FM- I haven't seen any of the movies you referenced in the first post. I am not sure I had heard of any of them, either.

I have found, as I have 'matured' (at least chronologically, right?) that most of the violent movies are totally offensive to me. I can't bear to watch them. In fact, after having my son, I even find some fictional writing to be totally offensive, and I was a HUGE murder/mystery/crime genre buff before.

Maybe the fact that the banning took place in SLC holds the answer?