Scenes in older movies that would never be 'allowed' by studios now
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I second the scenes in "The Exorcist." Not only those already mentioned, but the desecration of the Virgin Mary shown towards the beginning.
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We get off off screen/implied vomiting here and there. It's a give and take depending on the film I guess (rating my dictate which...i'll have to check on that). Anyway...it doesn't bother me seeing people vomit in a film. What bothers me is when it doesn't look right.
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I have to disagree on school shooting scenes. Yes, you would see it in Elephant because that was a serious, dark film. You're not going to see that in a comedy or many other genres. It's all about context.
One thing I noticed while watching Ghostbusters is the hotel scene where they first meet Slimer, all of them are smoking. They smoke a lot in the film actually and it's disappointing that if they make Ghostbusters 3 then I highly doubt we will ever see a lit cigarette. So much of the population of the country smokes and Hollywood movies pretend like no one does it anymore. It's annoying.
One thing I noticed while watching Ghostbusters is the hotel scene where they first meet Slimer, all of them are smoking. They smoke a lot in the film actually and it's disappointing that if they make Ghostbusters 3 then I highly doubt we will ever see a lit cigarette. So much of the population of the country smokes and Hollywood movies pretend like no one does it anymore. It's annoying.
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Ivan Reitman even mentions the amount of smoking (well the lack thereof) in the Ghostbusters 2 commentary...and there's only five years difference between those films.
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Oh and to answer the thread - Divine eating dogshit in Pink Flamingos.
Really any of John Waters older movies. Even on the special features for A Dirty Shame Waters lamented about having trouble finding funding because of how pussified Hollywood had become.
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I think the remake of When a Stranger Calls is a prime example of this.
In the original the one key event of the entire plot is the fact that the killer has slaughtered the children in the house brutally. In the remake of course the children are not harmed in the slightest.
Similarly, the original House on Haunted Hill (1958 for love's sake) has a central character who brutally kills his wife and her lover and (it is strongly implied at the end) will get away with it. The same character in the remake plans to do this but his wife is in fact killed by a ghost and of course he pays for his actions by also being killed.
It is the sheer lack of balls in modern films that often dooms them to mediocrity.
Oh, and another one. The Posiedon Adventure has a central character who is a priest who spends the final moments of his life damning and cursing his diety. Nothing like that in Posiedon (2005.)
In the original the one key event of the entire plot is the fact that the killer has slaughtered the children in the house brutally. In the remake of course the children are not harmed in the slightest.
Similarly, the original House on Haunted Hill (1958 for love's sake) has a central character who brutally kills his wife and her lover and (it is strongly implied at the end) will get away with it. The same character in the remake plans to do this but his wife is in fact killed by a ghost and of course he pays for his actions by also being killed.
It is the sheer lack of balls in modern films that often dooms them to mediocrity.
Oh, and another one. The Posiedon Adventure has a central character who is a priest who spends the final moments of his life damning and cursing his diety. Nothing like that in Posiedon (2005.)
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And let's be honest, the original film is a pretty sanitized version of the novel:
Spoiler:
Try filming that one without people losing their shit.
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I doubt we'll ever see a movie like THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP again. While far less violent than the novel, we have the death of a child, the described rape of a little girl, women who mutilate themselves, political assassinations, and a dissonant ending. I love the movie, but I've heard people who absolutely hate it merely because of the tragedies, and the shocking ending.
I also doubt that we'll see a hero punch out his leading lady, just for laughs and a feeble way to advance the plot as seen in STREETS OF FIRE.
I also doubt that we'll see a hero punch out his leading lady, just for laughs and a feeble way to advance the plot as seen in STREETS OF FIRE.
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I have to disagree on school shooting scenes. Yes, you would see it in Elephant because that was a serious, dark film. You're not going to see that in a comedy or many other genres. It's all about context.
One thing I noticed while watching Ghostbusters is the hotel scene where they first meet Slimer, all of them are smoking. They smoke a lot in the film actually and it's disappointing that if they make Ghostbusters 3 then I highly doubt we will ever see a lit cigarette. So much of the population of the country smokes and Hollywood movies pretend like no one does it anymore. It's annoying.
One thing I noticed while watching Ghostbusters is the hotel scene where they first meet Slimer, all of them are smoking. They smoke a lot in the film actually and it's disappointing that if they make Ghostbusters 3 then I highly doubt we will ever see a lit cigarette. So much of the population of the country smokes and Hollywood movies pretend like no one does it anymore. It's annoying.
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I find it very hard to believe that only 20% of the population smokes, when everytime I turn around, I see someone smoking. I don't know what CDC stands for, but whatever.
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Here's their web page on adult smoking in the U.S.:
Adult Smoking in the US
I also find it hard to believe that only 20% of the population smokes. CDC is a government agency, so it's in their interest to crunch the numbers downward to make themselves look good. Like the police precincts in New York who arbitrarily turn felony complaints into misdemeanors to make it look like crime is going down. Until all hell breaks loose, like it did on Labor Day weekend when a couple of dozen people got shot in one 24-hour period and the numbers couldn't be fudged.
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Poseidon is a very loose remake of The Poseidon Adventure rather than an adaptation of the novel like the original film.
And let's be honest, the original film is a pretty sanitized version of the novel:
Try filming that one without people losing their shit.
And let's be honest, the original film is a pretty sanitized version of the novel:
Spoiler:
Try filming that one without people losing their shit.
Last edited by RocShemp; 09-22-11 at 12:55 PM.
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that was my thought exactly. Like...how the hell do you play that straight? Was the book any good cuz if something like that is in there..I can only imagine the quality of the overrall book.
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Frankly, I hardly see anybody smoking anymore. It's been made more and more difficult to smoke so a lot of people have quit or just do it in their homes.
It was easy for movies to show people smoking in restaurants and stuff like that but more and more states have gone completely no smoking in public places, so where are the characters supposed to smoke?
It was easy for movies to show people smoking in restaurants and stuff like that but more and more states have gone completely no smoking in public places, so where are the characters supposed to smoke?
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I wouldn't say "only 20%" that means at least one major cast member should be shown smoking and that very rarely happens in any major Hollywood movies.
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For some reason it's very important to some of you to see people smoking in your entertainment. I suggest you watch Mad Men, I guess.
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The moment they take out smoking out of period films is when I'll care. If it's set in the present USA...do we need to see someone smoking? If I BARELY see it now..it's fine to barely see it in modern set films
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With all this anti-christian movies over the last 11 years I don't see how anyone can believe they would not film a scene like that today.
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No movie will ever have a Middle Eastern person the 100% bad guy. They will always be shown to have a reason for their evil. Or the real villain will turn out to be a white rich guy/U.S. Government.
Even in "United 93", the Bad Guys were shown praying right after the wake up. This give the impression they are doing evil to please God. I do not remember it showing other people involved waking up and getting ready for their day.
If I was an Islamic Terrorist, I use this "United 93" as an encouragement to new "Recruits".
Even in "United 93", the Bad Guys were shown praying right after the wake up. This give the impression they are doing evil to please God. I do not remember it showing other people involved waking up and getting ready for their day.
If I was an Islamic Terrorist, I use this "United 93" as an encouragement to new "Recruits".