Violent movies have a negative impact on the viewing public ?
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There are a plethora of contributory factors that have led to the increase of violence among the youth in our society. Some of the most oft mentioned cases are associated with the increase in the violent content of movies, television, music, video games, etc. It is averred that these vehicles of entertainment have a desensitizing effect upon the impressionable minds of the youth. Children observe the indiscriminate violence portrayed in a fictional sense, and have difficulty distinguishing the actual effects of its application in reality.\n\nUndoubtedly, this desensitization process plays a role in the increase of violence. However, I believe we are just scratching the surface when we assert that this is the root cause of violence among the youth. In fact, we would do a disservice to our youth if we were to accept this assertion as the primary cause. I think the root cause lies much deeper.\n\nChildren have been witnessing violence in a fictional sense for decades....  To See  more click on link  below
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That is so ridiculous. If they ban that movie from being sold, how many other movies should be banned? There aren't very many movies out there don't offend at least someone! People don't have to buy it. Everyone needs to get over themselves and realize that everybody is different and likes or approves of different things.
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No. It is an art, a form of entertainment, and a commodity. Thus, it is impossible to generalize it as crude or infantile. Would you say that film is a stupid medium for violent, ignorant, and crude people because a studio made something like Lethal Weapon, Saw, or American Pie? The medium is neutral and can express anything.\n\nAs far as culture, Hip-hop is also a reflection of the environment it was created in. If money, violence, drugs, and partying is part of everyday life, then the music and lifestyle will be a reflection of that. \n\nAll forms of musical/cultural expression are valid and can be appreciated by someone...unless of course the culture/music is co-opted to make a quick buck by people outside of the CULTURE perpetuating a lifestyle of "crude and infantile" lifestyles by presenting it to the masses as normal. Then, of course it is shallow by design.
183712
Excellent questions!  Sex is wonderful and should be more wide spread.  Violence is horrible and should not be seen.
161567
Listen, yosemite same and the boys where on all of our televisions when we were kids. I do not think it has much of an impact as long as the children have good parenting. Of course there are always a few genetically enclined kids who are prone to violence. If kids are taught by their parents that what they are watching or playing is not to be acted out in real life then they should be ok. Most parents simple let the kids do anything they like without any kind of supervision.\n\nI say bring back the yosemite sam, bugs bunny wars.\n\nPS the better question is how do political cartoons influence brainless adults. Can you say Jihad.
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Probably violence, maybe some foul language--I think the rule is if the f-bomb or s-word is dropped once in a movie, it automatically ups the rating.
234647
greatly..........there is significant impact specially kids and illiterates and those who lack wisdom. they try to imitate wht is shown specially the bad like rape forming rowdy gangs and getting after gals. i havent see anyone turning good from bad by watching tv or movies.either good reamins good or gets bad and then worse.try avoid some shows tht r obscene provoking violence .......but u gotta understand tht its only for entertainment wht ever u watch
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There is great debate over this. Originally, social scientists (of the 1960s) claimed that audiences certainly would be influenced by what they saw on screen. But in those days, the subjects of social studies were perceived as inferior and incapable of understanding their position in life.\n\nIn more recent times, the social sciences tend to regard the people they are studying as more capable and self-aware individuals. Audiences are now perceived as being intelligent enough to not just copy what they see in film.\nNowadays, social scientists tend to ask more emotion-based, qualitative questions, rather than scientific, positivist questions, so they realise that not everyone interprets things in the same way, and that audiences can read whatever meaning they want to in a film. Supposedly this means that films cannot influence audiences...\n\nPersonally, I do think that film can influence our lives, but in a more subtle way; I do believe that mainstream (Hollywood) films carry within them the political beliefs of the culture that produced them. When we are constantly bombarded with their hegemonic content, it is sure to influence the way we view the world.\n\nSome postmodern films from the horror genre have attempted to critique violence in film, but to do so they have had to include it. Natural Born Killers by Oliver Stone is a classic example of a film which was slated and censored for containing gratuitous violence, even though it tried to critique this very thing!\n\nContact me if you want any more details!
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wow, never thought of that before! I don't know about books, but I do know that the prevailing thought is that we should be careful what we let ourselves/our children watch on TV or play when it comes to videogames. I mean, there are all those cases, especially in America, where teenagers, and even younger children, have killed their families, strangers or fellow students. And have admitted that their behaviour was influenced by the violent videogames/playstation games they play. It's a modern phenomenon, and one we need to combat.\nBut I think books could definitely have the same effect, especially on the impressionable young mind. We should be careful.
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The movie media has always been used for propaganda.  Some push overt messages, others, subtle messages.  And "Unholywood" is very liberal at this time; and liberals hate religion.  These sound like the subtle sort.\n\nWhat's particularly despicable of this in this movie is that it will be viewed by many, many children, who will be subconsciously imprinted with this negative image of religion.
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Yes it is illogical.  It's illogical to ban any movie anywhere.  If people don't like the idea of a movie, no one is forcing them to go see it.  But let the rest of the free world make up its own mind!
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All people like violence, if you check history, every single civilization has had very violent moments, and some of them were just for kicks. We enjoy boxing, wrestling, jackass and gore movies... they enjoy the real thing more. We've "freedom of religion", but that really means Christians first and we'll kick your ass if you don't agree with the Bible (which is what our troops are trying to prove). We're in the exact same position as they are, except we've money and we're entertained enough to be able to ignore it.
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EnigmaticEncounter asked:  Why see humans killing each others on screen, for any possible reason?  Can't we leave in a state of peace and harmony?\n\n\nwell, personally, i would much rather have our society's emotions wounded by onscreen violence than have our society's children (for it is they who fight and die) wounded by real violence.  \n\ni believe that many people who are anti-war today are so because of the often graphic and disturbing depictions of war in film.  in the past, anti-war voices often came from those who had *been there*.  many war films of the last 30 years have tried to realistially portray modern mechanized warfare - fast, violent, arbitrary, and dehumanizing - and when successful, a film transports all of us there, into the middle of the horror.\n\nindeed, were it not for the peaceful voices among us, informed by film, we might be deeply involved in many disastrous conflicts, and many of us who are alive today might otherwise be dead or dying on a field in north korea.
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It certainly does. Aggression begets aggression. Violence raises Blood Pressure. Leading to more violence.\nChildren watching it think that is how they should react in real life. Like point a gun to get what you want.  READ :\nDoes violence on TV cause violence in real life? What should be done? \n\n     Thirty murders. Forty beatings. Do these sound like figures from a police report? Guess again. They are the number of violent \nacts that a group of South Carolina sixth-graders observed while watching one hour of prime-time television. \n\n     One hour. \n\n     Last December, the students conducted a survey of TV violence. Each student agreed to watch one hour of prime-time television \nfor four days and record the number of violent acts shown. Only murders and beatings were counted. \n\n     The results shocked many of the students. During the four-day period, they saw a total of 100 murders and hundreds of \nphysical assaults (attacks). One student counted three killings in a commercial for a new movie. \n\n     "I was blown away," Kristi Wannamaker, 12, told JS. "I never realized there was so much violence on television." \n\n     Kristi believes that there should be less violence on TV. But some of her classmates disagree. They say that violence makes TV \ninteresting, and should not be cut back. \n\n     "My friends watch violence and it doesn't affect them," Trevor Jay, 12, told JS. "Most people can handle it." \n\n     Why worry about violence on TV? Some people believe that television violence is partly responsible for the growing amount of \nviolence in America. They say that TV violence should be reduced. But other people disagree, saying that viewers have the right to \nchoose what they watch. What do you think? Does violence on TV influence real life? Should it be cut back? If so, how? \n\n     One thing is sure--TV violence is big. On any given night, you might catch a movie about a woman hiring someone to kill her \nhusband. Another channel might offer "real-life" police stories of arrests and shootings. A cartoon shows characters getting \nflattened against trees or squashed under rocks. Add the violence in music videos and movie ads and you get a lot of killing, \nbeating, and bashing going on. \nIS TV VIOLENCE HARMFUL? \n\n     Some experts think that so much violence is harmful. "There are so many studies showing a relationship between the violence \non TV and violence in people's lives," Diana Zuckerman, a psychologist, told JS. "TV is not just a reflection of what's happening in \nsociety, [it] is also creating violence." \n\n     How does this happen? "You get desensitized," explains Robert E. Gould, a professor of psychiatry and an officer of the \nNational Coalition on Television Violence. "The more violence you see, the less upset you become by it. It just becomes a part of \nyour daily life," Gould told JS. \n\n     What do television viewers think? In a recent survey, 80 percent of the people polled felt that television violence is harmful. \nAbout 72 percent thought that entertainment television (TV programs not including news) shows too much violence. \n\n     WHAT IMPACT ON KIDS? \n\n     How much violence do kids see on TV? According to a study done by the American Psychological Association (APA), a child \nwho watches four hours of television daily will witness 8,000 murders by the time he or she finishes elementary school. \n\n     This worries many experts. They say that young children between the ages of 2 and 5 cannot tell the difference between reality \nand fantasy life. So when they see violence on cartoons, they take it for real. \n\n     It can harm older children, too. A steady diet of violence gives them a skewed (distorted) picture of real life. They may begin to \nthink that violence is an acceptable way to deal with problems. \n\n     "When children watch TV, there's a t
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Certainly. When inequality is perceived, some people are moved to change the balance.  Some use violent means to further their goals.
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Oh yes, yes I do. I'm not too old, 24, and not too long ago, I could see Daffy Duck get shot in the face without anyone questioning it. All these parental controls, and video game ratings are foreign to me. I've been watching bloody movies, obscene cartoons, and playing violent video games for as long as I can remember. I'm a productive member of society, I work hard, I don't steal or kill. But I'm not weak either, I may be a little desensitized, but if my life was in danger, I would have a better chance to defend myself. It's not a new trend though, there has always been a 'yuppie' weak population of people. The type who censor television and radio because they're too lazy to monitor what their kid sees. In the long run, the kid sees it anyway. I think the world is a cruel, harsh place, you can't keep that from kids forever. The more you shelter children, the more they rebel, the easier they fall victims to predators, violence, and sex.
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Movies in general can affect crime. Video games certainly do. Remember Dungeons and Dragons? There have actually been murders that were imitations of that game. So yes, the media, movies, video games, they do affect real life. That said, I'm going to go play Kingdom Hearts! :)