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Is There Nudity In This Movie?

posted 15 years ago by funky-rat
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I'm keeping an eye on a 13 year old this weekend, and he wants to watch this.

I have the blessings of the parents as long as there's no nudity.

According to the parent's guide here, it says no nudity or sex. However, a number of other sites say "brief nudity". I googled it, with no definite answer.

Now I don't remember any, but I haven't seen this uncut in ages. Plus, I don't usually have to watch movies with showing them to younger people in mind.

Can anyone help? It's appreciated.

[–] PrimordialDreamer 15 years ago

No there`s no nudity, it`s fine for a 13 year old.

Out of light cometh darkness.

[–] Nightprey 15 years ago

Kurt shows his snake towards the end of the film.

I'm gonna kill you all kinds of dead.

[–] bananabry 14 years ago

He shows his snake.

Fantastic...

That's truly funny. Thanks for a good joke on this thread.

[–] flashesbeforeyoureyes 13 years ago

haha!

[–] BrainGremlin 12 years ago

Brilliant!

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[–] funky-rat 15 years ago

Thanks for the info! I didn't want to have to watch it tonight, and then again tomorrow (I love this movie, but twice in two days would be a bit much).

[–] Spifflock_Holmes 15 years ago

There's a very brief scene in which a couple of punks rip a woman's top off. Other than that, no.

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[–] skiop 15 years ago

By far the most inappropriate thing in this movie is the severed finger.

[–] darkstorm97 15 years ago

The President is dressed in drag at one point, lol.

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[–] Bilwick1 8 years ago

Isaac Hayes insisted on going full frontal, but John Carpenter decided against it.

[–] GorchBrother 8 years ago

Debra Hill was all for it though.

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[–] BrainGremlin 12 years ago

Are you implying the finger is penis-like and/or could be used as a dildo (i.e., you're joking), or just that it's the only or the most graphic thing in the movie? In the latter case, there's also someone getting a spiked club to the back of his head, and at one point Snake shoots a Crazies' goddamn hand clean off (most shocking part to me). Oh, and heads on poles. And that there woman getting hit dead-on by a car... Ahem... You were just plain kidding, weren't you?

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[–] perkin2000 15 years ago

Lots of people get graphically killed by an assortment of weapons, including a nailed baseball bat to the back of the head, knives, guns and suchlike.

No nudity though, you wouldn't want a 13yr old to see that, so all is well.

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[–] seth_bouldin 15 years ago

What's your point? That's how America is. Japan is the exact opposite, they'd rather have their kids see nudity or something of the sort over violence. It's just what people are comfortable with.

[–] Burklayton 15 years ago

Uh, no, it's not just a different strokes for different folks thing.

Sex is a natural part of life, and "nudity" is... anatomy. It's only offensive because people tell themselves it's offensive.

Violence is an inherently destructive act by one or many causing harm on another human being. This is not a natural part of life.

If you're going to be a puritanical douche, be consistent. I'm tired of watching movies like Watchmen with kids in the audience, having the parents happily sit through dismemberment and body part eruptions, and walk out when breasts come out of a shirt. It's just a way for them to avoid parenting. "Daddy, why did the man and the lady..." "Shut up keep your eyes on the floor and get to the door"

[–] ilon 13 years ago

"Sex is a natural part of life, and "nudity" is... anatomy. It's only offensive because people tell themselves it's offensive.

Violence is an inherently destructive act by one or many causing harm on another human being. This is not a natural part of life."

You are wrong. Violence is as natural as sex. Nature itself is violent. I don't like violence, but I have no problem watching violence represented in fiction because I'm not psychotic and I know the diference between fiction and reality. I can apply the same to sex and nudity, but in this case, I like sex and nudity.

If people can't act like parents, maybe they can't be parents.

By the way... I feel real bad when I see real violence in the news, for example.

[–] Dinosaur761 15 years ago

i dont think they show nudity in Japan to their kids more than in USA. But killing 1000 people seems ok in USA just as long as there is no brief nipple shots.

[–] undedavenger 15 years ago

Um. Japanese magazines and newspapers have nude centerfolds, and you can buy USED teenager panties from vending machines.

I guess the meek can inherit the Earth now. It looks like the stupid aren't doing anything with it.

[–] robocat893 13 years ago

Um. Japanese magazines and newspapers have nude centerfolds, and you can buy USED teenager panties from vending machines.

Wait, what? Really?

Can I drink this?

[–] wulfthar 13 years ago

Yes!

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[–] tenantennae 8 years ago

Yet it's illegal in Japan to show actual intercourse or even genitals, which are blurred out in Japanese porn.

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[–] KinkyJohnFowler 14 years ago

Well there isn't going to exactly be any rediculasly racey scenes, seriously some 'parents' need to get a grip, what exactly would happen if a 13 year old witnessed a nipple shot in a film, nothing is the correct answer.

[–] reynardtfox 14 years ago

I saw this movie in 1981, when I was seven. Parents these days are such wimps.

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[–] ActionScaleHero 14 years ago

Exactly, reynardtfox. I saw this when I was 8 years old IN New York!

There is a brief flash of tit in the film, that's all!

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[–] osopestoso 14 years ago

It's OK for kids to see people getting killed in every manner, but god forbid they see a tit or some butt.
Some people are EXTREMELY perverted.

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