A History of Violence

Call me stupid, but I didn't understand the meaning of the title until just before watching it. I kept wondering why they were referring to the history of all violence in the title of this film. Then I realized that they were talking about the history of the main character. Other than that wee bit of intellectual excitement, the film was a complete waste of time. The point seemed to be to show us all as much gore as they possible could in the two hours. They also decided to include some completely gratuitous sex. I'm sure they had some sort of message that they wanted to convey about marriage and relationships, but it all seemed kind of weak. The premise also seemed stupid. Some one that has that much violence in their past, who in fact seemed to enjoy that violence, doesn't seem the type of person who would choose to start his life over all fuzzy wuzzy and such. Also, the guy had supposedly been out of action for almost twenty years. Are we supposed to believe that he could remember how to fight well enough to defeat men who kill for a living?