RE: "Cinematic need," or an agenda?"
Eye of the beholder. To you, The Passion of the Christ might be an example of a film that fills a cinematic need. To others, The Passion pushes an agenda. It's the same with MDB, Vera Drake, and any other film that seek to take a stand on a difficult subject that affects the world that we live in.
RE: "What a convoluted drama this movie is -- just to justify Euthanasia. Abortion. Adultery. Murder. The worst of "human nature" celebrated ad infinitum."
Your personal opinion on a political matter does not make that matter "out-of-bounds" as the subject of a film.
Roger Ebert said it best when he famously claimed that a film "Is not about what it's about; it's about HOW it's about it".
RE: "A movie like MDB violates the human psyche and spirit -- that's why it indeed conveys "emotional power."
...because MDB violates your political opinions and values, you say that it violates the "human spirit". Ugh, remind me again why I humor your delusions of importance?
"Eye of the beholder" is merely another way of saying "Truth is relative."
'The Passion of Christ' was historical; Those who regard it as "pushing an agenda" are merely projecting.
"Your personal opinion on a political matter does not make that matter 'out-of-bounds' as the subject of a film. Roger Ebert said it best when he famously claimed that a film "Is not about what it's about; it's about HOW it's about it".
Again, I suppose your mantra would be "truth is relative," therefore there is no such thing "out of bounds." Except that the ONLY things Hollywood finds "out of bounds" are virtue, honor and dignity, while fixating in the netherland of doom, degradation, and perversion.
Ebert "famously claimed" what?? Lol, the only thing "famous" about Ebert is his thumb. And belly.
"...because MDB violates your political opinions and values, you say that it violates the 'human spirit'. Ugh, remind me again why I humor your delusions of importance?"
For the same reason I humor your delusions of grandeur.