07/25/2024
On the plane yesterday, I re-watched the movie, Red, White, and Royal Blue. I loved it the first time I saw it and loved it and cried equally this second viewing. I however, cannot recommend movies that make you cry on an airplane.
I'm very suggestible and gullible to believe a movie is "real." So, for me, while I know it is fiction, it seems real. The story- of these two guys coming to be in love was real.
Before the first release much has been made about the chemistry between these two guys, and I think marketing played it up (and actually a lot since then), leaving many wondering if they were gay. We know now, that Galtizine is straight, and Perez, really isn't saying. I wondered, if knowing this would change the film for me. But the sucker that I am- not at all. I'm still in love with them and their love story.
I think I keyed into Alex's bis*xual awakening more than I did during the first viewing. Henry's tormented situation sublimating his personal feelings for the "role" tradition had created for him was pretty easy to grasp before. But I thought a lot about how the support each guy received (or didn't) how that impacted their individual journeys.
Given the crazy political climate right now, I thoroughly enjoyed the fantasy of it- a woman president, Texas being the state that won the re-election for her. The ease of getting around the globe, and especially how they rode bikes to the house at the end with no secret service ever in view.
Even though it makes me sob, this will remain a feel-good movie for me. I'm sure I'll watch it many times over.
My favorite scenes are the cake at the beginning, and dancing in the museum. But there are lots of great moments.
