Question of the Day, April 26, 2010
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I'm probably not gonna see it, but only because I just don't go to movies in general. It looks interesting enough, but it's just another one of those cool things that I won't go out of my way to check out because I'm too busy with all the other cool things currently occupying me. I honestly think the controversy about it is one of the dumber that I've heard about in a while. When I was a kid, all the games I played had a major undertone of violence - pretend fighting with friends, or having my toys killing eachother. And of course there's the fact that kids are naturally cruel - anyone who's been through public school should know that. And then let's consider that the idea of training a child as an assassin is not a new concept, has been around in fiction for longer than I know, and of course the fact that there have been child assassins in real life. Now I don't know how well the movie (or the graphic novel for that matter) handles the material, but that's a moot point the the controversy - the material itself, regardless of how it's handled, has the intrinsic value of showing people depths of depravity that they may not have known, thus giving a better understanding of humanity. But of course, as with any media controversy, most of of the protesters don't know anything about the movie beyond the fact that there's some link between 'kids' and 'violence', and so it must be evil.
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On the topic of influencing people, "Must kill john lennon!"Furburt said:
on topic of the question, I loved that movie, saw it with two friends, I'd see it again
Already saw it. It was 4:35 on a monday afternoon, and the theatre was empty except for myself, one of my friends, and one of his friends. Suffice it to say, it was very enjoyable, and I appreciated being able to laugh and carry on a bit with my friend and his friend.
True, but that wasn't the point i was trying to make. It's just like Tum-Tum from 3 ninjas, hes 5 years old, but hes still taking out fully trained ninjas, even though he cant possibly possess enough power to knock them out/back. Also, the villains in that movie look ridiculously poorly trained. They clearly didn't use the evil overlord list like any good villain should. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvilOverlordListLucane said:
The original comic interested me, though I'm glad they went with a lighter tone for the movie. Or so I've been told.
