Article Reactions

Wow I know this is really late but here it goes:

Article One: Everything Quentin Tarantino Really Thinks About Violence And The Movies

I thought this was particularly interesting, both the video and the quotes.  I was intrigued when Tarantino completely shuts the interviewer down when asked about why he thinks movies and violence is unrelated. He becomes irate when asked a simple question then keeps repeating he has said all he has to say over the past 20 years. When reading his statements from interviews over the past 20 views he just states the same thing over and over and just keeps saying that there is no link between movies and real life violence… as if his word is enough and just because HE wasn’t effected no one else can be. While I agree that there is a link between fantasy violence and real violence I don’t believe it is the soul blame of media.

Article Two: Violent Media Poisoning Nation’s Soul

The author of article two takes considerable time explaining WHY violence in movies should be censored without really backing up anything with solid research. The author keeps alluding to they believe that the movie “Dark Knight Rises” helped cause a shooting. While well written it is written based on pure opinion, not a single fact backed up which of course leaves it open to the readers opinion. Having a conflicting opinion I did not find the article sufficient. I would think someone sharing the author’s opinion would find the article likeable. I did not.


Article Three: “Columbine, Whose Fault Was It?”

  I actually liked this article the most despite not being a fan of the author. I agree completely with Manson on the fact that violence hasn’t changed it just the publicity of it. He also states that people are pushing the blame on the wrong thing. When you leave children to their own devices around things like fantasy and never help them distinguish what is real and what is not what do you expect?