Violent Disagreement

Another tiresome think piece on fake violence, this time by Richard Schickel in the LA Times, regarding Mel Gibson's gorefests, particularly Apocalytpo. Not much worth commenting on, but this did catch my eye:

It is not so much the detail with which it treats violence that finally disgusts even the most hardened moviegoer; it is the ritualistic staging of it.

I'm a hardened moviegoer and I'll decide what disgusts me, thank you very much.