Rug Burn Junky on 16/3/2007 at 18:35
Quote Posted by Muzman
stuff
Hold on a second, what the fuck, when did you stop being "killed in the Tsunami," and why didn't I notice before now?
BEAR on 16/3/2007 at 23:53
Quote Posted by Scots_Taffer
The whole mysognistic viewpoint was raised by my wife, who found the film very uncomfortable and sadistic to watch.
breaking news, sin city was sadistic and uncomfortable.
Swiss Mercenary on 17/3/2007 at 05:16
Quote Posted by Lady Taffer
On the flip side, feminists are always getting trashed for being "man-haters" but I know a lot of feminists and curiously the only instances of man hating that I've ever seen have come from other men.
The ones that wail the loudest typically are the ones who are heard the most.
And the ones that wail the loudest often enough happen to be just that, if the papers are to be believed.
Scots Taffer on 17/3/2007 at 05:38
Quote Posted by BEAR
breaking news, sin city was sadistic and uncomfortable.
I thought it was fucking awesome and brilliant personally :cool:
pavlovscat on 17/3/2007 at 06:08
Quote Posted by BEAR
breaking news, sin city was sadistic and uncomfortable.
Sadistic, certainly, but uncomfortable? Why? I loved Sin City & 300. They are only movies, not reality. Why does that make you uncomfortable? Does it hit too close to the deep dark secret inner you that you try not to acknowlege? Just wondering.
Ko0K on 17/3/2007 at 09:29
It's no secret that bears come out of their hybernation a lot thinner than they were before their snooze. Oh, wait. You said "inner." Never mind.
jimjack on 17/3/2007 at 17:02
Historical accuracies get flung out the window since its an interpretation of events in the onctext of the artist's vision. Being the view of Frank Miller telling it through a soldier's story of Leonide's tale and likely as exagerated abit as well no doubt..Besides it's the actual battle thats interesting.
aarghhgh!!!(
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I can't get enough of this..
I'm out tonight seeing it..on IMAX.
*i got carried away with the utter awesomeness of it? ..sorrybouthat gingerbreadman:S
Thirith on 17/3/2007 at 17:10
Quote Posted by pavlovscat
Sadistic, certainly, but uncomfortable? Why? I loved Sin City & 300. They are only movies, not reality.
I find that attitude as naive and uncritical as "Brutal movies/games turn their audiences into raving, bloodthirsty madmen!!!!" What we see on the screen has some sort of influence on us. It is definitely not a simple, one-to-one brainwashing we get, but culture does influence our thinking, just as our thinking influences culture.
BEAR on 17/3/2007 at 18:26
Quote Posted by pavlovscat
Sadistic, certainly, but uncomfortable? Why? I loved Sin City & 300. They are only movies, not reality. Why does that make you uncomfortable? Does it hit too close to the deep dark secret inner you that you try not to acknowlege? Just wondering.
Even if you enjoy it, I think its probably bad if you're not slightly uncomfortable, although I wasnt really. I really liked Sin City btw.
A movie that was somehow really uncomfortable for me was Children of Men, great movie but it was somehow harsh to watch.
pavlovscat on 17/3/2007 at 22:13
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A movie that was somehow really uncomfortable for me was Children of Men, great movie but it was somehow harsh to watch.
Good movie, but just about the only films that make me uncomfortable are some of the really hard core Japanese bondage porn. I find them strangely & embarrassingly seductive.
Quote Posted by Thirith
What we see on the screen has some sort of influence on us. It is definitely not a simple, one-to-one brainwashing we get, but culture does influence our thinking, just as our thinking influences culture.
I don't dispute that, nor I am saying I was totally unaffected. Society has become progressively more permissive of displays of violence which is reflected in many facets of life today. I think my lack of strong response to violent things stems from how common violence has become in every day life. I'm just accustomed to it and perhaps expect it.
