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Yes, Grahag. I do get that this is a movie. I totally understand that Superman can't actually fly and that Spiderman isn't actually part spider. But the children who are reading these lines, acting the scenes, and being shown in such violent and sexually suggestive movies are actually real children. They are actually learning the lines and saying the words.
After a good nights sleep I realize that I let my feelings get in the way and my original response was not well thought out. I am a mom and I was angry about the apathy with which some people in this thread seem to view these childrens' innocence.
Originally posted by Thurisaz
reply to post by ItsEvolutionBaby
thx for the link. I am having a look at it now.
Originally posted by boncho
Do you know 100 percent that it was a nicotine cigarette they were smoking, or did it just look like one? I wasn't involved in the production so I don't know, but I do know dummy cigarettes are used for kids in movies.
When you watch a movie do you think of things like that? Is the smoke real or not? Is the naked child really naked being filmed? Is the naked child that is acting out or simulating a scene really doing that????
edit on 1-8-2011 by Thurisaz because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by ThirdEyeofHorus
Hollywood is getting more and more outrageous in what they portray on-screen, and they get away with it. Then we wonder why our society has gone so far down the tubes.
Originally posted by Orkojoker
Originally posted by ThirdEyeofHorus
Hollywood is getting more and more outrageous in what they portray on-screen, and they get away with it. Then we wonder why our society has gone so far down the tubes.
I think what Hollywood puts out is more a symptom of our society's ills than a cause of them. If we weren't already warped to begin with, Hollywood would have no incentive to create such products. The only reason they do is because we are already eager to consume them.
The scene which was hidden from the American viewers for a decade. (It was added back in for some of the versions released after 2004.)
Besson's original movie idea was more violent, and the relation between Léon and Mathilda showed much less ambiguities in the first version of the script. However, Natalie Portman's parents did not let their daughter to play that part, so the director had to rewrite the script
Originally posted by AnonymousVan
I would gladly enjoy watching a movie about zombie kids fighting rabid kids with chainsaws while the hero is setting an orphanage on fire
And of course with subliminal flash of porn pictures
At the end the hero could shoot all the kids while using drugs ,driving a truck over the bodies of starved kids .
Am I attacking you or anyone else for that matter because you don't have a problem with it? NO I am not.
Originally posted by boncho
reply to post by Thurisaz
Am I attacking you or anyone else for that matter because you don't have a problem with it? NO I am not.
If you check back you can see that I was replying to another person.
Specifically, this post.
Originally posted by Charmed707
How sad that not wanting your child to play make believe with a grown man pretending to rape them is now considered being a bad parent by "sheltering" them. Many of you seem too dense to comprehend the point the OP is making. If your average Joe set up a video camera at home and pretended to rape a child for some home-made movie, there's no doubt that child services would be called. I personally would be very upset if my parents had allowed me to take part in a rape scene as a child all for the sake of making money.
Originally posted by Thurisaz
reply to post by idunno12
thank you! you explained it so much better than I could. When I get upset I find it hard to state how I am feeling...but the last paragraph in particular is Gold!! I wish I could give you a star. Thank you !
Yes, Grahag. I do get that this is a movie. I totally understand that Superman can't actually fly and that Spiderman isn't actually part spider. ****But the children who are reading these lines, acting the scenes, and being shown in such violent and sexually suggestive movies are actually real children. They are actually learning the lines and saying the words.*****
After a good nights sleep I realize that I let my feelings get in the way and my original response was not well thought out. I am a mom and I was angry about the apathy with which some people in this thread seem to view these childrens' innocence.
edit on 2-8-2011 by Thurisaz because: to add quote
Some people seem to actually believe that the people of Hollywood are above the law...
...and above the moral standard of everyone else.
Originally posted by Charmed707
reply to post by highpriestess
I don't see how the number of people involved in the process somehow makes it better. Some people seem to actually believe that the people of Hollywood are above the law and above the moral standard of everyone else. I'm sure some people are just defending Hollywood movies because they enjoy watching them.
Everyone is to bow to your idea of a moral standard?