There's no frontal nude scene or extremely violent/bloody scene in this movie. I once saw on Sci-Fi Channel where a woman was cut in half (and yes, the intestines are shown). If they can get away with that kind of stuff, why rate this movie R? It's a shame that many young people can't watch this movie because of that.
shareI think if Van Sant or the distributor wanted to protest the rating they probably would have had a good case. Maybe just felt like it was a movie for adults and they were unlikely to lose much money with an R rating.
shareI guess. It's just that the R rating could give people wrong ideas about this movie. This movie concentrates on important issues. And it makes me sick that there are some trolls out there that keep talking about James Franco's nude scenes. I even saw some pathetic trolls posted information about his penis. It's all nonsense.
Sometimes, I am disgusted by these people. This is a serious movie, for God's sakes.
Well, Franco talked about wearing a prosthetic penis on the Jimmy Kimmel show and how Sean Penn didn't realize it was fake until they gave him one to wear for his nude scene. The thing is, since the prosthetic is worn over the penis it makes the wearer look better "equipped". It's actually pretty funny when he talks about it.
http://www.afterelton.com/blog/brianjuergens/james-franco-lets-all-hang-out-milk-nude-scenes
I actually just watched Milk again and I just wondered why they had the nudity during the pool scene. It just seemed kind of gratuitous. I can't imagine that James' butt was what gave the film an R rating. It sounds like they filmed some nude scenes that didn't end up in the film though.
Thanks for the info. I watched this movie, and I don't remeber any scene where Franco's fake penis is shown. Thanks for the info though.
I just wish people would concentrate more on the issues instead of the actor's body.
"language, some sexual content, and brief violence"
-The Motion Picture Association of America