Babies taste best ruined the entire movie

I agree flutterby, it added to the traumatic events leading up to being fed protein bars. The simple fact that it rattled the OP means the part did what it was supposed to.

That's kind of the point - he's saying he hates himself for knowing that babies taste the best. He's saying he's an awful person and that he's racked with guilt over what he did when others made the choice to sacrifice their limbs he couldn't. It makes him a more complex character, and not just a bland hero. We aren't really supposed to sympathise with his cannibalism, we're supposed to understand why he's been reticent to take on the position of leader, and why he's so angry with Wilford. When he later almost decides to do what Wilford wants, but then sacrifices his arm to save the boy instead it shows he has grown as a character and redeemed himself to some extent.

I don't think it was particularly artful, the film is really not very subtle, but the backstory made it more interesting, and shed light on his relationships with the others.

That's kind of the point - he's saying he hates himself for knowing that babies taste the best. He's saying he's an awful person and that he's racked with guilt over what he did when others made the choice to sacrifice their limbs he couldn't. It makes him a more complex character, and not just a bland hero. We aren't really supposed to sympathise with his cannibalism, we're supposed to understand why he's been reticent to take on the position of leader, and why he's so angry with Wilford. When he later almost decides to do what Wilford wants, but then sacrifices his arm to save the boy instead it shows he has grown as a character and redeemed himself to some extent.

I don't think it was particularly artful, the film is really not very subtle, but the backstory made it more interesting, and shed light on his relationships with the others.

Saying 'no offense' doesn't actually make rude comments any less rude, you know.

What are you an idiot? Fat is what makes meat tasty

You must be a vegetarian. Anyone who eats meat knows that the fat content is crucial to the taste. Marbled beef, for instance, tastes much better than lean beef. I imagine -- and I'm not speaking from personal experience, I swear -- that fat people taste better than skinny people precisely for that reason.

So the moral of the story? The maternity wad and Overeaters Anonymous...those are the places you should start if you have to resort to cannibalism.

he didn't say babies were most nutritious, plus, haven't you ever heard of veal?

Yeah. It was a great line and a great scene.

No one is perfect....Even Heroes. Even Beowulf was kind of a pompous ass....

yes. i agree - also, this was during the part of the movie i was still enjoying before i realized it was a HUGE steaming turd.
very well acted by evans, and started off great but the entire plot made no sense and ultimately it was a huge disappointment for me.

Oh, yeah, Chris' acting in that scene was reallllly good. I think that and the death scene for his character in Sunshine are probably the best I've ever seen from him. I mean, wow. I was like, "man, you'd think this guy was actually trying to push through the unbearable pain of keeping going while having to crawl in and out of subzero liquid." (Also, can we just talk about how a Chris Evans character died from freezing to death? XD Oh, the irony...)

Curtis murdered people and ate babies, but he was in a desperate situation and faced with starvation. Gilliam saved baby Edgar by offering up his own arm as a sacrifice, but helps keep the population in the tail oppressed. And both Gilliam and Wilford saw something in Edgar that made them believe he could take Wilford's place. This isn't a feel-good movie, and it isn't asking you to cheer on Captain America as he fights the Nazis. It's asking you to see that the line between Captain America and the Nazis can be very, very thin.