Intensely Sadistic Brutality has become the norm

After reading this entry on another blog about Heath Ledger's role in Batman- The Dark Night, and how the joker was likened to the devil, my thoughts continued a step further...Batman does not believe in killing the bad guys...and the joker also doesn't want to kill Batman, but rather corrupt him. Maybe this was a subtle new non-violence undertone that Hollywood has suddenly and silently decided to try out. Apparently not..I thought to research the issue further and surprise! This movie has a "sustained level of intensely sadistic brutality throughout the film." I had to read on before i realized what they were talking about. Seems that I have become so accustomed to these scenes that they hadn't even made an impression to last in my mind.

Telegraph.co.uk
Our attitude to violence is beyond a joke as new Batman film, The Dark Knight, shows.
Jenny McCartney