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@@miguelrivera055 Right?? So, so good!

Haha I got passionate about the story, I guess. ♥️ Otherwise, couldn't f**in tell ya. ;)

Oh you’re right- a stage production would be great! This is the kind of book/movie that easily lends itself to that type of adaptation. And I think it’s GREAT that this movie and those shows helped you define yourself. I know everyone is different in how they process things, but I’ve turned to tv and movies too in the past looking for relatability. Very happy for you!!! ♥️

This is EXACTLY the kind of trivia/behind the scenes info I really value and enjoy, so thank you very much!! I knew about Stephen Fry (but not about Thomas Flynn), and I agree that was a clever casting move.

@@DavidvsFilm also, not entirely sure if it’s true, but I saw someone mention that Henry kissing alex’s shoulder after Henry joins him in New York, where Alex talks about his future, was apparently also improv from Nick’ side. Also the dedication at the end for Kristy is for Taylor’s eldest sister who died of colorectal cancer June last year, before the movie premiered, she was his biggest fan and was looking forward seeing her little brother’s first leading role. Amazon held a special screening for the entire family and they took a pic of them all posing in front of the big screen with “For Kristy” on it. Also on the table in the oval office there are family photos. When Taylor’s dog Jack died during filming, the day before they did the big cake scene, Matthew the writer and director asked Taylor if it was okay to add a pic of jack on the table. So if you look closely you can see a photo of Taylor with Jack on the table, plus some real life child photos of Taylor. You can see the pictures better if you go to Matthews instagram, he just posted a new photo of him in the oval office which gives a good look at the photos on the table. His insta is @matthewmichaellopez

Oh ok gotcha, thank you! Yeah, I don’t know why, but wearing lifts or otherwise, I feel like I need Alex to be taller.

​@@DavidvsFilmyeah, in the book Henry is 4 inches taller than Alex... But in the movie Alex is like an inch or two taller than Henry... Alex also wears glasses in the book... I'm kind of upset that they didn't adapt that into the show... it's VERY easy to get fake glasses if the actor doesn't actually need them. But I suppose they did have a relatively small budget for this movie... So maybe they couldn't fit it in.

@@AnxietyRat Taylor actually wears glasses in real life, there is a video of him showing off his new prescription glasses. I think if I remember right, he’s far sighted.

@@DutchTZPfan oh that's interesting! I don't follow him on any social medias so that might be why I didn't know that... Really really strange that they didn't adapt Alex having glasses then... I really can't think of a reason for why they didn't. I mean it is a relatively small detail about the character, for sure. but it's something that could have easily been done... That would have been a point towards them faithfully adapting the source material.

Haha yes, technically for Bowie, but I’ll pretend it’s for me…. Delusion is a great quality. 🤣🤣

Aww thank you so much!! Very glad you’re here.

Thank you, yes!! What shows are you watching on Amazon? I feel like I only go to it to rent/watch mostly movies lately.

@@DavidvsFilm Thank you! Love your reactions as well as your husband's. One of the best shows I've seen this year is Fallout on Amazon. Sci-fi dystopian show with some great dark humor. Only 8 episodes. Also love The Boys, dark superhero show. Into their 4th season with one more before the end. Very gory and sexually explicit, cringy. But the core is about the people and their issues. And then there is The Legend of Vox Machina - 2 seasons animated fantasy. Hazbin Hotel - animated, silly, musical.

You should watch a very Young Nicholas Galitzine with Luke Perry in the Beat Beneath My Feet. He's awesome in Mary and George with Julianne Moore and Tony Curran too

@@ann-mareecafarella9371 And the broody violinist in New York Academy!

@@giovannagozzi1077 He's good in Handsome Devil with Andrew Scott

Oh good!! I’m glad it’s still them, and also that it’s a continuation. Thank you!

Ah! Thank you, Lynne! You hit on the other thing (besides the accent) that I wanted to talk more about. Exactly!! re: Minnesota. And what I specifically meant about Texas and "that would never happen", is that if you look at the US electoral map in the corner, they have Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota all going Republican. Unless this is light years of political shifting in the future, ain't know way TEXAS is that close if all those states are in the red.

​@@DavidvsFilmyes, exactly! When I saw that map, I thought, "well this movie is definitely fiction!" I realize they did it for dramatic effect so that Texas going blue would be the tipping point that won the election point, but if it were a real election that got Texas to flip - especially as an incumbent - she probably would have won in a landslide and most of that electoral map would have been blue.

@@DavidvsFilm and here I am living in Arizona which is turning more blue, its actually considered purple now and is a battleground state. Historically Arizona has always ran red but the last 2 elections majority vote went to democrats. I guess it helps that some of our state governors that were well liked were democrats.

@@DavidvsFilm I’m guessing they were just going by number of electoral votes, rather than actually being realistic which states might go red vs blue. But it bugged me about MN. In 1984, Reagan vs Mondale, every state was red, except Minnesota. Beto seems to be doing good work in Texas. It’s close to purple! lol

​@@lynnhettrick7588yeah, the author of this novel wrote it in response to Trump winning... So it's absolutely fantasy America and fantasy England, if women were running the countries. It's not MEANT to be realistic ... I mean I think the politics is more realistic in the book than it is in the movie mainly just because it goes into more depth...but still...it's VERY much an idealistic fantasy version of those two countries.... Written during a time when a LOT of queer people were grieving a little bit. And angry. So yeah, the author was trying to soothe their own upset with this book and subsequent movie. And in turn, it's soothed a lot of other lgbtq+ people.

Ok I'm glad you mentioned this so that we could talk.. here is the evolution of Uma's accent for me.. At first, I did not care for it, At all. It was completely not needed, and it just distracted me. Then, I kind of got used to it. Started to not really notice it as much. By the time I was editing the movie for the reaction, I had already come to accept it and even kind of like it ok. Weirdest thing ever.

You are right about HEB of course. But they probably shop at Central Market Also, Uma’s accent did require a fair amount of suspension of disbelief. It’s a reasonable attempt at a southern accent, but *not* a specifically Texas accent

@@mariahdaley4773 Haha Central Market, true, true. Yeah my first guesses at her accent were Southern also. She has the Texas twang in there too, but the softness of her tone is what makes it sound more Southern to me. Great comment thank you!!

I'm not a native English speaker so I can't recognize accents easily. What I noticed about Uma Thurman's accent was that in some scenes it doesn't sound as intense as others (Her first scene vs Alex coming out to her).

@@godabandonedthistimeline Yeah, I know what you mean. Ultimately I’m just going to classify it as a Mrs. Doubtfire situation- completely lovable character even though her accent is all over the place.

Oh yeah?? Well turns out I remembered her from The Good Wife. She was much younger though, so I couldn't place her at first. (and not giving her good hair is unforgivable, btw!)

Are you kidding me? You've seen how slow I am getting around to good movies lol. It shouldn't surprise you at all that it took me this long :) But it was a really good movie right??

Thank you so much! I'm relieved that there was still some interest in watching rwrb reactions haha I really appreciate the feedback ;)

Right?? Testify!

Thanks!! Oh, so they did him wrong in the movie, then? Meaning that he was not an antagonist in the books?

@@DavidvsFilm no, he did some things but not like that.. and also they didnt include other importan character like alex sister that is really important in the book but movies are like this.. both movie and book are great on its own but i would not really compare them so much 🙂

Thank you so much for the background and advice! :)

@@katthie230I think you’re confused. I’ve read the book six times. Miguel is not in the book at all whatsoever. He’s a completely new character created for the film.

@@D.S216 TOO charismatic! I can’t concentrate on the movie lol

@@DavidvsFilm Yes both of them.

Thank you!! I waited a while to see this, and it was so good!

Thank you so much!! I saw his face on the promos for Mary and George (still haven't seen that series, but hats off to the marketing person because I remember seeing ads EVERYWHERE in the lead up to its premiere), and of course I knew about this movie. :)

Yes!!! Haha. Exactly my kind of movie lol. And totally agree on Miguel- I know we need an antagonist, but I wanted to like him.

@@DavidvsFilm ❤️ I didn’t want to like him! 😉. I can spot a C word a million miles off 😂

@@mral8145 hahahaha

@@DavidvsFilm ❤️ adore the fact that you’re so sweet, but you knew he was a c*** too 😉😂

Lil bit. 😆

That’s awesome! This is exactly the kind of behind the scenes info and trivia that I love and appreciate. Thank you!!!

​@@DavidvsFilmyeah, the dedication at the very very end of the movie is for Taylor's sister.

Nope- but I know about it! It’s on my list to watch, especially now that I’ve been enjoying more “across the pond” content ;)

@@DavidvsFilm It's a remarkable story and well told.

I know enough about it to know I’ll probably cry at least twice.

Yay!!!! The day has arrived! Lol. Thanks for the fellow Texan support! 🤠 And you KNOW Uma should have picked up that phone and said, “We’re gonna need some Whataburger..” instead!

Nope! Saved it since I first heard about it for the channel one day :) Yeah I would have loved for him to do this one too, but his family was visiting when I did this one, and they were at our nephew’s baseball tournament.

@DavidvsFilm I suppose that is a decent reason for not recording a reaction video... It's not like this movie, but if you're looking for an underrated movie, "Nothing to Lose" is a good one.

He said no! Can you believe?? To be fair, his family was in town, but I agree with you.

@@DavidvsFilm aw that makes sense though. But the reaction was great! ❤

Thank you!!

I didn’t realize she was in the cast! Ahhh Monk is one of those shows whose reputation definitely precedes it. It’s long been in my list to check out.

@@DavidvsFilm All I can say is I miss the show, it was a really fun and entertaining watch. At least it lives on reruns or streams, but the excitement of a new episode.. one of my all time favorite definitely. Hope you get to check it out sometime. I don’t know how it will translate over to reaction videos, cause every episode is kind of independent from one another, but there still is an over all theme and storyline for the whole show. So it might work. So if you do I’ll check it out for sure.

@@JeM130177 hahaha yes- I definitely meant just transport me to those country estates with the gardens and where no one knows what day it is. Not cold London fog on a questionable street. 😉

@@user-gz3go6go4h Yay! Thanks, yeah some movies (and shows) you can just tell would be a good/ fun read.

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Oh yeah?? Great minds! Haha

Thanks for the short hair vote! I like short hair generally, just not that cut lol.