The medium of film in general is just much more prone to using violence as a plot device - it’s a cheap & easy way to create conflict. Whereas books can describ

The medium of film in general is just much more prone to using violence as a plot device - it’s a cheap & easy way to create conflict. Whereas books can describe inner emotional state more readily and thus cheap conflict can be emotional. Skilled directors and writers in movies can of course create conflict in all sorts of ways but all the hacks out there are just going to reach for the gun.