Profanity is so constant in the military it ceases to have any meaning, or impact. Any movie claiming to be "realistic" would have to include a certain level of profanity, but I'm not sure why language would be particularly upsetting, when you consider what people do to each other in war.
“I’m not sure why language would be particularly upsetting, when you consider what people do to each other in war.”
I should have pinged you in my post #16.
I’ll just add that there are certain story elements that are depictions, and certain that are reenactments. By that I mean that the violence is simulated. However, when movies blaspheme God’s name, it is actually blasphemy. Movies can also inform an audience of an event without depicting it.
For example, in Treasures of the Sierra Madre, Bogart’s character goes in to a prostitute (apparently). What is shown is basically him walking with a woman through a door and then out the same door a little later. Tells the audience what information is needed for the story without making the audience voyeurs to a sexual encounter.
As I mentioned earlier, Mel Gibson toned down the language a bit in Hacksaw Ridge in order to please his largely Christian and Catholic fan base. That movie is a well-made war film with an inspirational theme. Has a lot of extreme violence. Is peppered with milder profanities. But the video version cut the f-bombs and some of the other more extreme language. Didn’t hurt the story a bit, and probably grew the audience.
We vote with our pocketbook.