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Not really that violent (Heavy spoilers)

posted 11 years ago by dirkdiggler051
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Ok, so let's see. Stanley is shot in the shoulder, and Arthur's friend who's name I can't remember is shot. We see a decent sized blood splatter on both. Arthur is shot in the stomach, we see a small amount of blood pour out. Charlie gets the spear through his shoulder, we see almost no blood. A few men are shot at the beginning, but we only see it for a few fractions of a second. Jellon Lamb is stabbed and then shot offscreen. A man's head is stomped on offscreen. Jacko's throat is slit offscreen, those men in the jail cell are killed offscreen, Mikey is whipped offscreen. It's R-rated violence, yes, but not so extreme as to merit the reputation that it has. The only really graphic part is when that one man's head is blown off, and we only see that very briefly. What does everyone else think?
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[–] ReasonablePiper 11 years ago

I agree. Many reviews stated that this film was extremely brutal, and while it is violent, it's not as violent as it was made out to be. Yes, it's one of the more violent westerns, but compare it to, say, Django Unchained, and its violence pales in comparison.

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[–] RandomBob 9 years ago

Difference being that the violence in this movie is very realistic, while the gore in Django Unchained is over-the-top and laughable. Tarantino made a comedic exploitation film about a tragic holocaust, what a guy.

[–] OldSamVimes 9 years ago

Agreed.

I enjoyed Django as a comedy, nothing more. Would not watch it again.

Inglourious Basterds was the dumbest pile of revenge porn I've ever seen.

[–] starmarker 11 years ago

I think this movie is not only violent, but graphically violent. Just watched this last night. We see the aboriginal's head explode when he is shot after impaling Charlie with a spear. We see the police officer's caved-in head after Arthur stomps him to death. Blood. Screams. Decomposing bodies. Unless you are completely desensitized and truly need fountains of blood (ala Django Unchained) to get your attention, this is a violent, brutal, graphic film. (Also and excellent movie!)

[–] mattsf 11 years ago

Are you freezing kidding me, "not that violent"? Okay, the body count may not be in the dozens, like one of your pornographic "Dredd" or "Machete" films, but the movie takes place in an exceedingly remote town where violence plagues pretty much everyone we see, even the prim and proper Englishwoman. Every single scene is either a depiction of violence, dread of looming violence, or some sort of meditation on the effects of the same. In all these ways and more, it's one of the most violent movies I've ever seen.

And if you can't grok that, maybe you should lay off violent movies in general for a while, and maybe volunteer at a VA hospital or shelter for survivors of violence until you gain some perspective.

[–] trapdoorstudios 10 years ago

No I agree with the OP.

I had been told this film was extremely violent/gorey.

Whilst the scenes of violence are strong, they are also brief and ten to take place on/off screen so we fill in the blanks our selves.

I personally think this makes for a much better film, we don't need to have gratuous blood and gore in our faces for us to realise the extent of the violence being perpetrated and what we are shown is sufficiently intense for our 'worst fears' to be true.

If that makes any sense.

[–] tommyk1287 9 years ago

I said this in another post, the movie is violent and brutal, but it is NOT gratuitous and gory. Movies like Django Unchained and Kick-Ass make the violence seem cartoonish, it's cool and fun but it doesn't have much weight to it. The violence in The Proposition was so realistic and abrupt that it really hit hard, which left a lot of people reeling, including me. I've seen some ridiculously gory horror movies, but The Proposition legitimately terrified me. It's such a bleak and hopeless film, and I love it.