Is it a remarkable frienship or Gay relationship?
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Gibski — 18 years ago(December 07, 2007 04:06 AM)
no it's not "clearly about being gay"
it just "can" be interpreted in that wayand a reason why it's been labelled as "gay interest" would probably be cos gay people could watch the movie and "identify/connect/relate" with birdy's character..some of his experiences.anything like that..eg for the reason you described: "cage's character just can't figure out why birdy isn't like most other people". And so they could also relate with a friendship they had with a straight guyand the point where the straight guy accepted that they were different and they stayed friends and things like that
if the movie was "clearly about being gay"then birdy would have been gay in the movieor done something "gay".he doesn't.
there are plenty of other ways that people can be differentand have problemsor anything like thatso plenty of straight people can also relate and identify with either modine's or cage's character and the friendship
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gayspiritwarrior — 15 years ago(May 30, 2010 12:25 AM)
It isn't about "being gay." It's of INTEREST to gay guys because both stars are hot and you see a lot of them. The friendship is what the movie is "about" and it's clearly not sexual.
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cswitzer82 — 17 years ago(April 28, 2008 01:28 PM)
very good friends. Al was straight; Birdy was asexual. Birdy might have been/ potentially could have fallen in love with Al, because his human connection and emotional bond was with himalthough it could have easily been with a girl had she made the connection with him and shown interest in him as Al did. Just my quick take on the two.
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theoutcaste — 17 years ago(November 28, 2008 09:05 PM)
Ain't gay by a longshot.Though I consider this a love story.Birdy & Al became bonded like brothers.The kind of bonding where someone becomes part of you & you'll sacrifice & fight for them no matter what..
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skinsk-1 — 12 years ago(September 07, 2013 06:30 AM)
You are right and wrong. They are not gay (this is clear by Al's behavior (esp at the beach, where he's getting down under the boardwalk. Birdie seems to have Asperger's; he possesses poor social skills, and his family doesn't help. However, they don't go their separate ways to pursue their own lives (kids from their neighborhood/class/time rarely did). . . they were drafted and sent to Vietnam! They return wounded, physically and mentally, and are reunited, but still not gay.