I think it was Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer that got the dreaded NC-17 rating because of "disturbing moral tone." Not for anything specific, like violence or sex or whatever - it was the movie as a whole that the censor didn't like.
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tommyrot - Dec 02, 2004 9:15:26 am PST #6567 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Gandalfe - Dec 02, 2004 9:59:42 am PST #6568 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Orgazmo is the best example of stupid NC-17.
Kathy A - Dec 02, 2004 10:10:58 am PST #6569 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
And, on the opposite end of the spectrum, I'll just geek out quietly over the fact that, on the 14th, not only am I going to be buying the RotKEE, but also the 40th anniversary Special Edition of Mary Poppins!! It made me happy to see that listed on the Amazon upcoming releases.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 02, 2004 10:15:53 am PST #6570 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Ah, the movie my Mom would gladly burn all prints of (and mindwipe the public of its memory, if that were possible)...
Kathy A - Dec 02, 2004 10:17:12 am PST #6571 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Why? Was she a book purist (I know a few of those that couldn't stand the film), or a detester of the bad Cockney accent of DVD's?
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 02, 2004 10:33:14 am PST #6572 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
She hates fantastic/dreamlike musicals in general, due to some unknown button they push. (We never watched The Wizard of Oz when I was growing up, either.) But Mary Poppins is her brightest burning hate, from among the whole genre. I don't think she'd spit on Dick van Dyke if he were burning to death in front of her.
Frankenbuddha - Dec 02, 2004 10:36:30 am PST #6573 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I don't think she'd spit on Dick van Dyke if he were burning to death in front of her.
Makes note to use MARY POPPINS and CHITTY CHITTY, BANG BANG when giving Matt's mom the Clockwork Orange treatment.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 02, 2004 10:50:21 am PST #6574 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Dude, she has a bottle-it-up-til-Krakatoa-erupts temper that makes mine look like healthy steam-blowing in comparison. You wanna be in the ER having pieces of videotape surgically removed from your rib cage?
Frankenbuddha - Dec 02, 2004 11:02:44 am PST #6575 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
You wanna be in the ER having pieces of videotape surgically removed from your rib cage?
See, the Clockwork Orange treatment implies lots of restraints. However, I'll take the hint that Hulk-ing out may be a possibility here and give it a pass. Darn my sadistic streak - darn it all to heck.
Sean K - Dec 02, 2004 12:56:37 pm PST #6576 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Actually, in a similar way to the fact that, halfway through Blackhawk Down, I realized that the Somalis were being portrayed as just a half-turn away from zombies, all mob-like and Other and unknowable.
Mulitiple people have said this to me about Black Hawk Down, and I just don't see it. There were several Somali speaking parts that were explicitly meant to make them non-Other, and human, to give their side of the story (there could have been more, but it was already a long, full movie.
The swarming Somali combantants were meant to portray what that awful battle was like for the Rangers and Deltas on the ground.
And now I see this discussion was fully played out, so I guess I'm just chiming in on Robin's side. I think the movie was meant to be history, but not an objective history.
The book is also focused primarily on the POV of the soldiers, so I don't see why the movie had to be broader in scope.