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When you say violent...
what exactly do you mean? What is violence measured by in movies? Do you count the gore factor? Like in those zombie horror flicks? Are they the most violent films? Or is it more realistic urban street violence? Anytime I hear people talking about violent movies they bring up horror films and I just don't consider those to be violent per se because they just rely on gore? So, my question is How do you measure violence in films?
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I think fighting, shooting, murder, stabbing, killing, and rape all qualify. Someone getting eaten by a posessed garbage disposal isn't really violence so much as gore, but the MPAA probably lumps that in there as well since it's visually disturbing. Violence, however, usually just encompasses acts of physical aggression.
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I personally don't consiter lots of blood and gore as violence, now if we see how all of this happens, then its violence, like I don't think pulp fiction and reservoir dogs are as extreme violent as critics have said.
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Originally posted by Rypro 525
I personally don't consiter lots of blood and gore as violence, now if we see how all of this happens, then its violence, like I don't think pulp fiction and reservoir dogs are as extreme violent as critics have said.
I personally don't consiter lots of blood and gore as violence, now if we see how all of this happens, then its violence, like I don't think pulp fiction and reservoir dogs are as extreme violent as critics have said.
Something like "Once Were Warriors" has scenes of extremely disturbing and violent acts, but gets the same rating (R) as some goofball action movie like "True Lies". I guess that's why the descriptions after the rating are actually more useful than the rating itself...
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the ear scene in Resevoir Dogs was violent,
the biting the curb scene and the shower scene in American History X was violent
the beating of Blondie in Fight Club was violent
i classify violent as something more real than gore in monster movies. anything that carries a brutalness to it. someone getting their head cut off by a sword to me is not violent. someone getting beat about the head with a blunt object that requires a certain ammount of rage to keep it up to me is violent
the biting the curb scene and the shower scene in American History X was violent
the beating of Blondie in Fight Club was violent
i classify violent as something more real than gore in monster movies. anything that carries a brutalness to it. someone getting their head cut off by a sword to me is not violent. someone getting beat about the head with a blunt object that requires a certain ammount of rage to keep it up to me is violent
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People often confuse blood and guts with violence. I think violence is any act of physical aggression from one person to another. This could be gory, or not. But gore in itself is not violence.
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Originally posted by Rypro 525
I personally don't consiter lots of blood and gore as violence, now if we see how all of this happens, then its violence, like I don't think pulp fiction and reservoir dogs are as extreme violent as critics have said.
I personally don't consiter lots of blood and gore as violence, now if we see how all of this happens, then its violence, like I don't think pulp fiction and reservoir dogs are as extreme violent as critics have said.
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The Reservoir Dogs torture scene is violence.
Rape scenes are violent.
It's all about context moreso than content. There's the John Woo style where all the bullets flying are framed in an entertainment content, while a Saving Private Ryan shows the gritty reality of combat. The "dinner scene" in Hannibal is so absurd and over the top to be considered violent, even though it's disgusting and disturbing.
Then you have the likes of Robocop and Total Recall which seem to go overboard on the blood and body parts.
Rape scenes are violent.
It's all about context moreso than content. There's the John Woo style where all the bullets flying are framed in an entertainment content, while a Saving Private Ryan shows the gritty reality of combat. The "dinner scene" in Hannibal is so absurd and over the top to be considered violent, even though it's disgusting and disturbing.
Then you have the likes of Robocop and Total Recall which seem to go overboard on the blood and body parts.
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Shooting someone = non-violent. Poking someone in the eye = violent. Kicking someone = non-violent. Cutting someone in half with a chainsaw = violent.
For me, the level of resultant gore determines the "violence level" much moreso than any act unto itself.
For me, the level of resultant gore determines the "violence level" much moreso than any act unto itself.
Last edited by BigPete; 09-14-03 at 05:47 PM.
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I think gore is to violence what Keaneu Reeves is to acting. It can be considered, and technically maybe violent, but it really isn't.
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Originally posted by Cusm
I think gore is to violence what Keaneu Reeves is to acting. It can be considered, and technically maybe violent, but it really isn't.
I think gore is to violence what Keaneu Reeves is to acting. It can be considered, and technically maybe violent, but it really isn't.