Gail Helen Bremner

Lord of War

Posted on May 26th, 2007 by gail helen.
Categories: Relationships, Personal, Feminism, Omnia Vanitas, Money.

So I’m in the middle of watching this movie about the arms trade, with Nicholas Cage staring as Yuri, a dealer in illegal weapons.  It is very, very good.  But beyond the interesting international issues, these sort of movies always catch my attention for their portrayals of sex relations.  It seems that one of the oldest stories in the world is that boy loves girl, boy sees wealth & power as the way to the girl’s heart, boy marries girl, then sleeps around with all the girls that wealth & power can buy him.  In this movie, Yuri says his wife never asked questions, seeming to be content with the fact he was “a good provider, and far as she was concerned, loyal. Despite the other women, [he] always made love to Eva as if she was the only one.”  I can’t imagine this — the one requirement I have for a relationship is honesty, because I think you can get past even the worst offense as long as you don’t lie about it.  When will men learn that even when they don’t know, women might feel the deception?  Why is it worth the risk of hurting those they claim to love?  Why isn’t the fear of being caught enough to keep them honest, even if the comittment itself isn’t?  I’m not really making myself clear here, so I’ll edit this later.  Now FraBaby here’s, so the movie goes off. . .

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