As I grow older and respect human life more and more, I find violence in movies increasingly disturbing. I watched Zombieland again a few weeks ago and in the first few minutes of that film, a woman is thrown from her car, through the windshield, only to roughly collide with the pavement. Even in the context of a movie as lighthearted and inconsequential as Zombieland (the crash in question is played as a joke), I really couldn't get over that image; it still sort of haunts me today. This is coming from someone who used to delight in my high number of tallied "head-shots" when I played Goldeneye on the Nintendo 64. I've changed, and I have changed for the better, and what I am saying is I will take Kristen Stewart's tits in a car (as the above stills photograph depict, it is a scene from the upcoming On The Road) over someone crashing a car any day of the week.
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It's funny you mention Zombieland because that was one of the first movies where I got kind of freaked out by the violence, specifically in the opening sequences. I know they're zombies so they're not people and stuff but those opening credits were kind of a tough pill for me to swallow. And, like you, I used to LOVE violence in movie. Fght Club was one of the sexiest movies I can think of, so I clearly still have it in me, somewhere, to like it. But now I also just find the graphic violence kind of distasteful. Being old is weird.
That picture of KStew's boobs is too blurry. FOCUS, PHOTOG! I want more details!
I'm all for senseless violence as long as it doesn't involve needles. I remember being a little kid and my brother was watching a scary movie (Babysitter Massacre if I recall correctly) with some of his friends. I would leave the room when the sexy scenes would come on because they confused me.
Don't get me wrong I also covered my eyes when the guy drove an axe through the girls head but I wasn't ready to see people doing the deed. Flash forward to a few weeks ago and I purposefully looked up the five minute video of Black Swan that only had the sexy bits.
I agree with Kira, KStew's boobs need to come into high def focus. What better way to market the movie than to make that screen cap the poster?
I think I did a college term paper on the weird moral values of American movies. It's okay to see someone get their head ripped off by a chainsaw, but you can't show people having sex or nude scenes from the waist down. For a long time, a topless woman was the best you can get. I remember the first time I EVER saw a penis in a movie, it was "The Piano" and I was SHOCKED. I'm guessing they're not allowed to show wood either.
@Tod. They're really not allowed, unless they want to make a porno. in which case it's a porno and cannot be played in normal theatres I guess because of license agreements I assume ;)(the last sentence is based on a lot of guesswork but that's how I explain stuff without researching it further to myself :) )
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