http://www.jerekeys.com/2008/04/27/netflix-movie-review-the-mostly-unfabulous-social-life-of-ethan-green/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=netflix-movie-review-the-mostly-unfabulous-social-life-of-ethan-green Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:50:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.jerekeys.com/2008/04/27/netflix-movie-review-the-mostly-unfabulous-social-life-of-ethan-green/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Rob Thu, 08 May 2008 15:14:31 +0000 http://www.jerekeys.com/?p=1475#comment-98 I finally watched this the other night with Powder, and I enjoyed it a lot less than you did. I think my main problem with it is how completely unlikable I found Ethan. Part of it I think has to do with the fact that it was based on a comic book...I enjoyed a lot of the campy directorial choices and I really thought I'd love it based on the first few minutes, particularly thanks to the nifty credits sequence. But I found the scene where Ethan first dumped his boyfriend completely unbelievable, and then could not believe that the film wanted me to root for him throughout his whiny angst for the rest of it, when he's the one who sabotaged the relationship, for no real reason. I kind of get what the filmmakers were trying to do with his character and how his reaction to his boyfriend finally making the commitment he'd wanted him to might be funny as the punchline to a comic strip...and maybe a better actor could have sold the scene better. But Daniel Letterle is a pretty sucky actor, and certainly isn't strong enough to carry a film, even a low-budget crappy gay film like this one. That's not to say I completely hated it...At times, I found myself kind of enjoying the ride--the last 20 minutes, with all the guys showing up at his place, like an old bedroom farce, for example; the Hat Sisters; the really young guy who was full of himself--but overall, I couldn't imagine myself ever watching it again. I really just wanted to punch Ethan in the face, heh. I finally watched this the other night with Powder, and I enjoyed it a lot less than you did. I think my main problem with it is how completely unlikable I found Ethan. Part of it I think has to do with the fact that it was based on a comic book…I enjoyed a lot of the campy directorial choices and I really thought I’d love it based on the first few minutes, particularly thanks to the nifty credits sequence. But I found the scene where Ethan first dumped his boyfriend completely unbelievable, and then could not believe that the film wanted me to root for him throughout his whiny angst for the rest of it, when he’s the one who sabotaged the relationship, for no real reason. I kind of get what the filmmakers were trying to do with his character and how his reaction to his boyfriend finally making the commitment he’d wanted him to might be funny as the punchline to a comic strip…and maybe a better actor could have sold the scene better. But Daniel Letterle is a pretty sucky actor, and certainly isn’t strong enough to carry a film, even a low-budget crappy gay film like this one. That’s not to say I completely hated it…At times, I found myself kind of enjoying the ride–the last 20 minutes, with all the guys showing up at his place, like an old bedroom farce, for example; the Hat Sisters; the really young guy who was full of himself–but overall, I couldn’t imagine myself ever watching it again. I really just wanted to punch Ethan in the face, heh.

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