I find it funny...
...That blockbuster has the "Youth Restricted Viewing" sticker on the movie saying that you have to be a certain age to rent the film. I mean, I understand the whole "homoerotic undertones" thing, and of course the fact it is based off of "Billy Budd"...which I have read...but at the same time, there seems to be nothing overtly sexual about it (by that I mean there is no butt slapping or kissing or any sort of warm embrace between the characters). Though I am a straight female so perhaps I just do not get those effects as other people might. And it seems as well that if you are too concerned with the issue that it is homoerotic, that you would miss out on a large part of the story. I find it a visually breathtaking and beautiful film. Anyway, I find it amusing because everything in the film is so choreographed, but in a (obviously) very militarized way and you never see two of the legionnaires in any sort of compromising position. The only "questionable" scene is that of one of the guys taking a shower, but he is completely alone and it is very straightforward. Do the people at blockbuster see the words "male eroticism" on the back of the box and then think it is going to be some sort of cheesy "Chippendales" beefcake-type outing? Is it threatening in any sort of way...I just do not understand? I just think it is a bit sad because I wonder if anyone who would have gone to rent the film then sees that sticker (on top of learning what it is about) and then decides against it. They are depriving themselves of such a good, stunning film. It seems unfair, in a way.
I wonder if the movie was instead a group of ladies, the exact same, just women, if it would still have that sticker on it. Something tells me no.
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