Animal cruelty?
I read that this film contains animal cruelty can anyone tell me what it is and whether it says the cruelty wasn't real at the end of the credits (as it usually does with most films containing animals)?
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I read the synopsis of this film and from what I read seemed a bit interesting. When I watched the trailer and I caught a glimpse of a scene where this boy is approaching this cat with hedge clippers, I was immediately turned off to idea of watching this film. I don't understand why these directors feel that they need to exploit animals in their films and blab that it is art. I find myself having to read numerous reviews before seeing many films now because I have unfortunately watched films unsuspecting to the possibility of any animals killed or badly injured. I can't watch things like that and I don't care if they are real or not.
I began to struggle with my developing tears and sobbing when I saw an Artificial Intelligent Brontosaurus that was moving and behaving like a loving pet in the film "Womb" because the child decided to bury it in the ground. What made it so difficult was that the A.I. dinosaur was still moving and speaking and appeared to be trying to escape as it was being buried. My fiance was like, "baby it's a toy". I told him that the way it was done was the director's way of still tugging at your heart strings even if it was purely pertaining to the sentimental value of the toy.
I can deal with Nihilistic themed movies as long as the tragedies, abuse and neglect only happen to the people. Even though the film the "25th Hour" wasn't Nihilistic, I was so moved by how the protagonist saves a dog that appears to have been beaten nearly to death (they never showed that happening it was sound effects in the beginning of the film with a black screen). Throughout the movie the dog is now his pet and is in great health living a great life thanks to the protagonist. That warmed my heart and for a rare moment this allowed me to enjoy a film without nervously holding the remote with my finger close to the stop button because of the possibility of too many films with Existentialist/Nihilistic characters feeling the urge to hurt and kill animals.
Sweety tha cat is fake if you see carefuly they have used a toy , one of these cats that the people have in the cars and they shake theirs heads up down? I found this clever..
shareI'm sorry but regardless to whether the animal is real or stuffed doesn't make a difference. When a movie simply suggest that such a heinous act is done is enough for me period. There are too many times that scenes like that come with no warning, but if I knew in advance I would simply avoid watching such films. By watching it would only make me stress out and cry uncontrollably.
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shareWell that sucks. I can't stand movies with animal cruelty. Even if it is fake. I will always skip that part of the movie or close my eyes and plug my ears. I love animals not most people and don't mind the shock value of a lil' gruesomeness on their part... I'll check it out.
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Maybe the animal cruelty disclaimer appears in the credits; I don't know, because I don't read Greek. Anyway, in the DVD extras, the director explains that the cat was not harmed in filming and in fact was still alive at the time the interview was conducted.
I could personally tell that the shears were made of cardboard (it WAS a low-budget movie, after all) and the "dead" cat was a toy with stunt injuries.
Propmakers can make incredibly realistic fake weapons. Most likely they were hard rubber. No way are they going to use real shears at this budget level.
shareIt's only "real" in the context of the film. I'm sure no cat was killed.
shareThis is for everyone: If your major concern is animal cruelty, you shouldn't see this movie, because that's the least of the issues presented.
shareIf you're a cat lover, I strongly suggest you do not google "cat scene from men behind the sun" and watch it. And if you do definitely take into account that it's fake, no it's not :(, and that it's just a movie depicting real events.
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There is a vocal minority that believe the MBTS cat scene was faked. The theory is that the cat is mildly sedated and the rats are licking red-dyed honey off its fur. Watch it again with this in mind. To me it looks like the cat wasn't harmed.
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