Violence :: social issues

ViolenceThe last five years have seen an increase in the stand on military force in movies. As transaction movies with their big stars are taken to new heights every year, more people seem to argue that the violence is influencing our countrys youth. as yet, each year, the meter of viewers also increases. This summers smash hit Independence Day grossed more money than any other film in history, and it was replete(p) of violence. The other summer hits included. Mission Impossible, Courage Under Fire, and A Time to Kill. All of these movies contained violence, and all were highly acclaimed. And all, with the exception of Independence Day, were aimed toward adults who understood the violence and could cleave screen violence from real violence. There is nonhing wrong with having violence in film. If an adult wants to spend an evening watching Arnold Schwartzenager Save the world, then he should have that right. Film critic Hal Hinson enjoys watching movies. In fact, he fell in lov e with movies at the same time that he remembers being fearful for the first time. He was watching Frankenstein, and, as he described in his essay In Defense of Violence, it played with his senses in such a expressive style that he instantaneously fell in love with movies. . The danger was fake, but Hinson described that it played with his senses in such a way that he some instantly fell in love. Hinson feels that most movie lovers were incited by the same hooks as himself. Movies were thrilling, dangerous, and mesmerizing (Hinson 581-2). Hinson says that as a culture, we like violent art. Yet this is not something that is new to todays culture. The ancient Greeks perfected the genre of tragedy with a use of violence. According to Hinson, they believed that while violence in life is destructive, violence in art need not be that art provides a healthy channel for the natural aggressive forces within us (Hinson 585). Today, the Greek tragedy is not often seen, but there are other s hows movies that embody and use violence. Tom and Jerry, The Three Stooges, and popular prime time shows including the highly acclaimed NYPD Blue and ER are all violent. There is a surplus of violent movies in Hollywood. Usually, the years highest moneymakers are violent. Even Oscar winning movies, those movies that are the best of the year, have violence in them.