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[aria]

Somehow, unaccountably, I have managed to go nearly twenty-four years (or, well, only five years, it came out in early 2006) without watching Imagine Me & You. But now I have finally seen it! My thoughts are thus:

+ It is SO ADORABLE, oh my god, I have had it pitched to me as a queer film with a happy ending, but no one mentioned to me that it is radioactive levels of TOTALLY ADORABLE.

+ I liked Cersei a bit, but somehow I missed how completely smoking hot Lena Headey was. Wow.

+ I know that the film is all about ~true love~ and ~eyes meeting across the room~ and ~love at first sight~ and they sold it quite well and everything, but -- I can't help thinking that they all might have saved themselves a lot of grief if they'd had a way of framing all of this as, "Hey, you're my best friend and I adore you, but I've made the sudden discovery that I'm also into women, or at least this woman; I would love to, with transparency and lots of communication, also date her in addition to being happily married to you!" I mean. I doubt many movies would go there. But I am all for functional poly as the solution to this sort of romantic comedy problem.

+ I'm going to have "Happy Together" stuck in my head for the next ever.

Comments

[polarisnorth]

Amusingly, I have been thinking lately that I need to see this. Maybe I'll do that tomorrow! I mean, adorable lesbians, and also: Lena Headey (who I love from The Sarah Connor Chronicles), Tony Head, Angel Colby, and Rick Warden (who was Welsh in Band of Brothers).

[aria]

You should! It will make you go "aww," it does not have many stupid romcom conventions or embarrassing moments, and the cast is GREAT. :D

[surexit]

A lot of romcoms would be helped by functional poly.

[aria]

Right? I mean, in a lot of romcoms that thought doesn't even cross my mind because the characters make such bogglingly stupid decisions, but in this case I think they could've managed it!

[were_duck]

This! This is why I have low patience for romcoms...

[such_heights]

BEST FILM. BEST. FILM. <333333

[aria]

SO GREAT. LIKE A FUZZY BLANKET OF JOY. :DDD

[alwayswondered]

I've had this on my Lovefilm rental list for EVAAAAR. Haven't seen it yet, but your alternative version is also one I would be interested in seeing! I think the poly solution works for a lot of these 'love triangle' scenarios; I often feel like the "I've made the right decision and now we're all happy" solution is too pat and, even in the world of the movie, unrealistic for the characters? IDK, I'd like to see a lot of things become ~acceptable~ in Hollywood that currently aren't.

[aria]

SEE IT, it is so completely heartfelt and charming.

I often feel like the "I've made the right decision and now we're all happy" solution is too pat and, even in the world of the movie, unrealistic for the characters?

Yes! And I think it pinged me as especially weird here because the guy who gives up Girl A so she can be with Girl B is a really nice guy; he and Girl A were best friends for years before getting married, and while neither of them actually sit down and talk about the Girl A/Girl B issue, Girl A readily confesses to him, and his nearly-immediate reaction is "I want what makes you happy." Also, the guy and Girl B are friends, or at least friendly acquaintances, and like and trust one another as far as it goes. These are basically ideal circumstances for romcom poly! Alas.

[polarisnorth]

Now I want a White Collar/Imagine Me & You fusion that ends in a happy poly threesome.

[alwayswondered]

This is relevant to my interests.

[januar]

I have no idea what movie it was before, but I remember seeing the trailer for IM&Y at the movie theater and thinking, "A movie about two women in love! With bonus Anthony Stewart Head! Must see!"