Just hear me out before you comment…
The short “in a heartbeat” has made so many people happy and well my opinion? It was okay. Not the best thing I’ve seen but it isn’t bad, not at all. It was a short little love story and it told it’s story well. Was it anything new? No, but it was a cute little story nonetheless.
But that’s not what I wanted to talk about. I wanted to talk about what some people have been saying about the others watching it. I’ve seen comments about how if you are “straight” then you won’t get it.
Okay let me ask one thing. Why? What does being straight have to do with anything? Yes the movie is about two gay kids falling in love, I get that. But I got what the story is about, it’s a love story and surprise people I am straight!
I don’t watch a movie or show with a straight couple and turn to my lesbian friend and say “it’s a straight couple so you won’t get it” okay? You people who are “gay” or “bi” and saying that us straight people won’t get it is actually kind of rude, don’t you think? Making us sound like we’re either too dumb or we’ve never had a romance like that.
We have fallen in love before, just not with the same gender. But it doesn’t matter what you are into we have all felt love before and your sexuality doesn’t make it any different (unless you aren’t into anything).
The funny thing about this is that other gays, bis, and even asexual people have been saying the same thing I am right now. It was a love story that people could easily understand.
Also if someone doesn’t like it then they don’t have to like it. Some people say they didn’t like it because it was a generic love story and some people aren’t into romance! That does not make them homophobic or unsympathetic, they just don’t like romance. They are humans with different tastes, just like you!
Stop saying all straight people won’t get it, trust me we do. But “in a heartbeat” was a little love story, not a complicated movie that only gay people can decipher.
That is all I had to say.
Okay, hear me out,
I think that there is a strong emotional love that we queer people have for “In a Heartbeat”, because there are factors in the film that are exclusive to the struggles and emotions that only people of sexual minorities may experience: and this is what we mean by “straight people won’t get it”. Of course, everyone will understand the romance and wonderful butterflies of a crush, but the fact that a specifically queer film was done so beautifully and intentionally carries a special connotation (and place in our hearts) for us queer people, and that’s not complicated.
And it is true falling for someone of the same sex is a very different experience than falling for someone of the opposite sex (I should know, I’m bi) because of the societal backlash, often anxiety-inducing questioning period, and straight-up homophobia from loved ones, etc, etc, etc.
Long story short, when we say that “straight people won’t understand”, it just means that you may not be able to understand and appreciate the film in the same way that a queer person would because of the difference in societal experiences - not the romance. 👍 As for feeling like your sexuality has been degraded - welcome to our world.
"Welcome to our world"? Okay? Now I know queer people still have a hard time being accepted, but really?
Now you yourself have made a wonderful reply and I thank you for stating your side of it and making me see another side of it. However I was more angered by LGBT people flat out calling straight people stupid because of a movie.
If you don't like being treated a certain way then why treat others the same way? That's what those people were doing. That's being a hypocrite.
I will not sit back and be called an idiot because of my sexuality. I have never done that to anyone else and they have no right to do that to me or anyone else.
Again, thank you for replying 😊 hope you have a good day.