I'll Love You Forever... Tonight

If this is a picture of gay life in Los Angeles of the 80s there would be a lot that would say this isn't what I want. Not just the negativity of the story, but the negativity of the characters themselves. They're just not that engaging for me.

I'll Love You Forever...Tonight casts Paul Marius and Ash Adams as a pair of 20 something gay men in Los Angeles and they've gotten into a rut with the relationship. It's just a round after round of meaningless sex.

When it looks like it's going better Adams invites Marius on a weekend with some others of their peers. But it's all some elaborate romantic chess game that Adams is playing and Marius is a pawn.

I have to say I was just not all that interested in these people, not their fault, the story just was not any kind of engrossing.

Glad I found it. This movie is realistic. There are so many things going in other people's lives (heads) that you don't always know what their intents are. Sometimes you can't have who you want and the people you put off might be good for you. Plenty happens to Ethan in this weekend episode of his life. He gets screwed in more than one way. He's mild mannered, hurting underneath, but he has a brain. A keeper.

Saw this film (the director's cut) about 14 years ago in a theater and was impressed with the performances and story. It is a story about bittersweet redemption and the journey one takes to resolve their past while dealing with their present.

Gay or straight, man or woman, you are drawn to these flawed characters as their needs for love are like everyone else. The story and characters have a haunting ring of truth about the patterns we repeat over and over in our own relationships.

Highly recommend for anyone who wants to see great performances and a realistic story.

Perhaps in 1992, to be a "gay" movie AND in black and white was a sign of cutting edge. Sorry, this movie went nowhere very slowly with a protagonist who barely talked throughout the movie and annoying tertiary characters who hardly related to each other. Yes, the main character is sympathetic by being disregarded by the public at large, but have something HAPPEN to him, please.

Thomas Jane in an unrecognizable walk-on is not worth the price of admission, and it took forever to realize that this was one of those movies that wasn't going to "end" - no resolution, just walking down the street. It wasn't ATROCIOUS, so I gave it a 3

I just saw this movie for the 2nd time.I forgot I already saw it before after I rented it.Unfortunately I could only find it on VHS.I'm not sure if it's been released on DVD but if not i'm not sure why.I liked how it was done in black and white.I agree with what another person said about this movie,that it is realistic.I agree and even though it was slow at times,may be boring to some,I thought it was a nice and fun film.The conversation between Ethan(the photographer) and his estranged father was well acted.You could really hear and feel how awkward it was for the two of them.The strong language and confrontations later in it while they were all supposed to enjoy themselves at Palm Springs was a nice twist.This movie reminded me of older gay cinema.It was a simple drama that didn't involve another story about aids. I hope this movie does get released to DVD one day!