Controversial movies. Did they deserve the controversy?

[Vrex360]

Movies can generate a lot of hype when they get released and sometimes the hype can be the effect of a decidedly negative attitude towards the movie. In a better written term, sometimes when people say bad things about a movie about how it's offensive or whatever it will make people talk about it and get people interested. Controversy is the key for hyping things these days. Sometimes a movie can be controversial because as I said before the content is offesnive to certain groups, or even just controversial because some like it and some don't.
So I'd like it if you can recall any movie that was met with a very controversial response, you know offensive or even just very stark mixed reviews. What titles spring to your mind?

For me the list so far is:
Basic Instinct
The Da Vinci Code
Watchmen

What movies do you think recieved contorversy for a number of reasons and for what reasons? Also as an added plus, was the controversy justified or simply the media blowing hot air?

 

[Labyrinth]

Brokeback Mountain.

I honestly don't get why people were so offended. It wasn't even that great a film.

 

[Jumping_Over_Fences]

Brokeback Mountain.

I honestly don't get why people were so offended. It wasn't even that great a film.

I was more offended by Ang Lee's Hulk movie.

A Clockwork Orange was/is considered controversial, which I find very amusing. It is very anti-violence film, but people do not look at that aspect at all. They only see the sex and violence and they look at it, pretty much out of context of the film as a whole.

 

[Labyrinth]

I was more offended by Ang Lee's Hulk movie.

A Clockwork Orange was/is considered controversial, which I find very amusing. It is very anti-violence film, but people do not look at that aspect at all. They only see the sex and violence and they look at it, pretty much out of context of the film as a whole.

Ahh, my good droog, a horrorshow point.

 

[Monkfish Acc.]

The controversy in my area surrounding American History X pisses me off.
All people see is "nurr, moovy bowt natseez, bad fing". My sister actually refused to see it because people said it "encouraged racism".
Yeah, my area is full of idiots.

 

[luciferstruth]

freakn care bears the movie i found ofensive... tedies talking, running, streaming rainbows from there chests!! wtf??? freKIN bears

 

[FlameOfArnor]

The thing is... is controversy a bad thing?
Controversy either makes people re-think their standards or helps reinforce them. Some might say that this is actually a good thing that these movies are creating so much thought and discussion.

 

[NDBurke]

Anything by Michael Moore.

Yes, they're incredibly biased. CONGRATULATIONS! If only you scrutinized your own News Networks with such vigor. Just as a heads up, if you want the facts about something, read about it. Do your own research. Start with Wikipedia if you have to, and then move on from there.

Anything by Moore is meant to convince you of a certain point, not give you the raw facts.

 

[Sovvolf]

Film makers love controversy, controversial films get alot more media attetion and more people see them becuase there controversial. for me its Mutant, you know the movie with Bo Hoskins, I apparently got banned, have you seen the movie?? it has people who have spilled mustard on there hands killing people, wtf??.

 

[Sgt Doom]

Pissing people off is an excellent way of getting them to think. Not too much though, or all you get is a rabid mob.

 

[UltimatheChosen]

Anything by Michael Moore.

Yes, they're incredibly biased. CONGRATULATIONS! If only you scrutinized your own News Networks with such vigor. Just as a heads up, if you want the facts about something, read about it. Do your own research. Start with Wikipedia if you have to, and then move on from there.

Anything by Moore is meant to convince you of a certain point, not give you the raw facts.

Personally, I get the sense that a lot of Moore's stuff is a satire.

 

[Samurai Goomba]

Fight Club created some controversy by being both awesome and pretending to be a shallow movie about violence. I still hold it up was one of the best movies I've seen, however. Every era has one film that speaks to a particular group of people. Fight Club is the movie aimed directly at all the disenfranchised young men who work horrible jobs to buy crap they don't need.

It's also a pretty good (fictional) case study on the effects of social ostracism, extended periods of isolation, insomnia and insanity.

 

[Jumping_Over_Fences]

I think this thread can basically be summed up like this: Controversy is created because people are idiots.

Movies are fictional, they are a form of entertainment. I have been watching violent movies since I was a very young child and I don't go around killing people because of what I saw. I go around killing people because I like doing it, it is fun.

 

[Jumping_Over_Fences]

28 Days Later was controversial for me because the tosser director claimed it wasnt a zombie movie, and the scriptwriter and storyboarders ripped off half a dozen much much much better zombie movies and stories to make that heap of pants that only todays emo kids could love.

People get pissed off whenever anyone challenges the status quo.

p.s. How was Watchmen controversial ?

28 Days Later had not one zombie in the entire film. Therefore, 28 Days Later is not a zombie movie. Sure it took influences from zombie movies, but that does not make it a zombie film. There was also a love story, which borrows elements from many romantic movies, but I don't think that you would call it a romantic film even though it borrows those elements.

Also, I am not even close to being emo and I love that film.

 

[Nigh Invulnerable]

Whether or not they 'deserve' the controversy is irrelevant. What matters is whether the movie makes people think about something. My thought is simple, if you get offended by some movie, music, piece of artwork, etc. then it's entirely your problem, not the creator's. However, I do feel that artists, directors, game developers, etc. should make sure people are aware of the content they've included in their creations because we could avoid a lot of hoopla and whining that way.

It's like when a parent buys their 12 year old GTA IV and then is all, "Rockstar is trying to corrupt my child! Oh noes!" No, Rockstar didn't do anything to your child. You bought a game that is clearly labeled as intended for those over 17. You are a bad parent and an idiot. If you think your kid can handle it, then that's up to you, but don't go complaining to lawmakers when you failed to read a warning label.

 

[Xvito]

Brokeback Mountain.

I honestly don't get why people were so offended. It wasn't even that great a film.

That movie didn't seem very controversial to me... Have I missed something.

A Clockwork Orange was/is considered controversial, which I find very amusing. It is very anti-violence film, but people do not look at that aspect at all. They only see the sex and violence and they look at it, pretty much out of context of the film as a whole.

That movie is incredible!
Although a bit disturbing it is.

 

[Fbuh]

What people fail to realize about The Da Vinci Code (movie and book) is that it is a complete work of fiction. It was some guy's ideas about "What if..." It's just like The Golden Compass, a work of fiction based off of somebody's good ideas for novels. That being said, I loved both books heartily, and my faith was not shaken by one once, though blind devotional faith is not what you could call what I have.

 

[Rivana]

I seem to remember tropic thunder had some controversy due to them using the word 'retard'. I think some of the disability groups were up in arms and called for a boycott. I went to go see Tropic Thunder just to spite those people. I also thought that the "retard" joke was one of the funnier parts of the movie.


You never go full retard. Shit cracks me up every time.