Thread:LucidPigeons/@comment-2175012-20160323030814/@comment-2175012-20160408013456

Okay, so I'm really, really thinking of dropping Joe even though I still have a few hours of the movie to go. In regards to the scene that I mentioned earlier of him rescuing the boy from nearly getting killed in a motorcycle collision, not only that, but he also comforted the boy by playing a little music box. As for whether or not this is made hollow, it does reignite his obsession with trying to find the perfect wife to have the perfect bloodline through, so after this, he kidnaps six women and puts them through sadistic trials; the one who endures all of the trials is to become his potential wife. He places tarantulas into their bedroom, and this frightens the women, barring Marcia. The other women are then killed through the use of venomous snakes, and Marcia helplessly watches as Joe attempts to have sex with her. And then he discovers that one of the women that he had murdered was pregnant (though, of course not with his child), and he's horrified that he had killed a child, though he later tries to convince himself that what he's doing isn't wrong.

Thus far, there's no indication of a freudian excuse, though I did read on the Coffin Joe Wiki saying that he was bullied by his peers because his parents had owned a funeral home, and he had fallen in love with a childhood friend, and was wanting to marry her, but unfortunately he was sent to fight in a war. When she didn't hear back from him due to the letters never being sent to her, she marries the mayor due to the difficulties of that time. When Joe returned to Sara, he discovered her with the mayor, and he kills them both. He isn't found guilty  for the crime, as it was believed to be the result of shell shock, but he went from being a sweet, kindhearted man, to becoming bitter, and gaining a hatred for religion. Of course, does this justify the mass murders, rapes, and random acts of violence that he commits on the Brazilian villagers?

I still don't know what his true feeling on children is; while he seems to have a soft spot for children, even to the point of putting his life in harm's way to save a child from near death, he continually states that his bloodline will be superior to all others, meaning that his child would be the perfect child. He also states that children are precious, but he hates that they would grow up into being as he put it "stupid fanatics." That, and there's the fact that he was horrified about accidentally killing a child, though he seems to get over it quickly by saying that he wasn't at fault (I am at 41:02 on the video at the moment; it's seriously a long movie).

As for any other possible mitigating factors, there aren't any to major, sans the two I mentioned. He has a henchman this time around in Bruno, a disfigured, hunchbacked man. He shows no affection for Bruno, though there was one point in the film that he offers one of the women to Bruno (for sexual purposes, of course) when he remembered that his birthday was coming up. However, this isn't portrayed as a redeeming factor; pretty much, Joe says "Oh, it's your birthday, right, Bruno?" and he lets him choose one of the women to have relations with. Bruno accidentally ends up snapping the woman's neck.

Overall, I'm really, really thinking of just dropping Joe as much as I hate to say that. Should I even bother trying to watch the final film?