Bingowings said:

I don't know if it's the same for you but I find as I get older my tolerance for pointless violence in films and television has diminished.

That's it exactly. Maybe it's the passage of time, or that as you get older, life is tough enough as it is. Maybe it's because I'm not an angst-ridden 19-year-old anymore. I don't really have a deep explanation. I just know I don't care to see bad when I'm trying to wind down from the stresses of the day.

War movies, Batman, that sort of thing I'm fine with. There was a film a few years ago with Naomi Watts as part of a family taken hostage and brutalized by two criminals. For the life of me, I can't imagine someone desiring to watch two hours of something that horrible. Its appeal is completely lost on me.