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Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-14-10
Replies: 96
violence, nudity and cursing in films
Posted By rufnek
I suspect that, like most changes in life, it was...

I suspect that, like most changes in life, it was a combination of both the evolvement of films as you suggest and the box-office push to get more movie goers back into the theaters. The French films...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-11-10
Replies: 96
violence, nudity and cursing in films
Posted By rufnek
That may be very true. And yet Native Americans...

That may be very true. And yet Native Americans and Blacks have long complained that the movies have created a poor image of their people, so they must think film has the power to spread negative...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-11-10
Replies: 96
violence, nudity and cursing in films
Posted By rufnek
All valid arguments, Mark. But didn't scripters,...

All valid arguments, Mark. But didn't scripters, directors and actors want to express more realistic actions and attitudes in the movies in the 1930s, 1940s, early 1950s? Weren't there more sex and...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-11-10
Replies: 96
violence, nudity and cursing in films
Posted By rufnek
Sorry, kid, that's right down there with the...

Sorry, kid, that's right down there with the popular male theory that all women secretly want to be raped.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-11-10
Replies: 96
violence, nudity and cursing in films
Posted By rufnek
Same goes for sex. Years ago I took my teenage...

Same goes for sex. Years ago I took my teenage daughter to what I thought was a "safe" comedy, Private Benjamin, and just moments into the film, there's Goldie Hawn simulating oral sex in the front...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-11-10
Replies: 96
violence, nudity and cursing in films
Posted By rufnek
Would you agree, however, there is a difference...

Would you agree, however, there is a difference in both the quantity and quality of violence used to advance the plot (as in Dial M for murder) and violence that is the plot, as in the Freddy Kruger...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-09-10
Replies: 96
violence, nudity and cursing in films
Posted By rufnek
Maybe I haven't seen enough PG 13 films because...

Maybe I haven't seen enough PG 13 films because it seems to me that there is more violence and at least nudity, if not sex, in movies today. One comparision of violence is the film 3:10 to Yuma as...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-09-10
Replies: 96
violence, nudity and cursing in films
Posted By rufnek
Which supports my proposal to use real ammo in...

Which supports my proposal to use real ammo in the shootout scenes--Man, that would truly represent what the director wants to portray, even if it may be a little harmful to the cast. Mighe even...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-09-10
Replies: 96
violence, nudity and cursing in films
Posted By rufnek
I don't buy the "reality" excuse either--if...

I don't buy the "reality" excuse either--if Hollywood is into reality, why don't they load those prop guns and really shoot a few actors--or at least a few extras--in those violent shootouts? Better...