We, The Infected

Death is a problem for the living not for the dead. It is very natural to feel sad when you loose someone close but you should remember you are feeling sad for yourself, not the person who is dead. The ones who remain are the ones who miss the ones that have departed and only they suffer from loneli...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2036/2380034528_6c63058c5c.jpg?v=0 This is a fairly old film (1977) which I have long wanted to see but only managed to do so recently. In fact, it is available complete on YouTube but only in the original Italian, without subtitles. It was released in the US as “The ...

Unlike some here I don’t believe at all that a grown-up Oskar or any other “normal” grown-up human could remain obsessed with a child-vampire, which is one reason why the “cyclic” theory always seemed ridiculously far-fetched. Well if Hakan and therefore Oskar were merely "obsessed" with Eli I woul...

This thread made me aware of something I had not thought about earlier: the antagonism that some seem to feel towards Hakan for “being” a “pedophile” rather than for what he does. I have to confess that initially I also felt in this way (when I saw the film) but I think that was because I assumed th...

I think the point is that murder done for Eli is justifiable to someone who loves Eli, and therefore more understandable than the pedophilia. Pedophilia is also often "justifiable" to someone who is a pedophile (e.g. he "loves" children and "does no harm" ) but subjective justification was not the ...

Well, the term "pedophilia" actually covers a rather wide range of behaviour: from looking at "dirty pictures" involving children to murder. All of these actions and even perhaps certain thoughts or fantasies make one a "pedophile" but it is only the actions that have consequences, and hence it is o...

...because Hakan didnt really do anything creepy, other than the killings. All we know is that he dedicated his life to our beloved Eli It seems to me you have got it backwards. Killing is creepy enough. In fact, I think it’s a lot more creepy than being a pedophile - except of course being a pedop...

I happened to take a glance at the forum today and was slightly surprised to see it not quite dead yet… I was also surprised, although this is actually quite a common surprise for me here, how closely Gattoparde’s views match my own when it comes to this sort of aspects of LTROI. Indeed, I think his...

I don't consider myself an expert on these matters but it seems to me that what makes Dracula particularly evil (in the sense intended by Stoker) that a sinner, however great, can always repent and save his immortal soul (unless, like Don Juan, he refuses and is is dragged into hell - but then that ...

Chigurh I found both very real at one level and far removed from reality at another, although even though I'm not old I can certainly empathise with the sheriff's feelings on finding his world changed (there are after all places in Mexico I went on holiday as a teenager that I wouldn't set foot on ...