1. Blood Brothers scene: I think this is self explanatory!
2. Toy Water Guns: Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't they playing with syringes?!
Am I the only one who was taken aback by these two scenes?
I saw this thread before I watched the movie.. had I not I would not have given these scenes a second thought. Too overprotective. Kids do stuff... get over it.
share'Taken aback', really? You must be of a very sensitive disposition.
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1. People seem to have gone crazy with political correctness these days. It's like a disease.
2. Some people watch movies from another era, or movies set in another era, and seem to have no awareness that things, including ideas of "appropriateness" or "correctness" were different then. Geez Louise, read a history book or something.
Did you have a sheltered childhood?
If you were taken aback by those scenes never watch A Serbian film
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No, I don't think you are the only one who was sensitive about these scenes, but you are definitely in the minority.
I see that it's already been pointed out that the syringes had no needles, therefor they aren't dangerous.
As for the blood brothers thing, they were kids. Kids do stuff like that. Hell, I did it with a friend when I was a kid. Try to relax a little more the next time you watch this. You'll enjoy it more.
As a kid in the seventies, I was getting weekly allergy shots. My doctor usually gave me the used syringe (minus the needle) to use as a toy afterward.
shareI'm from the 70s as well. I was a healthy kid, but others would bring syringes from the doctor to school and I was so jealous. I always wanted one to play with. For those of you who did not grow up in this era, we did not run to the doctor every time we got sick. We had a family doctor (no specialists) who delivered us, treated us for Strep Throat, removed my brother's tonsils, set my dad's broken bokens, etc. We didn't have health insurance because the doctor's bill was reasonable. We also had Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Chicken Pox, etc. and we got well at home rather than going to the doctor.
When I read this thread it really amazed me how much times have changed in my lifetime. We never thought touching other people's blood was an issue, and health care professionals didn't wear gloves. I remember when AIDS/HIV spread in the early 80s, and even then we weren't told to be careful with blood until they figured out how it was spread.
So I guess the younger folks have a right to be horrified by those scenes, but those of us who were kids then are totally immune to them. Well at least where I'm from in TN. Maybe other parts of the country are different.
Even at age 11 when I first saw this movie, I was told not to rub blood with others for the shear fact that diseases (AIDS included) get spread that way. It made sense to me at any rate not to do this. Even though AIDS had yet to be discovered when the film is set in 1972, it may still have been possible that others would at least consider things like bloodborne pathogens getting spread.
As for the water gun syringes, I suppose it all depends on your take on fantasy and violence. I personally would not have partaken in that behavior if no one had dared me and even if they had, I may have questioned it even the slightest bit naive as I was. But everyone is different and our willing suspension of disbelief is too.
It’s all harmless fun.
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