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Imagine Hollywood without The Godfather, Terminator 2, Silence of the Lambs, Scarface,
Rambo, 300 and Gladiator. Would Hollywood be the same without these films? All these
films have some violence that make people like John Grisham concerned. John Grisham
sees films as a product and not as a work of art, which makes his judgment questionable.
Art should not be censored and it should be allowed to flow, unlike a product. Quality
control can be an issue for consumer products, but it should not work the same way for a
work of art, as suggested by Grisham. As a representative of all violent movies, Gran
Torino (2008) is a good example of a proper blend of violence and emotion. In Gran
Torino, criticized for the blunt racist statements made by the leading character, the overall
teaching of this film is anything but racism. Although the violent scenes of this movie are
not of an extreme level, the language, gestures and a few scenes can be described as
violent. As a form of art, films should be exempt from strict censorship; but in order to
prevent the abuse of art, there should besome sort of censorship which will ensure
pornography and other gory material cannot make it into mainstream distribution. Thus all
films, except for pornographic ones, should be guaranteed mass distribution. In order to
provide the viewer with a hint of the content of a film, the Motion Picture Association of
America should come forward and introduce a more standardized and effective film rating
system.
Gran Torino (2008) is a film about a racist Korean War veteran living in a crime ridden
Detroit neighborhood. Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) is an old school, grumpy, prickly
person and his language is a growly, snarly slew of curses and blunt insults. Kowalski had
a Hmong family as neighbors and he didn't like them because of his Korean War
experience; but Kowalski's relationship with this Hmong family took a whole new turn
when he saved Sue, the girl; and Thao, the son, of the Hmong family from local gangsters.
Kowalski became the local hero of the neighborhood and people started liking him.
Kowalski also fall in love with the young siblings, Thao and Sue. The film ends with
Kowalski sacrificing his life to ensure a safe environment for the siblings to grow up in,
which was indeed very touching and emotional despite the violence from the gangsters.
