It's all about repressed sexuality

Rating: 8/10 (10 December 2013)

This film is not about war. This film is entirely about repressed sexuality. Impressive to know how so many people don't get that Michael was a repressed gay. Not jokes. Remember in the beginning of the film, when the guy calls him gay because of Michael's weird behavior in relation to women? This was the first hint.
The other hint was the allegory of the deer. As we all know, the deer became known in the popular culture for representing the 'homossexual'.
Michael was pretending all time that he was a man by being the best in killing deers, which may represents 'killing his repressed homosexuality'. This happened before the war. He needed to kill the deers, while his friends did it for 'fun'. Nicki also has a gay side, he is the other who takes 'killimg dears' very serious, and definitely liked Michael as a lover, but he don't how to deal with it.
This 'homossexual' side in Michael always left him uncomfortable, we can see how closed and cautious he is in relation to other people. He don't understand why he has this 'homo' side, so this is why his behavior is likely shy when he is with other people.
After the war, he understands that he can't kill the deers anymore. This represents a transformation on his life, he is not repressing his feelings anymore. He starts to accept what he is.
This also explain why people are so embarrassed when they are talking to him in the ending of the film. His friends did avoid to look at him when he was talking to them, but they are always looking at him at his back. Definitely thats was the situation of the homosexuals back in the 70s.
Also, 'The Game' played in the film only represents the 'will' of the gays about their situation. As we can see, both Michael and
Nicki are repressed lovers. The death game represented the constant situation of their minds. In one side, the will of life but the inevitable need to repress the feelings, and the other side was simply die. For Nicki, the latter option fitted better after his agony.
Anyways, that is what i think of this film. It is really weird to know that almost no one got this message. 8.3/10