A little visual aid

[katikat]

Yes, I'm still very much in love with the movie Family Album, thank you for asking ;P I even wrote a ficlet about Lionel and Paul. And thus I decided to give you a little visual aid so that you would understand my love for a very young Joe Flanigan playing the shy Lionel...


This, my dear friends, is Lionel (Joe Flanigan).


And this is Paul (Paul Satterfield).


When Lionel was in college, Paul was his good friend, he convinced Lionel that being gay wasn't the end of the world.


And thus Lionel found himself a boyfriend, John, who died in a tragic car accident years later. Lionel was crushed.


Lionel then learned that his good old friend hit a rough spot and became an alcoholic - something Lionel just couldn't let be.


And so they finally got together...

I just love Joe Flanigan in this film. He plays Lionel perfectly. Lionel is shy but always optimistic and sunny, trying to help everybody. A very lovable character.

And even though it does seem so from my rambling, this movie isn't just about Lionel and Paul (or John for that matter), it's mostly about Lionel's parents and also about Lionel's siblings but this part, this character was what made the movie for me, what made me love it and actually buy it on DVD! I would rec this film to you if for nothing else than to drool over cute Joe Flanigan *beams*

Comments

[tinx_r]

*woof* may have to look for this at the video place next time I am there *sigh*

Thank you for sharing!

[layne67.livejournal.com]

Now you made me want to go read that book again! Is your pic-fic from the movie itself? It differs from the book then?

[lostandalone22.livejournal.com]

Ooh, well, they're handsome, especially that Joe Flanigan.

[katikat.livejournal.com]

I think that the book that inspired this movie is a bit different but I like the film very much. Especially the stories of the main characters' children :) And Joe Flanigan is so hot there *swoons*

[katikat.livejournal.com]

Yup, it's what happens to Lionel in the movie. I heard that in the book, Lionel doesn't get together with Paul. Is it true? If so, then I very much prefer the movie. It gives Lionel such a cute, happy ending.

And IIRC, you like size difference, right? Jared vs. Jensen, that kind of thing, right? Then you would like Lionel and Paul. Paul is as tall as Jared, Lionel is Jensen's size. Paul literally dwarfs Lionel :)

[katikat.livejournal.com]

Yup, Joe is so handsome! And so cute here too. I mean, he's a handsome devil in Stargate: Atlantis, but here, he's so young and cute! XD

[layne67.livejournal.com]

You didn't read the book? Oh do read it, it's wonderful. You want me to tell you what happened in the book? It's different from what you said up there.

[katikat.livejournal.com]

Nope, I didn't read the book yet. And yes, tell me what happens with Lionel, please. Details! Details! Everything! Spoil me rotten XD

[layne67.livejournal.com]

Paul was an actor working in a movie directed by Lionel's mother. They met on set and fell in love. Paul made Lionel realize that he was gay. The affair lasted for quite a while, but then Paul broke up with him, saying that Lionel was too young for him. Lionel was devastated but he got over it. He then fall in love with John who was an old school friend. They lived together and it was while Lionel was with John that Lionel's dad found out that Lionel was gay. He disowned his son. Lionel was very happy with John, but tragedy happened. John died in a fire at their apartment. Lionel went almost mad with grief but he did get over it but not after quite some time. He never get back together with Paul in the story.

[katikat.livejournal.com]

Aha! Thank you! I just downloaded it in Polish as an ebook. I see that Lionel gets together with someone unnamed in the end, but it's an actor. So technically... it could be Paul after all XD Me? An eternal optimist! *g*

[yami-tai.livejournal.com]

I just have to say again, I do love the floppy hair *g*!

P.S. I love your new layout!

[katikat.livejournal.com]

Hehe, floppy hair for the win, then ;D