( CNN ) -- The first statuette of the 70th annual Golden Globe awards went to Christoph Waltz , whose character in `` Django Unchained '' shot two men and a horse in two scenes before I even opened my box of M & M 's . But that did n't surprise me , because `` Django , '' a bloody homage to spaghetti Westerns , is a creation of one of my guilty pleasures , director Quentin Tarantino . One of the most important auteurs in cinema today , Tarantino 's scripts are intoxicating -- with witty dialogue ; surprising and satisfying story arcs , and cartoonish body counts . `` Django '' won him a Golden Globe for screenwriting . And thus the nation 's conundrum . A month into our post-Newtown world , `` Django Unchained '' -- a movie that makes mass murder look cool -- has scooped up more than $ 125 million in three weeks . Is it me , or does it seem odd that a director known for ultra gun violence in his films has the biggest-grossing movie of his career in the wake of the massacre in Newtown , Connecticut , that killed 20 kids ? Not to get all Wayne LaPierre , but would n't you think the nation would n't have the stomach to see such a glorification of gun violence so close to the tragedy ? And yet , here we are : Bruce Willis is slated to `` Die Hard '' again ; `` Hansel and Gretel '' has been reimagined into a tale about siblings carrying automatic assault weapons and looking for witches to kill ; and 65-year-old Arnold Schwarzenegger is taking on the Mexican cartel , including shooting a Gatling from a school bus . And that 's just over the course of a month . Before meeting with Vice President Joe Biden to discuss violence in films and video games , Motion Picture Association of America chairman and former Sen. Chris Dodd told The Hollywood Reporter that the movie industry is vehemently opposed to content regulation , adding `` We have a free and open society that celebrates the First Amendment . '' In an NPR interview , Tarantino said it was disrespectful to the victims to bring up violence in movies in relationship to Newtown . `` Obviously , the issue is gun control and mental health , '' he said . I agree . But as we wait for Biden 's gun control proposals to be revealed , as well as the ensuing debate in Washington to unfold , it 's important to remember this conversation is threefold . Mass shootings -- like those at Newtown , Columbine , the Sikh temple in Wisconsin , and the Aurora , Colorado , movie theater -- and everyday street violence , like what 's going on in Chicago , can be addressed immediately by legislation . But background checks and assault rifle bans will not free us from our most debilitating shackle , and that is our numbness , if not addiction , to violence , particularly in film . Of the 100 top-grossing movies of 2012 , only three were rated G. Most in the top 10 were PG-13 , including `` The Hunger Games , '' a film about kids brutally killing each other for sport ; two were PG and one was R. This is why , when celebrities came together to film an anti-gun public service announcement , they were immediately called out as hypocrites , and rightfully so . In one scene in the Tarantino movie Jamie Foxx , who plays the main character , Django , shoots a man carrying sticks of dynamite , and the guy is literally blown into pieces . And Foxx is the first person you see in an anti-gun ad ? Please . It 's hard enough to find the right balance between the freedoms guaranteed to us by the Constitution and living in a gun-happy Wild West , without cries for control coming from an industry that continues to glorify the lack of control . For those of us who feel comfortable calling out the NRA crowd for hiding behind the Second Amendment , consider the actions of the Hollywood crowd , which hides behind the First Amendment in its manipulative glorification of gun violence . Or consider the actions of We the People , who year in and year out spend billions to watch someone wielding an Auto-Assault 12 shotgun , which spits out 300 rounds a minute , mow down people on the big screen . I do n't believe the government should pressure Hollywood to make less violent movies . The industry is only giving us what we want to see . Even now , just four short weeks after 20 children and six adults were massacred in Newtown , we still crave gun violence and death by chainsaw . The White House and Congress can address mass shootings and violent crimes , but the culture of violence is n't about Biden , Foxx or Tarantino . It 's about us . The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of LZ Granderson .
Robert Granderson : Tarantino 's bloody ` ` Django ' '' won two Golden Globe . Film that makes mass murder look cool is hugely popular even after Newtown , he says . He says celebrities who protest gun violence yet star in ultraviolent films are hypocritical . He : Can ' n't be censored ; the real culprit is our addiction to violence .