The Movie "A Single Man" with Colin Firth
This discussion of age made me think of the movie "A SINGLE MAN." which came out last year starring Colin Firth and Julianne Moore. It's a movie about a middle aged college English teacher who gets seduced by a student in his class. It doesn't have speedo scenes but I was struck by how many guys who saw the movie thought the student was so hot and how lucky the Colin Firth character was to get to swim naked in the ocean and have sex with him.
I would have definitely preferred Colin Firth. The student wasn't bad at all but I like guys with Colin's build and looks, even though Firth is in his 50's. ( He WAS gorgeous though in his 20's ). I hate the word "twink" but that's probably how a lot of people would describe the student, just not my type although I wouldn't at all resist him either.
I had read the story ( written by Christopher Isherwood ) that the movie was based on. Isherwood's long time lover painted lots of Southern California scenes of swimming pools with ( mostly naked ) young guys in the pool with gorgeous lighting and color used in the paintings ( the Donald Baccardy painting connection is about as close to "speedo" connection I can find in my reply ).
Did anyone else see the movie? Since we happen to be talking about aging?
The movie was a slight disappointment to me since they changed the story. The young student seducer wasn't in the story at all.
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