Bad Language in Movies
Doesn't anyone think that the MPAA should crack down on language in movies?
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Haha, seriously? Why is that? And don't give me some american cliches about children being destroyed by bad words and family values blabla.. Why shouldn't movies reflect the way real people talk? They should crack down on stores selling r-rated movies to kids, ofcourse, but jesus christ buddy... A grown up can take grown up talk!
shareNah, these are just words. We decided culturally that they were profane. If a writer wants to put them in there then that's his decisions.
Personally I'm not a big fan of excessive swearing in movies. So if I think it's going to be a big problem for me I just simply don't go see the film. No pickets, no waving signs in front of the theater, no fuss.
Censorship is garbage. No, I don't think that the MPAA should even exist. I strongly dislike the idea of a group of elitist puritans deciding what's appropriate and what's not.
Personally, I feel that censorship often destroys the realism of many movies. It really bothers me when dialogue is dubbed and bad language is replaced by those inane variations of it ("We killed that mothersucker!" who the hell says that anyway?). And then there's the directors who lack artistic integrity and ease down on the amount of "inappropriate" material in their movies to get the rating down so they can make more money.. I've even been on forums where the word "therapist" gets automatically cencored because.. well, you get it. It's fast getting out of hand, what happened to free speech?
Censorship is ultimately bad for you. Censorship causes blindness. I believe that people are able to choose what's appropriate for themselves and their children, and we don't need the MPAA to decide that.
Now, if you want to learn something, maybe seeing this movie (along with "This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)") is a good place to start, instead of reacting with disgust just because a director put some foul language, sex, drugs or violence in a movie.
On a side note, isn't it strange that nobody cares about a game where killing civilians with chainsaws (Grand Theft Auto-series) occurs frequently—but when they show a little sexual intercourse people sue the companies behind the game for destroying the children who play it? I will never understand that twisted way of thinking. But then again, the world is full of ignorants who have no idea what they're on about.
As a therapist and an analyst, I can see why the word "therapist" may be censored on some forums. I am of course, the world's first Analrapist.
(We almost got sued for those business cards)
No...Seriously, it is just a word. And if you take a child to see the movie, you should trust them enough not to use it...Also, swear words are used in movies for purposeful reasons, such as to enhance drama and to make it more "real". If you were watching a crime drama, would you hear the mob boss go, "darn it all"? I didn't think so...The words have a purpose.
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There is no such thing as BAD language.
shareA note to everyone who thinks profanity is real:
It's not. Go f uck yourselves in your Neo-Nazi c unt you little p ussies. If people think someone shooting someone is less bad than someone saying "god f ucking dam nit!", go stick your face in a blender so we can't hear you talk anymore.
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I don't mind profanity in and of itself, but I do think it has been WAY over-used in most recent movies. You can't see an R-rated movie without hearing at least a quarter of the dialogue composed of variants of *beep* nor can you watch a PG-13 film without hearing it shoehorned in once to ensure the rating. It's quite pathetic, honestly.
As a writer myself, I understand that profanity can be appropriate, even necessary, for character and/or setting, but when everyone in the movie has the same diction, then it becomes quite grating to listen to. This was how I felt when I was watching Grindhouse a few days ago, when I had to endure the endless banter between the second group of women in "Death Proof", in an obnoxious conversation that not only lasted forever but went nowhere. You don't have to say *beep* to prove how tough or contemporary you are, or to get the audience members to identify with anything, and lately I've come to feel that it often represents a deficit of imagination on the writers' behalf. *beep* is a word with weight, and as such it should be used carefully. Use it too much and the audience won't notice anything else.