katikat | Maurice

Finally watched Maurice, the gay period piece featuring the wonderful, amazing, gorgeous...

Rupert Graves as Alec Scudder!

I didn't honestly understand what Maurice saw in Clive. Sure, he was his first love, that's why he was rather blind to Clive's faults - but Clive was so reluctant to give in to their intimacy, I was a bit surprised that Maurice honestly thought their relationship would last. He was so in love with Clive and he just didn't understand that Clive might not love him back enough to risk everything.

But then Maurice got to know Alec, an uneducated but really gorgeous and passionate man. And for the first time, Maurice actually experienced sex. And not just any sex but a really, really hot sex!

Their first night together...

Playing cricket together...

Their second night together...

And their final reunion!

I really loved the film because there aren't enough gay movies with a happy ending, especially the period ones. And Maurice and Alec, the way Alec sacrificed what he had where Clive wouldn't... Wonderful.

My favorite scenes? When Maurice waited for Alec on the ship and Alec didn't come, Maurice's expression! And then when Maurice told Clive the truth, that he was in love with Alec and that he slept with him and that it was wonderful. And when Maurice found Alec sleeping in the boat shed... I watched those scenes over and over and over again. Beautiful!