Give Me More Blood

Rating: 4/10 (21 July 2005)

I want more blood. I want more heads being chopped off. I want more paedophiles, more prostitutes, more dead bodies, more people being eaten alive. I want it all rendered in beautiful monochrome. In fact, next time, can I have a group of innocent people being massacred in the style of a Rossetti painting, set to... I don't know Holst's Planets. Shocked? Why? Is that your own hypocrisy slapping you round your face?
Well, we've come a long way haven't we? We are pass the point where violence is merely accepted in society and art, now we actively relish in it. This is a film that shows as much respect for the human body and soul as Abu Ghraib prison. And this is our 'fun'. This is what we do to chill out and kick back with some friends. Lets watch a massacre. Lets watch suicide and decapitation. Lets make a cup of tea and watch blood spurt out of a mans neck.
I'm a 23 year old British liberal, but films like this and Kill Bill make me think that moaning old conservatives might have a point, and I HATE them for that.
"Oh but Dan, you can't seriously believe that films like this make people more violent".
Who cares if they provoke more violence? Isn't it just a bit disturbing that people are getting off to this junk in the first place??! I wouldn't want any friends of mine to enjoy watching someone getting eaten alive for entertainment.
Stop paying for this life-insulting junk.