Harvey Weinstein Calls for Filmmaker Summit on Violence in Movies After Colorado Shooting: Is Hollywood to Blame for the Violence?

by Heisenberg Posted 2012/07/27 19:00:00

Related Topics: Hollywood, Movies, Violence, Colorado Shooting, Violence in Movies

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Harvey Weinstein, a prominent film producer, called for a filmmaker summit on violence in movies after the Colorado shooting. Is there too much violence in movies now? And is Hollywood to blame?

HOLLYWOODREPORTER.COM reports:
Weinstein, an avid Obama supporter, cites lack of gun control as the real culprit behind the Colorado theater shooting and says it's time for Hollywood to examine its part in perpetuating real-life events.

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Magical Mushroom 2012/07/27 20:18:06

No

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duhh no. Its stupid people to blame

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The Lib... to America... 2012/07/27 21:53:14

I'm sorry but I have to issue you a ticket. Its Violence not Violance

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America... to The Lib... 2012/07/27 22:11:52

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1. It's*

2. You forgot the comma and period.

3. You didn't use quotations.

And I know I didn't spell "violence" correct but Sodahead is so laggy I didn't bother.

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ParkMan 2012/07/27 20:46:34

No

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No - imbalanced people are to blame for the violence.

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Hirnungah Mancandy 2012/07/27 20:41:02

No

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PEOPLE are responsible for their own behavior ; they've been glamorizing heterosexuality sense the beginning and it never made me want to start chasing women .

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Waldorf 2012/07/27 20:37:49

Yes

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It's more than violence. It is also a relentless undermining of morality and decency, not to mention polite language. Also, it portrays Negroes differently than they really are. Lastly, in recent years the emphasis has been on trying to validate and include homosexuality.

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Professor Wizard 2012/07/27 20:35:38

No

Government is to blame for Violence... Hollywood would MUCH prefer to put SEX into films, but Government will not let that happen.... so to keep people coming, Hollywood uses Violence.

Therefore, Government is to blame for violence.

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raine 2012/07/27 20:32:22

Yes

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There is nothing but killing and bad news in movies now. No comedy or romasnce just chase and kill. It would be nice to have nice movies

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Profess... to raine 2012/07/27 20:36:22

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Yea... nothing on TV but chick-flicks!

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rocker1446 2012/07/27 20:31:24

Yes

This is very much a loaded question. Yes and No. Yes, they make violence glamorous... and many are becoming desensitized to violent thoughts and images.
However, it is up to us to choose what we view and how we act.
Banning guns won't fix anything. Banning violent movies won't fix anything. People choosing to be responsible for their own safety and support is a great start.

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Rusty Shackleford 2012/07/27 20:30:29

No

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No more than guns are to blame.

But is it fair to ask, what influenced John Holmes to dress up like the Joker and commit a Joker type crime more, guns or Hollywood movies?

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Vic F 2012/07/27 20:28:47

No

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Violence was around a long time before movies ever were.

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Heisenberg to Vic F 2012/07/27 20:30:10

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Before guns too.

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Artisan Rose ☽✪☾☥ 2012/07/27 20:24:38

No

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You can't blame Hollywood for violence. Violence happens outside the big screen too.

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Bob DiN 2012/07/27 20:23:53

Yes

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While not entirely to blame Hollyweird is a factor. They make all this violence look like a normal everyday occurence which is becomin close to true.

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WWZ Captain 2012/07/27 20:22:51

No

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HA HA HA HAAA ! Genghis Khan was chopping folks heads off, before Columbus even got lost on this continent ! We're just EVIL creatures, and I doubt all of that can come from one little 24 square mile patch of land in Los Angeles. Does pop culture promote this ? maybe yes, but responsible for it ? No.

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Magical Mushroom 2012/07/27 20:18:06

No

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duhh no. Its stupid people to blame

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*Mahoga... to Magical... 2012/07/27 20:25:59

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lol

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thє вlu... to Magical... 2012/07/27 21:26:04 (edited)
blackri... to Magical... 2012/07/28 03:22:30

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I loved George Carlin. RIP George, make heaven laugh.

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Tati 2012/07/27 20:15:40

No

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People can be mindless sheep, but most know what they're doing when they do it. Don't blame it on Hollywood, blame it on humans. Some of our race is just positively disgusting unfortunately with only a few that give hope

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Fran-Halen 2012/07/27 20:14:40

Yes

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But...video games, FPS's in particular, are more instrumental in making violence "fun" .

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santa6642 2012/07/27 20:10:19

No

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the people them selves.

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Ben 2012/07/27 20:08:41 (edited)

No

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We should blame everybody BUT the gunman. Only in America (and on Sodahead) would that make sense. Seriously. Read these comments on who we should blame! Fuktards!

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blackri... to Ben 2012/07/28 03:23:43
Burning Bright Embers 2012/07/27 20:01:59 (edited)

No

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Third option. not only Hollywood, but the video games, and television. Virtual violence has been used in all of these mediums for many years, thereby desensitizing people to its ramifications and teaching our young that it is an accepted way of life.
It is not just a game, it is a tool for teaching, and violence is what is being learned.

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Jack's Pearl 2012/07/27 20:01:56

No

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I blame the nut jobs for escalating things and then copycat crimes. For instance, when I was a kid we never heard of some other kid just shooting everyone in their vicinity. That was never heard of. Then it happened and just kept happening here and there. Crazy has gotten to a new level.

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smitty to Jack's ... 2012/07/27 20:36:57

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"when I was a kid we never heard of some other kid just shooting everyone in their vicinity" If it was 30 years ago when I was a kid that is because someone would beat him senseless before he could.

Now.. they get to sit in time out.

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Jack's ... to smitty 2012/07/27 23:48:56

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I have no clue. LOL

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John Walker II 2012/07/27 19:59:58

No

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Hollywood is only putting something out there that people are willing to pay money to see.

Vote with your money. If it's too violent, don't go see it! There's plenty of previews and marketing these days to let someone make a choice on how violent it is.

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Trish 2012/07/27 19:59:16

No

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But at the same time, Hollywood likes to glorify violence to make it look cool. To people easily influenced they might think they can get away with anything as long as they try to do it like the movie.

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Allbiz - PWCM - JLA 2012/07/27 19:56:49

Yes

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You have that wrong. Hollywood is not full of violent people. It is full of bundlers for Obama.

Just setting the record straight and defending those poor little picked-on people in Hollywood.

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John Wa... to Allbiz ... 2012/07/27 20:13:33 (edited)

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Politics had nothing to do with the question.

"Is Hollywood to blame for the violence?"

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WWZ Cap... to John Wa... 2012/07/27 20:26:37

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Some people on here can't talk about URINE SAMPLES, without bringing up OBAMA'S name ! I can't imagine what life would be like living in the same house with them ! Take an x ray of their heads, and this is what you'll find...

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Pedro Doller ~POTL-PWCM~JLA 2012/07/27 19:55:26

No

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These movies are shown in every country around the world, thats not the cause.

Maybe putting 6 million kids on Ritalin and other psychodrugs, putting 110,000 deployed combat soldiers on psychotropics and all the 'Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil users are where things have gone wrong.

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Informed Voter 2012/07/27 19:46:36

Yes

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Whose "no-consequences" story lines teach our children it's ok to have a gatling gun as a prosthetic limb?

Or a maniac with a "saw"

Remember: These are the same people who ACTUALLY believed it was Sarah Palin who said she could see Russia from her house (even though it was an SNL skit with Tina Fey).

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Chris- Demon of the PHAET 2012/07/27 19:42:28

No

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Sigh, and so it begins...

I can only speak for myself. I happen to love horror films, violent, bloody, gory, etc... and I am a completely non-violent person who does not own a gun. Violent people are not created by violent movies.

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Heisenberg to Chris- ... 2012/07/27 19:58:16

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Wait a minute...then why are these killers and aspiring killers citing movies directly?

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Chris- ... to Heisenberg 2012/07/27 20:05:37

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Nothing new about that. Murderers have cited books, music, movies. We shouldn't judge something like this by the example of an aberration.

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Heisenberg to Chris- ... 2012/07/27 20:23:13

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So if we are not going to ban violent movies, let's not ban guns, ammo, magazines, etc.

Agree?

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Chris- ... to Heisenberg 2012/07/27 20:35:05

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I can't believe I am going to say this, but I happen to agree with Bill O'Reilly on this issue. (lol) It's the registration and tracking of excessive purchases of firearms and ammunition, certainly out of state and over the internet, that we should be concentrating on rather than banning either.
In my imaginary perfect world there would be a ban on all firearms and it would work to rid us of guns. But that is not realistic. (or constitutional).

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