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I'm unusually conservatively-aligned among my group of friends. I'm in favor of gun and weapon rights for civilians and yet a little bothered by violence in the media. Violence in video games bothers me because it's a simulatory form, and violence in movies bothers me because it's so glamorized -- characters are usually on one side of a strict fence that separates "ass-kicking" and "dead."
I think I have an answer: we need more violence in movies.
More violence, less killing. Wincing, bruising, hospital stays, casts, prosthetics... Heroes and even villains who are genuinely appalled at the thought of killing somebody, and who, if they've lived a life of violence, look like they've lived a life of violence. The realism doesn't have to be gritty -- I think, on average, Tarantino (whose movies are hailed as exceptionally violent) does a better job of what I'd like to see than, say, the directors of the Transporter series or the Die Hard series.
But the best example yet, of course, would have to be OldBoy.
I think I have an answer: we need more violence in movies.
More violence, less killing. Wincing, bruising, hospital stays, casts, prosthetics... Heroes and even villains who are genuinely appalled at the thought of killing somebody, and who, if they've lived a life of violence, look like they've lived a life of violence. The realism doesn't have to be gritty -- I think, on average, Tarantino (whose movies are hailed as exceptionally violent) does a better job of what I'd like to see than, say, the directors of the Transporter series or the Die Hard series.
But the best example yet, of course, would have to be OldBoy.