This is a story about Nature vs. god - Nature wins. Unfortunately, the man who believed in nature dies from a freak accident (or did god strike him down?). Religious nuts will believe that god struck him down. The bible-thumper survives somehow (with the help of a god?) . Religious nuts will believe that some god delivers him......into a permanent state of insanity. Talk about lose-lose propositions. I think the atheist who favored nature was right; better to shoot yourself. People in prison were better off than these blokes. Not inspirational in any way. Not scary in any way. Could have been much better if a little literary license was taken and the atheist was kept alive (he was so drunk he might have survived a hanging and a few days in the rain) to get back in the lighthouse. Then the film would have been interesting. Otherwise nature always wins. The wrong guy had the accident.
Review of The Lighthouse
