Media violence

             The last five years have seen an increase in the stand
             movies with their big stars are taken to new heights
             argue that the violence is influencing our country÷Õ
             youth. Yet, each year, the amount of
             viewers also increases. This summer÷Õ smash hit
             Independence Day grossed more money
             than any other film in history, and it was full of
             violence. The other summer hits included
             Mission: Impossible, Courage Under Fire, and A Time to
             contained violence, and all were highly acclaimed.
             Independence Day, were aimed toward adults who
             separate screen violence from real violence. There is
             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
             movies at the same time that he remembers being afraid
             watching Frankenstein, and, as he described in his
             essay øŒn Defense of Violence,?it
             played with his senses in such a way 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 almost instantly fell in love. Hinson feels
             that most movie lovers were incited by
             the same hooks as himself. Movies were thrilling,
             Hinson says that as a culture, we like violent art.
             new to today's culture. The ancient Greeks perfected
             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
             ...

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