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Have you ever been truly offended at a film?


And I don't mean because it was bad. I mean you legitimately thought it crossed the line because they changed history, there was too much gore or profanity, it was homophobic etc.

I've only gotten this with movies that show way too much gratuitous nudity. Sometimes I can tell a director was making every attempt to get naked women in their film and I feel like the actresses were being taken advantage of.

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I do have a problem with movies that have too much strong profanity. I can't help it. Such movies seem so mindless somehow even if they have serious content. And young people sit through them without batting an eyelid.

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Swearing doesn't offend me but sometimes I do get annoyed with how excessive it can be. When I saw "End of Watch", it felt like they were saying "fuck" for the sheer enjoyment. I found out they average it 3 times a minute.

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I would have stopped counting and switched off. It amuses me when a contributor on IMDb's parent's guide for profanity actually counts the amount of F-bombs in a movie. Even when the count goes over 100 times, in extreme cases, they still give the precise times the word is spoken.

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Agreed, the language in some films is fucking disgusting. Those fucking whore writers are nothing but low class cock-suckers.

Wouldn’t have happened in my day, I’ll tell you that much shit for fucking free.

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Apt Pupil (1998). In every aspect it's normal Hollywood movie based on Stephen King book (the book is much better) except for one disturbing scene with naked underage boys in the shower (!!). I remember thinking to myself "Why the fuck is this scene is necessary to the plot?", "What was the director thinking to himself?". It bothered me a lot.
It wasn't until years later that I heard rumors about the director and everything started to come together. I was also really angry at the parents who let the producers take advantage of their own children.

Edit: So I would say any movie that exploits children.

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Totally. Also the infamous Twilight Zone: The Movie where two children and an actor were killed by reckless stunt and the director tried to damage control it, even blaming the dead actor. Like, wtf man... your movie set killed children! Jeez! Stop.

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OMG first time heard of it. So sad and infuriating.
The dark side of show businesses.

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Some people just don't have any morals.

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Well, we know what the director was thinking now...

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There have been a few times:

The Legend of the Titanic (1999) An animated film with talking animals that completely changes the detail of the sinking of the Titanic and gives it a happy ending.

Loqueesha (2019) A blatantly racist film that relies on stereotypes of black women and was written,directed by and starring a white man.

Candy (1968) A sexist and racist comedy about multiple horny, dirty old men who sexually assault and harass a teenage girl (played by a teenage girl). It feels exploitative and it makes light of the situation, trying to portray it in a comic way.

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I've seen that Titanic movie and it was one of the stupidest things ever. How many kids will watch this and think the ship never sank? Or that this real-life event is merely a work of fiction? Kids have enough trouble learning in school. We don't need to be distorting history.

As if the first one wasn't bad enough, there were two sequels:
Titanic: The Legend Goes On... (2000) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330994/
In Search of the Titanic (2004) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1719665/?ref_=tt_sims_tt_t_2

Unbelievable.

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The Legend of the Titanic is on IMDb's bottom 100 list and I always wondered why. I guess it's because of what you mentioned.

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It’s also pretty boring and the animation isn’t very good. It also features the strangest looking cartoon octopus you will ever see.

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When history is significantly altered it annoys me, but can't say I'm offended.

I'm probably the least offended person on the planet - in the truest sense of the word, but if F bombs are constantly dropped then it really can take away from what I'm watching.

I recall when old Rose in Titanic was watching TV at the beginning and she said "God dammed" and I thought that was out of place - but it still didn't offend me.

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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood really pissed me off with history being altered. No spoilers, but I hated the movie and that ending was really the confirmation for me.

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WHOA,MOTHER FUCKER...ARE YOU SERIOUS?😐

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Did I stutter?

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Not exactly what I meant about altering history, but I somewhat enjoyed the movie - it was definitely quirky and enough time has passed since 1969 that the subject matter isn't off limits for this type of thing. But that is just my opinion.

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I really liked OUATIH and enjoyed the ending. But I was annoyed by the end of Inglourious Basterds. It ain't logical but there it is.

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that movie pissed me off too , not because of altered history , just the complete lack of any plot or story.

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I was having a conversation with someone who was offended by DaVinci Code. She kept spouting off to a couple of us about how it demeaned the Catholic Faith. Then she asked didn't anybody understand "the message" they were conveying. I said "Absolutely". She replied "At last someone understands what I'm talking about. How did you take it?"
Completely deadpan. I looked right at her and said, "I took it to be a work of fiction and no one with any intelligence takes it to reflect real life."

A few people started laughing and one guy standing there even spit out his drink. She turned red and stormed off without saying another word.

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You could have been kinder.

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Maybe but wouldn't have been as satisfying. This woman was yelling at us to get her point across.

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Ok, that makes the situation clearer.

I've never seen, nor have any desire to, da DaVinci code.

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I've never seen it, either. But knowing the gist of the story, it's so far-fetched that I would almost consider it a comedy.

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As with most stories, the book is MUCH better. Tom Hanks did a decent job in this one but the rest of the stories in the series he really didn't seem to carry as well.

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The movie is very boring I didn't even finish it but I am not fan of the book either. So I wasn't disappointed.

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Good post.

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I'm offended that the movie exists. I broke my own rule.

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My mother in law is a really devout Catholic and she enjoyed the book. She knew it was fiction and wasn't offended. I don't know if she saw the movie - she doesn't watch a lot of movies.

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I didn't care for The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) because it glorified an aggressive fraudster and his profane, drug-fueled hedonistic lifestyle. Even though it depicts his arrest and time spent in prison, it's obvious his personality hasn't changed in the end; he merely tones things down a bit.

The fact that this is based on true events makes it even more offensive to me. How much more money did Jordan Belfort earn when he sold the rights to his memoirs? Bad behavior is being rewarded here.

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I liked the film but didn't really get the point of it. Okay, he's an asshole, so what?

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The film glorified despicable behavior.

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Definitely. And he didn't learn anything at the end.

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IT IS A SPIRITUAL REMAKE OF GOODFELLAS.

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Nope, never. But, I'm never triggered or offended by anything.

Now, I'm less interested in films that rely on swearing too much, instead of good writing. But it doesn't offend or bother me. They are for others to enjoy. Just not my bag, baby!

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I don't think being offended for me. It's more of being repulsed! Two things I don't like in movies are child exploitation and animal cruelty.

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