Godless

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A film of actors more film of story story. Not because the story remains a sketch, useful for atmosphere, but because, except the first and the last scenes, it is only the frame of acting. Only a frame for a gentle , precise and profound inspired portrait of brotherhood, emotions, love in intense form, loneliness, jealousy, the others, family, relations, affection, a room and a house and people around table at dinner,m talking, and the past, and the fracture almost like a womb. The details of house and definitions of small, ordinary things are the basic virtues of this film beautiful, in some measure, for different motives, against itself. A beautiful film about loneliness, the closed other and the way to define as yourself.

I had read reviews about how the pace was plodding along throughout the movie, but this did not bother me at all. Yes, some of the script sounded a bit wooden, but in general it was very sincere and I thought they handled the subject matter very well. The performances by the actors were very good and I thought the cinematography did the job too, even though there wasn't anything fancy.

After watching this, my heart felt like someone puts a heavy stone on it. The movie is so gentle and captivating that I felt Iike I was in the character myself (in the place of Nate for me). The movie was so practical and it gave me a lot of things to be thought after the movie had ended. The intimacy of the two brothers drove me crazy.

I really didn't know what to expect when I came into this film. I had already been spoiled about the taboo subject matter presented in the film but even if I hadn't, it would've been obvious very early on. There lies the problem for me. I also wasn't very enamored with the acting and a few reactions came across as very off to me. The film would have you believe that this is supposed to be this HUGE secret but the brothers do an absolute horrid job of hiding what was going on from the inappropriate looks and touching they shared to the eventual (not quiet) sex between the brothers in the room right next to the boyfriend. Even if I were hoping the brothers would end up together, the cheating and leading the already clearly unstable younger brother on would've put me off any possibility I might have originally felt. I don't even understand how some couldve even remotely wished for them to run away and be together in the end. Both brothers' behavior made me angry as Hell. They knew full well this couldn't happen yet kept putting themselves in blatantly inappropriate situations. They can't even be real brothers anymore at this point because of their actions and the boyfriends reaction to finding out made zero sense to me. I would've cussed them both out and left that same night. Maybe he kept quiet because he knew it would've been really bad if he had blown up I dunno. I don't even understand how he stayed with him tbh but my mom does always say "you'd be surprised what some people can look the other way on". They were never gonna be happy together because even if they ran away, their incestuous nature was always gonna be kept a secret. They were never gonna be able to tell old friends or even new friends the whole truth. Ultimately, the last portion of the film was just very bizarre. I already didn't agree with what the brothers were doing but everything they did throughout the movie just pushed their relationship deeper into the hole from which they could never return. I'm not sure what the youngest one actually thought was gonna happen and I'm disappointed in the older one because he at least seemed stable and was trying to have a normal relationship and move past this but too easily fell back into old bad habits. Neither brother didn't seem to much mind how much turmoil they were causing the other either.

A touching story of brotherly love and depencence.

Have to agree with others here that the acting is A+ for all the main characters. Script is pretty good except for ending....it did finally bow to society's morals but did leave a small sense of hope. As one reviewer mentioned, the two brothers could have moved away and lived together....or maybe even a 3-way relationship with the older boyfriend's lover. The editing was somewhat abrupt at times and did not enhance the slow pace as well as it could have which is why some found the movie too slow. Anyway, kudos to the actors and director for creating one of the best thought-provoking gay-themed movies I have ever seen.

I saw this film a few years ago and I was so overwhelmed by it I gave it a 10. I saw it again yesterday and my feelings towards it have not changed. It is a unique film and is that most beautiful thing a quiet voice above the crowd of noisy, useless films. For those who criticize its direction I suggest they watch Dreyer, Ozu and Bresson. And if some reviewers here have never heard of them, please watch at least one of each. The film in my opinion ranks there in its approach. Many have commented on the subject matter and the kind of love shown on the screen is quite simply part of love's spectrum, experienced and cherished by more than the righteous like to think. Now for the acting which is very good indeed, and the dialogue is not terrible at all but reflective and slow, and once again I will refer to Dreyer and the last film he made: ' Gertrud '. Reviled at the time it is rightly considered during recent decades to be a great film and rightly so. The pacing of what people say and do is similar in this film and I hope it will too be cherished even if it is among the discerning few. For those who dislike it see it again, and remember that first judgements can be wrong. I have had many wrong judgements in my time, but with this film I recall quite distinctly that it was a sensitive and beautiful experience. My given 10 then is still a 10 and it is there in my pantheon of films to return to.

Surprised and glad that a made in USA film touches such a taboo subject that most filmmakers would not dare to touch. Sad that although being an Indie film, the creators decided to give it a Hollywood morality lesson- reproving- do the right thing ending. I would have given it 10 stars if it had ended more honestly. I am used to unhappy endings, I am used to tragedies, I love Romeo and Juliet but given the strong love between the two main characters and not real obstacles, there is not a reason for the movie ending the way it does, like if the pain of the loss of such a beautiful love, forbidden by conventional society but still beautiful, could be relieved in a few minutes with a pill like if it was a simple headache. If you liked this movie, you should watch the Brazilian "From Beginning to End"

This supposed to be best movie. With controversial issues. I know this is low budget movie. But if they writing the correct script, play with audience emotional. This gonna be like Brokeback mountain. Im so disappoint with the scripts. This make me mad abouy the scripts.