ShogunRua wrote:Anyways, personally, I don't mind any type of extreme physical violence on-screen, but I do have a problem with sexual violence. On-screen murder is fun and exciting. On-screen rape, unless handled just right, is most often just off-putting, and kills the amusement I'm having from the picture.
Also, I'm probably not as much of a fan of on-screen nudity and sex as TheDenizen. Nowadays, with porn videos of every look and sex act imaginable available in mere seconds on the Internet, what's the point of this "titillating" stuff?
Good points, let me address them in turn. Being partial to exploitation flicks means I have seen my share of rape/revenge pictures. Most often these flicks gloss over the sexual violence as a mere plot device to give the woman a reason for revenge, which is fine. Sometimes, the assault is a little more graphic...if it's unpleasant, that's one thing, it's supposed to be unpleasant, and that's usually the point...but I dislike seeing a rape sequence that lasts forever, or where the victim is clearly being sexualized (ie closeup shots of bouncing boobs, her moaning face or worst of all - the woman starts enjoying it).
IMO rape scenes are a necessary evil in some types of films, and if you're going to show it, it shouldn't be pretty, but suggestion is 100 times better than explicitness (for example, the Abel Ferrara film Ms 45 features two rapes in the first 15 minutes. Both are brief and ugly but show almost nothing, and are very effective).
Second, why do I enjoy old nudity and sex films in the face of essentially infinite free porn online? Several reasons, first and foremost I like natural women: curvy, with real boobs that sag a little, round hips and pubic hair. It's pretty hard to find that in most modern pornography, which seems to be almost entirely populated by scrawny, shaved cookie cutter blondes with rock hard tits that don't ever move (for the record, when I do watch porn, it's usually stuff from the 70's or 80s, for the same reasons
). Also, so much of today's porn is so soulless and joyless....it's just about the gyno shots and repetitive mechanics. In comparison, sleazy old Euro sex films usually have a campy sense of fun about them, even "extreme" stuff like Ilsa, Shewolf of the SS which has an electrified dildo and a golden shower scene played for laughs. Most of all though, I think a lot of the stars of those movies from the 70's era are unbelievably hot. Lina Romay in particular is a fucking goddess, but there are dozens of other gorgeous Eurobabes who made a living getting their kit off on film, god bless 'em. A million times better than today's actresses who think doing nudity will ruin their careers or is somehow beneath them (Jessica Alba, Megan Fox, Scarlett Johanssen, etc)
I think I'm getting close to sharing too much, so I'll stop there.
paulofilmo wrote:Well, the chase. Endorphins are racing, adrenalin through the canopy. Your pack has surrounded prey, spear primed and released and hits a vein and the blood is gushing and your heart is pounding.
You drag it home, a blood trail to trick other animals. The women catch the scent down-wind. Dinner.
Open my eyes and unwrap the selophane. Pound the chicken some and place it in the oven.
Stick on a Herschell Gordon Lewis movie. Salivate not for scent.
LOL, oh man. I'm gasping for air I laughed so hard at this. This is pretty much beat poetry (read it again with a meandering bassline playing in your head).
Bravo, sir.tef wrote:It's not an argument, broseph. I personally would rather kill someone than watch people killed for no real reason. And I think people who enjoy it should go kill real people. That way I get to kill you.
OK, tough guy.