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Ellemeno:
--- Quote from: Mikaela on July 09, 2008, 03:36:13 pm ---So it's OK that a film contains loads of scary and sadistic murder and mayhem, as long as the villains don't scream "fuck" while they're killing people? ???
Thank you for explaining, Leslie. :) But it still doesn't make sense to me, personally.
I'd never have let someone who wasn't well past 15 watch this film, from what I'm reading over here, - in fact, I've started worrying again how it will impact *me*. I do my best to stay away from having my mind polluted by too much human pain and horror displayed for entertainment purposes and from having my empathy numbed down by strong depictions of cruelty and sadism.... and the NFB's comment concerning "massive depiction of cruelty and violence in a threatening and very dark universe" worries me. Now none of the film reviews I have read comment on that aspect at all, even when it comes to the Joker it's all reviewers' screams of joy, and noone bothers about what he is shown getting up to, just that Heath is so good at making it believable.... so I had actually stopped worrying. But of course they are all American reviewers and used to films with massive violence being viewed by all and sundry, and so probably saw no problem as long as nobody said "fuck". ::)
Please guys, once you've seen it - let me know if the violence is over the top and of the kind that might leave a somewhat sensitive person sleepless. :-\
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Mikaela, I agree with your main point here hunnerd per cent. When I first started hearing about TDK, I assumed it was a Heath movie I just was going to have to skip. But when he died, and it became clear that his body of work was finite, I knew I was going to see TDK (and Candy and Monster's Ball, which I had assumed I would never, ever see). And I started getting excited to see TDK, reading what people were saying about Heath. But yeah, "massive depiction of cruelty and violence in a threatening and very dark universe" sounds very grim. I'm going to see it, but it is why I decided to not go for the IMAX experience, which engulfs a person.
And just to say - and to just be honest about how something is striking me - it's not that I disagree with your depiction of some American popular movies having massive violence that might tend to make people become complacent and inured to horror, but I just want to say that I am an American, born and bred, and I'm not into those movies, and I know plenty of other Americans who aren't.
Ellemeno:
Hey, I just remembered what Heath said in that first TDK interview I found and posted within the last two weeks - something about how the violence in the movie is more threatened and implied than overt and gory. Anybody remember that, and has the time to find it?
Not that threatened violence isn't damaging. :-\
BelAir:
--- Quote from: Elle on July 09, 2008, 04:58:20 pm ---
I can't imagine you as a bad Brokie, Bel. :-* Hey, fly to Seattle and get up at the crack of dawn Sat July 19th and see TDK with us!
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Well, you know, I would, but a) don't have $$$ to travel, and b) I have to move that weekend!!!!
:)
Mikaela - regarding the violence of TDK. Did you see Batman Begins? How was that for you? What about Point Break? (old Keanu Reeves/Patrick Swayze movie - honestly, i just asked that b/c of the masked robbers scene) I am anticipating that TDK will be violent, but not gory. How do you want us to let you know without giving away spoilers? (trying to be helpful, not nosey or pushy or anything)
BelAir:
ps Elle - I see that you are staring down at 10,000 posts!!!
:o :o :o
;D
Ellemeno:
--- Quote from: BelAir on July 09, 2008, 06:03:58 pm ---ps Elle - I see that you are staring down at 10,000 posts!!!
:o :o :o
;D
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Wow, hadn't noticed. Just 560+ posts to go! :laugh: Should take me a week or so. :laugh:
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