I am not for censorship. People should make movies about anything without censorship. However movies like "Hostel" is not made for people like, Call me an old fart I don't care but to me its too violent. My friend and I just left the movie. I thought I was getting a scary movie instead I got an autopsy.
I would never say we should outlaw these movies. I just won't watch them. Now there is all the controversy surrounding the movie "Hound Dog". This is not something I want to see. If the movie helps shine a spotlight on child abuse then great. I will not protest a movie theatre for showing it. I just will not ever see it. I am not saying the movie is bad because.. I won't go there. Its a movie I do not care to watch.
We as a country need to allow movies of all subjects to be made. We can not say this should be outlawed if we do then who it to say that you can not do these movies because of its violence or
sexual content:
"Saving Private Ryan"
"Schindler's List"
"The Color Purple"
"Last Tango in Paris"
"Brokeback Mountain"
"Midnight Cowboy"
"Texas Chainsaw Massacre"
"Making Love"
"The Celluloid Closet"
"Thank You for Smoking"
I can make an argument that each if these movies had one or the other too much nudity, sexual situations, and extreme violence or promotes homosexuality or even smoking. However
these movies were all well reviewed and some have won Academy Awards.
If we start boycotting studios for making or releasing movies with themes or story lines we think are too ?? then in the long run we will be hurting ourselves.
If you don't like a certain movie fine don't see it. Support the movies you want to see by buying a movie ticket. It has been said the people that complain the most about movies, they are the ones that don't go to movies!
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