jimbow8 Wrote:If you call your self Self, what does Self call you back?
Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:I haven't seen it, but I'm told it's gory to the n-th. That's what Gibson likes, it seems. He does it very well.
jimbow8 Wrote:If you call your self Self, what does Self call you back?
KRW Wrote:Mike, Gibson makes it as realistic as he can. If you are gonna show someone having their heart ripped out while they are still alive, then that's what people will see. Unless you sugar coat it. That time period was very brutal, I just hope he portrayed it correctly. If you're gonna tell a story, tell it. Knowing Mel's movies, he did.
Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:I'm not criticizing him at all, Ken. As I said, he does it very well. But gore seems to be a standard in his flicks. If he didn't like it, he wouldn't show it so relentlessly.
KRW Wrote:And I'm just saying he doesn't suger coat it. I found it funny how shocked people were after the "Passion". Has no one ever pictured what a whipping and crusifiction was like? What did they expect to see? The same with this movie.
jimbow8 Wrote:If you call your self Self, what does Self call you back?
saynomore Wrote:The setting may be different, and the plot slightly askew, but this is definitely a subconscious remake of The Naked Prey, starring Cornell Wilder.
And Cindy says that the gore was not nearly as pervasive as the reviews make out. The rolling heads are filmed from a distance, so they may as well be basketballs boucing down the steps. She also says that the gore in "Kill Bill" (her favorite movie by far) makes Mel's film look like a Disney flick.
Oops, hold that thought, isn't it a Disney flick?
AC
P.S. Rent The Naked Prey, but then see Mel's film for comparison.
KRW Wrote:"The Naked Prey" was a good movie.