i think essentially becoming and stealing your best friend’s identity after they died (because of YOU) is genuinely one of the most homoerotic things ever like fuck you mean in your deep gut wrenching grief you steal their life in order to be as physically close to them as possible
I absolutely love the ending of The Talented Mr Ripley.
I love that Tom was able to trust Peter enough to tell him about his past and I love that Peter basically said "Y'know what, I love you no matter what. You are smart, sexy, talented and Dickie and Freddie were kind of assholes, so they should've seen it coming." And the next day they watch the sunset on the boat together. And when Meredith shows up, Tom is all like "Hey, look who I found on the boat?" and Peter played along "Such a coincidence we were on this boat together, and yet Dickie and I have decided are getting married next month" and Meredith was all like "I can't blame either of you. Can I be maid of honour?" and she was and they lived happily ever after.
tom ripley was so ahead of his time bc he would’ve done numbers on tumblr dot com. he would’ve posted shit like “i make him hold me in his arms as i lay in a pool of his blood is this what love feels like” or “i need to be inside this man. not as in sex but as in his identity.” and all of his posts would have 15k notes at minimum and people in the tags would be like “dean abt cas”
I really liked the 1999 movie but this show is so much better in my opinion. The acting is obviously incredible, we all know Andrew Scott can play a deranged man, but everyone else involved was fantastic.
And the cinematography!!! Every shot feels like a classic painting. Some camera angles and movements make me think of Wes Anderson but with a noir flare.
I also have to commend the english speaking cast for learning italian for this film (idk if any of them already spoke it but still) because they did a fantastic job!
And as an added bonus, it was really refreshing to see an afab NB actor play a cis man? Incredible!!