tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275724764962064834.post6216810822410710250..comments2024-03-13T06:44:19.704-04:00Comments on My Meaningful Movies: BecketGus Cileonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08060175141266813957noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275724764962064834.post-7891348597409155822018-03-25T06:20:24.030-04:002018-03-25T06:20:24.030-04:00I love this film and enjoyed reading your review v...I love this film and enjoyed reading your review very much. One bit though seems odd: "In a scene with his wife, children, and mother, Henry shows his lack of caring for the traditional heterosexual family........As Henry waits for Becket to visit him..like someone hoping to see his lover, the King’s mother says, 'You have an obsession with him that is unhealthy and unnatural.' She sees Henry’s homosexual leanings, and of course espouses the negative viewpoint of her time".<br /><br />Good grief, where did you get your "take" on these scenes from? I've seen this film numerous times. Henry and Thomas were friends, and yes, male friends can love each other, and yes, Henry is depicted as being obsessed with that friendship, but never did I get a suggestion from the film of "homosexual leanings", and I say this: as a gay man. It isn't there. Did Becket protect Brother John because he fancied him? Is the pointed bishop's miter a phallic symbol? See how weird this can get? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com