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Author Topic: Tarantino on Kimmel Live Scott D. Neff Theatre Dork Posts: 919 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Oct 1999 posted 10-12-2003 08:00 PM                        I'm the youngest of 5 children, all sons. I've been watching R-Rated films for as long as I can remember. I don't see any problem with other parents allowing their 12 year old children to watch this film. By the time you're 12, you're in the 7th/8th grade and you've already seen and heard far worse than Kill Bill. (And there was no such thing as INTERNET when I was 12... imagine exposure now.) In the same vein, if a 12 year old goes and sees this film and decides it's a good idea to go chop up a bunch of people with a Samurai Sword... then they were dipshits to begin with and their parents need to explain to them that the stuff that goes on inside electronic boxes and in movie theatres is all fantasy and imagination. That's just my opinion though. As far as Tarantino giving kids the idea to sneak in, the smart ones already thought of it years ago.  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 10-13-2003 02:34 AM                        I remember when I watched explicit violence in films when I was quite young, I was to a certain extent shocked by it but not traumatized in any way. But it actually helped me understand what devastating effect physical violence can have on people. I find that far more educating than the way violence was depicted in older "cleaner" movies. Bang, bang, bang, three Indians fall of their horses, it doesn`t really look violent. If you think about it, that "clean" depiction of violence is actually far more drastic in that it makes it look as if it is nothing special or ugly to kill people. Scott is right - when somebody watches violence and finds it appealing to do that to other people, then there is already something very wrong with that person.  |  IP: Logged Michael Swarbrick Film Handler Posts: 23 From: London, England Registered: Jan 2002 posted 10-13-2003 09:51 AM                     My 2p: The violence in Kill Bill is too OTT to be realistic, as Quentin intended it to be. I have no problem with my 12-year-old sister watching it, as she knows the difference between fantasy and reality. Besides, when was the last time you heard of a kid killing people with a samurai sword? I don't like when directors have to make cuts to their films to get a lower rating. The 10 minute black and white sequence in Kill Bill was going too far to appease the censors, especially when I'd seen the colour version in the trailers. The UK rating system is better than the US in that there's no stigma attached to the 18 certificate as opposed to NC-17. Unfortunately, we still got the edited version. I'm just going to have to get the Japanese DVD when it's released! By the way, I think the body count of Kill Bill is almost exactly 100. Have I seen this film too much already?  |  IP: Logged Scott D. Neff Theatre Dork Posts: 919 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Oct 1999 posted 10-13-2003 12:54 PM                        Perhaps... I can see your blood thirsty need to brandish a samurai sword just boiling in your eyes.  |  IP: Logged

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