Bad Cinema

'Kid's' 1995,

But what was bad about it wasn't the sexual imagery or the drugs, drink and smoking. It was the rawness of it. Its been said that this film has been cleverly devised to cause scandal, that i would say was right.

You really couldn't honestly say that the film wasn't a realistic depiction of how teenagers and people can be in today's society because sadly it was.

Whats shocking in the film is Telly and Casper's casual attitudes towards drink, drugs and more importantly sex.

It wasn't a bad film, the film was not evil or deviant, i think its just there to bring to peoples attention that fact that we like to think children and teenagers are innocent, this is more socially acceptable.

But children ad teenagers can be deviant just because a film decides to look at things from this angle does not necessarily mean it is bad. The film is just very socially unacceptable.

But amongst this films controversy i think it sends a message that people need to be aware of Sexually Transmitted diseases and how easily they can be transported from one person to the next. This film is good at raising awareness of that, so its not all bad.

For a review of this film see http://www.film.u-net.com/Movies/Reviews/Kids.html

I think that Bad cinema involves films that are just very controversial and upset certain if not all members of society, the same could be said of bad television or books and even art.

But to me Bad cinema involves films that are simply difficult to watch but because they are offensive but because they are rubbish. For more information on rubbish films check this outhttp://www.razzies.com/default.asp

Comment on Marlenes Blog

After reading Marlene's blog on the being too religious lecture, i loved the way that she has included her own views and life experiences. She's used relevent images and links in her blog. Keep it up.

http://marlene26.blogspot.com/

Comment on Megan's Blog

Megan's blog is really good. She adds her own thoughts about how the lecture has been for her. She uses relavent images and links. I havent really got a bad thing to say about it to be fair. Keep it up. xx

http://www.being-badwlv.blogspot.com/

Bandits and Outlaws

Robin hood the prince of theives. One of the most famous Outlaws. Is viewed as a national hero due to him stealing from the rich and giving to the poor.

http://www.robinhood.ltd.uk/robinhood/factorfiction.html

This fictional or true character is very much socioally accepted as a hero.

Whats gets me is, why are people like Robin Hood so loved by society when their behaviour is anything but good.

This makes me think why are people that do things that are considered 'Bad' by society then idolised.

I found the lecture very interesting as it made me question, my own morals. It was interesting to look at the outlaws and bandits in terms of political and revolutionary aspects.

Infidelity

This was a really interesting topic. We watched a clip of the film 'The unbearable lightness of being' this was interesting as it was fairly old and to contrast this we watched a clip of a modern film 'Closer'.

The unbearable lightness of being led to two questions being asked, firstly we were asked why does Franz find it humiliating to cheat on his wife in the Same Town? I replied that Franz was considering his own feelings but was also in denial as it doesn't matter where you are your humiliating your wife by sleeping with someone behind her back as it is.

A contrast to this is that in 'Closer' the woman had cheated on her partner in the house that she shared with him.

The second gentleman in the film 'Thomas' does not appear to consider his wife's feelings, he appears to show no guilt that he is having an affair. Thomas responds to the person that he is with, not thinking about how he is making his wife feel.

Everyone has their own definition of adultery, the character in the film Sabina endorsed a particular definition of adultery. She saw betrayal as breaking free from her father/ It was based on her own circumstances, however betrayal for me is more to do with breaking down the trust you have with someone apposed to breaking away.

This song and the video is about a girl being unfaithful to her partner 'Rhianna, 'Unfaithful' :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgZgubuT2DM.

The question is whether or not infidelity is a bad thing? Yes it is.,It can break up marriages and break peoples hearts.

It seems to me that things that are bad are mixed up with what society doesent approve of.

For more information about infidelity check this link out :http://www.channel4.com/health/microsites/0-9/4health/teenlife/rel_infidelity.html

Prostitution?

After watching an extract of 'Breakfast at Tiffany's', we were asked to consider afew questions so I'll just answers them.

1. Is it prostitution to take money from someone who expecting sex then not supply it?

Well it's not prostitution, technically but you shouldn't really lead someone on if they are expecting more. However if the women's in control of the situation then it may not be a bad thing. However 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'

2. If it isn't prostitution then is it more or less socially acceptable? Its more socially acceptable than prostitution, because its not money for sex. Its more money 'you think your going to get sex', but your not sorry mate.

3.If it is prostitution, then how much is a reasonable charge? Very tricky to answer this one I'm guessing about 500 quid.

Theres a great article in the guardian about people paying for sex in the Guardian see here http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,11913,1306267,00.html

Comment on Ellie's Blog

Ellies coming up on some good ideas for her blog.

However i think she needs to include more information on her views of the topics covered on the lecture, maybe she hasn't got round to this yet, either way great start.

http://whatyouclassasbad.blogspot.com/

Masturpation/Self abuse

http://www.solotouch.com/

So is masturbation really a cultural problem like smoking, i don't think it is. Millions of people admit to smoking, i mean people do it in public places. So i wouldn't accept this statement.

There are afew things that mates just don't speak about. And this is definitely one of them. You can call someone a 'wanker' and that's a pretty offensive thing, but what do you call a women that does it. Maybe its assumed that women don't or won't.

Masturbation is a very taboo topic, it seems that this module should be called 'what is being bad?'. I mean this behaviour isn't killing anyone, its not a form of evil but it is frowned upon and classed as bad by a lot of people.

Masturbation has been deemed by the following crude phrase's:

Jerk the Gherkin

Bash the bishop

Choke the monkey

Toss the salad

Turning Japenese http://punkmodpop.free.fr/vapors_pic.htm

That's all i could think of in the lecture as i don't really think about it much.

Its not something that i think is bad, but i think its something that should be private and kept that way. People can talk about sex, but sex with themselves is seen as weird especially if your a bloke however not so much with women.

I think society is very quiet about it, amongst other things.

The lecture didn't shock me, but i think made me aware of how much of a tricky issue it is.