In your opinion, do you think it's possible for a film to be too violent, to the point to where it shouldn't be allowed to be shown, or possibly even banned? Is such a thing even possible? And on top of that, can we not pretend like viewers around the world aren't attracted to violence in cinema. I mean, people seem to absolutely adore violence in movies.
sharereal violence against animals for entertainment.
i.e. The Electrocution of an Elephant
Artists and viewers should be free to choose for themselves what gets created and viewed
The various rating systems, while flawed, give viewers some idea of what they are in for
I agree, violent content is at least as popular as romantic content which is odd...most of us abhor actual violence and actively pursue romance
The lead should be right.
shareWell if a film is too violent they risk the dreaded NC-17 rating which is usually box office poison, so theatrical releases usually reel it in enough not to get worse than an R.
I guess it depends why the filmmakers decided to use extreme violence. If it's something like The Passion of the Christ or Schindler's List, the extremism may be justified to accurately portray the horrors of the story they are telling. If it's something like Human Centipede 2 that was simply trying to shock, it feels less justifiable. I don't want to say they're crossing a line because I'm a firm believer that if someone doesn't like something they should simply choose not to watch.
I watched Passion of the Christ in a theater when it first came out. A lot of people including me walked out after 20 minutes. Mel Gibson really crossed the line.
shareOthers would think the movie is a masterpiece (I fall in neither camp). The movie wasn't to your personal taste but would you actually support it being banned from being shown?
Unless by crossed the line you meant you found the film to be anti-Semitic which I've heard it criticized for. But the topic of this thread is violence so I assume you're talking about that.
No I would never have it banned. Different strokes for different folks, and it definitely was not to my personal taste. Yes, I was referring to the violence only.
shareIt's been mentioned above and I agree with the fire extinguisher scene from Irreversible. Anything that harms animals as well as seen in Cannibal Holocaust (1980).
shareIrreversible.
By the time I got to the Fire Extinguisher scene, I was like, YEAH! Kill that fucker bash his fuckin brains in, do it, do it do it. And that's out of character for me. The real horror for me was the utterly ruthlessly brutal rape scene that went on for what seemed like 45 minutes.
The movie manipulated me to become a violent person for the duration of the film. That's not a small thing.