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Taylor Zakhar Perez as Alex Claremont-Diaz & Nicholas Galitzine as Prince Henry 2023 · Red, White & Royal Blue · RomCom · dir. Matthew López

#what kills me is that the kiss on the arm was improvised and i’m just like ok but that’s one of my fave moments? #like these actors are acting and i love how much they love each other and are comfy with each other which creates something beautiful #rwrb #firstprince

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I meant it. BRIDGERTON (2020—)

#bridgerton #polin

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imagine mourning the idea that your crush could ever like you back and then one night at a ball he crashes the marriage proposal you're about to receive, chases down your carriage, climbs in and gets on his knees talking about "PLEASEI I NEED HYOU SO BAD I CANNOT STOP TJIMKING OF YOU IT PLAGUES MY DREAMS I ONKY THINK OF YOU PLEASE PLEASE PELSSE PLEASE" then makes out with you, finger bangs you, and asks you to marry him

all within like half an hour . colin bridgerton needs to be in jail

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SIMONE ASHLEY as KATE SHARMA BRIDGERTON — S3E1: Out of the Shadows

#every time i look at her she is the only woman to have ever existed #kate sharma #simone ashley #bridgerton

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Colin’s face journey as decides he's going to marry Penelope is excellent.

#this man has chronic horny face….. #which is tbh exquisite #colin bridgerton #bridgerton #polin

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Trust me, what's happening out there cannot be as what's happening down here. ANTHONY & KATE | Out of the Shadows

#they heard everyone’s complaints from season 2 about not enough kanthony #and tbh there’s still not enough but i’ll take the crumbs any day #bridgerton #kanthony

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COLIN BRIDGERTON & PENELOPE FEATHERINGTON BRIDGERTON / 3x03 — Forces of Nature (2024)

#the way he is instantly so openly horny for her minute 1 of episode 2 onward #like yeah that’s the shit i like #bridgerton #polin

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COLIN BRIDGERTON & PENELOPE FEATHERINGTON BRIDGERTON / 3x02 — How Bright the Moon (2024)

#bridgerton #polin #yeah this kids was so tender and sweet and everything i would’ve wanted for a first kiss between these sweetie pies #kiss**

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gootbye riverdale i will miss scrolling past you on social media + lightly raising an eyebrow at the next batshit plotpoint being described

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"I thought, this is the most incredible thing I have ever seen, and I had better keep it a safe distance away from me. I thought, if someone like that ever loved me, it would set me on fire."

RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE (2023) dir. Matthew Lopez

#the delivery of that line in the first scene legit had me emotional and i didn’t get visibly emotional at anything else in the movie #the desperation and despair in that ‘i need to get out of here’ that you can still feel even though i was years ago for him #but the grief is still fresh as it ever was #damn i know that too well. i feel like henry could easily be a very boring character if portrayed by a less emotional actor #red white and royal blue #rwrb

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#ok saying it for the first time out loud and feeling it in the air and testing to see if it fits #and the little nod at the end like ‘yeah that word makes sense. that feels right.’ #the bisexual experience yall!!! #red white and royal blue #rwrb

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This little moment is one of my faves in the whole movie.

#tummy!!! they know the gays love tummy!!!! #red white and royal blue #rwrb

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“He grabbed my hair in a way that made me understand the difference between rugby and football” is maybe my favorite addition to firstprince canon

#that line was so good and very very relavent to the bisexual experience in a way i can’t really explain #rwrb #red white and royal blue

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SARAH SHAHI as ZAHRA BANKSTON → RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE (2023)

#tbh her and amy were my fave actors/characters in the movie #the delivery of every one of these lines packed such a punch #she gave 110% even tho no one asked haha #red white and royal blue #rwrb

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Thank you, Matthew Lopez.

#they got this scene really right #they got quite a bit really right #i still maintain that the romance loses a bit of steam in the 3rd act but man did the 1st and 2nd act deliver #rwrb #red white and royal blue

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I don’t believe in luck. I believe in us.

A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (2022-)

#a league of their own

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discussion question for any other fans after viewing the RWRB movie:

i liked the movie overall, but why was there basically no big kisses or romantic/passionate moments in the second half of the movie? after they go to austin, they basically just sit/stand next to each other and peck now and then, even tho there’s all these HUGE dramatic moments where, in my mind, there would be a big kiss or some closeness at minimum. it just seems that the passion gets put aside when they struggle the most, even though i’d think that’s when they would feel the most passion and heightened emotions. it gets weirdly pragmatic and tones down passion to almost nothing.

times i thought they would have moments but didn’t: when he arrives in the rain in london after the austin trip? in the museum? in the hallway before claremont wins (he says “i’m so glad you’re here” and they just hug, which would be fine if they had kissed at all in the last 45-60 minutes)? when they announce claremont wins? and when we got none of those, i was expecting at least one to close out the movie outside the house in austin?

but the movie becomes kind of…prude? after the end of the second act….

the only reason i can think of as to WHY they did this is that the rating system in the US is really homophobic, and so they shot more kisses but they had to be cut so that the movie didn’t get an X rating (which is not unprecedented; they threatened to do it to Rocketman even tho it was like the tamest gay sex scene ever, especially when compared to much raunchier straight sex scenes in PG13 movies). and the earlier intimate scenes are arguably more important to the plot than the later ones, i guess. plus it’s on a streaming service, don’t they have the same rules as premium tv like HBO? so why would it matter? is it the difference between film and tv rating systems? i just found it odd both story-wise and tonally.

overall i still liked the movie, how it was shot and blocked like a stage play, the great acting performances, the casting, etc. — but the lack of any real romantic scenes in the second half kinda rubbed me the wrong way, especially when they weren’t afraid to go all out in the first half. the lack of intimacy in the second half felt less like a deliberate choice and more like something was missing that was intended to be there, but was cut.

thoughts?

#rwrb #red white and royal blue #rwrb movie #rwrb spoilers