Murder as entertainment.

[Zoom-boing]

Gratuitous violence does not sit well with me. And I do think that it can have desensitizing effect on young people. It takes a great director like Hitchcock to depict murder without even showing the act. That kind of genius has been lost on the newbies in my opinion.

I agree about Hitchcock, but I can't say I'm not a fan of gratuitous Violence in movies.

I realize it's fake.

It's curiosity.

"Hmm, I'll never see this in real life because I know that it's wrong/crazy/I'd never do it,....but so long as it's fake let's see what these producers depict it looking like." I don't see a major issue.

what about these video games where they play the sniper and they get to actually see bloody head shot.

I enjoy them. I wouldn't let young kids play them though. Problem is, lots and lots and lots of parents see a 'teen' or even an 'MA' rating and think nothing of letting younger kids play them. Same with movies. PG-13 and they think it's fine. Why would they let someone else decide what is and isn't ok for their kids to watch/play?

 

[chanel]

Good for you GT.

We've seen a tremendous increase in girl fights over the past few years. I would not be exaggerating if I said at least 90 percent of the fights at my school are now between females. Not sure if that has anything to do with media, but I do know that its a growing epidemic.

 

[xotoxi]

I'm just a wimp G.T. I could never be a nurse simply because I can't stand the sight of blood - even if it's fake. That's just me. I usually close my eyes and tell whomever I'm with to let me know when it's over. It doesn't stop me from going to the movies though.

lol that's alright.

I couldn't change a bed pan without puking my guts out if ya paid me a Million bucks!

I wouldn't eat from a bed pan for a 110 million bucks!

 

[uscitizen]

I agree about Hitchcock, but I can't say I'm not a fan of gratuitous Violence in movies.

I realize it's fake.

It's curiosity.

"Hmm, I'll never see this in real life because I know that it's wrong/crazy/I'd never do it,....but so long as it's fake let's see what these producers depict it looking like." I don't see a major issue.

what about these video games where they play the sniper and they get to actually see bloody head shot.

I enjoy them. I wouldn't let young kids play them though. Problem is, lots and lots and lots of parents see a 'teen' or even an 'MA' rating and think nothing of letting younger kids play them. Same with movies. PG-13 and they think it's fine. Why would they let someone else decide what is and isn't ok for their kids to watch/play?

Becuase it is the easy way?
It is MUCH harder to raise a child vs let them grow up.

 

[uscitizen]

Many of those on here were raised up from childhood on Freddy Kruger and such and just cannot see/underatand it though...

I was raised in the era where TV got pretty limitless.

I don't stand and watch rapes, I break up fights, I dislike bullies, etc. etc.

What's not to understand.

Ohh I am not saying it impacts everyone the same way.


And good for you.

 

[chanel]

Our demographics haven't changed much in the past few years. It's not poverty driven. It's sex. Always about a boy...

 

[Bill Angel]

Consider the movies and TV shows whose main focus is murder.
What does it say about us when Murder , often in horribly violent forms has become a major form of entertainment....
Did you laugh when the guys brains got blown all over the car in Pulp Fiction?
I got taken to that one by my wife and the laughter was all around me in the theatre. I was disgustedly amazed.
Discuss.

You mentioned hearing laughter. Was the laughter from couples seeing the movie together, or just from groups of rambunctious young men?
When I was a young man I remember taking a date to see "A Man and a Woman".
Woody Allen movies were also quite popular. Do young couples actually go out on dates together to see these extremely violent motion pictures? Do they then go for a pizza and discuss the movie's highlights such as when someone's head gets hit with a bullet and explodes, or something of similar violently graphic nature?