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Old Movies: The Talented Mr. Ripley

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MissAmbiguity:
It's about a decade old and I've watched snippits of it online.  I was about ten the first time I watched it and all those homosexual undertones went right over my head (minus the boat scene, I think I knew then).

Question: If it's not explicitly stated, think the kiddies will pick up on it? Or was I just overly naive?

Also, the movie is made out of win =D

Lines:
I saw it when it came out and then I saw it again a year or two ago and I didn't care for it either time. But I picked up on the homosexual overtones (or really, it's more like bisexual, as he had an obsession with both of them) the first time I saw it. I guess it just depends on how aware you are of sexuality at a younger age.

Border Reiver:
Since when is a movie that is a decade old count as an old movie?  I have copies of Lon Chaney's Phantom of the Opera and Nosferatu in my DVD collection - those are "old". 

Damn kids these days...

And yes, the kiddies will likely not pick up on the undertones.  Same sort of undertones existed in older movies all the time and most critics and censors never picked up on them (ex. Spartacus [Kirk Douglas version not the recent Gorjan Visknic one])

öde:
Almost 10 years old isn't old. I think I picked up on the undertones but I was young enough to not think of them in a sexual way, so I didn't really think about them I guess.

KickThatBathProf:
Well yeah it has been like 35 years or so

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