This film breaks all the rules of stereotypes. So many times we get to see the not so sexy but very smart and moral guy win over the sexy but troubled. This story is not about stereotypes, it's the story of two real people, each unique and not predefined by their outside appearance.
Doc is a very introverted man who's only desire is to fit in, to be like everyone else. But precisely this unacceptance of who he is blocks him from truly loving.
Go is a gorgeous looking guy full of love. He wants to make people happy, as he says making people's interaction with him a pleasant one. He believes in freedom to be who you are regardless of the acceptance of others. And it is his freedom what makes him so capable of loving.
When they meet what happens between them doesn't have to do with what they look like on the outside, where the gorgeous one won't easily commit to the normal one, but with who they are inside, the guy who doesn't like who he is will turn down the love from the guy who feels free to love whoever he wants.
One thing that struck me was the couple of times Doc asked Go about what he likes about himself and other men. When his reply was about inner things he was asked to change his answer to physical traits. Later on Doc says he doesn't want Go to be other people's object, just his own. That led me to think just how lonely such a gorgeous person can feel when people can't get past his looks. Overall it's what ended up happening to him. He was turned down, I found quite cruelly, being told that his looks will fade and he won't have anything to hold on to.
I absolutely fell in love with Go (who wouldn't?, well Doc, I guess). At they beginning when we only got to see how pictures naked and him dancing I just saw one more of the thousands of bodies we see everywhere, hot but nothing I would pay much attention to. But the moment he started talking and smiling I was completely smitten, which I guess reminds us just how important inner beauty is in this visual world.
Overall I felt like I was watching real people with their own whole inner world and not just caricatures which is what we usually find in films. The acting was very natural and the story was not predictable. A very satisfying film that stays with you after the credits roll. Please, more like this!!
Doc is a very introverted man who's only desire is to fit in, to be like everyone else. But precisely this unacceptance of who he is blocks him from truly loving.
Go is a gorgeous looking guy full of love. He wants to make people happy, as he says making people's interaction with him a pleasant one. He believes in freedom to be who you are regardless of the acceptance of others. And it is his freedom what makes him so capable of loving.
When they meet what happens between them doesn't have to do with what they look like on the outside, where the gorgeous one won't easily commit to the normal one, but with who they are inside, the guy who doesn't like who he is will turn down the love from the guy who feels free to love whoever he wants.
One thing that struck me was the couple of times Doc asked Go about what he likes about himself and other men. When his reply was about inner things he was asked to change his answer to physical traits. Later on Doc says he doesn't want Go to be other people's object, just his own. That led me to think just how lonely such a gorgeous person can feel when people can't get past his looks. Overall it's what ended up happening to him. He was turned down, I found quite cruelly, being told that his looks will fade and he won't have anything to hold on to.
I absolutely fell in love with Go (who wouldn't?, well Doc, I guess). At they beginning when we only got to see how pictures naked and him dancing I just saw one more of the thousands of bodies we see everywhere, hot but nothing I would pay much attention to. But the moment he started talking and smiling I was completely smitten, which I guess reminds us just how important inner beauty is in this visual world.
Overall I felt like I was watching real people with their own whole inner world and not just caricatures which is what we usually find in films. The acting was very natural and the story was not predictable. A very satisfying film that stays with you after the credits roll. Please, more like this!!