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Apartment Zero Really, really good. It makes you think, but it’s very easy to follow and doesn’t move too slowly either. It’s creepy, disturbing, disgusting, but incredibly intricate and sophisticated. Can we just talk about Colin Firth for a while? Good god he looked so delectable throughout. Ok besides how good-looking he was in here, he was nothing short of amazing. He and Hart Bochner were wonderful. Omg. I could go on forever about the two characters, how Adrian was impressible and insecure, and that’s why Jack appeared unfazed when Adrian walked in on a dead body. But Adrian was probably insecure because of his sexuality. I mean, it’s a big part of the story. It’s very strongly implied that Adrian is gay. Jack became his tenant cuz he was attracted to him. Well, who wouldn’t be? Jack was confident, sociable, handsome…. (Hart Bochner kind of looks like Pierce Brosnan to me) Anyway, I have to comment on the neighbors. That cross dressing male prostitute, I felt so sorry for his character. The old ladies treated him so horribly. Why? WHY? Because they knew of his profession and that he was a man? But he seemed like such a genuine person…. Was the pulling off the wig of one of the ladies just foreshadowing the eventual exposure of the male prostitute or did it have another meaning? Like showing how fake and superficial she was? While the murders and political setting were a part of the story, I don’t think they were a big part. I think this movie is mostly about these characters. They are all three dimensional, conflicted, have something to hide, and interesting. Really really great, seriously.

Apartment Zero

Really, really good. It makes you think, but it’s very easy to follow and doesn’t move too slowly either. It’s creepy, disturbing, disgusting, but incredibly intricate and sophisticated.

Can we just talk about Colin Firth for a while? Good god he looked so delectable throughout. Ok besides how good-looking he was in here, he was nothing short of amazing. He and Hart Bochner were wonderful. Omg. I could go on forever about the two characters, how Adrian was impressible and insecure, and that’s why Jack appeared unfazed when Adrian walked in on a dead body. But Adrian was probably insecure because of his sexuality. I mean, it’s a big part of the story. It’s very strongly implied that Adrian is gay. Jack became his tenant cuz he was attracted to him. Well, who wouldn’t be? Jack was confident, sociable, handsome…. (Hart Bochner kind of looks like Pierce Brosnan to me)

Anyway, I have to comment on the neighbors. That cross dressing male prostitute, I felt so sorry for his character. The old ladies treated him so horribly. Why? WHY? Because they knew of his profession and that he was a man? But he seemed like such a genuine person…. Was the pulling off the wig of one of the ladies just foreshadowing the eventual exposure of the male prostitute or did it have another meaning? Like showing how fake and superficial she was?

While the murders and political setting were a part of the story, I don’t think they were a big part. I think this movie is mostly about these characters. They are all three dimensional, conflicted, have something to hide, and interesting. Really really great, seriously.

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