Did anyone get a little grossed out by Simon's interaction with the buck-toothed little girl? It was like he was trying to seduce her and how he transferred the soul to her was a little too much. Comments?
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The only thing that creeped me out was that the teacher didn't make sure that Mary was safely in the classroom with a warning to the other children NOT to talk to any strangers. But then, the soul transfer would never have happened. Meh, it's only a movie.
"oooooh....someone needs a RAID enema to kill that bug up their ass!"
When you see an adult giving mouth to mouth resuscitation to a child, do you consider it to be a pedophile tendency?
shareAngels are a little creepy in general. Although I didn't see anything sexual in the scene, both it and the one of Gabriel on the school steps was odd.
Read through the Book of Enoch. He writes about how the Angels do lust and can have children with humans. 200 Angels came to earth and "took" women and had children. The DNA didn't work out that well and the kids would have sex and eat just about anything that moved; each other if nothing else was handy. They taught the women herbal medicine and the men metallurgy. Earth became a little wild with all the Angel fornication, so God had someone tell Noah to get ready. This book also explains the burning of angels that was shown - actually, getting their heart ripped out is a mercy gesture.
The book of Enoch has enough material to make 20 or 30 movies; sci-fi, romance, action - you name it. Do the sequels cover any of this? Might be a good night for a marathon.
the one of Gabriel on the school steps was odd.
Honestly, if anyone sees anything sexual in that scene my first and only thought is, "What kind of horrible make-out sessions have you been having???" You do not open your mouth as wide as possible and place your mouth over the other person's face then hold your open mouth there for an uncomfortably long time. Damn, peeps. Who taught y'all to kiss?????
shareThy will be done, in Heaven as it is on Earth. They just wanted to model the angels after what real priests do to kids.
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I agree with the poster above that said it made them feel 'funny'.
I was uncomfortable too. I am not a person who 'sees sexual things' everywhere.
I know it wasn't meant to be a sexual scene at all.
But it still was odd to me. It would have been a little better maybe if we saw Simon put his mouth near Mary's mouth & transfer the soul.
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Yeah. I agree, as a 29-year-old man/film student. It was icky. I thought there was a different way they could have done it, without the mouth contact. It brought back memories of a clip I saw from Lolita (the remake with Jeremy Irons), where Irons actually kisses the girl. Gross. How did he agree to do that? So my respect goes down after watching scenes like that.
It's a great film but that one scene almost ruins the movie (also, there is another scene where Koteas' character moves in real close -- not sure if that was necessary either)... Yeah, they are supposed to be dark, pervy, Angels and Demons (Christopher Walken, etc.) but it was a little much.
THAT WAS SUCH A GROSS SCENE I NEARLY SQUIRMED
were the 90s really that numb to this because how in the world was this not cut out
also yall are nuts if you thought nothing of a grown ass man mouth to mouth breathing into a childs mouth