Nov 14, 2024
JOHN PAUL PITOC Trick (1999)
seen from Türkiye
seen from United States
seen from Russia
seen from Malaysia
seen from Canada
seen from Guatemala
seen from Taiwan
seen from Russia
seen from China
seen from Russia
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from China
seen from Japan
seen from Ireland
seen from United States
seen from Germany
seen from United States
seen from United States
JOHN PAUL PITOC Trick (1999)
I’ve been on a “watch every devastating piece of queer media” binge and while I have cried so much over the past few days it’s really been a great way to celebrate pride while I’m working on my sewing projects. In the last week I’ve watched Falsettos (pro shot on YouTube please watch it, it’s a fantastic piece of musical theater), fellow travelers (I cried it was lovely) and brokeback mountain (loved it, I cried), and gods own country (this one was great but a bit too slow for me). Those plus birdcage, trick (holy fuck go watch Trick), to Wong fu, and but I’m a cheerleader have all made it to my screen this month. If anyone else has any queer movies, fun or emotionally crushing, send them my way I want to get a Pride movie a day for the month of June and could use other folks recommendations ❤️
John Paul Pitoc & Christian Campbell
t r i c k, 1999 🏳️🌈 dir. jim fall
♓ March 5th: Actor, John Paul Pitoc.
It's Pride and I'm a gay guy who watches a lot of movies, so here's a bunch of gay movies with happy endings not named Love, Simon, because we have moved past the need for Brokeback Mountain.
Trick (1999): A cute little romcom about a one night stand going horribly, horribly right. It's a shame this movie isn't more popular because it's so charming and has so much fanfic potential.
Shelter (2007): I mean, this is a classic. Surfers, found family, pining, what not to like?
The Thing About Harry (2020): Ridiculously cheesy, ridiculously cute. It's essentially a modern Trick with an enemies to friends to lovers slant. Good for some mindless fun.
Goodbye Mother (2019): As a gay Vietnamese man I will never not shut up about how well this movie portrays that intersection. A story about a gay expat visiting his hometown with his boyfriend, the nuance, the drama, the tensions are all so very real to how gay men in Vietnam have to navigate around the question of family.
We are Gamily (2017): In the same vein as Goodbye Mother but with a more comedic slant. A gay couple has to pretend to be straight when a parent comes to visit, it's funny and heartwrenching at all the right moments, and heartwarming to boot.
Just Friends (2018): Dutch Shelter. Explores the tension between gay men and their mothers, particularly between a refugee family.
God's Own Country (2017): Happy Brokeback Mountain, an aimless Scottish farmer with an ailing father finds his purpose with help from a migrant worker. It's poignant, beautifully shot, and quietly understated. A must watch.
Maurice (1984): Edwardian gays. Ahead of its time and an affirmation that it's okay to move on from your first love, as well as the ultimate smashing of class divides.
The Way He Looks (2014): A blind boy falls in love with a new classmate, it's both a coming of age and a study on disability. It's so sweet and the ending is the ultimate catharsis.
Handsome Devil (2016): An Irish schoolboy befriends the new transfer athlete and discovers they have more in common than he thought. A really excellent portrayal of friendship and solidarity.
TW: These next movies all have references or show self harm, but they all ultimately end happy. No more images from here out because I've reached the limit.
Hidden Kisses (2016): Two teenagers experience their coming out process while romantically involved. I love that it shows both characters and demonstrates how the experience is different for everyone.
Latter Days (2003): Gay Mormon meets party boy and the rest is history. It's a little cheesy but the guys are hot and the love story is ultimately so uplifting you can't help but smile.
Fire Song (2015): An Anishnabe teenager struggles with the decision to leave his reservation and attend college. Probably the darkest movie on the list, but it also tells such an important story about aboriginal communities and the struggles of people who have been extremely marginalized.
Save Me (2007): A struggling drug addict checks into an ex-gay ministry. The most nuanced portrayal of these ministries I have seen yet and also a wonderful story of self discovery of not just the main character, but the cast that surrounds him as well.
Honorable mentions to Giant Little Ones Getting Go: The Go Doc Project, and Boy Erased because while in my opinion, they have excellent and happy endings, the main charcters do not get (substantially) hitched at the end and some people don't like that.
In no way is this a comprehensive list, and I'm always looking to expand my repetoire with more lesbian and trans stories (send me reccs!). This is just a reminder that there's space for stories with gay characters to end happy and that Brokeback Mountain is the exception, not the norm.
http://gaycomicgeek.com/trick-2-coming-in-2019-just-in-time-for-its-20th-anniversary/
Director Jim Fall released this image made by Jayson Rivest announcing that Trick 2 is being made and set for release in 2019, just in time for the original’s 20th anniversary. HOLY HELL, I’m excited! Jim Hall is the director of the first Trick and I absolutely love this movie! It is the first gay movie I saw when I was younger and it was also one of the few movies that made me feel so much hope about my sexuality. No details have been given as of yet to the plot, or if the original main characters and their actors would be a part of this, with the exception that Drag Queen – Coco Peru will be reprising her role and that Tori Spelling would be making a cameo as well. The image released does show the Los Angeles city skyline over the New York City skyline. This could be showing homage to the original movie taking place in NYC while taking place in a new setting. Or maybe the movie will take place in both cities this time around. The main character of Gabe could have became a successful play writer and moved to California. So many possibilities! I can’t wait to see this.
Visit my Patreon site: Patreon.com/GayComicGeek Facebook Page:Facebook.com/TheGayComicGeek Subscribe to my YouTube channel at: YouTube.com/TheComicBookGeeks My Instagram Page: Instagram.com/GayComicGeek
By the way, the picture below is Jim Fall...woof! Just saying!