Who looks at gays as abominations? Other than maybe a few religious quacks, no one in this nation views them that way, in fact, we glorify gays, as seen in this movie.
In addition to this, we have gay celebrities, gay talk show hosts, gay athletes, gay politicians, by and large, gays are treated pretty damn good in the US. They're basically a protected class in this country. Say one negative thing about gays and you'll get chastised for it.
Anyhow, I think this movie is pretty straightforward, it's about a man that's gay and has an eating disorder and has some regrets in life etc...
I actually thought it was a pretty good film and perhaps better than many of the other gay movies I've seen. But I don't think it had any deeper meaning than what meets the eye.
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Boromir (9712)
10 months ago
The director is known for being an atheist and critical of religion, so it makes sense that he would direct his criticism towards religion and "religious quacks. While I don't agree with pbn that the movie is fatphobic, there is a possibility he was correct about the movie focusing, at least to some extent, on society's perceptions of homosexuality.
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stickman38 (3023)
10 months ago
Yes, Aronofsky is known for not really liking religion that much or more to the point, he doesn't care for Christianity. I doubt he would ever criticize Islam or Hinduism, Jews etc. in his movies but Christians are an easy target, they won't kill you for showing them in a bad light like muslims will. It's a show of cowardice to only choose one religion to poke fun at in movies.
However, this movie had a very "holy ending" in my view. It was all about redemption and enlightenment which is a central point of most religions, especially Christianity. I still thought it was a pretty solid movie but yeah, society is really not that anti-gay as some film directors would have you think.
In fact, a lot of religious people don't have problems with gays either they just don't agree with their choice. In fact, "love the sinner, hate the sin" is a motto that many of them live by.
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Boromir (9712)
10 months ago
"It's a show of cowardice to only choose one religion to poke fun at in movies."
I tend to agree with your argument that US directors find it easier to criticize Christianity than other religions.
Although, maybe I don't seen to many of his movies, but what about Noah (2014)? Very critical of the "old testament".
About Islam, I don't think anyone is brave enough in Hollywood to produce movie that criticize Islam. At least he or she have a death wish.
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stickman38 (3023)
10 months ago
Noah wasn't exactly critical of the old testament. It was just a different take on the flood story. To be precise, it's based on the Book Of Enoch's version of the flood story and TBOE was an omitted book of the Bible.
And yep, no one would take on Islam, it would be a death sentence, which automatically tells me that Christianity is a better belief system than Islam.
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Boromir (9712)
10 months ago
An interesting revelation—I wasn't aware of that. I recall the movie portraying Noah as mentally ill who hallucinating things and with vengeful tendencies ; this took me by surprise. I had anticipated a straightforward and simple story about Noah and the ark. I find it frustrating, primarily because the film's marketing presented an entirely different picture from the eventual product. This approach was highly unfair on their part.
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JFZ (1459)
10 months ago
Wow. It's just like that latent homosexual theory. These people who hate religion and Christianity really want to be religious LOL All that projection, thats where the latent homosexual theory came from.
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