As a fan of the "Eating Out" Franchise, I was very excited to see the fourth installment on the LOGO channel. However, all of the elements that made the first three enjoyable to watch simply weren't there. In fact the only thing that Eat Out 4 (EO4) had in common with the first three EO's, other than some of the cast members, was bad acting.
In the first three episodes of EO, I could look past the terrible acting because I liked the story lines of "Nice, Boy Next Door gets the A-list Hunk" because what's important was what was inside or because true love won out. In some cases, it was that the Boy Next Door got to play with the hot straight guy, in others it was the A-list guy dumps another A-lister with a shallow personality for a Boy Next Door who had charm and a wonderful personality. You always had somebody you were routing for to get the great guy.
However, in this last installment, the couple you thought would grow old together,Zack and Casey broke up. Why??? Because the Boy next Door, Casey didn't feel he was good enough for the A-lister Boyfriend, Zack and because Zack found somebody he thought was cuter. Their relationship didn't seem to be in trouble. It might have gotten into a bit of a rut, but every relationship slides into a routine. That is not cause to break up at the first site of a hot hunk.
This film fed into the stereotype that gay men are only into the physical aspects of men and that they could never have a lasting relationship because something new and hotter would eventually come along.
Yes, yes, this is a comedy, but the only thing that made the first three entertaining except the cute guys, was the story line.
I left the movie feeling that I no longer liked the Casey character because he had so little self respect and self esteem that he gave away his boyfriend because he didn't think he was good enough. I also ended up hating the Zack character because when Casey said he wanted to break up with him because Zack liked the new guy, he never once protested. He immediately went on to make out with the new guy. So why would I ever watch another sequel that involved these two characters?
After bashing the film for all of the bad things, there was one little part of the storyline that I did like. Transsexual and the straight guy infatuation and buddy romance felt real and the Trans girl was a real beauty. Unfortunately, she was not enough to carry the movie.
In the first three episodes of EO, I could look past the terrible acting because I liked the story lines of "Nice, Boy Next Door gets the A-list Hunk" because what's important was what was inside or because true love won out. In some cases, it was that the Boy Next Door got to play with the hot straight guy, in others it was the A-list guy dumps another A-lister with a shallow personality for a Boy Next Door who had charm and a wonderful personality. You always had somebody you were routing for to get the great guy.
However, in this last installment, the couple you thought would grow old together,Zack and Casey broke up. Why??? Because the Boy next Door, Casey didn't feel he was good enough for the A-lister Boyfriend, Zack and because Zack found somebody he thought was cuter. Their relationship didn't seem to be in trouble. It might have gotten into a bit of a rut, but every relationship slides into a routine. That is not cause to break up at the first site of a hot hunk.
This film fed into the stereotype that gay men are only into the physical aspects of men and that they could never have a lasting relationship because something new and hotter would eventually come along.
Yes, yes, this is a comedy, but the only thing that made the first three entertaining except the cute guys, was the story line.
I left the movie feeling that I no longer liked the Casey character because he had so little self respect and self esteem that he gave away his boyfriend because he didn't think he was good enough. I also ended up hating the Zack character because when Casey said he wanted to break up with him because Zack liked the new guy, he never once protested. He immediately went on to make out with the new guy. So why would I ever watch another sequel that involved these two characters?
After bashing the film for all of the bad things, there was one little part of the storyline that I did like. Transsexual and the straight guy infatuation and buddy romance felt real and the Trans girl was a real beauty. Unfortunately, she was not enough to carry the movie.