I believe that violence on television is affecting everyone's lives to an extent and for children who have not had the chance to develop those thoughts of real from fantasy. Eventually the increase in the standard in violence in movies shows and produces messages that violence is okay. In the last few years an increase in violence in movies has erupted as action movies with their famous movie actors are taken to bigger and more extremes every year, more viewers seem to disagree that the violence is influencing our country's youth. However, each year, the quantity of viewers also expands. A few years ago the big hit Independence Day brought in more money
             than any other film ever, all through this movie was just a huge amount of violence. The other summer hits included Mission: Impossible, Courage Under Fire, and A Time to Kill. All of these movies included violence, and all were largely acceptable. And all of these with the exception of
             Independence Day, were all directed toward adults who's understanding of violence is far more matured than a child's and can separate screen violence from real violence. There is nothing wrong with having violence in film. If an adult wants to watch Brad Pitt beat up people for fun then they should have that right.
             Film critic Hal Hinson enjoys watching movies as everyone does. In fact, he fell in love with
             movies at the same time that he remembers being afraid 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 way that he instantly fell in love with movies. (Hal Hinson Website) 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, dangerous, and mesmerizing Hinson says that as a culture, we like...