Summary: Weinstein, Tarantino and the standoff over movie violence

In the article Weinstein, Tarantino and the standoff over movie violence, but Andrew O’Hehir, talks about how Harvey Weinstein, a huge deal in the ‘violent’ movie industry, want to take a step back and discontinue making violent films that, may or may not, have influence to how violent children become when viewing them. Despite how Weinstein feels about how violent his movies are and how they contribute to violence in society, the author says, that there still in a rise in the graphic violence in the movie industry; and despite how it is explained, it doesn't seem healthy.

Weinstein even says that he would not mind making a war movie, because there is a difference between a real story and just a violent movie.

The author states that we, as Americans, feel that violent movies are as harmless as “hamburgers or whiskey; ok in small doses, but may be problematic if taken too much of”. So if we take into consideration of how much violence we see in the media, as much as we watch what we eat, then, as said by the author, the rates should not increase, and instead, should decrease.