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So did anybody else...

posted 14 years ago by avidbookreader92
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think this movie was violent enough to warrant an R rating? I honestly didn't see it as that violent. One review site I read stated: "It was intense and intensely graphic in violence and gore. The Last Samurai is fully equivalent to hardcore R-rated programming in violence".
I, frankly, don't see that at all. I mean yeah, it was violent. Pretty violent. But I didn't think there was as much violence as, say, Lord of the Rings. And the violence was less gruesome and gory as LotR.
Maybe it's just me, but I didn't think it deserved an "R" at all.

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[–] legendlength 14 years ago

I agree. I'm guessing it's because of the single scene where the guy gets decapitated, which wasn't very graphic anyway. There's probably guidelines that say if a person has his head cut off, regardless of how it's presented, it automatically gets an R.

[–] Con_Thompson 14 years ago

Several orcs get their heads cut off in LOTR, as did several gondorian soldiers who was catapulted into Minas Tirith by the Mordor army. And it was still rated PG-13.

[–] legendlength 14 years ago

Hmm that's really strange. I'd love to know the reasoning behind the R rating then.

[–] Dream_Demon 13 years ago

So would I. Compared to gore-tastic movies like Saw and The Thing, this is tame.

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[–] iemand-anders1 11 years ago

could it be there are different versions?
because i saw blood gusting fluently all around,i did not see that in LOTR.

also limbs are clearly flying around. yes you have much more brutal cinema, but they did not hide the results of blade carnage

[–] Dinosaw 11 years ago

You obviously watched a cut version.

There was a lot of blood in this.

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