Oye, oye, oye!
If you are a homophobic prude, you can as well stop reading this as from now itself.
I just watched 'Do Começo ao Fim' (From Beginning to End), an absolutely beauteous movie about the controversial, and incestuous love in between Francisco and Thomas.
I have been thru some gay movies, which sadly and usually end tragically, and have me depressed for awhile as well.
Movies climaxing into suicides or AIDS, and other inauspiciousness.
Whichever, I now think that the idea of a tragic end is to establish the harm our society is culprit of, and against homosexuality.
Anyhow, not to digress any further, the movie was stunning; the acting was impeccable, the protagonists were drop-dead gorgeous! And 'worse', this movie has had me awed by the love rather than disgusted by the theme.
The fierce, fiery portrayal of love in between two men, made me forget that theirs was incestuous; which is why it is also disturbing, because I validated their love due to having been swayed away from the incest part.
It forced me to think if we really understand love, if love should be restrained by anything; does that make this movie one which has been successful into making something we deem as hideous and heinous, as beautiful and pure?
I do not see myself loving my brother this 'way', and as I think of it now, it is nauseating.
Nevertheless, the story would not have been as vivacious if the incest was absent; the movie depicts the birth of love as Thomas opens his eyes (You'll know why if you watch the movie, and don't read it on Wiki please!), how this love has always been there, instead of being something that is 'nurtured'; is the idea then, to make us 'believe' that this kind of love is 'innate'.
I don't know, I really don't, but what I felt like throughout, was the submission of Thomas to Francisco's love; the ache of Francisco's when Thomas was absent for awhile; the ravenous passion they had for each other; the longing they had for each other; the care, the togetherness, the love that there was in between them.
It's an amazing and powerful movie you should watch – for a big change.
Last but not the least; the music is heavenly, divine and otherworldly!
PS This is not really a movie review but only my point of view.
If you are a homophobic prude, you can as well stop reading this as from now itself.
I just watched 'Do Começo ao Fim' (From Beginning to End), an absolutely beauteous movie about the controversial, and incestuous love in between Francisco and Thomas.
I have been thru some gay movies, which sadly and usually end tragically, and have me depressed for awhile as well.
Movies climaxing into suicides or AIDS, and other inauspiciousness.
Whichever, I now think that the idea of a tragic end is to establish the harm our society is culprit of, and against homosexuality.
Anyhow, not to digress any further, the movie was stunning; the acting was impeccable, the protagonists were drop-dead gorgeous! And 'worse', this movie has had me awed by the love rather than disgusted by the theme.
The fierce, fiery portrayal of love in between two men, made me forget that theirs was incestuous; which is why it is also disturbing, because I validated their love due to having been swayed away from the incest part.
It forced me to think if we really understand love, if love should be restrained by anything; does that make this movie one which has been successful into making something we deem as hideous and heinous, as beautiful and pure?
I do not see myself loving my brother this 'way', and as I think of it now, it is nauseating.
Nevertheless, the story would not have been as vivacious if the incest was absent; the movie depicts the birth of love as Thomas opens his eyes (You'll know why if you watch the movie, and don't read it on Wiki please!), how this love has always been there, instead of being something that is 'nurtured'; is the idea then, to make us 'believe' that this kind of love is 'innate'.
I don't know, I really don't, but what I felt like throughout, was the submission of Thomas to Francisco's love; the ache of Francisco's when Thomas was absent for awhile; the ravenous passion they had for each other; the longing they had for each other; the care, the togetherness, the love that there was in between them.
It's an amazing and powerful movie you should watch – for a big change.
Last but not the least; the music is heavenly, divine and otherworldly!
PS This is not really a movie review but only my point of view.
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