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[-] TwistedTurtle@monero.town 8 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

If violence doesn’t further the plot then it shouldn’t be in there either.

A lot of action movies would be very short. My poor kung fu movies would need to be cut down to about 15 minutes. Why can't we sometimes just have gratuitous things for the fun of it? Not everything needs to be high art.

We’re just tired of stupid shit like the mid-life threatening event romance scene. The timer on the bomb is literally counting down and they take the time to profess their love and it’s not a comedy so I’m the asshole for laughing in the theater.

I don't think that's an inherent problem with sex/nudity/romance, the problem is just bad filmmaking. With good writing/acting/directing/editing that exact cliche' scenario you describe could be done in such a way as to be genuinely funny, or touching, or sexy.

[-] BottleOfAlkahest@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago

Nobody is arguing that all movies need to remove violence or sexy? Where are you even getting that from?

But no one here is arguing the problem is inherently with sex or romance....you pulled that assumption out of your ass. The entire point of this thread is that unnecessary sex or violence is a crutch of bad film making...

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

Sure. Sometimes. As a specific movie made for that. Not every single show and movie producers can cram it into.

[-] TwistedTurtle@monero.town 4 points 9 hours ago

Agreed. Too often it feels like they're just trying to check a box or fill time.

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