Give me a break! We cheer a movie that puts, in a good light, those who attacked a Masonic government in Mexico, but, then, cheer a story that puts, in a good light, a revolution, or one that calls to mind the French Revolution, that slaughtered Catholics and others suspected of being anti-revolutionary? Really? Oh, I loved that Catholic part where Javert kills himself instead of, wouldn’t you want, becoming a better man and redeeming himself? What’s with the sick bum in a St. Nicholas suit doing having sex in this film (I think the scene was a bit over the top in its portrayal of the debauchery of the inn)? I think, short of the good Catholic man (is he a priest), it’s really pious people being kooks and decent people, like ValJean having values that are not evidently Church-inspired (he stole for another long before his freedom and there’s no mention of that sacrifice being Catholic), and possibly his return of the favor being man-inspired. Are poor people taking up arms to start a revolution that could result in the death of unintended targets to get rid of a maybe equally morally-corrupt justice system Catholic inspired? They seem celebrated in the film. Jean even says the boy has done nothing wrong. Really? It’s not like the wronged were actually in the process of being persecuting, so these rebels were pretty much starting an unjust war–and that’s a virtuous thing?.
