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"You may have seen worse but hardly in a film where a 'hero' does it." - Au contraire, monsieur tin.

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Audiophilander

In Reply to: RE: Rape: literally, you're correct, figuratively, not. posted by tinear on March 09, 2009 at 21:37:27

One excellent example: Sin City, which BTW, is a great film, well paced and ground breaking.

AuPh

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I've forgotten that bloodbath so I'll rely on your memory: did the "hero" - tinear 11:38:50 03/11/09 (1)
beat a woman half to death and attempt to rape her?
- Sorry, but you are fixated on one short scene where no actual rape occurs. - Audiophilander 15:14:20 03/11/09 (0)
  We can both agree that The Comedian is not especially heroic and that his behavior is far from admirable. You certainly have the right to loathe the character even though he died early on, but to be fair, in the flashbacks he didn't beat Silk Spectre half to death even if that was your impression. We should try to keep in mind that even though The Comedian is a cigar chomping lout he is just one character in a story that isn't centered on any one character. Note: This is a plot driven rather than character driven film.
  Speaking generally, there is uglier violence in Sin City and a lot more of it, and the violence is often justifiably dispensed by a protagonist hero. As for violence against women there is plenty of that in Sin City as well, but women frequently give as good as they get (much of the violence is dispensed by women), but there are also scenes of psychotic killers who enjoy torturing victims. In Watchmen most of the heroes are in fact heroic albeit flawed and the violence less demented or grisly.
  As far as calling Sin City a bloodbath, well, you do have a point, but it is also a moody, noirish tale that is extremely well told in chapters that can be woven together in an infinite number of ways; it is deserving of the high praise it has received. Even if Sin City isn't your cuppa-tea (as Watchmen obviously isn't) it's still a bona fide classic of the genre.
  AuPh
  
  Edits: 03/11/09 03/11/09

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