Bojangles wrote:Yah, I'm not saying that the scene is enjoyed exclusively by psycho killers. It just crossed my subjective line of good taste to such a large degree that it conjured thoughts of real life mass shootings. Violence that is cartoonish or has gritty realism, I'm usually okay with it. But that scene had some unholy mix of realism and
fun that didn't sit right with me. It was hard to watch. If someone with a sick mind was looking for a cinematic scene of violence to revel in, I can't imagine a more perfect one than that.
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Nice video brickwall.
Nice vid indeed! I can't even imagine the time Brick invested on the editing alone.
As for the church scene, I think I'd agree with you in principal when it comes to portrayal of violence on film, but I also disagree on this scene in particular despite your valid points. I remember having a blast here, it came out of nowhere, and was so unlike Firth, my brain just started giggling and it went on and on. I think the reason it was fun is because you have to think of it in context of intertextuality, and that scene just shouldn't have been there. Hence the shock effect.
And I also thought it had a very balanced mix of cartoonish and gritty violence, you know, like in a superhero movie, but an overdose at that. I watched it only once when it first came out, and I don't remember any blood. Not saying there wasn't any, just saying can't remember, because that's not what it was about.
But yeah, you can love it or hate it, sure.
