Dakota Fanning to be raped onscreen

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Originally Posted by luv

To me, depicting a 12 year girl having sex with an adult (consentual or not) is not art. And, yes, I do realize it's a movie, that they're not actually "doing it", and that it's not child porn. I'm not saying I wouldn't go see it. I just think that the mom is doing it for her own gain. A lot of parents live vicariously through their children. Their child's success is their own type of thing. The director is going to do what he's going to do regardless of which actress he has in the scene. I'm more disturbed that a mother would allow it is all. I don't know the whole situation, so that's JMO.

Just out of curiosity, would you find it wrong if a 12 year old was depicted being murdered violently (i.e. a movie about the Holocaust or slavery)? Do you think that the depiction of it on the big screen would be worth it to let millions see the dark side of human nature?

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Originally Posted by Moooo

Just out of curiosity, would you find it wrong if a 12 year old was depicted being murdered violently (i.e. a movie about the Holocaust or slavery)? Do you think that the depiction of it on the big screen would be worth it to let millions see the dark side of human nature?

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Millions see the dark side of human nature everyday. Just watch the news. As for the Holocaust, I've read books and pictured enough horrible stuff in my head.

I'm not saying I wouldn't go see it, or that I haven't. I'm just saying that I wouldn't let my child do something like what this thread is about. Then again, I'm not a parent, so what do I know?

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Originally Posted by luv

Millions see the dark side of human nature everyday. Just watch the news. As for the Holocaust, I've read books and pictured enough horrible stuff in my head.

I'm not saying I wouldn't go see it, or that I haven't. I'm just saying that I wouldn't let my child do something like what this thread is about. Then again, I'm not a parent, so what do I know?

So you wouldn't?

That's cool. There's nothing wrong with that, but at the same time your post made me curious if you only had this attitude towards things sexual in nature, or everything of an adult content.

Although I am of the persuasion this sort of thing does more good than harm, I would never say your opinion isn't valid. As a matter of fact it has a lot of logical integrity to it, something which is hard to find in most people's beliefs.

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Originally Posted by Moooo

So you wouldn't?

That's cool. There's nothing wrong with that, but at the same time your post made me curious if you only had this attitude towards things sexual in nature, or everything of an adult content.

Although I am of the persuasion this sort of thing does more good than harm, I would never say your opinion isn't valid. As a matter of fact it has a lot of logical integrity to it, something which is hard to find in most people's beliefs.

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I think people depend more on movies than books. Half of what I've seen is much less brutal than what I had pictured in my head from reading a book on a related subject. No matter what the content was. Will I go see it? Yes. Do I agree with it? Probably not. Does that make me a hypocrite? If so, I know plenty of others. Safety in numbers, you know.

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Originally Posted by luv

I think people depend more on movies than books. Half of what I've seen is much less brutal than what I had pictured in my head from reading a book on a related subject. No matter what the content was. Will I go see it? Yes. Do I agree with it? Probably not. Does that make me a hypocrite? If so, I know plenty of others. Safety in numbers, you know.

And see I'm of the persuasion that the more senses you can involve in something the more vivid it becomes. Just imagine if during a gunfight scene you could smell the gunpowder or something of that sort. It would make the movie seem a lot more vivid.

Some people do imagine a lot in their head, and some don't. Those who do think its best left to the imagination, while others seem to think its better when shown. Although I have a strong imagination, I respond a lot more to actually seeing it, cause then I have a concrete image that cannot be altered. Then again, I'm a very visual learner.

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