Comments on: Cannes Review: Gaspar Noé’s Hardcore And Softhearted ‘Love’

By: Wait...what?

Wait...what? — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:20:38 +0000

He can\’t be a homophobe and closeted at the same time?

By: Mills

Mills — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:20:38 +0000

Thanks for your review. I am a bit troubled that you advise of sequences being homophobic and transphobic in the film without delving into this. If a displayed racism or anti-semitism, I would think there would be a more space given in the critique to exploring that. I don\’t think it would be trivialized with a the film is racist yet… sort of response. This is a director who has been accused of homophobia in the past. As a viewer who is queer, it seems to trivialize a serious matter to act as if it is no big deal. Giving a sentence to this before moving on to what you find awesome is surprising. I know it is in late in the day there. You are a wonderful critic which is why I find this cursory comment distressing.

By: TheoC

TheoC — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:20:38 +0000

Great honest review, can\’t wait for this to open then not actually go see it.

By: Gaspard

Gaspard — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:20:38 +0000

Mills, get over yourself. It\’s not about you. Go watch a baseball game with your dad or something : /

By: lulu

lulu — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:20:38 +0000

I\’m with u @MILLS and screw u @GASPARD MORON, even if you want to ignore the casual acceptance of bigotry, homophobia in a art house film supposedly exploring sex is nothing more than cowardly child\’s play. A true artist wouldn\’t have such pedestrian fears and all the while the flick\’s being promoted as dangerous? envelope pushing? irreversible was a joke, Noe\’s such an idiot homophobe he had the gay guy commit the violent rape of the female lead. The director doth protest too much, give us something truly dangerous and revealing by dealing with your odd, surely latent homosexuality. And homophobe commentators beware, I will destroy u.

By: lulu

lulu — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:20:38 +0000

And let me stamp my boot on Noe\’s face one more time. After Von Trier\’s Nymphomaniac this movie\’s unnecessary, totally redundant.

By: Tiger

Tiger — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:20:38 +0000

if find all these claims of homophobia very strange, when talking about a director who\’s first film The Sodomites, featured just that, and on top of that the director himself can be seen sitting inside the gay club called Rectum and mastrubate.

By: Tiger

Tiger — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:20:38 +0000

I really don\’t understand where these claims of homophobia are coming from. You\’re talking about a director who made a film called The Sodomites, which featured just that, and then later went on to make Irreversible, where he showed himself masturbating inside a club called "Rectum"

By: yer

yer — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:20:38 +0000

@tiger these people get bored if they dont have something to complain about at all times.

By: BUKKAKEBOYARDEE

BUKKAKEBOYARDEE — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:20:38 +0000

LULU
Maybe Noe is far less of a coward than you think if he is bold enough to present his opinions, political flaws and all.
All in all, everyone wants their needs catered to now-a-days. Everyone is looking to criticise something for being homophobic/transphobic/misogynistic/bigoted in general. It\’s really quite pathetic.

By: Bryan Mills

Bryan Mills — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:20:38 +0000

Mills, I\’m at the stadium. Where are you? Do you want money to buy hotdogs? Bring some pepsi too.

By: lulu

lulu — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:20:38 +0000

@TIGER have u seen the sodomites, if it\’s the one i\’m thinking of it\’s a woman being sodomised by a beast, am I wrong? @BUKKAYEBOYARDEE Noe\’s supposed to be an artist not some guy commenting on a huffington post article, blind intolerance does not cut it for an artist, he\’s supposed to be plumbing depths not skating on the shallows via clichés. @TIGER re Noe\’s cameo, possibly there\’s more sub text going on that I\’m missing amongst his odd portrayals and my own incandescent rage, I\’d like to hear more on that vein if anyone has anything, I mean it cannot be denied that Noe\’s got some weird gay s**t going on.

By: Gaspard

Gaspard — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:20:38 +0000

Dear Lulu, first off you\’re not going to destroy anyone or anything, you\’re going to cry and watch Oprah\’s O channel. Second, you can\’t have it both ways. Gaspar Noe surely can\’t be a homophobe and a closet homosexual, you sound stupid and attention starved. Grow up, be a man, talk to your dad and quit sounding like attention starved dweeb in the comments section of movie website that all of twelve people still go to.

By: golieth

golieth — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:20:38 +0000

I will say I\’m glad that I read the comments afterwards because what I took away from this movie was an answer to a question and this is "why not make a "good" porno movie" ? well… this is why

By: lulu

lulu — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:20:38 +0000

@ GASPARD LOL, you have absolutely no idea who you\’re addressing and your notions are provincial and insane..Listen cause you need to hear this. Pick up some books – non fiction, human psychology would be a great start – give yourself an education, trust me you\’ll love it, the world will open out for you in ways you never imagined, even at the movies. Seriously dude, someone can\’t be a homophobe and a closet homosexual?

By: lulu

lulu — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:20:38 +0000

Wait a second, @ GASPARD you thought that if you vehemently spouted homophobic beliefs that somehow meant you couldn\’t possibly be gay? Awkward, @GASPARD that\’s kind of revealing.

By: Hungry

Hungry — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:20:38 +0000

Needs more dick.

By: plords

plords — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:20:38 +0000

bummer.. was really hoping oliver would review this one

By: Gaspar

Gaspar — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:20:38 +0000

Lulu Mills , please go watch a baseball game with your dads

By: AaronJ

AaronJ — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:20:38 +0000

I don\’t think Jessica was dismissive at all. She stated outright the problems with the content. Anyways, as to the review, very well-written and it made me laugh more than a couple times. I am surprised that she would give the film a B- after what seemed like a fairly scathing review. I have no interest in seeing it — and I say this as someone who thought Irreversible was affecting and nearly brilliant. But I will say that from what I\’ve seen in clips, it does look like a beautifully shot film. It just seems clear that it\’s pretty much an empty film. Noe can do better.

By: Jordan Dodd

Jordan Dodd — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:20:38 +0000

Homophobia? If you are seeing that in his films, that is on you. His films can be interpreted in so many different ways.

Can anyone link me to a direct quote where Noe says something homophobic? No?

Funny, that.

By: Jordan Dodd

Jordan Dodd — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:20:38 +0000

"I mean it cannot be denied that Noe\’s got some weird gay s**t going on."

Now who is homophobic?

By: lulu

lulu — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:20:38 +0000

@JORDANDODD Not me, not there, unpack it if you want or can but no. It\’s interesting the way u choose to hide behind semantics. the idea that someone can\’t be homophobic because they don\’t use certain words or a certain language is as ludicrous as GASPARD believing a homophobe can\’t be homosexual. was hoping for more on the way Noe uses homosexuality, open to the possibility I\’d missed something, after all this is a movie discussion section, but judging from the cliché responses I was probably right first time. BTW @GASPARD, you\’re a trip, what\’s with you and your bizarre daddy baseball game, sorry neither fetish does anything for me, or is that another one of your homosexuality cures; homophobia and baseball games with dad, maybe it\’s you who should go.

By: lulu

lulu — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:20:38 +0000

@HUNGRY not sure if you\’re making a proclamation or responding to me. well if I did need more dick, I certainly got a ton of dicks via this comments page.

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:20:38 +0000

As a trans woman I was taken off guard by the trans scene. I found it very insulting as it seemed to be added in as a joke. The audience laughing made me feel very uncomfortable. I think it was in poor taste. And yes it was transphobic.