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Have a look at this interview with SSODE, the third entry on the page, "Transcribing Steven Soderbergh."
http://moviecitynews.com/quotes/
As you've seen I don't share your concerns with obscenities in film, and you often hear the case made that the real focus of reform arguments ought to be on violence rather than language or sexuality. I was thinking this morning about a movie like "Top Gun." It's a movie which probably couldn't have found financing in 1977, as popular attitudes towards the military in the 1970s in North America were inconsistent with the uncritical use of the military for entertainment. For a moment, the general moral concern about state-sponsored violence made that kind of film topic financially a non-starter. It's a chicken and egg argument to think along these lines, but the chronological nearness of "Top Gun" to the new American adventurism of the Bushes doesn't seem an accident to me. I think of it as an entertainment which played some small part in re-legitimizing militarism in the popular imagination.
This isn't the kind of influence Soderbergh is speaking about, I suppose. But on the whole, I'd be much more concerned about the routine indiscriminate fantasy violence of the "Transformers" movies than I'd be about language or sexuality.
Wrap: Gary Ross [GAROS] returning as director for Catching Fire [HGAM2] Jan 16, 15:45
According to that, Simon Beaufoy is already at work on the script. Neat! {nm} Jan 16, 15:53
Paul, have you read the Hunger Games trilogy? What are they like? {nm} Jan 16, 16:26
What do you mean by dark? How dark do they get? {nm} Jan 16, 16:32
People die. {nm} Jan 16, 16:36
People die in the Hardy Boys Casefiles, that doesn't necessarily mean it's "dark" lol. {nm} Jan 16, 16:38
SPOILER! Kids die. {nm} Jan 16, 16:51
Very violent, immoral, and God/religion are not believed in {nm} Jan 16, 17:07
I don't recall seeing that in the Hardy Boys casefiles I read. Maybe you're thinking of that heathen, Nancy Drew. {nm} Jan 16, 17:09
LOL. Maybe it was just that one Hardy Boys casefile that you never got to read... Jan 16, 17:15
Maybe we should just have two separate ratings for movies on here: Jan 16, 17:31
I've tried to base my recent movie-going decisions on what I've learned from God's Word. Jan 16, 22:13
Have a look at this interview with SSODE, the third entry on the page, "Transcribing Steven Soderbergh." Jan 17, 07:26
What does having or not having religion have to do with being immoral, violent, or dark? SPOILER INSIDE Jan 16, 19:01
Post was just for acct. A Godless society may be a theme that could affect his interest {nm} Jan 16, 19:15
To avoid spoilers, let's just say if the films were a faithful adaptation of the books, they'd be rated R no question. {nm} Jan 16, 17:23
Ok, thanks for letting me know that. {nm} Jan 16, 17:24
Nowhere near as dark as Battle Royale... :) {nm} Jan 16, 16:57
Wasn't there supposed to be a 3D theatrical release? {nm} Jan 16, 17:23
Not sure about the 3D theatrical release, but I did catch a screening recently at Cinefamily here in LA (only in 2D) Jan 16, 17:45
there's no demand for the 3d release {nm} Jan 16, 19:03
The Harry Potter books were dark as well. Especially the later books. Jan 16, 20:15