Entertainment Weekly's 25 Most Controversial Films of All-Time

[Trevelyan]

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/commentary/0,6115,1202224_1_0_,00.html

[dPrasse]

The deer Hunter is the only one I have seen ... and that was as a TV movie ... I don't pay money to go see a movie to be "shocked" ... sorry Hollyweird ...

[Maggie_T]

6 THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST
DIRECTED BY MARTIN SCORSESE (1988)
THE PLOT Jesus (Willem Dafoe) pursues his calling but, in a Satan-induced hallucination, dreams of a normal life that includes sex with Mary Magdalene.
THE CONTROVERSY Religious fundamentalists picketed ...

Yeah, those darned fundies. They just don't understand art. :rolleyes:


Oh, and the French rioted.


The French rioted?! :eek: But how gauche of them.


Oh, come now. This must be a mistake.

[EveningStar]

I've seen only these:

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE - I saw it when it first came out. I liked it then but I'm not sure I'd like it now.

DEEP THROAT - Saw it when it first came out. It has several hilarious one-liners.

JFK - Good as a Sci-Fi film. Also good if you're one of those idiots who masturbates at the very mention of The Great Irish F*cking Machine.

FREAKS - An amazing film. I have it on an old rotted out VHS tape. I need to order the DVD now!

BASIC INSTINCT - Schlock ending.

BONNIE AND CLYDE - Good film for the commie-loving '60s.

ALADDIN - I know I saw it. I can't remember if I liked it or not.

[MSGT]

3 FAHRENHEIT 9/11
DIRECTED BY MICHAEL MOORE (2004)
THE PLOT Dubya's multitude of (alleged) sins, including the alliance between the Bush clan and Saudi Arabia and botched chances to prevent 9/11.
THE CONTROVERSY The documentary lit the fuse of right-wing America, detonating protests and hate campaigns to ban it (no dice). Moore was the first to break the post-9/11 moratorium on Bush bashing and set off a season of brutal smack-downs among the Bill O'Reillys and Keith Olbermanns of the world.Must have forgot that it was all a bag of lies

1 THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
DIRECTED BY MEL GIBSON (2004)
THE PLOT You know the part in the Bible where Jesus gets betrayed, tortured, and crucified? That's it. That's all of it.
THE CONTROVERSY Gibson's intention — born of his deep Catholic faith — was to produce an unflinching depiction of Christ's suffering on behalf of mankind. What he succeeded at best, however, was igniting a culture-war firestorm unrivaled in Hollywood history. For months prior to its release, The Passion was both denounced and defended sight unseen amid reports that the film wasn't just brutal, but compromised by dubious biblical interpretation and anti-Semitic sentiment. Gibson refused to let concerned parties view and vet his self-financed film, even as he was giving Passion previews to Christians as part of an unprecedented church-targeting promo push. Ultimately, moviegoers pretty much got the experience they were expecting, while Gibson got a $370 million gross — plus a provocative new reputation.Yeah, thats all he did :rolleyes:

[UnkHiram]

I have seen most of the films on the list, the majority of the movies on this list were lousy in my opionon.

[Maggie_T]

And the French didn't riot against it? :question:

[EveningStar]

I listed only the movies I watched in their entirety. I tried to watch THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST on cable TV years ago but I was bored shitless.

[Trevelyan]

I have seen:

"Aladdin"
"United 93"
"Triumph of the Will"
"The Da Vinci Code"
"The Deer Hunter"
"Natural Born Killers"
"JFK"
Half of "A Clockwork Orange"
"The Passion of the Christ"

[DeclinetoState]

20 CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST
DIRECTED BY RUGGERO DEODATO (1985)
THE PLOT This nauseatingly graphic Italian prototype for The Blair Witch Project follows four documentarians filming cannibal tribes in the Amazon. They become lunch.

THE CONTROVERSY After its 1980 Milan premiere, the film's print was confiscated by the city's magistrate. Later, Deodato faced life in prison when Italian authorities believed the stars of his film were really killed. The actors finally appeared on TV to prove otherwise.
I guess they thought it was a snuff film.

[Ant]

I've seen

Aladdin - Own on DVD
Caligula - Stupid, Violent, Gross
Do the Right Thing - Eh, it was OK
Basic Instinct
Freaks - I like this one alot
The DaVinci Code - A disappointment
Natural Born Killers
Part of Last Temptation of Christ - I really don't see what the big deal is. So Jesus had a dream of what it would be like to be a normal guy, so what?
JFK
Fahrenheit 9/11
A Clockwork Orange - I love this movie and book. It's all about free will.
Passion of the Christ - aka Jesus Chainsaw Massacre. Pretty good movie, extremely violent. I can't believe people were actually taking their kids to see this.

[BEST45CAL]

Great list. I've seen a few of those. About JFK: I really don't know what was so controversial about it. If Stone was hoping that his little film would get congress to open those JFK files, he was sadly mistaken.

They will be available in 2038 and not a day sooner.

[Eagle1]

have seen
aladdin: over the once line in the opening song? give me a break muzzies
caligula:a sick movie about a sick man, no point and no reason to watch it
basic instinct: never thought this was good, certain scenes were alright
michael moore shit-fest: full of lies, but some great counter documentaries were made
clockwork orange: disturbing movie, but overall enjoyable
passion: amazingly powerful, the only movie i have seen in a theater and not been able to get up and leave for some time