A character in an Ayn Rand novel, Atlas Shrugged. Since I’ve never managed to finish reading anything by her, I’m afraid I can’t say more. Wiki no doubt has a page on him, though.
“Who is John Galt” is the common theme throughout Atlas Shrugged. I think the previous poster was making a joke. 
Ah. Better a joke than a multi-part movie.
:shrug:
He also murders people and unleashes a killer robot on the city just so he can get the glory of stopping it.
Oompa loompa doopity doo
I’ve got another deathtrap for you
I’m sure this is already linked somewhere in the thread but I’m too lazy to check: Animated Films to Traumatize Your Kids With.
I haven’t seen it myself, but from all accounts The Nutcracker in 3D clearly belongs in this thread (it came out since the thread originally appeared. or it wouldv’e been in its original incarnation). It still has a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, which is worse than Battlefield Earth
I think you guys are seriously underestimating children. The Looney Tunes are aimed at a group far too young for sexual thoughts, but when Bugs or Elmer morph into a wolf, whistle and their heart starts pounding out of their chest at a shapely woman even a 6 year old knows enough to follow along.
*Psssst… *the intended audience for Looney Toons shorts was adult theatre-goers.
Perhaps worth noting however that Grave of the Fireflies was originally released in Japan as half of a double feature; partnered with My Neighbour Totoro. There were apparently more than a few upset parents. :eek:
The Other Mother wants to pluck out her eyes and replace them with sewn buttons. Kid or adult, that’s pretty high on the fucked up scale.
Why was Paprika rated R?
Spoilers kind of for a five year old movie.
There was a not very graphic depiction and subsequent investigation of a years old murder. Was there an actual murder or was it metaphorical? I can’t remember. There was crazy dream imagery. There was Atsuko’s secret identity. There was crazy octo-boss. Were there actual deaths during the dream parade and the wackyness that accompanied it? Ahhh, there was the cartoon, giant, non-nudity nudity. I think I asked my daughters where her nipples were. They were all like, :rolleyes:
Paprika was rated R? It’s one of the favourites around here. If we’re waiting to start a movie or for someone we watch the opening sequence. It’s a SHOWTIME!
I remember that Billy Elliot is rated R solely because of the language. Nothing else. It’s a kid movie, and the swearing is of course compleltly natural and approriate for the time period and society class portrayed, but no, kids could be damaged by hearing a fuck. (Although that’s a counter example).
Then again, if everybody has superpowers, I guess people would attach value to more mundane but useful skills. Repairing bicycles, for example.
PG13
Well, now that you mention it … Joss Wheedon’s stuff is suitable for children. But teens and young adults … no way!
No one has mentioned The Adventures of Mark Twain yet, although it often features in lists of scary kids movies. It’s a fun claymation movie, but there’s a depressing and rather creepy segment based on Twain’s unfinished story “The Mysterious Stranger”.
You mean like this?
Not precisely aimed at children, but Who Framed Roger Rabbit was a little high on my personal creep-o-meter.
I had severe troubles watching Back to the Future later in life because of that damn character. It really made it difficult to like the Doc.
He only killed ONE of the pair of shoes!!! They were married, or twins, and he tortured and killed one in front of the other one! ACK! :eek: My little kiddy brains weren’t up for that.
Also, my parents really shouldn’t have let me go to a sleepover at my friend’s house on the night she was watching Little Shop of Horrors with her parents. (I was 6, and it was my first sleepover…) I ended up climbing out a window around 1 am and walking home because I was too creeped out to stay at their house.
In totally unrelated methods of not being aimed at children, the entire opening sequence of *Up *was interesting in a sociological sort of way. Through my own misted vision, I watched the entire over-25 audience contingent dissolve into tears, while the kids were bored out of their minds wondering when the actual movie was going to get moving.
(is it just me, or are there lots of zombies these days?)
There are a lot of zombies nowadays. Typical response is to blame Google.