In Reply to: "Sin City" has taken mainstream to a new low by posted by tinear on September 28, 2005 at 23:53:17:
To me there are different categories of violence in movies.1. You have surreal movies which don't depict violence as realistic. Example: Sin City.
2. You have gritty dramas or suspence which show realistic violence which impacts you emotionally. Examples: Psycho or Fargo.
3. You have horror movies where the violence is not realistic even though it is gory but intended to shock or scare. Example, Friday the 13th.
4. You have comedy/drama where the violence is not realistic and intended to be funny. Example: Raising Arizona.
5. You have comedy/drama where the violence is realistic and intended to be funny. For example, Total Recall where Arnold's character uses a person as a human shield to take a bunch of bullets or a bullet to Sharon Stone's character's brain and "Consider that a divorce."
If you ask me, #5 is the bad stuff and probably the most popular stuff.
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Follow Ups
- I beg to differ - Daryl Zero 11:26:54 09/29/05 (13)
- Would Films Like..... - AudioHead 06:29:57 09/30/05 (1)
- Re: Would Films Like..... - Daryl Zero 15:09:17 09/30/05 (0)
- Generally true, but category 6 is far worse than Cat. 5 on the "hurricane of violence" scale. - Audiophilander 12:45:53 09/29/05 (9)
- Explain how Category 6 is Different from 1? - Daryl Zero 13:26:16 09/29/05 (8)
- Re: Explain how Category 6 is Different from 1? - Audiophilander 01:00:53 09/30/05 (7)
- Re: Explain how Category 6 is Different from 1? - Daryl Zero 14:50:45 09/30/05 (0)
- Re: I thought Fight Club... - Jeff Starrs 02:43:11 09/30/05 (5)
- "...showed the cold, impotent & dehumanizing effects of violence." - That was not my impression; like PdL, I was bored. - Audiophilander 09:15:56 09/30/05 (0)
- Re: I thought Fight Club... - PdL 06:36:05 09/30/05 (1)
- IMO, Pitt, Like Cruise & Costner, Is Far Overrated. nt - AudioHead 08:31:22 09/30/05 (0)
- Well done. nt - tinear 04:46:41 09/30/05 (1)
- Re: Thanks... - Jeff Starrs 10:48:45 09/30/05 (0)
- Re: I beg to differ - Jeff Starrs 11:59:12 09/29/05 (0)