Gore in films

Grayfayce

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Very recently, I saw the film 'Daybreakers'. To be honest, I loved it. I thought that it was very well acted, had a good plot, and generally felt like a very good film. However, one thing that I would criticize it on is the over-the-top gore.

I know it's a film about
vampires harvesting humans, but it all got a bit too much when the guy exploded at the start. I almost wanted to throw up (which the guy actually did).

All I'm saying is, before a film is released, can't they at least cut back on some of the blood? It wouldn't hurt that much, would it? And 'Daybreakers' was just a 15, too.
 

Gigaguy64

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Ehh, some movies/games take it too far but, sometimes gore is needed to make the viewer feel with the movie/game.
And from the previews and commercials i saw of it, it was bound to have massive amounts of gore.
 

Trivun

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I'll admit the gore was a little over the top. Though it was still a good movie. There's also a lot of gore in The Wolfman though, and that's also a 15. I think really people are just becoming more desensitised to violence and gore, that's all, really...
 

Cherry Cola

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When you include gore for the sake of being as over the top as possible, you better do it in a film that isn't supposed to be taken seriously.

Otherwise, thou must have a modest use of gore! If you don't, you will totally fail at being serious!

Examples of films that aren't serious and use excessive gore: Brain Dead, Tokyo Gore Police.

Examples of films that try to be serious but fail to be because of the extreme gore: Rambo

I mean seriously Sly, I don't care how realistic it is, all that gore will only get me to say "awesome!" and not make me care about Burma.
 

AngelSword

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Gore does have its place, but most often, it's just a cheap ticket draw that's not worth the entry fee. What's worse, when movies get branded as "horror" when they're really "torture porn," the gore goes over the top, back under, and over the top again.

It's too much for me.
 

SW9

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gore in films is good as long as it makes sense to the film and isnt some snuff sh*t its all greezy
 

stok3r

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Honestly I don't mind gore in films. But What ticks me of is when gory films are branded as horror.

Like the Saws, that isn't horror in my books at least, its just an excuse for people to cut themselves up (tho I haven't seen the first one, apparently its not as gory)

So yeah.. gore has its place. Daybreakers used it well I think.

(Or its done over the top on purpose for laughs, like the Kill Bills) (hehe)
 

Grayfayce

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I definitely agree that gore has its place, and in films like 'Kill Bill' it is used well. But films shouldn't rely too much on gore, and it shouldn't be used too unnecessarily.
 

Hollock

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well I didn't think daybreakers did it too much, but I agree some films do. Honestly some films add so much gore it takes you out of the movie. Especially when it's CG. And I'm not talking about the movies where the whole point is crazy gore like the evil dead movies and brain dead/dead alive.
 

Private Custard

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I love excessive gore. But, as mentioned already, sometimes a line is crossed and a film can't be taken seriously. A great example of well used gore is Saving Private Ryan, a film that is totally brutal but never loses its way and manages to stay serious.

The original Saw was a pretty good film and not over the top in any way, God only knows why it turned into torture-porn throughout it's almost countless sequels.

What really bugs me the most is when a film could really benefit from some added gore but ends up sitting in the 12A category.
 

Therumancer

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I like my movies to have extremely over the top sex and violence when such things come into the storyline. I don't believe in pulling punches to avoid offending people's sensibilities. When I go to see a horror movie I also expect to be shocked, and as someone who is a genere fan and thuse jaded that means they have to keep upping the ante. :)
 

Delock

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Strangely enough, Daybreakers gore got to me.
That in and of itself isn't that unique, but I've played Prototype and God of War without flinching and most other movies don't even make me blink, but Daybreakers just went beyond what I could take. I understand the need for gore in some situations, and I'll freely admit that a movie about Vampires needs it, but sometimes it's just too much.

Also, does anyone know how Lord of the Rings slipped through the net to be PG-13? Especially the last one where they were throwing severed heads around?
 

Private Custard

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Delock said:
Also, does anyone know how Lord of the Rings slipped through the net to be PG-13? Especially the last one where they were throwing severed heads around?
I thought exactly the same about Fellowship, particualrly Aragorns fight with the uruk hai at the end. The whole thing with the chopping off of the arm, pulling himself further onto the sword he was impaled on, followed by a fairly harsh beheading definately crossed the line and should have made it a 15.

I suppose fantasy films are judged differently (especially when the family dollars at the box office will be worth many tens of millions!) :/