I don't know what is happening. I used to be able to watch gory movies on TV and not get sick. Evil Dead, Nightmare, Texas Chainsaw, even Jaws. I used to be able to watch them and not get a nausiating feeling, but now, I get an uneasy feeling when I see even parts of the movie. I always knew if was fake bllod and special effects. That used to satisfy me. Now it doesn't.
Example: I watched Mosquito this weekend. I was getting a sick feeling at some parts. I've seen it before. Why is this happening now?
Anybody?
Because you've seen My Little Pony too many times...
Or you unintentionally sold-out to the mainstream media's definiton of "morals."
SAVE THE EMPIRE!
Actually, It's Clifford, The Big Red Dog that my 2 year old has been watching over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over .......
I would think that would inspire you to some gore and violence myself..
I think it might just be because of everything that's been going on in the world lately. I have sort of the same thing going on. I just don't feel like watching Horror films, I need something funny ever since the 9-11 stuff. That's just my theory anyway.
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i agree, ive changed since september 11
when i watch armargeddon, now i dont laugh when the people are falling out of the crumbling buildings and hitting the cars.
Jay O'Connor
"I would think that would inspire you to some gore and violence myself.."
That happened to me about 4 years ago when my wife was babysitting a 6 year old girl. That little girl wanted to watch Bambi. SHE WATCHED IT SEVEN TIMES IN A ROW!!!! If I heard, "He can call me Flower if he wants to," one more time, something would have to die. Luckily, one of the cable channels had a Freddy Kreuger marathon or something like that that night.
Have you ever seen the short "Godzilla vs Bambi"?
Yes, I've got it on the VHS of Godzilla 1985. I love it.
"the mainstream media's definiton of "morals"
What does this mean? Why the additional quote marks around "morals"? What are these morals and how are they bad, i.e. apparently not valid? (I knew I should have been a philosophy major :) )
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And don't forget "Bambi's Revenge"! Truth to tell......i don't like gory films. Never have, never will. Does it limet my viewing? Sure....but i'm content with that. What works for me, or anyone, is a personal thing. I have my reasons, but what others might make of them, well who can say. Tremors, for example......Like that film. Not gory, yet it gets the job done. Not gory to me, that is. Close, but misses by enough i can get into the film. Same with the Addams Family films. If a film wants to make me puke, i tell it , Adios. Clever is hard, gross is easy. Simple fact. So, a flick like Braindead or Dead alive don't exactly butter my bread, but The Tremors series or Godzilla or Gamera is cool by me. Go figure! Hey, what ever grips your grabboid. I know lots of you like Peter Jacksons work, and i've yet to see LofTR (Heresy!). I plan to, but i've just never had a taste for, well, Bad Taste. Gore has a place, judiciously used, to establish aspects of a monsterious threat. How much is realy needed, however is hard to pin down. Like in Lake Placid, the "Half a diver" and the missing head, were almost over the top....for me. Did we realy need to see it? Well....in the older 50's flicks, like Monster that challanged the world,for example, they did a lot with a lot less. If you like the characters, and the imagination is given room to manuver...well, save money in FX, and buy better actors! Thats my story, and i'm sticking too it.
Hey John, don't feel too bad. My Mom went from eating a hot dog during the vomit scene in "Gates of Hell" to getting very grossed out with "Dead Alive". It could be that your tastes are just changing, which happens to the best of us.
-Heather
My tatse haven't changed. TAKE THAT DARWIN!!!! MWAAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!