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* ''[[The Brown Bunny]]'' is a film known mostly for being booed harshly at the Cannes Film Festival and the subsequent media catfight between [[Roger Ebert]] and the director. The film was later [[Recut]] and given a wide release, and Ebert gave the recut a three star review.
* ''[[Cannibal Holocaust]]'' was notorious to a degree that it forced director Ruggero Deodato and the actors to explain that nobody died in production and the gore was just special effects. There is still a great deal of controversy to this day relating to the cruelty against animals.
* [[Martin Scorsese]]'s ''[[The Last Temptation of Christ]]'' had sparked protests from religious groups worldwide, including the infamous attack at a Paris cinema where the use of Molotov cocktails injured 13 patrons and brought the theater under heavy repairs for the next three years. The scenes in question were that of Jesus having scandalous relationships with women and fathering children, though there were actually visions Satan made in a vain attempt to convince Jesus not to sacrifice itself, only for said scenes to be taken out of context.
* Claimed by many to be the reason behind the failure of [[Ghostbusters (2016 film)|the 2016 ''Ghostbusters'' movie]]. The combination of [[Base Breaker]] [[Audience-Alienating Premise]]<ref>a [[Gender Flip]]ped franchise reboot</ref> and the [[Tainted by the Preview|terrible trailer]] actually hurt the film less than the marketing campaign that tried to make the negative initial reception to be [[He-Man Woman Hater|all about misogyny]] and the ensuing social media controversy that make people [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here|opt out of seeing the film entirely]].
* Despite being a seminal feature film on its own merit, ''[[The Birth of a Nation]]'' gained notoriety for reviving the [[Ku Klux Klan]] in 1915. African-American rights groups such as the NACCP protested the film and called it to be banned for its denigrating portrayal of blacks, though regardless of any hot-button debates the film generated and the monster it indirectly created, the film is still highly regarded by film critics and scholars alike. You'd be hard-pressed to watch it outside of YouTube streams and educational film showings though.
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* ''[[The Dark Knight Rises]]''{{'}} release was marred by tragedy when a crazed gunman identified as James Eagan Holmes opened fire at a midnight screening in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 people ''including children'' and injuring 58 others. Initial reports stated that Holmes identified himself as "the Joker" at the time of his arrest though this has been debunked. While he did not receive the death penalty as a result of his atrocities, Holmes was sentenced to ''twelve life sentences'' without parole, and ''[[Longer-Than-Life Sentence|an additional 3,318 years]] in prison''. Judge Carlos Samour stated that the defendant should "[[You Can't Go Home Again|never set foot in free society again]]," adding that "the defendant deserves [[No Sympathy|no sympathy]]." To rub salt in Holmes's wound, a fellow inmate named Mark "Slim" Daniels assaulted him in what Daniels claimed to be [[Vigilante Man|in retribution]] to such a heartless and disgusting act.<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/US/exclusive-inside-prison-assault-aurora-theater-shooter-james/story?id=37339691 Exclusive: Inside the Prison Assault on Aurora Theater Shooter James Holmes]</ref> Whether Slim was sincere about sending the Aurora shooter straight to hell or not is debatable as he could be just doing it for the notoriety, but regardless, [[Even Evil Has Standards]].
* It's hard not to think about Filipino comedian [[Vice Ganda]] without the leagues of critics who take umbrage at his style of comedy, deriding it as a denigrating form of defamation at the expense of those targeted by Vice's sarcasm. Fans of the [[GMA Network]] variety show ''[[Eat Bulaga]]'' would brag about how their hosts' style of comedy is more "[[Blatant Lies|wholesome]]" than Vice's crass comedy club gags, and it shows with comments on videos about ''[[It's Showtime! (Series)|It's Showtime!]]'' and ''Bulaga'' critiquing Vice's edgy sense of humour. In fairness there has been those far worse than him, but still...
* Despite being well-received by critics, the 2020 French film ''Cuties'' became the butt of controversy and government scrutiny over its portrayal of pre-teen girls. The film's writer and director Maïmouna Doucouré described ''Cuties'' as a commentary on social media and girls being pushed to grow up too fast (e.g. the likes of [[Bratz]] and girl groups such as [[The Pussycat Dolls]] pushing for a borderline mature image towards youngsters), but regardless of its stated intentions it was savaged on social media for what was seen as sending the wrong message, with netizens taking umbrage at the film's release using the hashtag #CancelNetflix, threatening to cancel their subscriptions over the film's content and/or review-bombing the film on sites such as IMDB in protest. Some groups, such as the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, claiming that it sexualised young girls, and politicians labelled it as "child porn" or something that would "whet the appetite of [[Paedo Hunt|pedophiles]] [and] help fuel the child sex trafficking trade." One particular point of contention was the promotional poster, which had one of the girls do a risque pose; following backlash it was replaced with a different poster.
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