I greatly appreciate all of the comments. To be honest, I'm not even that worried about the gore because, like stated above, it's everywhere in the news and online.
He is a great kid (thankfully, all of my kids are). He has perfect grades both academically and in citizenship, is in honors classes, has a lot of friends, excels in multiple team and individual sports, etc. He and his friends play video games like Call of Duty and Battlefield. I don't really have a problem with the games because he has no issue with separating fantasy from reality. What I don't like about those games though, is that they tend to glorify a bunch of things that can be very difficult in the real world for any number of reasons, and they make no attempt to tell the "whole" story. My hope is that this movie helps tell the whole story...that war, and death, and fighting can all come at a big cost. Even the most heroic soldier pays an incredible price for that heroism. You can't begin to appreciate that cost unless you first have some understanding that the cost is there. To me, it just seems like this movie may provide a bit of a reality check juxtaposed with the fantasy that exists on tv and in video games.
I hope that all makes sense. Anyway, thanks again.
