KRW Wrote:All kidding aside, (for the moment) I understand this is basicaly a love story, but I'm surprised no one has brought this up yet. How do people feel about the adultry aspect of this film? That shouldn't be overlooked when summing up the movie. Two people can commit adultery against their partners and children by blindly chasing their own selfish feelings and desires without a thought to the consequences of their behavior.
Was this glorified and presented as something holy and righteous for the sake of love?
KRW
Don't you know, adultery is perfectly acceptable amongst our culture nowadays? Just ask any politician. I understand your point. That is one of the reasons I reject the biblical argument against homosexuality, because other infractions against the "sanctity of marriage" (and other laws) are completely ignored. It's hypocritical.
On those lines, though, where is the public (and religious) outrage against movies containing blatant adultery? That is a LOT more commonplace.
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft