MestnyiGeroi commented on…
Entertainment Weekly's "25 Most Controversial Movies Ever"
At first I thought this a terrible list, but the more I look — 1 year ago
at it, the more I realize that I was distracted by one or two poor choices, and on the whole this is a pretty good list. There are only two problems:
1. The order is all wrong.
2. The Da Vinci Code, United 93, I am Curious—Yellow, and especially Aladdin are all poor choices.
But the other 21 are good selections on the whole, even if Kids is a little too obscure to be considered widely controversial. The same might be said of Cannibal Holocaust.
Life of Brian and Pretty Baby come to mind for starters. Also better choices than the four mentioned above:
Viridiana
Straw Dogs
The Wild Bunch
Bandit Queen
Fire
Lolita
The Last Picture Show
Peeping Tom
The Outlaw
The Kiss (the original Edison film)
Pink Flamingos
Brokeback Mountain
Cruising
Carnal Knowledge
Citizen Kane
Peeping Tom
Dirty Harry
The Exorcist
Some have mentioned South Park, but any reaction to that movie was more a sort of faux controversy, to my mind.


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