Actually, the violence is presented in such an unrealistic (and in some cases shocking) way, the kids would never do it.
They're never going to go Jack-the-Ripper on some streetwalker and make even the cops barf as per Time after Time.
They won't be slaughtering farmers like Star Wars or exploring tombs like in Raiders of the Lost Ark. They aren't going to be getting into lightsaber duels or lopping the heads off of medusae as Perseus did in Clash of the Titans.
They are much more likely to be having affairs with English nurses (Hanover Street--PG--contains some of the most explicit sex I've seen outside of pornos) or making love to their wives (Regarding Henry--PG-13, no nudity).
It's our old Victorian morality biting us again.
"It's much better for children to see violence than sex. After all, when will they ever imitate the violence?" --my father, jokingly, when I pointed this out.
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They're never going to go Jack-the-Ripper on some streetwalker and make even the cops barf as per Time after Time.
They won't be slaughtering farmers like Star Wars or exploring tombs like in Raiders of the Lost Ark. They aren't going to be getting into lightsaber duels or lopping the heads off of medusae as Perseus did in Clash of the Titans.
They are much more likely to be having affairs with English nurses (Hanover Street--PG--contains some of the most explicit sex I've seen outside of pornos) or making love to their wives (Regarding Henry--PG-13, no nudity).
It's our old Victorian morality biting us again.
"It's much better for children to see violence than sex. After all, when will they ever imitate the violence?" --my father, jokingly, when I pointed this out.