Movies

Why is the amount of sex and violence increasing in motion pictures? Is this a case of Hollywood giving society what they want or is it simply society’s acceptance of what we are given?

I believe that the amount of sex and violence in movies is the fault of both the society and Hollywood. There has always been individuals that have tried to stretch the limits and get a reaction from their viewers. Producers are trying to find a new way to portray a character and their story. Controversy brings publicity whether it is bad or good it gets the name of the film out there. Some of the most controversial films include The Birth of a Nation, The Da Vinci Code, and The Passion. These films are a few of the highest grossing films made in their times.

Slowly our society is becoming immune to seeing violence and sex in movies. The majority of audiences are asking for more and more of these things. We tell the movie industry what we want to see by what we pay to see. The most seen films are usually R rated or the PG-13 movies that are very close to R. A lot of the films show what life is really like but others are an extreme exaggeration.

If you were a movie producer, what would you do to make a box office hit in 2008?

The movies that have been the biggest box office hits have been hit books that have been made into films. If I were to make a box office hit now I would produce the Twilight series movies. Twilight already has a large following that you know you will have a hit no matter what.