Is it a remarkable frienship or Gay relationship?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Birdy
uday_b78 — 18 years ago(May 02, 2007 05:54 AM)
I have really enjoyed this movie.and after watching I found that relationship between Birdy and Al is a kind of great friendship bond..after having good time in their teenage they seperate to persuite their own livesbut later they find themselves very lonely in the outside world.
I dont understand why this movie is catergorized in Gay interest?.R Al and Birdie gay or very good friends.Please dont tell me they were gays..please share your views. -
loveagoodstory — 18 years ago(May 26, 2007 07:44 AM)
You're right. They clearly weren't gay and some wally has stuck that label on it anyway
Cage is about as hot-blooded a girl-chaser as the come and Modine is asexual. Several scenes make all that clear.
Anyway, I've just asked for it to be recategorised so hopefully that'll be changed soon. -
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
So it's not specifically "clearly" about being gayI don't think. -
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..
Stars,Al. Look at the stars. -
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.