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How do we feel about this? I watched Road House last night and it got me thinking about how violence in movies and TV shows has become so shockingly graphic in just a couple decades.
I understand it in the context of horror films, but what does graphic violence add to a movie in your opinion that’s say, a drama? You can easily convey that someone has killed themself, for example, without a graphic recreation of someone’s head exploding from a shotgun blast. Yet in movies and TV now, even if it’s an isolated incident of violence in a movie that’s otherwise not full of violent scenes, any violence tends to be shown in this over-the-top way.
Just curious how everyone feels about this now that we’re all so desensitized.
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I absolutely hate the graphic violence in the entertainment industry these days. There are several shows I can't watch because of it. I honestly think ratings should be based on violence level rather than sexual content or profane language.
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doone wrote:
no one said it was gratuitous just graphic, very disgustingly, flinchingly, cover my eyes graphic
I would also add that it's not just violence that I'm talking about. It could just be graphic representations of injuries, like in Vice when the guy falls from the telephone pole and they make sure you see his busted-up legs with the bones protruding. For a movie like Vice, it felt unnecessary.
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no one said it was gratuitous just graphic, very disgustingly, flinchingly, cover my eyes graphic
I would also add that it's not just violence that I'm talking about. It could just be graphic representations of injuries, like in Vice when the guy falls from the telephone pole and they make sure you see his busted-up legs with the bones protruding. For a movie like Vice, it felt unnecessary.
i dont think i claimed anyone said it was. i was saying i am ok with it as long as it isnt gratuitous. does it lend itself to the story or not? sorry you didnt understand what i asked
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What I also cannot understand in the american culture is, that it is perfectly fine to show a character being shot on TV, but if a kid sees a woman's nipple on TV he's traumatized for life.
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Peeps wrote:
meatwad wrote:
doone wrote:
no one said it was gratuitous just graphic, very disgustingly, flinchingly, cover my eyes graphic
I would also add that it's not just violence that I'm talking about. It could just be graphic representations of injuries, like in Vice when the guy falls from the telephone pole and they make sure you see his busted-up legs with the bones protruding. For a movie like Vice, it felt unnecessary.
i dont think i claimed anyone said it was. i was saying i am ok with it as long as it isnt gratuitous. does it lend itself to the story or not? sorry you didnt understand what i asked
now I get it. Sorry.
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What I also cannot understand in the american culture is, that it is perfectly fine to show a character being shot on TV, but if a kid sees a woman's nipple on TV he's traumatized for life.
What I also cannot understand in the american culture is, that it is perfectly fine to show a character being shot on TV, but if a kid sees a woman's nipple on TV he's traumatized for life.
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Monkey_Driven wrote:
contamination wrote:
What I also cannot understand in the american culture is, that it is perfectly fine to show a character being shot on TV, but if a kid sees a woman's nipple on TV he's traumatized for life.
I've never understood it either.
Exactly
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doone wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
contamination wrote:
What I also cannot understand in the american culture is, that it is perfectly fine to show a character being shot on TV, but if a kid sees a woman's nipple on TV he's traumatized for life.
I've never understood it either.
Exactly
Ditto
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