"when Thanos comes on the scene he assumes the role of a death god—trying to bring balance to the universe.”
No, sweetie. Thanos is not a god, he never was. He’s always been a being who worships death. Everyone he kills is in an attempt to get Death’s attention because he wants Death to love him.
"It didn’t take long for the movie to parallel Thanos to the Judeo-Christian God.”
A comparison you saw only because that’s what you wanted to be outraged at. I never once thought that i was watching a metaphor for Christainity.
For one thing, the death was impartial, not a validation of some hateful fucking Christains hatred, bigotry, or self-interest.
“Thanos calls himself “I Am”.”
No. Thanos declares that he is inevitable, with a dramatic pause. “I am… Inevitable.” Nothing to do with I am that I am.
You’re making up comparisons JUST to be butthurt about it.
“So I was pretty ticked that this evil Thanos would be compared at all to my loving God who chose to die for the WHOLE world.”
An anger that’s entirely your own invention.
“Yes, I know it’s a movie and fiction—but opinions are often formed by fiction.”
And the job of rational people everywhere is to react to ‘I saw it on TV’ or ‘i saw it in a movie’ with scorn and appropriate dismissal.
“The attack on Jesus is subtle. But then the end of the movie happened—and I was floored… The first thing I thought was, “Oh no they didn’t! They did not just take a hit on the rapture!”
No one that disappeared went to Heaven, though. They just disappeared.
This was not take on the Rapture. Just the inevitable outcomes of taking away half the population. All the idiot reviewers who mention the rapture are not expecting to be raptured to Heaven, either. They’re just seeing the destruction on THIS side.