Why did people puke over the arm rip scene in 127 Hours?

[hoodonit00]

LOL...Are you romanticizing gore in a movie?





I completely agree with batfreak and ween. Even after 8 years in the Marines and as a Desert Storm vet who had the responsibility of driving one of the intelligence officers around so we could videotape war attrocities committed by the Iraqis, I do not find this kind of gore to be any kind of an appropriate honoring of vets. I will never understand the tolerance for this kind of cinema. The intent of this kind of cinema is nothing beyond filling the seats of theaters by feeding the hunger for depravity that exists inside everyone to one extent or another. And the producers love it when they can twist it to being some macabre homage to heroes and history. It legitimizes their greed. I like to give human beings more credit for intelligence than to say they need to see this garbage to teach them that death is bad. In fact, I can say that I hold human beings to a high enough standard that I fully EXPECT them to understand that death is bad without having rubbed in their faces with excessive gore in any movie.

Saving Private Ryan was no better than SAW I through...whatever the hell they are at now...in regard to the gore.

I'm completely mystified by your stance on this movie. All I can think is that because you witnessed the atrocities of war first hand it affects you more. Of course the directors wanted to fill seats, what director doesn't? Why wouldn't a director want his film to be the most accurate it could be? I think the film and others like it accurately portrays what our fathers, grandfathers, mothers, sisters go through in times of war. Hopefully it gets people to respect the sacrifices, sometimes the ultimate sacrifice our vets and other countries go through for us.

Comparing SPR to Rambo is preposterous. When Rambo came out, veterans of Vietnam were boycotting the movie. They said the movie made them look like they were nuts. When SPR came out, as was stated, vets were moved to tears because people could see at least on film some of what they went through. No comparrison between the 2. Thank you for your service though. You sure have earned the right to voice your displeasure at something.

 

[hoodonit00]

Let me ask you all a question.

In the movie...there was a scene where an American soldier was in a fight for his life with a German soldier. He was slowly losing the fight while his savior stood outside the door and did not help because he was afraid.

Did any of you find this scene to be hard-hitting?

It floored me. That single scene is the strongest moment in the movie, to me. And if I remember correctly...there was very little gore (if I remember correctly, the only gore they showed was a bitten nose). The scene was successful without overdoing the gore, right?

Apples and Oranges. Troops advancing on Omaha beach being fired upon by German machine guns and artillery are going to show just a little more gore then a soldier getting stabbed. Most people would argue that the soldier getting stabbed is much more heart wrencing then the gore on the beach because you're right there watching a man pleading for his life while the German slowly sinks a knife into his chest.

 

[CelticPredator]

^ ^THIS.

The violence is there as a tool to get you in the mind set. It's not fun violence like Rambo, it's realistic, and done with people you end up caring about.

I fail to see the fun in watching a man scream for his mother while his buddy is holding his intestines trying to save him.

Now...the scene where Rambo has the 50 cal, and is mowing down those bastards? ____ YEAH! Awesome violence!