note represent this be probably the long review i have ever write and it mostly deal with the source of controversy surround natural bear killer and so if you just want a brief summary of why this film be worth watch and skip to the end . i remember when oliver stone natural born killer be release in 1994 and deliver a well deserve kick up the arse to american audience . stone set out to criticize medium for it mindless glorification of violence and criminal in the medium and do so through a sharp satirical spectacle about two infamous killer turn idol and star the it actor of the early 90 . unsurprisingly and conservative american family be outrageddisgusted at what be present to them and saw the film itself a a mindless glorification of violence and criminal a oppose to criticism . indeed and they be so outrage that and when teen fan leave their oklahoma home to go out east and shoot fellow american and parent blame natural born killer for have inspire the shooting . oliver stone be leave with blood on his hand and while more murder be be link to his masterpiece . lawsuit be file while case be try and reinstall and until finally they be dismiss in louisiana in 1998. the reason i bring this up again and after so many year and and so many more violent film later and be because entertainment weekly have publish a list of the 25 most controversial movie of all time and natural born killer be rank a # 8. now and i do not want to knock entertainment weekly a they report on reality and but when a film like nbk get a high ranking a 8 and they should be call entertainment and weakly . my point be and rather and that this be a film that deal with such an important and realistic issue that it should never have be controversial in the first place . so why be it . the reason for this high ranking and i assume and be the end of the film . instead of opt for your typical and clichéd cop out in which the good guy win and the bad guy be punish and stone let mickey and mallory knoxthe glorify killersget away with precisely everything and ride off in their car on the highway . this be what lead to a public outcry and what cause an anti violence film like natural born killer to be mistake for a pro violence advertisement . firstly and it be my opinion that audience who need everything to be carefully spell out for them in a film in order to get the message and moral right be probably devoid of moral in the first place ( no offense and crash ( 2004 ) ) . so because natural born killer do not have a perfect righteous end with a good guy shake his finger and tell you that this be unacceptable and have the bad guy repent their crime and some people take this a homage to serial killer . this fill me with concern for your average movie goer . secondly and natural born killer shouldn not have inspire this much controversy because and while it often exaggerate to get it message across and it be realistic to the coreand why should realism be label controversial . isn not it just the opposite . have violence in a film be a realistic portrayal of the world today . have medium glorify violence be even more so and because that be what be happen . by make mickey and mallory knox into infamous symbol ( if i be a mass murderer and i would be mickey and mallory . one worship teen tell the tv camera team ) and stone be parody reality . he be parody the idea of medium turn serial killer and like jeffrey dahmer and into celebrity . dahmer be on the cover of new magazine more than once and for example . the prison interview with mickey be base upon the charles manson interview with reporter geraldo rivera . the story tell on american maniac about mickey kill a cop after ask him for direction be take almost verbatim from a story make up by j. edgar hoover in the 1930s about bank robber clyde barrow and bonnie parker in an attempt to try to silence the couple grow fan base . in other word and no one can argue that natural born killer be not a realistic portrayal of the medium response to criminal . now thirdly and it be my guess that the film strike a little too close to home when it open and therefore attract unfair criticism . it point to thing that be too familiar with audience . take the famous sitcom scene of mallory family and feature hammy acting and clown like sound effect and can laughter . all the stylistic element be present it be just the content that be overblown while mallory father make lewd suggestion and it all culminate in a ruthless kill spree . yet and somehow and it be still funny because it be so close to the average sitcom . this be stone intention . in prison and when mickey be be interview on national tv and the film cut to a simple black and white image of a typical american home . the family be sit around watch the interview and glue to the television like mindless zombiesthe very same people who hat this film . that bite irony . so and controversial . i have watch natural born killer many time and can not see anything else than a satirical masterpiece . i also do not think that exaggerate image or scenario be overkill i think exaggerate moral and happy ending to get a point across be overkill . natural born killer have the perfect balance and be mean to be take tongue in cheek . it doesn not glorify violence while it show how desensitized the medium and the public have become to it . and it do so with flair and fury . positive .