RE: The Last Movie You Watched
June 29, 2019 at 11:28 am
(This post was last modified: June 29, 2019 at 11:54 am by Rev. Rye.)
Here's the thing you don't seem to be getting: THIS IS NOT A STRICTLY HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE CHILDREN'S CRUSADES. IT'S AN ALLEGORY FOR GETTING CAUGHT UP IN MASS MOVEMENTS. IF YOU CANNOT GRASP THIS SIMPLE CONCEPT, YOU SIMPLY CANNOT UNDERSTAND THE MOVIE AND CERTAINLY NOT WHERE I'M COMING FROM WHEN I ARGUE ABOUT IT. It doesn't necessarily matter if Stephen de Cloyes was really twelve, because this isn't exactly meant to be his story. And even if it did, well, there's a world of difference between casting a man in his late twenties as a teenager and casting a teenager as a prepubescent child. What's the difference? Puberty! And if you balk at the fact that I keep pointing out their sexuality, well, the movie keeps making a point of bringing it up.
And if we're talking about blame... well, do you really think it's at all plausible that such a movement could have worked well if Christianity hadn't already been entrenched in European society and people didn't still think it was a good/plausible idea that Christians armed with their righteousness (and the pre-requisite weapons), that this would have gone anywhere?
And as for this question:
And, of course, in addition to being gay,Andrzejewski was also an atheist, so while a gay man might make unflattering views of gay people, it's harder for me to buy that an atheist in a communist nation would try to whitewash the Catholic Church's complicity in the Children's Crusade.
And if we're talking about blame... well, do you really think it's at all plausible that such a movement could have worked well if Christianity hadn't already been entrenched in European society and people didn't still think it was a good/plausible idea that Christians armed with their righteousness (and the pre-requisite weapons), that this would have gone anywhere?
And as for this question:
Quote: Are you saying that all these these teenagers felt guilty for being gay and having wrong sexual feelings so they joined this religious trip to atone for their sins and that "atonement" is the blame on Catholic church for installing that shame in them?Aside from the fact that some of the boys in the trip are more into Jenny Agutter than Jacques, yes, their shame about their budding sexuality is certainly a crucial part of it, and it's the part that's most dwelled on in the film. That and the ideology that was already in the air that I described in the previous paragraph.
And, of course, in addition to being gay,Andrzejewski was also an atheist, so while a gay man might make unflattering views of gay people, it's harder for me to buy that an atheist in a communist nation would try to whitewash the Catholic Church's complicity in the Children's Crusade.
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