Art of the Cinema: Week 1/26 : Violence & "Robocop"

I remember watching only parts of Robocop when I was around 9 or 10 and not being interested in it at all because it was so gory. And my mom, a single mother, was never one of those parents to say, “no, you can’t watch that, it’s too violent.” I just chose not to watch it on my own because I have blood and violent movies. She always allowed me to watch whatever I wanted and listen to all types of music. Back to Robocop though, as I was sitting there watching the movie I definitely had to turn away a few times because some of the shootings and the violent things that kept happening frankly were too disgusting for my liking. I do like when movies look realistic, but the shootings and the acid pouring was too brutal for my eyes. Although, I think Robocop fits into the category of movies that consist mostly of Realistic Horrific Violence, it does have a little bit of “fun” violence in it also because deep down you truly are cheering for the protagonist to get revenge. Even though the movie was made so long ago, it definitely sets a great example of how graphic movies STILL are. I think Robocop consists of horrific violence but that’s truthfully not a big deal anymore. People watch this movie now and they see someone getting shot up or something exploding and they’re like “oh my god, that’s so cool” …it really isn’t a huge deal and they’re not too shocked about it.