Rated R - Western/DramaDirector: Quentin Tarantino
Set in the South two years before the Civil War, Django is a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-to-face with German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz.
Django Unchained took in $15 million on Christmas Day, putting it at #2 behind Les Miserables ($18.2 million). The Hobbit came in at #3 with $11.3 million. This makes Django Unchained the fifth highest-grossing Christmas release.
Quentin Tarantino never has bowed to Hollywood convention. In fact, his unorthodox cocktail of cross-genre storytelling, garish bloodshed and overall lack of traditional reverence has made him one of the industry's most adored -- if not feared -- filmmakers.
"Not one word of social criticism that's been leveled my way has ever changed one word of any script or any story I tell."
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DR. TED BAEHR, founder and spokesman of The Christian Film & Television Commission, says the movie rating should be changed from "R" to NC-17 due to the violent scenes.
His reason: “This movie ends with two of the most violent scenes we’ve ever seen in more than 27 years of reviewing movies. As countless research studies and recent events in Connecticut have shown, some young boys and men like to imitate the violence they see in movies, TV, and video games.”
The movie shows blood erupting like lava from bodies when people are shot. Also in the movie, a slave is eaten by dogs and a man hanging upside down is threatened with castration.
“Rating DJANGO NC-17 would be the right thing to do,” Dr. Baehr concluded.
MANDISA, Christian Recording Artist, posted hours ago on her Facebook page: Um...I thought I better post after seeing as much as I could handle of "Django Unchained". It's not what I thought. Full of the worst gore & language I've seen. I love several of the actors, but I can't in good conscience recommend it. Maybe I'll hit Redbox on the way home.
JANE, author of this blog, says, if a film is rated "R" and should be changed to NC-17, then it probably isn't good for adults to see, either! IF IT IS FILLED WITH THE WORST GORE AND LANGUAGE EVER SEEN, tell me why decent, family loving, hard working Americans want to see it? Especially, why would Christians pay to see actions and hear language which we teach and preach against?
I agree with Dr. Baehr. Children can see an "R' movie if accompanied by an adult...but “There are many confused parents out there,” Dr. Baehr noted. “Public safety demands that ignorant or irresponsible filmmakers not be allowed to corrupt children with graphic violence or explicit sexual images and content.”
No, it doesn't make it any less offensive (or acceptable) if you wait till it comes out on DVD and rent to watch in the privacy of your home.
What good does it do for our government to ban guns from citizens but still allow such corruption to be portrayed on the screen, knowing this will influence society to imitate these bizarre actions? Such actions depicting a wild lack of restraint....actions so extreme that they lose touch with reality.
What good does it do for our government to ban guns from citizens but still allow such corruption to be portrayed on the screen, knowing this will influence society to imitate these bizarre actions? Such actions depicting a wild lack of restraint....actions so extreme that they lose touch with reality.
Draw a line in the sand, saints. Enough is enough.
To sign the Commission’s petition to the MPAA, citizens can follow this link at www.cftvc.org: http://www.cftvc.org/django-unchained/.
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