As a "gun loving pacifist" myself, I was very eager to watch this movie.
The narrative structure of this movie is great. The first scene let you just have a glimpse of the tings to come, the end. After that, no matter how happy, fun, good things happened you knew tragedy would fall at any moment. The only question you can ask is when and how things will go bad. And the wait is enjoyable! in a stressful, ulcer-inducing way because of that fate.
Given that, it is kind of a shame how that ill-fate actually happens.
They could have use intelligent, or at least not idiot cops. They could investigate hoy real police men could react in such a situation. Instead, we have moronic cops, reacting stupidly to the situation (when not staring to the horizon)... neither of that "improvements" would have damaged the story.
Regarding the "message" of the movie, I would rather think of it as a warning against sects and fanaticism in general.
As I said, I think it is a very good movie that could easily have been great.
The narrative structure of this movie is great. The first scene let you just have a glimpse of the tings to come, the end. After that, no matter how happy, fun, good things happened you knew tragedy would fall at any moment. The only question you can ask is when and how things will go bad. And the wait is enjoyable! in a stressful, ulcer-inducing way because of that fate.
Given that, it is kind of a shame how that ill-fate actually happens.
They could have use intelligent, or at least not idiot cops. They could investigate hoy real police men could react in such a situation. Instead, we have moronic cops, reacting stupidly to the situation (when not staring to the horizon)... neither of that "improvements" would have damaged the story.
Regarding the "message" of the movie, I would rather think of it as a warning against sects and fanaticism in general.
As I said, I think it is a very good movie that could easily have been great.