#anyway. not putting this in the tag bc people here seem to rabidly hate clive. which i do not understand

[alcappacino]

now that i'm 1) sober & 2) had time to meditate on the movie i'm here w/ some thoughts on maurice (1987) that no one asked for. also technically there are spoilers for the maybe like two ppl that peep this

i will not lie, i did not enjoy the movie quite as much as i thought i would, especially given the hype i've seen for it on tumblr. i might enjoy it more upon rewatch now that i've had the time to think about it, but it's still a touch disappointing.

& i will admit that i have a tad of a bias bc going in, i was mostly watching it for objectifying young hugh grant reasons. but i do think his character was done a little dirty and clive could've had quite an interesting character arc. (that's not to say that i didn't like alec. i will always support a working class king.)

i fully understand why the story went the way it did & how clive and alec represent two sides of handling being gay in edwardian england & how both are crucial to maurice and his development as a character. and as an extention of that, yes of course maurice is the main character, not clive. however i also will not lie that i did not find maurice to be the most engaging protagonist on earth lol, though maybe i would think differently if i read the novel.

i'm not all that bothered anymore that alec and maurice got together in the end bc good for them, but i was gunning a bit for maurice and clive simply based upon how i think they could've gone in an interesting direction together. i was hoping for an arc that included both of them reconciling their sexualities, something that could've been done in a very interesting way considering how deep back into the closet clive went. there are instances in which one person coming to terms with their identity helps someone else, intentionally or not, and i was honestly kind of expecting that to be the situation. alas, it wasn't, but oh well. i am pleased that at least alec and maurice get their happy ending, especially since that happens so infrequently in queer media.