Reply #37: Agree with you, Boomer. [View All]

[shimmergal]

I'm an adult woman "of a certain age" and I _hate_ on-screen violence. Not only have I deliberately stayed away from movies that i might have otherwise liked because of this: Schindler's List, SAving Private Ryan, The Passion of the Christ, for examples, but I even had to stop watching Ladyhawke, supposed to be an evocative fantasy love story, because of the violent swordplay at the beginning.
(Still may go back and try it again, though.)

I was crying through a lot of that footage in Iraq, because of the dead children and other civilians and our troops, but I _didn't_ find it too much. It was needed in this movie. In fact I'm probably going to go again.

Kids can see much the same sort of images on TV, not to mention in PG-13 rated "action" movies. In fact when I saw Fellowship of the Ring a few years ago, I was grossed out by the relentless fighting and gore. Meanwhile my 5-year-old granddaughter wasn't fazed at all. I'm not suggesting that kids of that age go to see F9/11--they probably wouldn't understand it--but certainly mature teenagers can benefit. Especially those who are thinking about volunteering for the armed services. (They need to see the Marine recruiters' relentless search for teenage prospects, too.)