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Shouldn't we be warned about the massive nudity?

posted 20 years ago by contact-258
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This is a joke that it's not rated. We assumed that this would be equilavent to a G-rated movie as no one bothered to rate this. We thought it would perfectly acceptable for children to watch. WRONG! What a shock. Hello? Is it perfectly all right to have massive nudity if it's an "art film"? What a joke. Is it not rated because of snobbish elitism, which considers nudity in art films as somehow different from other nudity?

[–] Greenteeth 19 years ago

The "massive nudity" is a bunch of guys- some of them obviously out of shape- running around a pool. I assume you are equating this nudity with pornography. It didn't bother me a bit. There's nothing remotely sexual about it.

[–] GalacticChicken 19 years ago

Buuut there is no love scene or something right??? Cause Im gonna whatch it with my mom and that would be just *beep* embarassing...

"Shmee, I think there's something wrong with this world...."
Im in love with Johnny C

[–] Greenteeth 19 years ago

No, there's nothing sexual. You and your mom will laugh at it.

[–] GalacticChicken 19 years ago

good 2 know... hey is Julain Sands one of the nude guys???

"Shmee, I think there's something wrong with this world...."
Im in love with Johnny C

[–] fico_of_arboria 19 years ago

Indeed he is, with Rupert Graves and Simon Callow.

[–] GalacticChicken 19 years ago

oooh goodie! Now I really HAVE to see it... =)

"Shmee, I think there's something wrong with this world...."
Im in love with Johnny C

[–] CharlieAllnut 19 years ago

The truly terrifying thing about all this nonsense is how people who complain against innocent nudity such as this appear to have no worries about violence in films. Apparently it's fine to allow your children to watch Arnie blowing a mutha away but heaven forbid they should see a flacid penis in an innocent scene. Our priorities are all shot.

I actually saw this film many times as a child and enjoyed it thoroughly. I saw the innocence of the scene and laughed at Cedric when he showed up. My mother also took me to see Maurice soon after. And no, I'm not gay or disturbed. Although I do get this strange yearning to rip my clothes off in public...

'He was so snobby he wore a bathing suit in the bath so he didn't have to look down on the unemployed' – The Ruttles

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[–] techno_is_king 19 years ago

I concur!!! All you ever see in movies is women naked! I think men should grow some balls and strip down more in movies!! It's hardly fair that women are protrayed naked all the time in movies, but its scandalous if a guy shows even his butt!

[–] gillfaery 19 years ago

I am sorry that you feel that nudity is such a taboo. I felt that scene was so innocent and was not sexual at all therefore suitably for young children.

[–] Greenteeth 19 years ago

If anything, the scene was for comic relief. At times Julian Sands can come off as extremely intense, so a scene with him and the pudgy religious man is more funny than anything else.

[–] shakespeare_girl88 19 years ago

This scene is also very significant to the story. It's when George begins to feel hope again with regard to his love for Lucy. Forster doesn't go into very deep examination of the scene, but I suppose you could say that he sees how happy one can be if one is able to free oneself from the limits of society and realizes that this is true of romance as well.
Concerning a rating, though, I don't see why it would be any trouble to give notice of the nudity. But the viewer should be wary that "Not Rated" means "Not Rated," not "Totally Free of Any Potentially Offensive Matter."

[–] fanaticita 19 years ago

Oh for pity's sake. Put on your big girl/big boy pants and get over it!

[–] Mr_Tisane 19 years ago

If anyone cares, I had all my schooling in Britain, and we were given this movie to watch at high school. (First year A level = US/Canadian grade 11). A room with a view is, in my opinion, one of the greatest novels ever written, and I would rather my children watched this than, say, The Master of Disguise starring Dana Carvey. I'd rather my children saw this movie than one which was a 90 minute fart joke.....

[–] sietz 19 years ago

contact...get over it...it's the human body...it's natural. I thought the scene was nice...and I certainly wouldn't have any objections to any person of any ange seeing it....repression of such natural things leads to the largest problems...
It's the human body...and it sounds like you're the one with the homosexual problem...because it you saw it in the right context...you'd realise there was nothing homosexual about it...

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[–] contact-258 19 years ago

You know, W69, you're right. I must be the one with the homosexual problem!
Thanks for straightening me out (sorry, maybe not the best choice of words here!).

Now that I've been liberated by seeing The Festival of Flopping Phalli, I have an uncontrollable urge to get naked with older preacher men and see how much fun we can have running around together in the woods, in the streams, in the church, just about anywhere! Thanks for the liberation. (Damn, now where did I put my pink leopard g-string?)

[–] bluezorrs 19 years ago

the context of the nudity is crucial here. the film wasn't rated because the nudity was within the context of some innocent larking about and the comedy it provided when the "three nudes" were discovered by prim and proper edwardian ladies out for a leisurely stroll. a sexual context would have resulted in a rating. clearly, for you to be offended by this scene, you must have a problem with nudity per se which i personally find very strange.