Malice rules in that movie, malice and fear. When you are afraid all the time it is much easier to become malicious and do harm than to try to get rid of that deadly feeling of fear in your heart. Nobody cared for that boy who somehow stopped being a savage due to a temporary good feeling of a woman. They all want to go back to their pathetic little lives, eat their pathetic stupid food and fear each other and all those young savages around. They got used to that world and don't want another. They want to be left alone.
Alexander Block, the Russian poet said," We recognize the firestorm of real life from small fires of art." So let's compare the two stories.
In the 16th Century, full of prejudice and cruelty two powerful and free personalities fell in love. They were powerful and free because life around them was tough, unfair and bitter but not meaningless and not full of small fears. They understood and defied the odds but they were not afraid and people around them were not afraid either. Some people helped them and some harmed them but no one betrayed them. In the end they nearly made it if not for the cruel twist of fate but even their death proved positive and made the remaining people better.
In the 21st Century in the middle of the Free World life is full of malice, fear and desperation. Two people found each other in that sea of fear and tried to heal each --other's wounds. Nobody helped them and the only person who paid attention was a sick spiritual predator. Fear paralyzed everyone around and petty betrayal out of lust and malice filled the void. Their lives were destroyed and the only ones who gained from this were tabloids. Nothing had changed.
What's the Hell is going on?
I hope whoever reads this does not consider me as some covert pervert who drools at photos of the teenage girls and ogles schoolchildren. Pedophiles are criminals, they prey on children. No, I don't condone what that woman in the movie did; there should be some other way as soon as times had changed. I defend the truth though: dreary, fearsome and unfortunate life can push people to desperate measures and if we want to help our children in their tough period we should be capable of understanding that . We have to know a lot about other people and also know who we are. Otherwise we will get what I stated in the beginning. Life is not an "American Pie'.
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