Being that I was in a similar situation myself, it was refreshing hearing about and finally watching a film about a guy wanting to date a girl, but being disappointed to find out she's gay and can't ever return your affections, well for the first half our, I got what I was wanting. Chasing Amy has a good idea, and opens up the doorway for a movie that any guy who has a gay girl friend can enjoy. After the main "discovery" Ben Affleck's character Holdon and the movie itself goes the route I expected them to. The girl he has a crush on is gay, and while he still has a crush, he learns to treat her as a friend. Their dialogue is believable, or at least, how you'd imagine a straight guy would talk to a gay girl; at least it was for me.
But then, the movie goes the route I was dreading most. It turns out Amy isn't gay, but is actually...........bi? straight? the movie doesn't clear it up for us really, the fact is, Holdon and Amy begin a relationship, and that eventually leads up to a very cringy liar reveal, if you can really call it that? Holdon finds out about Amy's previous sexual exploits, and they break up because of it. I could understand a fight, but Holdon's pride as a first boyfriend turns out to be a lie and he breaks up with her. I don't wanna cut hairs here, the film would have benefited 1000x over if they'd stuck with Amy being a gay woman. The scene that starts their romantic relationship I feel could have been more engaging if Holdon could have just continued to know her as a great friend and gotten past his blue balls.
It was funny knowing that his friend Banky is actually a closeted homosexual. There are a ton of homophobic characters in other movies like American Beauty who end up being in the closet, but for this I couldn't have called it. Other than that, it made the LGBT community look timid. I wish we could have gotten to see more of Amy's lesbian friends, gotten to see and learn more about how gay women interacted, maybe Holdon could have learned something from encountering this stuff more. after they begin their relationship, Holdon just becomes more and more unlikable. The script seemed like it was making stuff up as it went along. It felt rushed in certain scenes.
This is for Affleck what Hide and Seek is for Robert De Niro, not his A game, just something he went through for a pay check. Which a shame; I feel like this could be something like the Truman Show if they'd actually cared enough with the plot. A movie with a great but wasted idea, and not something I'm sure to see again in the future.
But then, the movie goes the route I was dreading most. It turns out Amy isn't gay, but is actually...........bi? straight? the movie doesn't clear it up for us really, the fact is, Holdon and Amy begin a relationship, and that eventually leads up to a very cringy liar reveal, if you can really call it that? Holdon finds out about Amy's previous sexual exploits, and they break up because of it. I could understand a fight, but Holdon's pride as a first boyfriend turns out to be a lie and he breaks up with her. I don't wanna cut hairs here, the film would have benefited 1000x over if they'd stuck with Amy being a gay woman. The scene that starts their romantic relationship I feel could have been more engaging if Holdon could have just continued to know her as a great friend and gotten past his blue balls.
It was funny knowing that his friend Banky is actually a closeted homosexual. There are a ton of homophobic characters in other movies like American Beauty who end up being in the closet, but for this I couldn't have called it. Other than that, it made the LGBT community look timid. I wish we could have gotten to see more of Amy's lesbian friends, gotten to see and learn more about how gay women interacted, maybe Holdon could have learned something from encountering this stuff more. after they begin their relationship, Holdon just becomes more and more unlikable. The script seemed like it was making stuff up as it went along. It felt rushed in certain scenes.
This is for Affleck what Hide and Seek is for Robert De Niro, not his A game, just something he went through for a pay check. Which a shame; I feel like this could be something like the Truman Show if they'd actually cared enough with the plot. A movie with a great but wasted idea, and not something I'm sure to see again in the future.