this is my country

stumbled upon a list of banned movies in malaysia while i was at imdb.com. came across some that really made me wonder.

for example...roberto benigni's PINNOCHIO? we read the book...we all know what pinnochio is about...its a children's story...and they banned the movie?

then there's RENT. a tony award winning musical about a bunch of bohemians struggling with life...love and AIDS. what's so bad about that? would we somehow be inspired to get AIDS and run around like hippees?

SAVING PRIVATE RYAN is also on the list. granted...they sometimes ban movies that depict war but if you're going to show pearl harbour and black hawk down and behind enemy lines and etc....why not show saving private ryan? a movie that doesn't actually concentrate on killing and war but more of saving a fellow officer from behind enemy lines.

and there's always BABE...both the first one and the second one. so we're not supposed to look at pigs? or is it just talking pigs that are offensive?

then we have movies like PRINCE OF EGYPT and PASSION OF THE CHRIST that are reserved for non-muslim viewers only. and how apt for DA VINCI CODE to be open to all audiences.

sometimes i wonder what they are trying to prove. do they think that we are so stupid to take things literally? ok...granted...some adults still believe the WWE is real but i'm pretty sure most rational adults will be able to distinguish between right and wrong...real and fake. i guess they don't have faith in their people. that's malaysia....