Weekend (2011)
“It’s just my friends, sometimes they’re like a noose around my neck. It’s like they won’t let you to be any version of yourself except an old version, or the version that they want to be.” - glen
so happy i finally got to watch it!
dulu banget gue tau andrew haigh itu gegara Looking. iya lookingnya HBO, yang sekarang tiba tiba di-cancel despite the awesome story, pretty cinematography, great dialogue and fuckin romantic story between tovey and that guy who use to fuck rachel from glee. anyway, pas looking release ekspetasi gue ga tinggi, karna dulu gue sendiri emang ga pernah nonton karyanya haigh but.... those who already watched weekend is so excited like the show could be the next it series from HBO. jadi ya akhirnya gue nonton lah dan well it’s good and it’s becoming one of my favorite show from 2014.
nah after i got the news about the cancellation of looking and HBO giving a special film as to give a closure about the character, most of the comment in the news article are like “ah i wish it would be like weekend” “ah i’m fine with the show being canceled, it’s not that its ‘weekend’ anyway” etc. kepolah gue dan akhirnya gue nontonlah.
and
IT IS FUCKING GOOD
Everything about weekend reminds me of looking. from the way the camera move, the editing, the color, the story, to the dialogue BUT IT’S BETTER. the story itself tells about a guy name russell, a hopeless romantic guy who’s looking for something more than a dick and glen, an artist who doesn’t believe in love because of his past. they met in a club and the next morning naked in his apartment with russell hoping something more despite glen only wanna have sex because of his art project.
i love how haigh can shows the awkwardness of russell character as someone who’s still not comfortable with how society only talks about sex instead of love, how fingering is better than getting to know your date, how your achievement in sex is something for you to advertise it in public. a sarcastic take to our current generation dimana app kaya tinder berjaya, one night stand bukan something taboo and bla bla bla. terus si glen yang ngerasa kaya misfits di uk sendiri, ngerasa dia ga berkembang apalagi dengan cara temen temennya yang ga supportive sama pilihan hidup dia. haigh bisa bikin weekend jadi relatable sama penonton yang nonton and he doesn’t make the story sound like some cheap ftv from sctv yang di edit dan ditake ala sundance movie cuma biar bikin filmnya keliatan “mahal”. dialog antara si russell sama glen juga dapet banget, mereka bener bener kaya ngobrol di kehidupan sehari hari aja dengan bahasan mantan, mimpi, kerjaan dan coming out story mereka, jadi kaya berasa nonton film dokumenter karna ga berasa dibuat buatnya.
TL:DR. haigh delivered a great romantic love story without making it over the top and show us the struggle of looking for someone to be with in a generation that glorify sex.