A crude, puerile, anti-Christian attempt at explaining fascism

Rating: Null/10 (2 October 2009)

I will never understand why any movie buff would consider Haneke's movies anything more than self-righteous and arrogant trash. His latest film is just puerile and crude. Fascism was all due to authoritarian upbringing and Christian ethics? Are we to believe that anti-authoritarian "anything goes" and sexual promiscuity would have been the panacea against fascism? This obtuse logic is typical of any lefwing ideologue. Haneke is no exception. "Funny Games" was a priggish attempt at condemning movie violence but made use of violence itself. I guess only Haneke is allowed to employ violence in "Funny Games" and "Die Klavierspielerin" but anybody else who dares employ the same device is fair game for him. Everywhere you look, you can tell what havoc anti-authoritarian upbringing and sexual promiscuity have wrought: Crime, rebellion,STDs, illegitimate children, sexual perversions. Maybe Haneke should consider the consequences of his morals before he points with the finger at Christianity. In my church, you won't find a tyrannical priest. If we sin, we confess and our pastors forgive us, just like Jesus taught us. Forgiveness is one of the most important principles in Christian lives. Why does Haneke use a caricature of a priest to get his point across? Because that's the only way he can impugn Christianity. Because Jesus' and Paul's teaching all make sense, even if sometimes it's not that easy to stick to them. But what is the alternative? No morals atall? Of course Haneke's devoted minions look at all his trite output as "masterpieces" because they are blind to the depraved and anti-Christian moral values that hide behind Haneke's work. "Das weisse Band" is a telltale testament of a man who hates Christianity, who shows a distorted picture of Jesus and his teachings, and who opines that celibacy until marriage is the root of all evil. A true Christian knows that Jesus' teaching all make sense. That's why I abide by them, not because I have to. How about this, Mr Haneke? There are people actually who do not consider sexual ethics as an abomination or a hindrance to a happy life. It's very fitting to the Zeitgeist that a movie maker has to be Anti-Christian to get all the accolades of an atheistic world. Mr Haneke, your jig is up.