Charles Durning Carroll

To criticize movie violence is the surest way to be branded a scold, a moralist, a worrywart who refuses to understand that movies are not real. As someone who often revels in the visceral thrills of cinematic action and the bloodthirsty satisfactions of dramatic vengeance, I’m not inclined to fit that stereotype. But I also think that the uncritical defense of brutality on film, especially of the unimaginative, half-jokey sadism that drives this latest superhero movie, can be evasive and irresponsible. It also disturbs me that, unlike naughty language or sexuality, violence is rarely seen as scandalous these days.

via Film – Brutal Truths About Screen Bloodshed in ‘Kick-Ass’ – NYTimes.com.

Indeed. Your children would be far better off watching pornography than in watching the gruesome violence of this film.