Things you're tired of seeing in movies.

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    Only in Plutopia.
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    Platonic relationships

    Personally I'd like to see a lot more of this.
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    I am tired of films that cater to children, overprotective parents and pious prudes. I am saying this as a pious prude.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    I am tired of films that cater to children, overprotective parents and pious prudes. I am saying this as a pious prude.

    I agree. Bring back topless scenes!

    I grew up in the late '80s and early '90s. Lea Thompson, Sharon Stone and dozens of slasher flicks taught me about female anatomy like no biology book would. ^:)^
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    Platonic relationships

    Are there so many nowadays? From what I've been told scriptwriters are asked to avoid then like the plague: you can't pay good money to a good looking actor and good looking actress and then don't have the characters fall for each other. The audiences would feel cheated.
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    Have you seen the marvel films? There is barely any sex in then. They are all just friends.

    If it was remotely realistic then their facility would resemble the one at the Olympics.
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    Glad to see so many here are in agreement that sex appeal is seriously lacking in today’s cinema. Hate to see how uptight and puritanical the masses have become. Not much hope for future legal public nudity here x(
  • edited May 2022 Posts: 784
    I meant raunchy comedy and graphic violence rather than sex. Porn is abundant on the internet.
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    FoxRox wrote: »
    Glad to see so many here are in agreement that sex appeal is seriously lacking in today’s cinema. Hate to see how uptight and puritanical the masses have become. Not much hope for future legal public nudity here x(

    I believe the much mentioned Paul Verhoeven has plenty of nudity in his latest film ' Benedetta'!
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    FoxRox wrote: »
    Glad to see so many here are in agreement that sex appeal is seriously lacking in today’s cinema. Hate to see how uptight and puritanical the masses have become. Not much hope for future legal public nudity here x(

    AmericaniZation. A terrible world ill.
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    FoxRox wrote: »
    Glad to see so many here are in agreement that sex appeal is seriously lacking in today’s cinema. Hate to see how uptight and puritanical the masses have become. Not much hope for future legal public nudity here x(

    AmericaniZation. A terrible world ill.

    As an American, amen! It felt like to me a while ago the liberals at least were cooler about nudity and felt it empowered women, but now it’s always “no, it’s always about objectifying women!” And of course with conservatism it’s always been the same no no, while exploding heads and war violence are A-okay.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Mathis1 wrote: »
    FoxRox wrote: »
    Glad to see so many here are in agreement that sex appeal is seriously lacking in today’s cinema. Hate to see how uptight and puritanical the masses have become. Not much hope for future legal public nudity here x(

    I believe the much mentioned Paul Verhoeven has plenty of nudity in his latest film ' Benedetta'!

    I still need to see this one. If anything, Verhoeven is great at delivering on the nudity front in his films.
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    Have you seen the marvel films? There is barely any sex in then. They are all just friends.

    If it was remotely realistic then their facility would resemble the one at the Olympics.

    I must say I haven't. Bit tired of superhero movies. But I always understood that being geared at younger audiences, the sexual attractions are just seriously toned down, without the characters themselves being platonic.
    FoxRox wrote: »
    Glad to see so many here are in agreement that sex appeal is seriously lacking in today’s cinema. Hate to see how uptight and puritanical the masses have become. Not much hope for future legal public nudity here x(

    I agree that the cinematic world has become more puritan.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    The funny thing is that before the Hays Code, pretty much everything was possible in terms of nudity. The general "consensus" that older movies were less naughty is quickly debunked when one takes a look at several films from the '20s.

    But hey, it comes in waves. There are times when anything goes, and then there are times when everything has to be tucked away. ;-) An interesting difference, however, is that the younger crowd seems to be more puritanical these days, which is a surprise to me since younger people are also supposed to be more sexually curious, no? ;-)
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    DarthDimi wrote: »
    The funny thing is that before the Hays Code, pretty much everything was possible in terms of nudity. The general "consensus" that older movies were less naughty is quickly debunked when one takes a look at several films from the '20s.

    But hey, it comes in waves. There are times when anything goes, and then there are times when everything has to be tucked away. ;-) An interesting difference, however, is that the younger crowd seems to be more puritanical these days, which is a surprise to me since younger people are also supposed to be more sexually curious, no? ;-)
    Something to do with objectification, perhaps?
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    Ugh, “objectification / objectifying.” The inconvenient truth is that everyone does it and acts like it’s some great evil whenever expressed through an artistic medium nowadays.
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
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    Mathis1 wrote: »
    FoxRox wrote: »
    Glad to see so many here are in agreement that sex appeal is seriously lacking in today’s cinema. Hate to see how uptight and puritanical the masses have become. Not much hope for future legal public nudity here x(

    I believe the much mentioned Paul Verhoeven has plenty of nudity in his latest film ' Benedetta'!

    He finally gets naked then. I'll get a ticket.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    mattjoes wrote: »
    Mathis1 wrote: »
    FoxRox wrote: »
    Glad to see so many here are in agreement that sex appeal is seriously lacking in today’s cinema. Hate to see how uptight and puritanical the masses have become. Not much hope for future legal public nudity here x(

    I believe the much mentioned Paul Verhoeven has plenty of nudity in his latest film ' Benedetta'!

    He finally gets naked then. I'll get a ticket.

    Verhoeven gave us Showgirls... with lots and lots and lots of naked ladies. The man is my hero.
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
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    DarthDimi wrote: »
    mattjoes wrote: »
    Mathis1 wrote: »
    FoxRox wrote: »
    Glad to see so many here are in agreement that sex appeal is seriously lacking in today’s cinema. Hate to see how uptight and puritanical the masses have become. Not much hope for future legal public nudity here x(

    I believe the much mentioned Paul Verhoeven has plenty of nudity in his latest film ' Benedetta'!

    He finally gets naked then. I'll get a ticket.

    Verhoeven gave us Showgirls... with lots and lots and lots of naked ladies. The man is my hero.

    Wonderful movie.

    Okay, I don't really know if it's a wonderful movie, but there are wonderful things in it.
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    As I get older, my tolerance of violence is going down, but my tolerance of nudity is going up.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    As I get older, my tolerance of violence is going down, but my tolerance of nudity is going up.

    Peace, man. B-)
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    mattjoes wrote: »
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    mattjoes wrote: »
    Mathis1 wrote: »
    FoxRox wrote: »
    Glad to see so many here are in agreement that sex appeal is seriously lacking in today’s cinema. Hate to see how uptight and puritanical the masses have become. Not much hope for future legal public nudity here x(

    I believe the much mentioned Paul Verhoeven has plenty of nudity in his latest film ' Benedetta'!

    He finally gets naked then. I'll get a ticket.

    Verhoeven gave us Showgirls... with lots and lots and lots of naked ladies. The man is my hero.

    Wonderful movie.

    Okay, I don't really know if it's a wonderful movie, but there are wonderful things in it.

    That's a fabulous way to phrase it.
    As I get older, my tolerance of violence is going down, but my tolerance of nudity is going up.

    That too. 😎
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    FoxRox wrote: »
    Ugh, “objectification / objectifying.” The inconvenient truth is that everyone does it and acts like it’s some great evil whenever expressed through an artistic medium nowadays.

    I agree, but I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't the reason. Of course it depends of the market. The French for instance are far more liberal in that regard than the Americans.
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    Something else I'm tired of seeing: manichean and/or Christian cultural approach to Greek mythology. In other words, making Hades a crypto Satan.
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    MCU : Most Chaste Universe
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    I finally managed to obtain a copy of an American Blu-ray of Summer of '42 (1971) by Robert Mulligan. I've been searching for that movie for at least since I switched to DVD twenty years ago. I think I saw it as an about 15-year old in the early 1970s at a cinema, and it was my own mother who gave me the related novel (in German) for one of my birthdays then. My school class used to spend the last school lesson before summer vacation off-topic at the time (about 1972), and I remember reading the funniest scenes of the (German) novelization of "Summer of '42" to my class at the time (the protagonist trying to buy condoms), with the teacher present. Nobody objected.

    But with times having proceeded, it seems that a tale of a fifteen-year old boy (a minor) being seduced (or vice-versa) by a 22-year old war widow (although this is really only part of the story that makes the movie so enticing) is no longer politically correct, and yes, I acknowledge that it may be a misdemeanor by the woman if it happened now.

    But it is still a magnificent movie, at least for nostalgic reasons, and quite frankly, I can't imagine any other fifteen-year old male (when I was that age, and the movie came out) who would really have objected to being "seduced" by a slightly older woman like that, even if she wasn't Jennifer O'Neill. I unfortunately haven't managed to find a similar opportunity until a few years later.

    I won't forget to mention that Michel Legrand got an Oscar for his brllliant score for that movie nevertheless.

    I'm afraid there is a better thread for this posting but I wrote it as a reaction to the previous postings discussing the handling of "controversial" issues.
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    MCU : Most Chaste Universe

    There should make a team of supernuns.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    Ludovico wrote: »
    MCU : Most Chaste Universe

    There should make a team of supernuns.

    Although they are almost afraid to not write puns and cast non extremely real life feminist's as their headline female characters.
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    Ludovico wrote: »
    MCU : Most Chaste Universe

    There should make a team of supernuns.

    That are lesbians.
  • Posts: 15,106
    Ludovico wrote: »
    MCU : Most Chaste Universe

    There should make a team of supernuns.

    That are lesbians.

    Well, yeah, nuns.
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