The IMDB Parents Guide Game

[Heid the Ba]

I googled it, I have seen it but have no recollection of any of that.

[Мастер]

Anyone want to give this Wes Anderson film a try?

[Lance]

I Googled it too. Funny thing is, we just saw that movie a few weeks ago and I didn't get it. I rated highly on our Suckyness Scale.

[tubeswell]

Wes Anderson? Is it a vampire movie?

[Мастер]

No vampires. It has a Jacques-Yves Cousteau-like character.

[MM_Dandy]

Is it one of the Broken Lizard films?

[Мастер]

No

[Мастер]

Bill Murray was the Jacques Cousteau-like character.

[Heid the Ba]

A life aquatic?

I was a huge Jacque Cousteau fan as a child, the programmes were must watch tv in our house. I could probably still have a go at singing the theme tune.

[Мастер]

A life aquatic?

Yes, The Life Aquatic!

Festival Director: [translating] That's an endangered species at most. What would be the scientific purpose of killing it?
Steve Zissou: Revenge.

[Heid the Ba]

Re-reading this thread I see that earlier I googled the answer, which I then promptly forgot until the Cousteau clue. Do I still get to go?

If so:

Violence and gore:
Character shoots a public telephone so no-one else can use it.
Character stabs someone in the shoulder with a butterfly knife, the man removes the knife and it has blood on the blade.
Character blows a construction site up with a rocket launcher with the help of a child.
Character shoots a golf cart and lets an old man die of a heart attack.

[Lance]

Bill Murray was the Jacques Cousteau-like character.

That comparison makes me feel a little dirty. So much respect for Jacques Cousteau, so little for Steve Zissou.

[Heid the Ba]

I can't believe how racy some of this stuff is.

Sex & Nudity
Two individuals' homosexual lifestyle is referenced. Lots of gay insults are hurled at them.

Violence & Gore
Character causes damage in a shop with a baseball bat.
Two gang members threaten Character with a butterfly knife which is flicked open, twirled and shown in a glamourous way complete with sound effects.
Character beats two gang members with a baseball bat.

Profanity
There is blasphemy, 30 or so uses of the 'f' word, and other cursing.

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking
Mr Lee goes to light up a cigarette while reporting the attack on his shop to the police. He is advised that it is a no smoking area.
Two homeless characters meet up. One has a bottle of booze in his back pocket. He gets it out as he sits with his companion while the camera cuts away.
A golfer smokes a cigar.

[Heid the Ba]

Michael Douglas is one of the leads.

[Arneb]

Falling Down?

[Heid the Ba]

Correct.

[Arneb]

OK, an older one here, too.

Sex & Nudity

5/10

Violence & Gore

9/10

Intense shoot-outs from beginning to end, many characters shot, but not consistently graphically or bloodily. Though in many shootouts blood mist and blood splatter can be seen. In some shootouts bloody wounds can be seen, from shotguns etc

A child on a carousel is shot in the opening sequence, although this is not shown. We see the bullet pass through his father, then blood on the carousel and then the child laying lifeless on the ground.

A character is stabbed in the thigh with a knife which is then turned so the wound cannot heal.

A character's ear is blown off by a bullet (from a distance).

Several characters are tied up, fuel is poured on them, and then ignited. It is assumed that they all die.

A character in a prison is subjected to shock treatment which makes him foam at the mouth, and vomit can be seen all over the floor and his clothing.

Two prisoners fight with many punches, kicks and elbow strikes. One prisoner cuts his opponent's chin with a metal tray before slamming the tray in the other guy's face. He then continues to hit and kick his defeated opponent.

There is a prison riot and escape, where several prison guards are shot at, prisoners also die. Toxic materials are also thrown at people in this scene.

A character is shot with a harpoon gun.

A man is shot in the neck, huge amount of blood spilts from the wound, and he dies.

A boat-owner is ruthlessly shot to death with a submachine gun.

Boat chase with a lot of dangerous stunts at the end of the film.

A surgery scene [...] is shown, sometimes in graphic detail, though these shots rapid and only seen for a split second and in the background. A man's [gory] face is seen reflected in another man's glasses for about 8 seconds.

A man is thrown from the roof of a building, crashing through several glass ceilings before falling to the ground.
Profanity

10/10

Very strong language throughout, at least 30 uses of the word "f***" throughout. Many other swears (sh*t, a**, b*tch etc.), sexual references, religious exclamations, name calling, etc.
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking

7/10

Some characters snort cocaine and powder from pills. Others are seen disoriented after this.

Characters smoke and drink alcohol several times throughout the film, a teenage girl can also be seen smoking.

Frightening/Intense Scenes

8/10

X's death at the start of the film can be very emotional.

Y's death can be emotional, his brother mourns over him.

Several surgeons and officers are set on fire and burnt alive, even though the process itself is not shown, only implied, it is still very upsetting.

The prison electrocution scene is very disturbing and upsetting, and somewhat disgusting too.

Intense action sequences throughout, including many shootouts, gunfights, stabbings, fist-fights, explosions, chases etc. Dozens of major or minor characters die in various ways, bloody results can be seen.

Overall: 39/50 Very intense movie with lots of violence, pretty much gore and lots of profanity, plus at least two prolonged, very disturbing scenes. Not suitable for anyone under 14.

I especially like that last age recommendation. I'd have been a zombie for a week had I seen this kind of violence at 14. Jeez.

[Lance]

Is this a comedy? It sounds like the party I had here last Friday night.

Tarantino?

[tubeswell]

Ironman?

[Arneb]

Not Tarantino, not Ironman. There isn't the faintest whiff of humour in this film, it is totally unsubtle, and all the scenes are meant to hurt. It ends with an unbearably cheesy "Dad-coming-back-to-his-family-a-hero" scene.

[Heid the Ba]

Some of it sounds like Conair, but most of it doesn't.

[Lianachan]

Going mainly from the set on fire thing and the reference to surgery/a gory face, is it the shit awful Face/Off?

[Arneb]

Going mainly from the set on fire thing and the reference to surgery/a gory face, is it the shit awful Face/Off?

It is indeed the shit awful dirty fucking Face/Off

[tubeswell]

Lianachan, U da Man.

[Lianachan]

Next up:

A teen boy positions his rear view mirror to look at a girl's panties up her skirt.

A man pretends to hang himself in order to escape from prison.

Human corpses are shown in various states of decomposition, most depicted having died violent deaths.