Movies and Violence

Movies in now way impact or manipulate individuals to commit the acts they see on screen. It takes an individual who does not have the common sense or the basic reasoning skills to understand that a film is a piece of art work and is an interpretation of events. Most of all, a film is a story being told to entertain, it is not an informational video. 

Films are less influential than videogames when it comes to having violence be transferred into the real world. Videogames have so many problems with kids becoming violent and aggressive because they are in control of the character and therefore feel they can make the same decisions in real life after becoming emotionally numb to some of the activities taking place in the game. A film is a different medium where the audience observes from the outside the actions and decisions of the characters. It is easy to comment on how bad an individual is acting on screen because you get to see them make the choice. Videogame players are using their own thought processing to directly control their character's actions. 

Parents are not directly involved with this debate. You can have a strong foundation for your child, but any prolonged exposure to mediums that have negative aggressive and violent outcomes will effect anybody. But since the debate is about films and violence, I would have to say films have no impact on individuals desired to commit crimes and violence.