I'm mostly willing to accept a film about the AIDS epidemic that focuses on the struggles of a straight guy, but the fact that the film's primary gay character is little more than a prop to help the straight character learn a lesson is offensively lazy. Rayon is basically there to teach Woodroof a valuable lesson, and that really rubbed me the wrong way. Woodroof is whatever he needs to be to make each scene advance the story, and it never gels into a coherent character. Is he bigoted or compassionate? Is he clever and quick-witted or is he a loose-cannon? You could argue that this makes him a complex character, but it felt more like the work of a schizophrenic screenwriter. The film failed to get a handle on Woodroof's character, so he seemed like a totally different person from one scene to the next. ![]() Not that they tell it very well, but I'll get to that. The rest of the movie is entirely plot-based, as if the filmmakers wanted to get the character stuff out of the way so that they could just tell the story uninhibited. ![]() He doesn't progress in any significant way past that point. Woodroof's character arc (he's a homophobe, he meets Rayon, he's mostly not a homophobe anymore) is over about 40 minutes into the film. To me, it felt totally unfocused and meandering. Here were some of my issues, and I'm curious to see the response.
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