A more convincing case (for male viewers, at least) for the benefits of open matte could be made by citing as an example Jackie Brown, or should I say Bridget Fonda. :)
Could somebody post more screen caps of the censored shotgun-blast-to-the-head scene? (I already looked at DVDBeaver's review.) I'm still on the fence about this one - I'd love to get the R1 for the extras etc., but having seen the uncensored version of the scene, I'd hate to lose it.
That's the oldest trick in the book, often used for ironic effect (see also: A Clockwork Orange and Natural Born Killers). The trailer in question aimed more at reverence, though, but it's still very common to use contrasting music in a trailer - in fact, it seems that most action/adventure...