the movie does NOT "promote" euthanasia. and thank you for being moderate, and stating that you haven't seen the movie. the movie, which is fiction, which is a narrative, shows a flawed, complex human being (Eastwood) who ends up in a moral situation where he is a loser no matter what he does. it's a struggle, it was the woman character's idea and wish, and he commits the act knowing that doing it will make him a lost soul--and after he has discussed it with his priest.
the amount of hysteria over this film has been incredible. as I've said elsewhere here, how many of us were outraged when the other side disparaged The Passion--prejudged and dismissed it without even seeing it.
I think there is a little hysteria. I think Eastwood was just laying the cards on the table about the issues revolving around euthanasia and presenting them in an unbiased light, at least I would like to think that. The fact is in today's world, euthanasia, like abortion, is a tangible issue, whether you agree with it or not. It's something that's already being practiced in some countries, and simply ignoring the issues surrounding it won't make it go away. For the record I'm pro-life, I don't know enough about the euthanasia issue but I'm pretty sure it's an issue I likely wouldn't agree with.
They're just in a snit because The Passion didn't win.... A film I didn't see because I was told by people who loved it the most, that it was NOT entertainment.
Entertainment is what is awarded here. Last year, Lord of the Rings swept the awards. It was a popular and very clean film with no nudity or bad language, and centering on an epic struggle where good wins out over evil.
This year, they awarded the films of the year they had a chance to choose from. Maybe they aren't the kind of films that will be watched and remembered years later, but few films are.
How could he be a loser no matter what he did? If he chose not to murder her, how would that make him a loser?
sundero
A daily Catholic communicant would never be involved with killing a woman because she didn't wish to live.
His job was to give her a reason to live and to let her know that her life had value even though she was physically impaired.