Friday, July 13, 2012
CELIBATE?
Today's film was Gay Favorite #50. I waited for Netflix to offer it when it came out in DVD but had to buy it.
It is worth the money.
God knows there are a lot of gay priests in there and they do passionately love the church as they love the men/man they are involved with. I have known dozens.
The interesting thing is that gay priests seem to have a lot less ambivalence about having sex than the straight ones do.
In any case it is not my issue.
The film is about moral choice and is best when it veers away from the canon law and just shows people's lives happening and most of all forgiveness.
The film is redeemed by its actors. Tom Wilkinson as a compassionate older priest (with a live in female companion), Robert Carlyle as the lover and the really really great looking Linus Roache as the priest in question.
Wound into the gay/celibacy thing is a situation of child abuse that comes up in confession and what to do about that?
There are stereotypically stiff necked hierarchy and some laughs.
I liked it a lot more for the human element. I am out of gas on even thinking about the hypocrisy and cruelty of the RC church and its dogma.
I will give it a 4 out of Netflix5.
The love scenes are gorgeous. So is Robert Carlyle an old favorite. Well, not old but I guess by now he actually is. 2012-1994=18. He is 51 now. A kid. He has also had work done.
What I love about the movies is the forever young part.
