Those two words ran though my head for the entire ride home, yet I couldn't seem to blurt them out.
It was like I had completely forgotten how to speak. I completely underestimated how hard it would be to say those two words: “I’m gay.”Įvery time I opened my mouth to tell her, nothing would come out. I told her everything was fine, and that I was just tired from the workout we did at practice. Halfway through the ride she noticed I wasn’t talking much and asked if everything was OK. Usually we would talk and joke around while making our way home. Those 10 minutes in the car felt like an hour. I ended up catching a ride home with her that day, as I had many times before. I figured since the girl on the track team and I were close friends, and she was LGBT, she would be the perfect person to tell first. One day during practice I had had enough of keeping my secret, so I made a promise to myself that I was going to tell someone before the day ended. I was close friends with a girl on my high school track team She is a part of the LGBT community and was totally out. While everyone was talking about who they were crushing on, I would be sitting there in silence, praying that the topic would change before anyone asked me who I liked.Īfter experiencing that awkward situation a few times, I felt that I needed to tell someone about how I really felt. I hung out with friends, went on a few vacations, and I made unforgettable memories.Īs high school crept into my sophomore and junior years just a few years ago, I had started realizing I was different.
xXx sets out to entertain, and that it does.Last summer going into my junior year of college was possibly the best summer I ever had. No one would believe a guy like Xander Cage would be recruited as an undercover agent in any sort of organization, but that's not really the point.
I think the bottom line is, this movie is so far-fetched and insane that it works as one of the best mindless action adventures of the last decade. Jackson & an equally clichéd turn from Marton Csokas. The supporting characters are fittingly absurd and bizzare, led by a prototypical performance from Samuel L. All are staples of the franchise, and Xander Cage's first film outing is no different. Fast cars, explosions, women in scantily clad attire, incoherent plots, over-the-top villains, and catchy music. Essentially, this is just another Fast & Furious movie. Especially when it contains countless one-liners that do nothing but put a smile on my face from ear to ear. Or, at least the dialogue coming out of their mouths is awful.īut does a film like this really need to have great dialogue? I guess not. The humor is there, but in no way do I believe it's intentionally funny. xXx certainly has fun action, but that's about it. Now, the Fast & Furious franchise has figured out the right balance of lighthearted humor, bada** action sequences, and developed characters who we actually care about. What's not to like about it? Heck, even the horribly awful things are entertaining.īack when Vin Diesel decided not to come back to the Fast & Furious franchise, he chose to join F&F 1 director Rob Cohen in taking on another ridiculous action extravaganza, xXx.
If any future filmmakers are looking for inspiration in the guilty-pleasure high octane action genre, xXx is exactly the film to look into.