[crabapple]

So, to clarify, you're talking about animals being killed off in the story--you're not talking about actual living animals being killed during the making of the movie. This disturbs you. And you feel these scenes promote a hatred of animals. Well, I don't know what to say to that...except to say that, you've brought up the classic debate of whether our media affects us and to what degree.

I always felt that the answer was somewhere in the middle...nebulous. That is to say, I don't believe watching violent films, for example, automatically makes a person violent. However, to claim that imagery and stories have no effect on people at all is also unbelievable...we watch and buy our media precisely because it has an effect--we react to it. So in my opinion, the answer isn't something that can be pinned down, but I think it is valuable to discuss it.