There is nudity in this movie, but how come it is not rated R? I mean, Titanic had some "artsy" nudity in it, only briefly. Jodie Foster is exposed a few times while swimming, plus in the bar. Maybe because the nudity is non-sexual and her character didn't know any better? Like a baby's bare ass on TV is okay, that kind of thing.
shareThe nudity was meant to show her innocence. Those scenes were very Maxfield Parrish, very idealised. (I always wondered what about mosquitoes?). Besides, to her, this is a bath, as well as swimming for fun and remembering her sister. That's why it looks so silly when the little girls plop in fully clothed. Child nudity is no longer allowed in American film, but one would think they would at least take off their outer dresses. They clearly had petticoats on.
shareBut still, she's nude 4 times. Twice or more is full frontal.
sharebut it was tastefull and innocent, whereas in most rated R movies, it's not... Grant it, there are a few exceptions, but that's just my opinion anyway, lol. Never found anything wrong with nudity while being tasteful and appropriate. It's a part of life and nature.
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Go see Iris,Kate Winslet was naked at the swimming scene,but it wasn't meant to be obscene,so i think nudity is not the label of R kind.Only someone who haven't get laid in years will be able to discover obscenity in graceful stark naked.
Only someone who haven't get laid in years will be able to discover obscenity in graceful stark naked.LOL! I'll have to agree
also, you have to keep in mind that most of the scenes where nell is naked, with the exception of one i think, take place at night. although you know it's there, it isn't blatantly put into your face, so i think it was understood as being less 'risky' i guess you could say.
share"Child nudity is no longer allowed in American film..." I doubt it. It's allowed just why put up with the grief involved if it is done. Even those old Coppertone billboards in this country could involve a host of bad press. Luckily the dog in them isn't freaked.
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You don't see the lower stuff, just her breasts, which aren't even a private part. Breasts aren't a sexual organ or anything like that, so they aren't really a big deal.
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Have you even seen the film? You see her vagina, too.
You don't see her vagina. If you did, the movie would receive an NC-17, no contest. However I actually can't think of any movie that actually does show a vagina outside of porn. You see her pubic hair over her vulva, and rather obscured.
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"You don't see the lower stuff, just her breasts, which aren't even a private part. Breasts aren't a sexual organ or anything like that, so they aren't really a big deal."
Hmmm why do women get arrested if they go around without a top on, then? It's okay for a man to go shirtless in this country, but not a woman. Not that I agree with that, but it is a societal standard. With that in mind, I do believe the showing of breasts in the tavern scene should have qualified the film for an "R" rating.
b/c the MPAA is filled to the brim with double standards. They called it "art" and so it was o.k.
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It should be rated XXXXXX!!!!
shareNooooo. Her nudity was not all that graphic. I say it ranges somewhere inbetween. She semi-silhoutte in the nighttime in the most scenes she was naked in. And as someone had stated, it was done tastefully and beautifully. As with Liam's.
shareI don't think some of these people know what a vagina is. You see some of her vulva, yes, but her vadge - NO. NO NO NO. No labia either, just her vulva and some bush.
This thread reminds me of that dog whisperer show where there was the lady screaming her dog bit her on her "Bagina" when what she meant to say was her dog bit her crotch area. A woman's crotch is not one giant vagina people. There's multiple parts there for the love of vocabulary!
That would be like calling a man's testicles his penis or his urethra his anus. Get a copy of an anatomy book or just go over to wikipedia!
"Dog bit my Bagina" video clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l41MZ6gN62c
If you can see "vulva" than you can see labia. Otherwise, what are you even talking about? Clitoral close up?
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from Wikpedia:
The vulva (from Latin, vulva, plural vulvae or vulvas; see etymology) refers to the external genital organs of the female.[1] In colloquial speech, the term vagina is often used to refer to the female genitals generally, although, strictly speaking, the vagina is a specific internal structure, whereas the vulva is the whole exterior genitalia.
A lot of those Coppertone ads on billboards was Jodi Foster's fanny. As far as this being the equivalent of porn or being too explicit that is nonsense. Nell was totally innocent of society's rules regarding modesty and did what came naturally with no sense of shame. In the lagoon movies both sets of children lost their parents or supervising by adults at a young age and also were innocent of societal mores.As anyone who has kids knows,at a young age kids tend to run around totally naked until stopped by their parents and clothed.Some even will strip in front of the neighbors in their own front yards at the age of 2 or 3 years old. Depends on how you look at nudity. Innocent or sexual? Sometimes I think the nudists have the right idea.
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