I appreciate the perspective! Gotta say though, Jesus that’s some deep-level dark comedy that I just don’t understand. I was watching it as more of an art piece, and less of a commentary. I still don’t like it, but I never thought of it in this light.
Yeah I totally get it, I think the marketing did the film dirty and the pedigree of the actors and director didn’t help either plus all of the oscar nominations made people expect something different. It’s a very melodramatic and campy film, in the original script Daniel throws Eli down the bowling alley to knock down the pins after killing him.