Land of Storms (2014)

This is an indy european film so I predicted it would probably either suck or I would probably just not understand it but I was extremely wrong. "Land of Storms" is a very powerful movie without even doing much. There's barely any dialoge and the action is reduced to the minimum, yet it doesn't feel dull or boring at all. In fact it got my attention from start to finish. The ending was very Shakespearean! All in all, I will definetly recommend this movie as it's based on a true story and you see how cruel the world actually is and how love sometimes is destined to die in it.

This isn't the first and it will not be the last of these gay themed/homophobic inspired films. American and Foreign filmmakers have been making films like this since the start of movie making; for self-serving reasons.I give it 2 stars for the typical/manipulative casting of good looking young lead actors to lure in gay viewers as well as the "curious" religious fanatics and/or homophobic viewers to revel in for various reasons.As for the story/plot and that old fashioned tragic (homophobic) ending, I give it "thumbs down"/no points because we've seen 1000's of other pointless pseudo gay films with similar "so called love" stories with a predictable tragic ending to appease the homophobic viewers as well as those self-loathing souls that live to hate anything or anyone that look, live and act different than they do.I never explain the story/plot in my reviews because the synopsis is always available with the film details above. Also because I hate reviews that waste time trying to explain the plot when most of us already know what the film is about or at least have an understanding of it.

Two boys are talented football players in Germany Szabolcs is from Hungary and his best friend Bernard is German. Then after a particularly unfruitful game, Szabolc decides to return to Hungary and live in the broke down farm that he inherited from his grandfather.Whilst he had rejected his homosexual urges in Germany - once he gets home he meets Áron and for him it is a game changer. The thing is it is also a game changer for the whole community. To say any more may be veering in to plot spoiler territory. Needless to say there are depictions of homophobia here. Some may say that we have seen it all before, but films like this need to be made to address the still pervading attitudes in many countries and communities towards LGBT people.Filmed in Hungarian, German and a tad of English with good sub titles. This is done using an original story line, a group of talented actors and a lot of warmth. The decisions that some of the characters make may be questionable, but I am pretty safe in saying that we all have made mistakes in our lives. I found this to be engrossing, sensual - in parts - and ultimately moving; this is for lovers of gay cinema in all its parts.

Another gay film promoting homophobia. We've seen the likes of this film 1000 times before over the last 4 decades. I understand it's completely in theme with current homophobia within Eastern Europe. East Europe is just a step down from Africa and the Middle East as far as homophobia goes, its just unfortunate writers and film makers can't progress from 1970 to assist in making a change in that.The more films made like this one and the 1000 others the same, the less chance these countries will have to move forward. Must we have another Gay film where there is homophobia, Gay bashing and murder? Like I say, we've seen this film 1000 times before. Basically what this film is saying is that you will only have misery if you choose a gay path. There is no such thing as happiness in gay life. I would suggest anyone who is Gay doesn't watch this film, you will be bloody annoyed, frustrated, and bored at the outcome just as I was.It is actually a real shame they choose this path for the ending, it could have been a great film.