That's Not Us - Quick and Dirty review

Looking for a sweet and realistic little film about relationships, then That's Not Us is just what you need!

Relationships can be hard work, but really, communication is key - and I do say this as someone who has been married for +10 years. Trust me, just talk to each other!

Anyway, That's Not Us focuses on three relationships: On consisting of two women, another consists of two men and then there's a straight couple. Yeah, I know, don't you just love it, when we're the majority!

Oh, and no lesbian dies in this movie... no need to bury your gays in movies made for us!

These three couples are friends because one half of the lesbian couple is best friends with one of the men in the gay couple and the other half of the lesbian couple is the sister of the woman in the straight relationship. Got it?

Yes, the lesbians are at the heart of everything... and they're good at helping everyone else talk about things, but very bad at talking to each other.

In fact, the problem in all three relationships is communication. There's plenty of love, and lots of "I want what's best for you even if it's not what I want".

I don't want to spoil anything (hence the "quick and dirty" review), but I will say this: That's Not Us is a wonderful and sweet FEEL-GOOD movie... with some pretty steamy scenes. You feel me?! ;-)

Here's the trailer for it:
Directed by William Sullivan, who also co-wrote the script with Derek Dodge, the movie stars Elizabeth Gray (Liz) and Nicole Pursell (Jackie) as the lesbian couple, David Rysdahl (Spencer) and  Mark Berger (James) as the gay couple and finally Tommy Nelms (Dougie) and Sarah Wharton (Alex) as the straight couple.

And also, for good measure, this is the official storyline synopsis:

Three twenty-something couples – gay, lesbian and straight – travel to an upstate New York beach house to enjoy the last days of summer, but what was meant to be a fun, carefree retreat transforms into an intimate exploration of sex and commitment. Moment-to-moment, relationships are tested as tensions between the couples and friends begin to simmer. THAT’S NOT US is a romantic comedy that questions what it takes to sustain a healthy long-term partnership. While gender and sexuality may vary, the struggles to make love last do not.

Strand Releasing is distributing, which is always a good thing in my book. Click this link to head on over to the official page at their website.

Look at those happy lesbians not dying!

For the record: No, I'm not getting paid to write about this movie... Wifey and I just saw the film on Netflix this past weekend and loved it.

Loving the LGBT love,
- GayGirl

At last, I am back... I simply had to share.

This is quite hard for me to say since I am a Coca Cola girl at heart, but I LOVE PepSi... Now, all of you initiated people must know that I don't mean the drink. I admit, I have been shockingly slow at cathcing on to this. I Mean, not even AfterEllen's mention of this show really got me interested cause I'd been so disappointed at other soaps/series that tried to feature gay story lines, but with "Los Hombres de Paco" - that's right I said it, and now ya'll KNOW which PepeSi I'm talking about - they didn't just try, they fucking DID it!!!

Again, t'was the wonder of YouTube that finally got me to catch on. Just like with "Mistresses" I was watching yet another compilation of the best lesbian kisses - that means hottest og sweetest and not horny/porn, and there are TONS of both - when I see a scene from "Los Hombres de Paco" and I am HOOKED! I was home sick, and let me tell you, I have never wanted to be sicker in my life... Now, first of all, if you still don't know what the hell I'm talking about then watch this little compilation of scenes between them:



And now jump, run, scream, tremble your way to the YouTube channel of my new hero: PepsiEnglish. Oh yes, PepsiEnglish of YouTube FAME and ADORATION!!! This most wonderful and amazing Goddess like creature has uploaded all the Pepa and Silvia (aka PepSi) scenes AND subtitled them for all us poor "no hablo español"-people. But now I am SO learning Spanish, and this is helping me tons - I have three life goals for myself; Learn to drive, Learn to play the guitar and learn Spanish. So far I only have the driver's license and OWN a guitar, so I need to up my game!
In any case: PepsiEnglish, I salute you and thank you ever so much. You are nothing short of a hero to the lesbians of the world - and no, that is NOT going too far! :o)

Happy happy happy,

- GayGirl

P.S. I am STILL a Coca Cola girl (or Diet Coke, to be exact) and not even this will change that. I am the most loyal person, so if Madonna (adore her) og Cindy Crawford (poster over my bed during my teen years is still very clear in my mind... the woman practically forced me to admit my homosexual tendencies) doing commercials for Pepsi didn't sway me, then nothing will. Besides, Katarina Witt - aka 'Sex on Ice' and 'The Beatiful face of Communism' (not that she was a communist, but she was from East Germany, so by default she officially had to be) - did a Diet Coke commercial, which set things right again.

QAF Mama and Mrs. Madrigal both go gay

OH... MY... GOD!!!

So, as always, I make sure to spend my Friday reading the latest installment of AfterEllen.com's "Best.Lesbian.Week.Ever", and then on page three there's a story on upcoming movie called "Hannah Free" starring Sharon Gless as a lesbian!

And I LOVE Sharon Gless... though the movie sounds like a pretty sad and tough lovestory, it's in a "The Notebook"-sorta way, and I ADORE "The Notebook" (makes me cry every single time).

Anyway, I'm all excited about this fantastic woman from "Cagney and Lacey" and "Queer as Folk"-fame playing a lesbian, in a lovestory type deal, when I get to page six and now it's Olympia Dukakis playing a lesbian in the upcoming movie "Cloudburst", which is a roadtrip type movie along the line of "Thelma and Louise"... Could you die?! I am SO excited by this... Mrs. Madrigal (from Armistead Maupin's "Tales of the City", in you're uninitiated) will play a lesbian.

Oh, and her lover of 30 years will be the brilliant Irish actress Brenda Fricker.

I have really high hopes for both of these movies, and simply relish the idea of having movies with lesbian lovestories that don't revolve solely around 20-something girls. I'm a 20-something girl, but I want movies portraying what I'll have with my Wifey 30 years from now - as well as portraits of our lives now, of course. I'm not giving up on that. ;o)

Movie-loving-lesbian,
- GG

How dare you?

Okay, I may be sensitive and my sense of fairness can get a bit warped. But when I go to a special screening of a movie featuring a lesbian love story as the primary theme, then I have a REALLY hard time tolerating that the straight couple in front of me feel a need to constantly be making out and be super lovey-dovey. I really am not much for public affection (kisses, hugs, holding hands is all fine, but I feel that make-out sessions is really inappropriate - the disco, bar and club scene not included).

Anyway, I have to look at you straight couples “flashing your sexuality in my face” every single day - oh yeah, you KNOW that’s what they’d be calling it if two boys in love were even thinking about holding hands. But when I go to see a movie made for ME and MY people, then I really don’t think I should have to put up with it. Oh, I know this couple were feeling very tolerant and open-minded by going to see this movie (where the audience were otherwise gay, bisexual or single straight men hoping to see some lesbian action), but you seemed more pathetic than anything, since you were sooo busy showing everyone that you were a couple, you know, straight couple… being like, totally straight… with each other.

Besides, this movie was REALLY good, so if this straight couple had actually been interested in the movie, then they would have been acting like the rest of the people there. All everyone else had time for was holding hands, sharing loving glances, sitting close and reaching for a kleenex. Yes, even those insensitive assholes in front of me couldn’t ruin this movie called "The Chinese Botanist's Daughter".

Think “Brokeback Mountain” set in a totally different environment and with lesbians… and they made ALL the right choices – not the safe or easy ones, but always the option that could keep them together in SOME way. There's a review at AfterEllen here

Feeling happy to be gay in this society and time (even if we still have a long way to go for equality)
- GayGirl