I'm not going to actually watch He's All That (2021) on Netflix, the distaff redo of She's All That (1999). First, the trailer revealed the entire plot, and it's heterosexist to the max, dude: a girl makes a bet that she can turn a loser into prom king, but then accidentally falls in love with him. No gay people exist.
Second, votes for prom king aren't based on hotness per se, but popularity.
Third, the reviews say it's "f***king terrible."
Fourth, this is the loser, Cameron Kweller, played by Tanner Buchanan. Sure, I coud do without the makeup and the effeminate rings, but in what universe is he unattractive?
Fifth, in the trailer, Kweller yells at a guy for standing too close to him: "I don't want to look at your butt while I'm eating, dirtbag!" That strikes me as homophobic.
But I thought it would be fun to see what other hunks the movie can provide.
1. Tanner, here a little less flowery.
2. Peyton Meyer as Jordan Van Draanen, the obnoxious jock who cheats on the girl and starts the whole wager business.
3. Romel de Silva as Sebastian Woo. He doesn't appear in the trailer. I hope he's not being used for cheap body-shaming jokes.
4. Andrew Matarazzo as "Jordan Friend Logan." No one in the crew knew about possessives?
5. Dominic Goodman as "Jordan Friend Track," aka Token Black Guy.
6. Apparently there's a dance-off competition. Antwon Keith Coller as one of Padgett's dancers (she's the girl who creates and falls in love with the nottie-turned-hottie.
7. William B. Simmons as one of Jordan's dancers. I guess they come in all ages.
Andrew Matazzaro is in "West Hollywood Motel" (2013)in which he plays gay and is takes off his clothes.
ReplyDeletePeyton Meyer looks like has future in gay porn
ReplyDeleteThat 2nd photo... wow, bangin' bod! 💪🏻
ReplyDeleteSurprised there's no gay characters, I mean - it's not 1999! 🤷♂️ Even then, you've had plenty of 'em in movies. 😉
Gay characters were rare in movies in the 1990s, and still are, to a great extent. Virtually none in action-adventure, science-fiction, horror, or family comedies. Some in romcoms as the best friend of the romantic lead. The problem is, producers worry that homophobic audiences will stay away, and in the foreign market, some countries forbid depictions of gay characters altogether. TV is much better at representation, since you can have the character come out in Season 2, after the audience is already invested.
DeleteThe funny thing is, horror and noir had a lot of gay characters, as villains. tl;dr: Hollywood decided if gays couldn't be lethal sociopaths, they didn't want em.
DeleteWith the rise of AIDS, you get martyred saints.
Boomer you are right Greedy Disney is always advertising their gay characters in their movies but when you go see them - they are barely there-in the recent disaster "Jungle Cruise" with The Rock- there was a gay supporting character who never did anything gay- you know like lusting after the Rock
DeleteNo one wants to see the genitive case?
ReplyDeleteIn this case you are incorrect that “no gay people exist.” Cameron’ best friend is a lesbian (he has no male friends) and she ends up together with another girl, the best friend of Cameron’s love interest. However, you are right to skip it. Aside from the fact that Peyton Meyer is shirtless in 75% of his scenes, it is bad to the point of unwatchable.
ReplyDeleteSorry, I didn't actually watch it, I was going by the plot synopsis on Wikipedia and a review, neither of which mention the lesbian characters.
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