In the American same-sex movie "Burning Blue", the forbidden love in the military can only hide the surging love under the uniform, relying only on eyebrow communication.
Burning Blue (2013)
Director: D.M.W. Greer
Writers: D.M.W. Greer / Helene Koufer
Starring: Trent Ford / Tammy Blanchard / Morgan. Spector / Rob Mayers / William Lee Scott /
Genre: Drama / Romance / Same Sex / Biography / War
Country of Production: United States
Language: English
Release: 2013-06-20
Runtime: 96 minutes
In the 1990s, there were two seemingly isolated crashes on U.S. Navy aircraft carriers. The Pentagon sends commissioners to investigate, but unexpectedly inadvertently uncovers a secret homosexual affair in the U.S. military. Daniel (Trent Ford), who came from a military family, is handsome and stable, has a good relationship with his girlfriend, and enjoys a high reputation on the warship. The new pilot, Matthew (Rob Mayes), is lively and competitive, and Daniel stays away from him. However, a casual companionship has subtly changed their relationship, especially the experience of visiting gay bars together, which has become a secret between them. As a result of the ombudsman's involvement, the nature of the incident began to become serious, and both Daniel and his teammates became targets of political attacks. The crash happened again, and this time Daniel found that his life could never go back to what it had been...
The story in the film should take place in the United States during the Clinton era. Special Pentagon investigators traveled to an aircraft carrier air force flight formation to investigate the causes of two flight accidents. Investigators then discover the romance between pilot Daniel and Matthew, and the entire investigation turns into a "Witch Hunt" against gay soldiers.
When I first watched it, I felt confused, and I thought that I had a bad hearing and missed too many things, or I accidentally skipped which paragraph I didn't see, and the story had a feeling that it couldn't be connected back and forth. So after reading it, I went to IMDB to search for comments, and it turned out that I was not the only one who looked confused... Suddenly the heart was wide.
The theme of the film is somewhat similar to "The Normal Heart", which is a passage in the history of the gay rights struggle. As a bitter black history that An American gay person has just stepped through, the "don't ask, don't say" policy can be said to be a good topic, easy to shine. But the director or screenwriter's ability to tell a story is not enough. The emotional inking of D and M in the film is too tepid, to what extent, after watching it for dozens of minutes, I didn't notice that they were stirring up the base. The roles given to the characters are all lacking explosiveness, and the emotions of all the characters are too flat. So Matthew's plane crash was too abrupt, and when I saw it, all I had in mind was "This TM is taking the bento, are you TM teasing me?" ”。
Seeing Matthew Bento, I fast-forwarded all the way to the back. Matthew should be the only character in the film who has a bright spot, not only because he is handsome (of course, he is gray and handsome), but Rob Mayes has put his role in place (compared to Trend Ford's almost paralyzed performance).
The Motion Picture Association of America also added the sentence "Note that this film contains nude footage" when rating the film, but rob Mayes only has a few shots that are half-hidden. (Who wants to see the fruit bodies of several other dicks!) Nima gave me the male god. ）
Finally, I would like to praise the BGM of this film is really good. Whether it is a few small sections of the male god's guitar flick, the soothing fading into tension when running meets and the wordless brushing past, or the ensemble melody sent by the blue sky and white clouds at the end, it is all excellent.