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Indeed. I saw Sin City (an exceedingly violent movie) in a theater. A woman (presumably the mother) and two young boys (~8 and 11) were seated in the row in fro
by steveax 12y ago
Indeed. I saw Sin City (an exceedingly violent movie) in a theater. A woman (presumably the mother) and two young boys (~8 and 11) were seated in the row in front of me. She didn't bat an eye at the violence, but yelped and shielded the boys' eyes when breasts appeared. I still don't really know what to make of that.
- thret 12y agoWow. That movie is so violent I wish I hadn't seen it. I won't watch Sin City 2. I can't imagine how I would have felt watching it at that age.
- 72deluxe 12y agoI've not seen it at all but you're right that there are some strange attitudes with some people and letting their children watch horrific things at a young age. Even on this very topic, some of the comments are "meh violence isn't a problem, I don't see why it would be disturbing to my child" which is clearly a case of desensitisation influencing the stuff they show to their children. I have same many films that I wish I had never seen as I can't "unremember" things or wipe bits of my brain out. The incessant flow of violence in films only serves to desensitise: something is truly shocking the first time, not so the next time, and repeatedly it isn't shocking anymore. To see that some people use their own level of how shocking a film is to THEM to decide whether to show it to their children is distressing; "I wasn't shocked, so why would my children be??". Very sad.