This would have irritated me had it been set in drab London but it was in Barcelona which is a great backdrop to any story. The cast were lookers too although absolutely none of the guys was my type in the slightest.
To stretch the series to eight episodes, there had to be subplots and there were plenty, mainly concentrating on unrequited or misunderstood love.
Dialogue was less convincing though. I know we are in the world of less than butch gay guys but some of the diatribes and cross-talking just didn't ring true. Things were said by all the characters to their loved ones that I found impossible to believe would happen in any real world.
Some of the attempts at profundity were laughable and saccharine but overall the pace didn't flag.
A special mention for Pepón Nieto as Javi. He dominated his scenes by sheer force of personality even though some of his miming needed attention. I loved misunderstood Ramon too, ably played by Ramon Pujol.
This is ideal for viewers wanting 90% of their brains to be asleep while watching something utterly inconsequential. The subtitles were good (my Spanish is too poor for films and series) but I had to ask myself why it wasn't filmed in Catalan? Aren't there enough gay actors proficient in the language?
To stretch the series to eight episodes, there had to be subplots and there were plenty, mainly concentrating on unrequited or misunderstood love.
Dialogue was less convincing though. I know we are in the world of less than butch gay guys but some of the diatribes and cross-talking just didn't ring true. Things were said by all the characters to their loved ones that I found impossible to believe would happen in any real world.
Some of the attempts at profundity were laughable and saccharine but overall the pace didn't flag.
A special mention for Pepón Nieto as Javi. He dominated his scenes by sheer force of personality even though some of his miming needed attention. I loved misunderstood Ramon too, ably played by Ramon Pujol.
This is ideal for viewers wanting 90% of their brains to be asleep while watching something utterly inconsequential. The subtitles were good (my Spanish is too poor for films and series) but I had to ask myself why it wasn't filmed in Catalan? Aren't there enough gay actors proficient in the language?