Theater of trauma: Can films get more grotesque ?

"The Misty Mountains of Endor"? Is that where the Frodo, Gandalf and company teamed up with the native Ewoks to destroy the Death Star's shield generator?

Oh, and the Uruk-hai didn't roam the Misty Mountains. Those were normal orcs that the fellowship faced in the depths of Moria.

The most grotesque movie I have seen - well the first 15 minutes anyway - was a flick about a battle between vampires and Lycans (werewolves) called "Underworld Revolution" or something along those lines. And it was reminiscent of the kind of violence and horror that fascinates our teen boys today as they play violent video games. Is this the kind of entertainment we want our children raised watching? Is it any wonder our kids have become desensitized to violence and many are even turning violent?

If you're looking for a movie that ISN'T grotesque, wait for the Battlestar Galactica movie; if it's anything like the series, you won't be disappointed.

It's a shame our society seems to thrive on violence. Movies like Hostel, Nightmare on Elm Street and the like are disturbing and poison to the brain. This is the kind of fuel that enables the human being that has the predisposition for murder.

Sotto Voce wrote:

"The Misty Mountains of Endor"? Is that where the Frodo, Gandalf and company teamed up with the native Ewoks to destroy the Death Star's shield generator?
Oh, and the Uruk-hai didn't roam the Misty Mountains. Those were normal orcs that the fellowship faced in the depths of Moria.

You mean Luke Skywalker, Han Solo Leila, Chewbacca and Ewoks destroy the Death Star base on Endor, while Frodo, Gandalf and co. go to the Misty Mountains of Mordor.

Some people's idea of gross baddies include the Coachman from Pinocchio (Never come back... as BOYS)

"Underworld Evolution" is the most grotesque movie you've ever seen? You;ve led a very sheltered life.

That movie is rated R, btw, so if teens are seeing it, it is with their parent's or guardian's permission.

If you want grotesque, read the original versions of such tales a "Cinderella"--where the stepdaughters actually carve off toes and heels to get the slipper to fit. Or "Hansel and Gretel", where not only is cannibalism presented but burning old women in ovens.

Violence and grotesquery are not new; if anything, newer films tend to literalize the violence that used to be implied.

As a child, I grew up on horror films, Pie, etc. I'm now fifty and have never killed anyone, or even attacked anyone. Children do not learn violence; it is ingrained in us as a species. The parents are the ones who determine if a child is violent or not (unless there is a mental illness involved.)

Do you get equally upset about wrestling, kickboxing, boxing, and the other moronic "sports", even those presented within our schools?

Transparent wrote:

The most grotesque movie I have seen - well the first 15 minutes anyway - was a flick about a battle between vampires and Lycans (werewolves) called "Underworld Revolution" or something along those lines. And it was reminiscent of the kind of violence and horror that fascinates our teen boys today as they play violent video games. Is this the kind of entertainment we want our children raised watching? Is it any wonder our kids have become desensitized to violence and many are even turning violent?

wimps! serve in iraq and you will know horror....

If you want real horror, get between Mike Pence and a camera.

idiot wrote:

wimps! serve in iraq and you will know horror....

When I was 13 my parents divorced.
Every other weekend we would go to my dad's, and he would take us to the video store to rent some movies.
We would always go to the horror section and pick out something like "Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers" or "Gore Gore Girls" or something from Full Moon or Troma.
It's all fantasy. None of it is real.
Just like watching Harry Potter and knowing there's no such thing as wizards or dragons, I can watch a horror film and know that there is no Freddy or Jason.
As far as blaming the violence in our society on movies, the most violent times in the history of mankind occurred before the invention of the moving picture.
If a kid hacks up his neighbor with a butter knife it's not because of a movie he watched, it's not because of a song he heard on the radio, and it's not because of a video game he played. It's because he's f**ked up!