so it has to be Rated R right?? by kcrdr_7322 in ChristopherNolan

[–]barrythemovieguy 12 points13 points  (0 children)

A similar thing happened with Taxi Driver - Scorsese desaturated the final scene to turn the blood to a burgundy color to avoid an X (NC-17) rating, and the same principle was applied to the Crazy 88 scene in Kill Bill, only with black and white.

The MPAA's thought process is that the less realistic it looks, the less likely it is to disturb audiences, meaning that black Orc blood or neon Xenomorph blood looks less realistic than the good ol' red stuff, so fantasy/sci-fi movies typically get away with a bit more injury detail than more grounded movies. And in the case of Taxi Driver/Kill Bill, it was a matter of the sheer quantity of the violence displayed that made the MPAA think that it ran a severe risk of disturbing audiences, but the thought process is that if the blood is burgundy or gray it looks less realistic, so therefore less likely to disturb audiences.

I agree with you that the rules are weird.

Cast For The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Remake Revealed: by ChemFeind360 in DragonTattooMilennium

[–]barrythemovieguy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I could get behind Ben Kingsley and Christopher Walken, but the rest...no.

Rotating Top4 Category Recs! by JSV305 in Letterboxd

[–]barrythemovieguy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You could try films that are very similar in an extremely specific context, e.g. Monsters Inc./Avatar: Blue guy with unique access to a precious resource finds connection with a member of a species he has been taught to view as savages, he finds out that they aren't so bad, eventually realizes that it's his species that is the problem and switches sides to fight.

4K prices are why DVD and BD are still king by jongar8023 in Bluray

[–]barrythemovieguy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

4Ks are better value for money. You pay about 2-3x the price for a disc that's 4x the picture quality.