Maybe someone out there can help me see a different perspective on this. I just posted in the "movies you watched today" thread, and it got me thinking about this...
Just saw "Zack and Miri Make a Porno." I can totally see why many, many people would never go to see it. First of all, the title itself could be very off-putting. And, then the movie...well, it's a Kevin Smith film in every sense. It's raunchy, vulgar and foul. I LOVED IT.
What confuses me is this...some guy in Salt Lake City, Utah banned it from being shown in his theaters. You know, that's fine. He also banned "Brokeback Mountain" and apparently later regretted that decision.
My problem is not so much that he's banned this film because it has nudity (brief full frontal for one man and one woman and lots of T & A throughout) and is brutal in it's use of language (I would be interested to know how many times the F-bomb is dropped in this flick!).
My issue stems from the fact that he did not ban "Saw V."
Someone...please...explain to me why it's ok for people to watch ultra violence (beheadings, self tracheotomies with ball point pens, bodies getting cut in two, self mutilation, etc...and that's just in this installment of the series!), but it's not ok for people to see someones privates.
I know they have to be out there...people who would rather their child see death than sex. Just like I know there are people out there who rubberneck at accidents on the side of the highway. But, I haven't met a single person who will admit to it.
Personally, I would rather my child not see either. But, honestly, if I had to chose, I'd rather my kid see full blown porn than to see the battle scenes in "300" or "Gladiator."
The only reason I can think of is that sex is more accessible than ultra violence. But, still...that's pretty far fetched to me. I don't know...this is just something I've always wondered about. Again...call me weird, but I'd rather my kid go to bed dreaming of naked people than go to bed having nightmares about terrorists and beheadings.
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