How do you feel about violence in movies?

Why Steel, you definitely know how to advertise a movie, I'm hooked. I might check it out

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One of my fav violent films is Australian. The Horseman.

Thanks Nesto. All is forgiven.

Wait, you're not tricking me again, are you?

Cat, a lot of aussie films are very violent. Must be our convict heritage.

Weirdly, i think one of the sexual assualt scenes that affected me most was in American Honey It's ridiculously tame compared to some other stuff i've seen but i think the implications and how well shot/built up it is got really under my skin. I know that's barely related to what you guys are talking about (i saw Spit On Your Grave so i ran with it) but it came to mind after i was just talking about American Honey with Cricket.

I posted this about it:



Here - http://www.movieforums.com/community...96#post1616696

So many good ones! Wolf Creek, Chopper...

Romper Stomper is a good one, cat. Kickstarted Russell Crowe's career.

If you like that sort of thing (rape, revenge, torture and graphic violence). I just thought the remake was a far better overall movie (due to the aspects I mentioned) than the original which, despite its reputation, is just 70's schlock - even the villains are campy at times and the revenge seems rather mundane. The remake is updated (with things like cell phone video which plays into the plot), but the revenge in the remake is just so calculated, horrifying & extreme that you don't know whether to start feeling sorry for the villains or delight in the fact that those who really deserve it finally get what's coming to them (and then some).

I've been staying out of this thread because most people here already know my opinion about violent movies, so I didn't feel the need to repeat myself, but I forgot about the influx of new members from IMDB and other places.

Just to let you know, he's lying about me. I HATE violent movies, especially movies that use violence just for the sake of violence and/or shock value. I understand that there are sometimes genuine reasons for violence in movies, and I can appreciate some movies that have a good story, even if there's some violence in the movie, but in general, if a movie is extremely violent, I won't like it.

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Oh bugger. I think I was being made fun of, not you. I get tricked here because I'm a newb. You can still join in the convo, though.I'm interested in your Pov.

I love violence as long as it fits the story and is well-choreographed. The only thing I can't stand is badly-staged action which looks fake and doesn't impress.

Not quite a vampire, but not far from it. I work in a home office during the week, so I can make my own hours. I usually wake up around Noon-1 PM, then I work most of the day, take a break around dinner time, and then work on my computer through the night. I usually go to sleep around 5-6 AM, so I can get up bright and early around Noon-1 PM and start the next day.

BTW, it sounds like we're opposites on genres. I LOVE musicals, but I don't like opera, (except "The Phantom of the Opera" Broadway musical), and I don't think I've ever seen a Bollywood movie.

I don't really have much to say about it because I don't really understand why anyone would like watching violence, especially graphic violence. But I'm sure that most of the people who like watching violent movies don't understand why I love watching musicals, (and rom-coms), so I guess we're even.

That's fair enough. We all have different taste. I'm just curious why your name was brought in here. hey, i really liked La La Land if that helps.

I don't like strong violence, I have a running argument with my friend about what constitutes a horror film, for him horror has to mean horror, I say for film it doesn't have to mean horror... nobody can tell me that "Dolls" is not a horror film. My biggest problem is with human on human violence, any kind of torture.. as I got older even more so I avoid anything like that.. even the hostel films are too much for me, I only watched the first one, I ****ing hate Eli Roth, I won't watch human centipede, I don't like the texas chainsaw massacre... recently "A walk among the tombstones" really made me feel sick with the violence and I had to turn it off halfway through and seriously considered watching no more.. even Tarantino pisses me off sometimes, like "Death Proof" a crap film with a mean heart.

I know there are many dark things in this world, I don't want to be privvy to all of it, I don't think it's good or entertaining and for people who go out of their way to push their boundaries and watch fake snuff are lacking in some kind of empathy, I don't even care for their excuses, there are the existence of some films I have read about that I wish didn't exist.

i appreciate your sentiment; I really do, but I watch simulated snuff films. I have said why I do. I don't watch them all the time but there is a reason I do it from time to time. It's not because I lack empathy and anyone who knows me in the real world would scoff at your suggestion. would I watch real snuff? if it existed, no way in hell.

I don't mind violence in films if it has the purpose and if it's a way to express social commentary. However I hate it when directors use violence as a shock value, just so they could leave an impression on the viewers.

gbgoodies was invoked because her stance on violence in movies is well known on this site, so MovieMeditation made a joke by asking where gbg was and by saying the opposite about her known feeling about violence (i.e. sarcasm).

Because some people, (they know who they are so I won't mention any names ), like to cause trouble sometimes.

I still haven't seen La La Land, but it's at the top of my watchlist of movies from 2016. I might even blind buy the DVD if I can find a good sale on it when it's released.