Movies have long been a popular form of entertainment. People like them. But, why violence and sex sell in movies becomes entertaining and relaxing tool for them? The reason is it is human instinct to feel satisfied when they see bad guys get hurt by their hero or excited when they see fighting scenes which are full of high tech weapons and loud sound effects. But, do young people try to imitate aggressive acts which
they have seen in this kind of entertainment? Many psychologists seem to agree that the more violence viewed, the more children behave violently, and the more they become violent. Nowadays it is very hard to find honesty, fidelity, peacefulness and faith in movies because they have been replaced by the portrayal of greed, lust and violence. Now violent films tend to encourage violent behavior and make violence a normality in daily life. For example, in “Die Hard” we could see around 2,000 people die and in “Rambo” around 3,000 deaths. Actually, the good guys killed more people than the bad guys so children may think that killing people is not such a bad thing to do because their hero does it too. Do our children get used to the image of people being gunned down or feel depressed when they see scenes of people being murdered in cold blood with sharp scythes like in “Scream” and “I Know What You did Last Summer”? Moreover, what most children think when their hero, like James Bond, seems to have sex with his female accomplice in every episode before they save the world and why does James Bond have a new his girl in every episode? Monogamy is being lost. Also movies like “American Pie”, inwhich we see the culture of male teenagers, desperate to have had sex with a girl before they reach the end of high school, this puts a false pressure on youngsters to experiment sexually. Now many kids misunderstand what is right to do. Why? … Desensitization make it hard for youth to find what is right or wrong and what is acceptable behavior and what is not. And it is not only western countries that face this problem, this problem affects countries all over the world. For example, in Thailand many high school students have been arrested in karaoke rooms while having sex. Why do children of high school age in Asia, where sex is largely a taboo subject, know about all kind of sexual activity? Perhaps so much exposure to sex in movies is an important contributory factor. The reason is the measure like giving a rate to movies is not strict enough and there is illegal copied-movie vcd problem so teenagers can walk to buy the films easily and see violent scenes without any censor; we now worry about our kids around the world. It is very hard to find a politician that says “Vote for me, I will regulate violence in movies to save our youth of nation” because government only cares of economic problem or terrorist problem.. But this is one of society problem. Don’t forget that kids are members of this society, too. Now it is the time of governments around the world to release a strong policy to regulate the violence more because it is demoralizing our next generation.
Some groups still claim that if the movies made a large amount of money from viewers around the world, are not they good for the economy of countries who own the films? Yes, it is very good income for the countries but if we take a look at this point more, we will see that film industries do benefit from the result, as well!! But, it is no longer about money because now violence in movies is bullying our children. Many film corporations, desperate to cover the large costs of production, make films full of sex mixed with violence scenes to try and guarantee that their films will be a Blockbuster Summer hit but they neglect to think of the side-effects for viewers who are their next generation. The corporations are selfishly exploiting the public for money. They take the opportunity to make a profit by appealing base instincts, to people’s lowest, basest desires. Isn’t it like they are looking down on viewers? A good filmmaker should produce his film creatively, positively, and above all with respect for his viewers, not looking down on viewers like this. Violence in movies is like the violence of cigarettes. Both industries have been profiting from the sale of products that were deleterious to human health. Scientist discovered that cigarettes cause cancer after the tobacco industries had already been producing it for decades. As the link between increased exposure to violence and sexual promiscuity in movies and increased teen violence, teen pregnancy, and teen sexual activity becomes clearer, the government should do something about it. As law against cigarette, a potentially dangerous product should be controlled and clearly labelled, for example, telling how violent scenes in the movies have side-effect on people under in the age of… . Because it causes our world unhealthy!!
The term “Youth” from Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English means “the period of time when someone is young, especially the period between being a child and being fully grown”. Childhood is the age of imitating role models which can be their parents, teachers, or people surrounding them. Now children who learn from what they see are sitting opposite the big screen seeing lots of bloody deaths, and even blood covering on the screen. Is this what adults call entertainment? Do you want them to grow up desensitized to extreme violence because they have seen on the big screen since they were children? Remember this… youth is the future of the world. This is a serious problem for our society. If you want this world to be a place of peace and morality, we, all adults who are involved, should save our next generation from this violence in movies. Stop bullying the future of our world.
