Boy Meets Boy

This starts off rather unpromisingly as we see a man leaving the hotel room of "Harry" (Matthew Morrison) after a chat-free random hook up. Unsated, he heads to a club where he meets "Johannes" (Alexandros Koutsoulis) and the two hit it off. It's been a two-day bender for the former man and when his flight home to London is pulled forward, he's in need of some help to print off his boarding pass. His new friend offers to help him to find an internet café and as the two men then still have some time to spare, they spend the day together exploring, chatting, eating and generally getting to know one anther in quite an engaging fashion which we share. There is actually a semblance of chemistry between these actors that I found worth the watch for 75 minutes as their characters develop. (OK, and there's a wee bit of not at all graphic sex too!). A bit of effort has gone into the (maybe a bit too plentiful) dialogue and though it doesn't always hit the mark, the delivery and ease of the pair with each other helps nudge this just a bit north of the mediocrity bar. Some nice photography of Berlin does it no harm either, and though I'll admit I won't recall it in a fortnight, it was an easy watch.

This was a bit pointless for me and it didn't really seem to go anywhere. It was about a guy from the U.K. who was on a short trip to Germany and he had several hours before his flight home, so he hits the clubs and meets a local. What follows is them walking around the town talking about life in general and the gay community's views toward hook up culture. One of them wants romance and one just wants to hook up. As the movie progresses, we cover about 10 hours of their day together and we learn that they really aren't compatible in terms of a relationship. However, they do make an impact on each other's lives. The one all about hooking up begins to wonder if there is more to relationship's then that. The other one, who we find out later, is in an open relationship as that is what his boyfriend wants; well he begins to wonder if that is what he really wants. For a movie where it's just them walking around the town talking, it moved fairly quickly, but it is fairly forgettable too.