Films that have a negative influence

[KubrickFan]

Originally Posted by blu-bry

When you look at how many suspensful and great films Hitchcock made without showing gore, using foul language, or showing people having sex on screen it's obvious that the "R" rating could often be done without. I would like to see more studios try to make their films with a PG or PG-13 rating so that we can feel free to watch them with almost any audience and not have to worry about the bad affects a films language or sex might have.

So, while I'm not going to choose one film to answer this question, I would say that the gratuitous use of on screen sex, violence, foul language, etc. makes too many films have a negative influence. I don't buy that these things are necessary for the art, and with the increase in foul language and sex crimes that we see today I think they may influence society rather than reflect it.

I don't think it's right to say that because one director was able to not use bad language and sex (or wasn't allowed to, in those times) everybody should refrain from doing so. Some movies have sex in them, or a lot of violence (or both). That doesn't automatically make it gratuitous, or make it an influence. What it does is make it an easy target for anyone who wants a scapegoat. But since you already don't believe movies like that could resemble 'art', then it's no use arguing about it.
And I don't really get where this comes from anyway. Most blockbusters are already either PG-13, or are cut to get that rating.

Originally Posted by KrugStillo

I'm very surprised there hasn't been more a slam on the gangsters movies that glorify hip hop culture. Not that I don't like these movies but come on. Actually I love DePalma's Scarface but that movie has becomed one of the worst influences in the history of cinema. It seems as if a huge section of the wannabe gangster population has made Tony Montana a hero. I love the movie but I never saw that character as a hero. I also think it's pretty obvious that Brian DePalma didn't mean for him to be taken that way. I just hate what that movie has become, some kind of textbook for being a gangster.

I actually just think it's sad that those 'gangsters' see someone like Tony Montana, an arrogant, jealous, paranoid power-loving drug addict, as a hero, while he clearly isn't remotely close. But hey, he

[Show spoiler]dies all coked up and shooting everybody, so it must be cool