on from Elle
😭😭lmaoo
Lol😂
Haha, true, Henry is definitely a step up from Elle, and at least he's actually into Alex!
Some would say he even upgraded 😂
I was aboutta say 💀
Fun fact: in the book Henry ALWAYS has lubrificant with him, it's inside his shaving kit.
I read the book two days ago, it's not like I'm obsessed...
I think
I need to read this book ASAP. Did you by any chance read The Charm Offensive? If yes I wanna know your opinion, if not, please let me recommend this little silly treasure to you
thank you for the recommendation how is the charm offensive@@helenahildegarda5739
I WANT THE BOOK SOOOO BAD
Yeah... he's very much a bottom so he's ALWAYS prepared to get 🐓ed down in the book. The author of the book has said on socials multiple times that Henry is a little bit of a slüt (affectionate).
My husband and I actually liked the film because it was romantic. Years ago, gay themed films always included some tragedy (Broke Back Mountain). This was light entertainment, the love scenes were believable, and the guys were easy on the eyes.
as someone who hasn't read the book, I really liked this movie. is it cheesy? yes. is it set in a totally ideal world? sure. but sometimes, that's fun to watch.
I'm so excited to read the book. I've put it off for so long. The movie was better than I expected and it's been on my mind since I watched it.
@@carmendelcastillo7724i’m excited for you, the book gets so much deeper into henry’s story
Honestly read the book. There's a few sub-plots that were missed in the movie to focus on the romance and the character June is one of the best
I’m glad you watched the movie first. It’s way lighter than the book and you won’t be comparing the differences between the two if you watched it first 😂
We had to go through cheesy romcoms with a male and female for decades now, LGBTQ+ community deserves to go through that same cringeworthy setup with gays for a start aswell and i´ll happily watch and cringe and laugh the same i have been before. Doesn´t have to be a fancy concept for a movie now all of a sudden, it´s still a romcom - the fancy concept are the two male main characters
On a more serious note, this movie is great representation for the lgbtq+ community. It doesn’t rely on stereotypes or hate. It’s just a love story that happens to be between two men, which is the point.
Don’t make a gay love story, make a love story that just happens to be gay, if that makes sense
well said!
The right way to do these kind of things
Yea. In a weird attempt at 'diversity' they just write LGBT characters where being gay is their literal personality and character trait. It gets tired, no one likes it and the perpetually offended crowd incorrectly interprets that as bigotry.
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@@marcusholder6508🤣🤣🤣🤣 even gay people didn’t go watch that garbage
OH, ALEX. For gay men relationships, this is idyllic. It's usually dancing the devil's tango first while they're enemies and blocked on Grindr, then they become friends, then in 3 days either one of them ghosts the other, or if it's meant to be, they move in with each other. Oh, and talk is like, at the bare minimum.
Source: me, a gay man
There are principles and standards personally I will not associate with apps or people who do not align with such. For instance if you’re going to Grindr by implication we know what that app is for then how can one expect a relationship to develop from there not to say it won’t but one of the parties got that app for a different reason other than finding a significant other. It takes a unique approach to find someone and some gay movies are not idealistic some of us we have a share of our fairytales, sure it took time to find him but it was worth the wait. Story short, you can only find him if his aligned with the right things and if his moral compass is better than the rest. So I have a different view of gay relationships. Hope one day you will share the same.
That sounds really stupid
"When two guys go at it, it probably sounds like Street Fighter" I laughed for two minutes straight
The movie really should've been a mini-series because there's a lot in the book about the boys and their relationship. Like the emails , that goes on for MONTHS in the books and they do bring up many historically gay figures as well as very important insecurities for both boys. There's also Henry's depression, his father's death, and his familial situation. There's Alex's internalized homophobia, his career and life aspirations, and what his relationship means for his mom's campaign.
The flirting was also much more genuine and actually funny.
As someone who hasn't read the book, I for sure would've loved a show detailing everything you wrote in your comment!
@@lalilaci I suggest you read the book, it was very entertaining. There are some sex scenes in it if you're not in to that
I would watch a mini series! The way they were portrayed is SO Sweet. Esp the museum scene.
I read the book but where is any sign of internalized homophobia of Alex?
@@kayla003h Mostly stemming from his mother's campaign and what it would mean, Alex doesn't really want to admit that he's bisexual or that he does like Henry at first
they actually long-distance-email-flirt for a LONG time lol. wish we got a series where they just phased it so the people who haven't read the book don't feel like its rushed.
btw i ABSOLUTELY loved every second of it. its so corny and cheesy but in the best way possible and chemistry is so good. going from kissing booth and purple hearts to this itself is insane.
I haven't read the book, and I didn't feel like anything was rushed. I thought it was a cute movie, and for once it's not a super toxic relationship like Twilight and all the crap that came after...
@@gabiluch87 I mean it does feel a little rushed, but I think that's because they didn't do a very good job at showing how time was progressing. I mean, the movie takes place over 14 months, but it doesn't feel that that much time has passed. Once you think about how much time it actually takes, it feels a lot more reasonable.
@@byMidnyt yeah, it feels rushed for reality lets say...
Got to know the movie was actually 3 hours long and they had to cut a lot of scenes down because of prime so I feel like this is why it feels more rushed and almost a little choppy. They filmed the cornetto scenes and everything, we just weren't able to get it :/
LGBTQ+ is a sin and leads to Hell Fire (lava).
Please, repent before it is too late.
I finished the video and I'm still hung up on "probably mostly straight" and what that's even means.
But I respect you for being so chill about the gay stuff and I wish more people were like you. I've been around too many straight people that say shit like "I'm okay with gay people but I don't wanna see it" and I was pleasantly surprised when you just joked about it sounding like a fighting game. What a hilarious way of being accepting
Yeah, this will definitely be a video I rewatch and rewatch because every joke in this video hit hard, especially since this is his first gay movie video and the jokes were hilarious, straight(haha) out of the gate.
Been searching for this comment bc same😂
I'm ok with gay people I just don't want to see it
@@normalhuman6804 really? His never seen sex education?
I like his review but why are you praising him for not being homophobic…that is like the bare minimum
I love how animated Alex's movements are so frantic and sudden that he breaks 20 bones to do a new pose.
''It's time to think some happy thoughts Henry, I'm going in dry.'' is officialy my favourite line Alex has ever said
Mine too lol! XD
Every gay's worst fear
HUH WHEN
I had a laughing fit (＾◇＾)
@tvagic when did he say that???? which scene???
Zahra stole the show for me. Every time she was on screen was an absolute gold! The actress did a great job!
💯 % agreed
totally agree
Zahra was the GOAT, I loved her so much!
YES! The few scenes she was in she definitely stole! Great lines and great delivery!
I loved the climax where she tells her boyfriend they won’t see each other again unless he can get Prince Henry to talk to Alex.
I've seen a couple of reviews from LGBT+ ppl and while there is no gatekeeping of this movie, a majority of them seemed to really like it! Some even got teary-eyed at certain moments. Everyone understands this is not supposed to be a serious movie and they're just happy to have a cheesy rom-com that they can watch when they're having a bad day. If anything, I think everyone in the cast has great chemistry and vibes (especially the two leads IMO), and I do enjoy seeing that 😊
"It's tiem to think some happy thoughts Henry, I'm goin' in dry." Alex is so funny I can't💀😭
The reason why we don’t find out why Henry, doesn’t like Alex is because in the book he never hated Alex. It was just Alex who didn’t like Henry.
henry doesnt not like alex, he just had a crush on him and he tried to supress it
Alex just thought Henry didn't like him lmao
Henry tried his best to hide he's in love with Alex and Alex took that as Henry hates him
That makes sense. Henry fell in love first since he was already harboring those feelings.
@@alixmalone19 true but he had some feelings but yes they both disliked each my bad
It’s not what I expected either. Also I love the I mostly straight I think disclaimer 🤣.
Side note in the book Alex doesn’t like Henry also because Alex had to work hard to get to where he is with the disadvantages of being brown and from divorced parents, meanwhile Henry is born into it.
The enemies to lovers trope in the book is really more one sided, but in the movie they try to make it seem like it was mutual.
I also died at the "I am probably mostly straight" disclaimer. I had to pause the video for like 3 minutes to laugh at that 🤣🤣
That somehow makes less sense than in the movie. How did he have to work hard, when it is his parents doing all the work? He is at where he is because of them! The only bit he has to work on is being good in the public eye, which everyone in his status would have to do, regardless of who they are.
@@Murder.Of.Crows. in the book alex has a sorta crush on henry, when he's 12 he's like stroking his hair in a magazine or something😭?so he's just a guy who did not handle his bisexuality well
Definitely more rivals to lovers imo 🤔 If they don't try to kill each other, they ain't enemies. Still cute tho.
@@Murder.Of.Crows. In the book tho, it goes a bit deeper into how his childhood was and how much of their (his and his sisters) lives where dragged into politics.
Their parents also divorced and his dad moved away. They're also from Texas, which was a red state the first time his mom won the election, so she lost in her home state.
Alex also didn't have a lot of people looking like him growing up in the politics world and he works really hard to become someone people like him can look up to when they grow up. In the book he's studying government, not law. He works (overworks) super hard on everything he does, has a lot of anxiety and basically lives on coffee.
And it's also so much better described in the book about why Alex hates Henry so much. He went up to introduce himself and thinks Henry looks at him like he's the most offensive thing before he tells his equerry to get rid of him. And it hurt him not because he needed Henry's help since he was new to the whole public thing (like in the movie), but it's becuase he's the son of the first female president, he's not white like she is and people will always come down harder on him and Henry is a reminder of how easy it would be if he was white.
He's basically jealous about how much easier Henry has it (because he's white) than he does.
It's also a little bit about how he kinda had a crush on Henry when he was younger, and their first meeting doesn't go very well, so he develops some kind of hatred for Henry instead.
The movie kinda glosses over their mental health problems and the race struggles, which makes up a lot of who their charecters are.
All the bizarre plotlines just make it so much better imo 😭. It's so perfectly a rom com. They understood the genre completely. Also this video is hilarious, I found the pacing pretty good, it's pretty typical of romcom movies, idk maybe they might make a mini series based off this. I love this movie, every clip still makes me smile and laugh
Even for a cheesy rom com, this is actually pretty solid chronologically and how much time is spent in each scene
The street fighter joke was fucking sending me. I love it. You should do more queer movies. You do an excellent job covering it and it doesn’t feel like you’re awkwardly tiptoeing around it either. You do as you say - review them like a straight movie - and you do it amazingly well.
LMFAOO FR I was dying
Seconding this!!
"... Japan!" 😂😂😂😂
I died at the coconut oil joke
IT WAS SOOO FUNNY😭😭😭
As an enemies to lovers book reader, the anger and hate ALWAYS develops very quickly into sexual tension and passion. Some of these books really are out here giving us readers whiplash.
Well they do say there's a fine line between love and hate 😅
So I’m gonna need a list of the best ones you have :3333
These two aren’t really enemies to lovers though. They dislike each other but never actually hate each other or at the very least there aren’t any real murder attempts
@glisa3801 im with you, where's that list? 😤( for research purposes of course 😏)
@@blueyeshadow2738❤ fr js about to say that,
"I'm mostly straight.." "when two guys make love it sounds like street fighter" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm DYING you're so precious Alex
The Street Fighter thing absolutely killed me, flawless comic timing there.😂😂
One of the few times I think a movie could've afforded an extra 30 minutes of runtime
I think they cut out like an hour of content or something like that
@@edgarnello9165WTF they did?? I need a full version like the avatar movie
@@aur9035 yeah people are saying release the snyder cut 😂😂😂
Oh yeah a director’s cut I would die for it ! I still think this story should have been a tv show
it was 3hrs originally but they decided to cut it😢
The enemies to lovers part definitely developed quick. But I think it was fine. In the books it´s made a lot more apparent that both of them were attracted to each other from the beginning. Especially Henry. They just never genuinely interacted and it turned into this rivalry thing.
I actually thought their text-flirting was done really well, loved how they portrayed that with them showing up around each other.
I thought the text-flirting was really well done too! The editing and the progression of them joking with each other to a late-night conversation on the bed was really cute.
I don't like the way its portrayed in this video 😢 it's like he's being dishonest
@@morningivyhaving a different perspective or opinion than you doesn’t make him dishonest.
@@morningivy What do you mean? Being dishonest how?
@@pilar8323 Like cutting off context from some of the scenes just to laugh at its lack of context
As someone who read the book, i actually really enjoyed the movie. I was upset they cut out some characters but it's one of the best movie adaptations I've seen
as an openly gay man, I was in absolute tears, doubled over, screaming laughing when I heard the Street Fighter sounds joke! This whole review is Top Shelf!
I’ve been watching your channel for a bit, and I think you handle LGBTQ+ rep in movies and especially the jokes you make so well. As a queer person I was laughing so hard at this. You prove that people can make jokes about Gay people and not be offensive. You’re super funny and I love and really appreciate your content.
I agree! I’m glad he also checks the jokes with other queer people, because it makes them hit closer to home for me while also turning me OUT 🤣
@@chilichinashop exactly!
Yes. And I enjoyed his response to the gay kiss "oooooooooooo". That is the correct response
yeah, but DO you have hadoken sound effects while making love?!
@@benzaiten933I can neither confirm nor deny... 😅
I know there were many side plots but I’m glad they chose to focus on the main romance. If they had kept everything like June. The romance wouldn’t have been developed
I think you're right but I really missed June I would have liked her even if she had a smaller role like Nora did I would have rather had June than Nora but thats just me.
i disagree, i think they should’ve made it a mini series to include the important plot points that made the evolution of the relationship so emotional and beautiful
LGBTQ+ is a sin and leads to Hell Fire (lava).
Please, repent before it is too late.
I just really wanted Rafael Luna 😭
Yeah, the book couldn't have been made into a movie like this... it should have been a mini series TBH
I’m so happy that Nicholas Galitzine finally gets the attention and love he deserves, his previous films were amazing too and his voice in The Beat Beneath My Feet 👌👌👌👌👌
Apparently the original movie was 3 hours long but prime cut it down to 2. Ppl r now tryna convince prime to release the original 3 hour film cuz there was a bunch of stuff that was missed.
While I love the movie, it would've been better as a 8 episode series.
Like the tension and hatred towards each other could've been explored with more backstory.
The Vacation getaway sequence could've been a whole episode. The breaking ties bit could've been a whole episode before the finale. A lot of things could've been more explored more and paced better if this was a series than a 2 hour movie.
I thought the same thing!! A limited series could’ve fleshed out the storyline so much more and made it feel not so rushed. But the movie was still good for what it was
LGBTQ+ is a sin and leads to Hell Fire (lava).
Please, repent before it is too late.
it would've been better!!!!! and also, amazon is making lots of money with it if they only knew before..
Luna and/or June could have fucking EXISTED
Amazon prime cut it from 3 hours to 2 so if it were a series it would be cancelled or done poorly 100%
14:31 this is actually a HUGE part of the book. the emails henry & alex send each other are SO SO important because they talk about queer historical figures & how they are erased and henry's depression & grief. have read the book 4 times and it is seriously one of the most beautifully written romcoms ever. the book also goes over alex's anxiety (& probably undiagnosed adhd) & his need for perfection & work to just make sense of things. i think the movie works well as an independent movie but really poorly as an adaptation. but that's what happens when you want to adapt a mostly epistolary novel.
i completely agree with you on every point here
their emails and the exploration of henry and alex's internal struggles with mental health and past familial trauma were some of my favourite parts of rwrb and erasing it from the movie made me so disappointed,,, i genuinely feel like it would've rounded out the story for viewers and give it so much more nuance
This is why I am so glad that I saw the movie first and got to experience it as a nice but forgettable story before being emotionally devastated by the book. Every bit of criticism from fans saying that they wish the movie could’ve explored this or that more is honestly way too fucking nice.
@@emmakane6848this is me. I’m glad I read the book years ago (literally my first BL read) so I have basically forgotten the details. It would have been tragic if I kept comparing the book from the movie bc I remember this book was so good that I delved deeper into queer books. Thankfully, that didn’t happen and I LOVED the movie despite everything they omitted (i.e. June).
@@emmakane6848I think it depends. I liked the book but the politics made it a bit boring to me, so since it was almost all erased in the movie, I loved it better!! but yeah, I wish they would have explored more on the emails.
@@jxderincant believe they erased that. it genuinely makes me so angry. i read the book in pdf then bought it physical to reread it and the part i was most excited for was the lovely emails. honestly wtf
With regards to the party scene, I always accept it to be because Henry doesn't know the lyrics so he doesn't know to get 'down', and Alex is too caught up in Henry to remember to go down.
"I don't see any coconut oil anywhere. It's time to think some happy thoughts, Henry. I'm going in dry." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
"& it's gonna say you & I were just really good friends."
As an EMT, I can confirm that the whole, "I love you but life with you sucks" thing is a huge part of why like 90% of first-responder relationships end in break-up or divorce. They're literally some of the best people in the world, but their work schedule is in constant flux and impossible to plan around, and when they are off work they're constantly sleep deprived and can only actually be there with you mentally like 10% of the time. Couple that with burnout and the vast majority of relationships will fall apart.
Me a baker can also confirm this stuff XD
Great to see this when I wanna be a firefighter
@@dabsup5522if someone sticks with you that's how you'll truly know, plus you're living your life for a noble cause and gonna look badass as hell doing it.
@@dabsup5522don't give up on the intense training, that's the fun part, isn't it? Getting stronger everytime the workout that used to kll you suddenly feels easier.
@aur9035 thanks I'm only 15 so I'm not quite at intense but I've started working out all summer and ik it'll be hard but I've got it set out where I'm going to college for an associates degree in fire science and in-between those years ill go emt school then after I graduate I'll do fire academy. Ik it'll be rough and stressful but I'll be ok
I think the producer made the right choices in focusing on the main characters and themes from the book but you won't please everyone. It was really well done.
100 percent agreed. Truth be told, I think the side characters were the weak point of the book. Too many of them and therefore not developed enough.
And still if they did the book to film word by word people will complain so 🤷 we got a great adaptation
@@leroselapinexactly when book to movie adaptations get made there will ALWAYS be complaints about how it’s not close enough to the book or it missed some big details like it’s an ADAPTATION 😭it’s doesn’t have to be word for word people will never be satisfied tbh
It was a cute movie.
Yep, that's the thing with all art/media, it's in it's nature not to please everyone. Even when a piece of art/media is popular, it doesn't mean that absolutely everyone likes it (and the opposite effect can sometimes happen with art/media that is unpopular/not well liked). ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The hospital bill at 6:02 took me out. How could I not love Alex Meyers??
this has probably got to be one of the funniest videos of yours I've ever seen, the "going in dry" and streetfighter jokes had my ribs hurting I was laughing so hard
edit: I SAW THAT BEFORE THE "I ran this before 10 queer guys" PART LMAOOO THATS GOLD
The street fighter joke had me cackling, also thank you for not tip toeing around the whole “it’s a queer story” thing you did amazing!
"Finish him!" from mortal kombat at the end would have made it perfect 😅
14:26 okay but for real, in the book they go over this and I think it’s kind of sad that they don’t include it in the movie. They actually send a lot of emails back and forth talking about gay history and how they’re always written off as “good friends” and the author actually pulled quotes from these historical figures that really read as love letters rather than correspondence between friends. So this scene and his line is really sweet and poetic and is a full circle moment from their earlier conversations
THIS KILLED ME THAT THEY DIDNT INCLUDE IT
It's the tragedy of adapting an epistolary novel. It's just not suited to the medium. 😭
Yes!! I was so sad they didn't put that in the movie
Are you talking about that scene where Alex finds a note in his pocket reading "I wish there wasn't a wall between us" and so he flies all the way to England just to call Henry an obtuse f***ing aashole? Yeah me too
@@ajhahnit killed me more that they didnt included the Power Point presentation😂
That "rain makes everything more dramatic" jingle was so perfect 😮
i love that half his critiques are different in the books. I know it was a 2 hour film but they skipped soooo many essential scenes that made enemies to lovers feel earned. Adore the book, enjoyed the film.
I don’t know if you saw the "For Kristy" at the end of the movie but Taylor Zakhar Perez’s sister Kristy passed away in June from cancer and she was so excited to see the movie, so it was their way of honouring her since she couldn’t be there when it premiered. She was apparently his biggest fan and was so excited to see him in a leading role.
I didn't know that...i feel so sad now
It does kind of make me laugh that his is verbatim my comment on another video. But very sad detail, I wonder if Kristy was able to see an advanced version of the movie. She’d have been really proud of her brother.
Damn i was wondering who kristy wasss 😮
Damn now I am sad, may she rest in peace wherever she is🙏
oh my god that’s so sad
Definitely a situation where you should watch the movie first and THEN read the book. Then you get to enjoy the movie for the cute love story it is without having to think about everything they left out, then reading the book is like getting bonus content - extra characters, new plot points, it’d be super fun! I honestly wish the book had been a little less clear in my mind when i saw the movie the first time because i think id have enjoyed it more for what it is instead of being distracted by what it’s not. Cause it’s REALLY CUTE!!!
So far mor than halfway through the book post watching the movie and I appreciate both for what they are and happy they cut things out in the movie because there are side characters but they do not really add much to the story. They just help the characters be a little more well rounded but I was able to kind of fill in the blanks before getting to the book.
i read it after the movie came out and I can confirm, I would've been miserable
definitely i read the book first and the movie second and i was quite dissapointed on how much they cut out
@@Armiel so far the only thing that they left out that I am disappointed with is the way the putting was handled in the book was a little better otherwise I am happy with how it was all done.
@@MrJlavandera yesh definitely don't get me wrong its still a GOOD movie, but it deserves a bit more stuff in it
“It’s time to think some happy throught Henry, Im going in dry” 😂😂😂 I nearly fell out my chair laughing 😂
2:12 "Let's skip the dinner and do touristy things instead..."
"OK! Like what?"
"Check out Buckingham Palace?"
I’m a huge fan of the book and after Purple Hearts I was very apprehensive about Nicholas galitzine playing Henry but I have to say he absolutely nailed it. He really was exactly how I imagined Henry in the book
right??? i was so worried how he’s portray henry after purple hearts but goddamn he nailed it
The issue with purple hearts was never the acting, but the plot.. His character in purple hearts was a dick but Nick always delivers. If you haven't seen one of his earlier movies "high strung", it's what made me fall in love with his acting , and well, him.
I keep seeing people clown on Purple Hearts. Rather than watch it, how exactly is it bad?
Well his first break out role was playing gay guy in the movie Handsome devil
@@darbat it's openly racist, doesn't really make sense (he owes a guy a shit ton of money, and when he doesn't give it to him, the guys goes to his gf's mom's house to scare them, but it turns out nick's character had the money because he gives it to him like the next day), and the woman in it just does a 180 as soon as she gets married to him. She goes army wife as soon as he leaves for war, without having ever cared about it beforehand. it's just a mess honestly. and the songs bored me to death too.
Who'd have guessed that Marco from the Kissing Booth sequels and the Prince from Girl Boss Cinderella would play love interests in an actually decent, entertaining movie?
trina, how are you literally everywhere
The contrast of Nicholas Galitzine going from being the lead in Purple Hearts which was.... definitely a movie. To doing this is just so huge. Like completely opposite target audiences, and this one is most definitely far better.
they're both phenomenal actors :) can't wait for their new projects!!
@@Beny763oh my god I forgot about that dumpster fire of a movie 😰
Hopefully he gets casted for greater movies in the future after this wonderful film~
@@chilichinashop If someone hasn´t seen some of his other movies, I highly recommend checking out "Handsome Devil". His acting debut "The Beat beneath my Feet" was also pretty decent.
as someone who read the book it was a fun watch, even though they rushed some of the things (alex' years long "hate" obsession with henry, the rivals to lovers development, alex' relationship with nora, the election) but the movie is already 2 hours long, if they included everything it would be like 8 hours. maybe it would have worked better as a show, then they could have properly developed their relationship. but still i think it's obvious that the people involved care about the source material and tried to stat true to the book as much as possible. many lines were pulled directly from the book
10:06 this is the funniest British roast I’ve seen
As a gay i can confirm, this is how gay guys relationships works. You go from enemies to lovers within one party, 5 grindr messeges or really boring elevator ride
IDK why but the really boring elevator ride part is cracking me up!
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yk as a reader i was super disappointed with some of the changes they made but the movie as it’s own entity is just so freaking fun and cute, i had a blast watching it
same, there were quite a few missed opportunities, but it was still overall really enjoyable & watching it was a great time. also Zahra was absolutely perfect lol, that was probably the most book-accurate thing they had
100% I was sad June didn't exist, and somehow now Nora and Percy where a thing (Which I get it's a movie and we want the most important stuff.) Though the "tell me to leave scene was FLAWLESS. I also Loved Nick and Taylors chemistry they did a fantastic job
I was really sad about June and Luna being cut, but yk what I think they did a good job with what they had time for
@PardonMyFrench16 I think they focused solely on Alex and Henry's story, and that's why they skipped the rest which at the end of the day is what's important. Tbh I didn't even remember June was missing and I think they did great with Nora's character. Also this movie feels like is going to have a sequel I don't know why but I hope so. Maybe an established couple now they'll have to deal with Alex in politics and that's how Luna enters the chat (😉) It has potential for a sequel if it does well
Like Alex storming the castle would've been such a good movie scene 😫😫😫😫
LOL the fact that you recognized Alex from the Kissing Booth but made no mention of Henry being the prince in the masterpiece (of trash) that was Cinderella or Purple Hearts was hilarious to me
10:48 Think happy thoughts I'm going in dry 😂 underrated line
I did not expect to love it as much as I do. Like, yes, it's corny and idealised and your typical romcom, but it's also very funny, got good characters, great chemistry and boy did I not expect that polo scene to get that heated that fast, the cutting of the scene is just perfection. Also the combination of British cockiness and American charm is just chefs kiss. This movie was basically made for me, ticks all my boxes
Gays deserve their Christmas Princes too.
Right
@@TacticusPrimeSO TRUE
Hell that “I’m never gonna do karao-“ scene then immediately panning to him singing his heart out was absolute PERFECTION. RomComs are BACK baby 😂
I loved the movie! I think the major issue was that they rushed everything but overall it was a pretty solid movie. People say that it's unrelastic and just corny, and though it sometimes is, the LGBTQ+ community just lacks of good movie/series that end in a optimistic and happy way, because usually everything always ends in disaster and tragedy, so it's nice to have once in a while movies like this, just a pretty happy movie that also shows the struggles that personally and socially envails being a queer person, but in a hopeful way. Loved the review!
The movie was super long though 🤷🏾♂️ they were packing a novel into a film
You can be optimistic without being unrealistic. The ending when theres a bunch of people ouside the palace cheering waiting for Henry and Alex looks like a fairytale.
@@Thom35UOits not like we have many queer fairytales so eh
@@Thom35UO of course, but that's my point. Not every movie about a gay couple has to be completely attached to reality, that's why it's a movie/novel, it's not real. It gives the public something to watch relaxed and without having to worry about the real life problems, and there's plenty other media that shows the real side, so. What I mean to say it's that the community deserves to have media that they could watch just for fun and to even fantasize, it's not a bad thing as long as you can understand the difference between fiction and reality. 😄
11:04 I fell out of my chair 😂😂
i really want them to release 3 hour long version. it might give them some time to bloom relationship
as somebody who has reread the book 5 times, I loved the movie! yes, there are some divergencies, but all in all the plot of the movie remains true to the storyline of the book, and, most importantly, Nick and Taylor have amazing chemistry
This movie has made me reread the book and of course their bond is much more meaningful there, but I'm very happy with the great chemistry between the leads and Nick's performance as Henry. I think those two things make up for most of the criticism I could give this movie.
I REREAD THE BOOK 5 TIMES TOO! I WANTED TO SEE JUNE SO BADLY!!
@@justN-kx9hk This!!!!!!!!! I was really looking forward to her too
While I'm not a guy, I am a queer woman and can confirm the way you handled the video and the jokes were very respectful but also funny and entertaining. Love your content, dude
Also queer person and yeah, I had to pause the video I was laughing so hard at “Time to think happy thoughts, Henry. I’m going in DRY.”
oh my god and the street fighter joke too they had me CACKLING@@OtherBlueGirl
Same
I watched this movie with my friends and we laughed the whole time. We also replayed our favourite moments again and again and it ended up taking us a couple extra hours to watch the whole thing
I didn’t realize how much happened in the book until I saw the movie. It cut out several main characters (ex Alex’s sister) and side plots and still pacing was so fast af
After decades of gay movies where the only topics were HIV, death, shame etc. We finally have movies and series when we see happy people, teens in love, royals in love, real people who deserve to love and be loved. This movie become my number one the second I finished it. From now on it will be rewatch on every valentine's day, every christmas day, with friends with big bowl of popcorn and pizza. This movie creates perfect fantasy, safe place, big smile and what is the most important... HOPE. Hope for love, hope for better tomorrow. I absolutely love this movie, it's fantastic, romantic, funny and just beautiful.
Thank you
Yess I hope to rewatch this movie with friends soon and just get giddy together 😊
Yes the gay movies back then always feature heavy themes. I really like this sugar boom among all the melancholies, losses and harsh realities.
Exactly! I'm so tired of people saying "tHis WAs NoT rEAliStIc" for this or any other recent queer movie/ series that doesn't end in tragedy. Then they get offended when you call out their bs, as if we don't know what they really believe.
I feel the exact same way. If you can find it, my #1 is still the low budget 2007 film "Shelter".
"When they finally do become a couple, it doesn't really feel, like, earned"
Congrats, you've just described every straight romcom couple ever 😂
fucking true actually
True 😂
Why I stopped watching ‘em in the first place 😂
Yeah, he’s done that plenty of times
Right? Congrats on breaking the code of the limits of a two hour movie. You just have to take the leap like we've done with straight couples forever. I buy this a lot more than a ton of straight romcoms I've watched tbh.
Love how every straight guy starts the video with a ‘not gay’ disclaimer when reviewing this movie.
I cried when I first saw this movie. Some of those moments are all too familiar for me, others are things I just live in my fantasy. Thank you for reviewing this.
i loved this movie 😤 even if it’s objectively bad or lacks a lot of content from the book, the gays deserve more cheesy rom coms without any deep profound message!
DISCLAIMER: i don’t think it’s objectively bad but some people did 😢
As someone who had to sit through 100s of hallmark movies and Cinderella type romcoms this was such a cute breath of fresh air
it's definitely not objectively bad lol
it's not objectively bad and matthew the director of the movie has said that this movie is his movie and casey's book is casey's book.
Yes! Queer people deserve to have lighthearted romcoms just as much as the rest of the world! I honestly feel it wasn’t bad, and built a very cute fantasy to indulge in ❤
lol apologies for saying it’s objectively bad, twitter was writing a bunch of think pieces on why they think it’s trash 😔 it infected my brain
As a gay man, Enemies to lovers within a few hours is how all of my relationships started.
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Something i will mention is the significance of the crowds gathering outside Buckingham Palace, in the context of this being a queer romance in a society where homophobia still exists. Acceptance is always such a big concern for queer people, which is why that scene has an impact that wouldn't exist in a straight rom-com.
Also, the book does a much better job of showing it than the movie, but a big concern throughout the whole story for Alex and Henry is that the people of their country might hate them if their relationship ever got out - for Alex this meant his mum potentially losing the election, and for Henry his family would completely flip. The movie even minimises the harshness of the royal family's reaction to the leaks.
which is why it would’ve been SO much better as a series rather than a movie- there would be more time to get into everything the book does, instead of the movie basically glossing over everything
honestly I kinda love it about the movie😭 like there is enough of homophobia in the real world, we're always miserable even in fiction, it's like you're not allowed to be happy and people will hate you no matter what
Historians: Besties!
Lauren’s and Hamilton: WE WROTE EACH OTHER LOVE LETTERS!?
11:00 the “Japan” at the end made me HOOOWWWWL
SAME
The museum is the very famous V&A Museum (named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert) and in the books it goes into details all the statues they look at and a lot of them were like a gay-awakening for Henry or are depicting gay lovers, etc. so that’s why it’s special to him. It’s a HUGE museum and completely free to visit (as most museums in London are).
Man, it makes me realize just how much context there wasn't in the movie. I still liked it and would always adore it, but yeah it all depended on the person already having read the novel to get why a lot of it became significant (like in fanfics where key-moments are repeated and since the adapters already made that comparison). Thanks for fun moments!
I totally agree that it feels rushed, but in the book, it's so well done and slow paced, and the build-up is incredible, so it's just a time problem really
14:41 sadly this is accurate but totally sounds like there is one letter from Alexander Hamilton some guy in US history to John Laurens it it went like this
“Cold in my proffesions, warm in my friendships I wish it may be in my power with ACTIONS rather than words to convince you my dear Laurens that I love you.” And a bunch more suggestive letters. And the two literary bunked together when they were serving in the United States’s revolutionary war.
Forgot to mention that fact that Laurens had convinced Alexander to marry in hopes they would lose feelings for eachother. Also the letters between the two were sent in the middle of war. So yeah interesting
@@daddy3583 Alexander Hamilton Was gay?
@@MacDoodlesprobably bisexual
Watching this movie I was blown away by their chemistry and the acting from both of them like RENT WAS DUE! Especially Henry's actor, he convey so much emotions with his eyes omg.
He lowkey scared me in Cinderella 😥
But this role and its directing suited his ability way more 🎉
I'm happy for the actor. The only things I had seen him in was Amazon's Cinderella and Purple Hearts, neither films did him any justice
@@tomatosoup1304he’s pretty good in the film handsome devil
@@aceattorneyruinedmylife omg yes in fact the expressive eyes and emotional monologue started in Handsome Devil for Nick and, omg, I love his acting there
I literally cannot describe how much better it is in the book. There are better characters and better plot lines and better storytelling… and the movie as a stand-alone isn’t bad, the book just sets an impossible standard. Honestly not faulting the movie makers at all, this book was just really really hard to make into a movie bc a movie couldn’t do it Justice.
During their "devil's tango" scene I felt like a voyeur like guys do you want some privacy or something, like I felt like I was intruding on something
14:30 as a lesbian, this sent me. I love this. I've never seen you cover anything queer, and is video is all I could've hoped for as a gay woman. Please cover more queer shows in the future!
I agree 100%! Totally reminded me of the Song "History hates lovers" from Oublaire, too
I mean.. he covers Riverdale, which has several queer characters. But yeah, I get what you mean. This is different. Love it!
He covered xo kitty and do revenge which both focus on wlw characters!
Oh My God yes😂
Kind of like how historians for the longest time tried to explain away Alexander the Great's long time lover Hephaestion or Achilles' relationship with Patrocles. But even without knowing explicitly the relationship those men had you could still read between the lines because for some reason while they erased the context of the relationship they still kept all the emotionally intimate moments and the strong grief these men experienced once their lovers died. I mean in all the translations of the Iliad Achilles still requests that when he dies his ashes should be placed in the same urn as Patrocles' ashes, which was something that Greeks only did if the person they lost was like their soulmate basically. It wasn't common and it held much significance when a request like that was made, but old timey historians and the movie Troy expect me to believe this was just familial love? 🤷🏼♀️
I feel like Alex has been way more unhinged lately and i love it😭
Sheer force of collective jawlines. Best line ever and that not in the movie!!!! How so? A realy good one 3:30
I saw this movie for the first time 3 days ago and I’ve seen it like 6 times
11:05 I CANTT 💀💀!! I love this movie tho 🤭
alex trying to make sense of two men doing the devils tango is genuienly the funniest part of this review
the book of this movie was the first time I read a really relatable panic attack and I cried so hard. I loved this book
I'm so glad u made a video about this. Like, it's my favorite series, and I loved to hear it from you.
As a gay dude, that street fighter joke was HILARIOUS!!! I cracked up so much I had to pause the video. You are doing the Lord's work man, keep it up. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Also as a gay guy, when I do the Devil's Tango, I sound like way higher than I usually do so...make of that what you will haha.
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Do you mean higher as in "more feminine"? Because if so, then SAME 😂
I died at that part, but then it made me think of when I shared an apartment with my best friend and his boyfriend….definitely sounded higher pitched than street fighter 🙉🙈😅
@@erikperhs_ Yup. At the risk of sounding weird, if you heard me in those situations you'd think it was a girl and not a guy. 🤣🤣
@@MaryLoveJane haha exactly 🤣🤣
11:17 “I ran these last couple joke by 10 queer guys who all gave them the thumbs up.” Incase anyone wanted to read it!
THE SHEER FORCE OF THEIR JAWLINE IM DEAD