So Here's The Sin City 2 Poster That Was Too Hot For The MPAA

RossaLincoln

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So Here's The Sin City 2 Poster That Was Too Hot For The MPAA



Brace yourselves, readers, for a scandal the likes of which we may never see again until another movie needs some PR juice.

The Motion Picture Association of America has a notorious and well-deserved reputation for complete inconsistency and the application of arbitrary double standards when it comes to rating films and approving marketing. The organization's process is legendary for being both obscure and obtuse - IngSoc was more transparent, which is why its decisions often cause controversies in and of themselves. That state of affairs has led to a curious kind of marketing in which film productions deliberately attempt to catch the MPAA's ire, generating discussion and frustration from anti-censorship advocates as well as people who just tire of the way grown adults are treated like children when it comes to American movies.

Case in point, Page Six has reported [http://pagesix.com/2014/05/28/mpaa-prudes-too-much-boob-on-eva-greens-sin-city-poster/] that, in a shockingly convenient (I'll get to that momentarily) decision, the MPAA has rejected a poster for Sin City: A Dame To Kill For that features an extremely racy Eva Green looking, well, looking really hot, I can't lie.

The MPAA's problem with the poster was, so Page Six says, articulated in delightful, erotica-esque prose: it was rejected "for nudity - curve of under breast and dark nipple/areola circle visible through sheer gown." In addition to being accurate, that's also... highly specific. It suggests to me at least that the MPAA spent a lot of time lingering lovingly over the poster, probably using only one hand, taking care to closely examine every offensive detail in order to reach their decision. Smoke break time.

Yes, it's hard to disagree that this poster goes right up to the edge of the envelope and pushes just barely past it, even if I'm inclined to think that Americans could experience worse traumas than the overt suggestion of stunning breasts belonging to a stunningly beautiful woman. But that's probably the point. Let's be real - I've talked about this before [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/132734-The-First-Sin-City-2-Trailer-Solves-Hollywoods-Aging-Problem], but Sin City: A Dame To Kill For is coming out a rather long time after the 2005 original. In the intervening years Robert Rodriguez's reputation has become a bit campier, and Frank Miller's has all but been permanently soiled. This movie needs more than just the fond memories of hardcore fans. What better way to draw attention to it than a little "THIS MOVIE MIGHT BE TOO HOT FOR THE MPAA TO HANDLE!"? Hence the fact that this rejection was leaked to the press along with the offending poster.

Mission accomplished: we're all talking about the movie again.

Too cynical? In This Film is Not Yet Rated [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Film_Is_Not_Yet_Rated], Matt Stone discussed at length how he and Trey parker deliberately made the filthiest possible version of Team America: World Police so that they could make a show of editing it down to the extremely filthy version ultimately released in theaters in order to gain MPAA approval. I can't imagine there isn't something similar happening here.

But enough about that, you want to see more of super hot Eva Green, right? Here you go.

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Update: Post slightly edited for clarity.

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Shamanic Rhythm

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Man, RossaLincoln, tell us how you really feel.

What I'd like to know is: is this film really going to be worth watching? Besides for Eva Green?
 

vagabondwillsmile

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Ah the MPAA, and American sensibilities that are still in the Victorian era: where filling people with lead, blowing them up, cutting them to pieces, and spraying their blood everywhere can all be A OK, but the human body (partially or suggestively nude and in one piece) is the most evilest thing evaaaar! :(

I think these priorities are back-the-f***-asswards.
 

InsrtCoins

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It's the MPAA's job to provide very specific reasoning for rejection of content. It's a bit rude to imply that their specificity was due to excessive ogling.
 

RossaLincoln

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InsrtCoins said:
It's the MPAA's job to provide very specific reasoning for rejection of content. It's a bit rude to imply that their specificity was due to excessive ogling.
And yet, surely you're also aware of how famously inconsistent, obtuse and obscure they are about any number of decisions they make. Their job is to make sure the arbitrary sensibilities of secretive prudes aren't offended, not to provide specific reasoning. They don't even have to make their reasons clear, or public. I'll update to make it clear, but perhaps you're not aware that Page Six is a gossip (highly accurate gossip) site. This information was leaked, not announced by the MPAA. At any rate, I'm updating so there won't be any further lack of clarity.
 

RossaLincoln

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Shamanic Rhythm said:
Man, RossaLincoln, tell us how you really feel.

What I'd like to know is: is this film really going to be worth watching? Besides for Eva Green?
OK, here goes: Eva Green is really, really, really, really, really, really hot.
 

wooty

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So is the board/panel stacked with guys just unfrozen from the 50's? Or people who still think its the 50's?

I've seen far far worse on the supermarket magazine racks in plain view. And in the vast majority of british tabloids (The Sport, The Star, The Scum ect.)
 

Daemascus

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The MPAA's problem with the poster was, so Page Six says, articulated in delightful, erotica-esque prose: it was rejected "for nudity - curve of under breast and dark nipple/areola circle visible through sheer gown."

Maybe? I looked way too closely and for all i can tell that's just the shadows on her gown.
 

RossaLincoln

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Charcharo said:
RossaLincoln said:
Shamanic Rhythm said:
Man, RossaLincoln, tell us how you really feel.

What I'd like to know is: is this film really going to be worth watching? Besides for Eva Green?
OK, here goes: Eva Green is really, really, really, really, really, really hot.
And from what I have seen of her, she is also a very good actress.
That's definitely true as well.
 

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Charcharo said:
... That is all?
No, really, that is enough to get rejected?
I am not saying it aint a hot poster (subjective, I am sure there are people that do not find her attractive or just dont like poster), because damn its awesome to me...
But really?
If I was designing the poster then... uh it would get rejected quicker then :p ...

A question though:
If it was a poster with extreme violence would it be approved?
Check out this article:

http://posterwire.com/50-cent-vs-007/

The jist is that people were up in arms over a picture promoting Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson's movie featuring him holding a gun "promotes gun violence." At the time, Curtis spoke of the double standard saying that he gets singled out for holding a gun, but Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie got no such treatment for their gun wielding in the poster for "Mr & Mrs Smith."

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Double standards abound. As with many things in life, it's not "what you know," but "who you know." I'm jaded enough to shrug my shoulders at this kind of thing. I like the first sin city movie, and I'm not enough of a movie guy to Rodriguez to be "campy." I'm honestly not even sure what that means. I planned on seeing this movie because I'm interested in it. If this poster business is nothing more than "sneaky marketing" to drum up interest for the movie, more power to em. Mother f*ck a double standard.
 

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I'm not even entirely sure what's going on here.

This isn't about the MPAA making Rodriguez censor the movie, it's about them rejecting a poster? As in, the ones that get plastered on the outside and inside of a movie theater? Yeaaah, I can understand why any theater that also shows family movies might not want this hanging around.

All this aside, I actually have been looking forward to this since I heard it was announced, I really liked the first one.
 

RossaLincoln

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UberPubert said:
I'm not even entirely sure what's going on here.
The Sin City 2 production leaked the rejection to Page Six coinciding with releasing the rejected poster to drum up buzz about the movie.
 
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Nice 1984 reference there!

Personally I don't think it is in poor taste, but then again I wouldn't want to be walking past it with my kids at the cinema. It's a tough one.
 

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Wow, thx for looking out for my best interest MPAA. You saved me from those very nicely shaped natural breast. Now I can go read the Bible and thank god for MPAA saving my mind from this perversion!

Stupid really.
 

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Charcharo said:
A question though:
If it was a poster with extreme violence would it be approved?
I guess that depends on how you describe "extreme". Besides, it's been a well documented that Americans are a lot more uptight about sex than about violence for decades.
 

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wooty said:
I've seen far far worse on the supermarket magazine racks in plain view. And in the vast majority of british tabloids (The Sport, The Star, The Scum ect.)
But you see, when Hilda (18, Hull) gets her baps out in a newspaper that is journalism. When an actress is shown with her bewbage not-quite-out that's an abomination unto nuggan. After all children could see it and it will cause an unrelenting torrent of illegal foreign sorts that cause cancer! What WOULD Princess Diana think? :p

OT: Eva Green is the hotness and can act damn well too. But in this age of tubes do movie posters actually need to be approved to be put online? I can see why they would want to have some rules set up for posters that would go up on billboards and outside cinemas, but considering the wealth of porn on the net showing some underboob is hardly a big deal.