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A movie and more
So, my husband and I went to the movies yesterday. It was a rainy afternoon, and for some reason, he still thinks "movies!" when it rains. It stems from when he worked as a laborer for a construction company. Whenever it rained, he had to come home for the day. We would always go see a movie. Although he isn't a laborer anymore and has been a salaried employee for so many years I can't remember, the rain still makes him lust for the theater, popcorn, and Redvines. We went to see Ghost Rider with Nicholas Cage. For those of you unfamiliar with the plot, it's rated R for violence and, I'm guessing, satanic themes. The movie has a comic book appeal in the way Robocop did. For adults, it was pretty good...if you like movies like Robocop, Mad Max, etc. The satanic twist might turn away some people, though. An "R" rating means that no one under the age of 17 can see the movie without a parent/guardian. The motion picture industry does this to ensure that people know what their kids are watching. In our theater yesterday, there were no teenagers. However, there were two children under the age of 6 and about three under the age of 10. Parents: what are you thinking? It's RATED R! Doesn't that MEAN anything to anybody? These babies (what I consider a child under the age of 5) have innocent minds. Their dreams consist of Disneyland and neighborhood games. Children are the cotton candy of life -- sweet, amazingly sweet. Why replace the good images in their minds with images of death, murder, soul stealing, burning skulls, and satan? This isn't a religious issue to me; this is a parenting issue. Please someone help me understand why a parent would take a child that young into an R-rated movie. The movie didn't really frighten me, but the images of the devil and all of the satanic imagery and characters made me cringe a number of times. Regardless what religion one practices, these images were horrifying. In spite of this, I think older teens and adults might enjoy it. But please, parents.... leave the little ones at home.
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posted by
LisaW
on Feb 26, 2007 at 10:07 AM
Couldn't agree more. It almost makes movies not enjoyable to me when I'm there and there are little kids soaking in adult content. However, as far as Disney movies are concerned... during our vacation in Park City a couple weeks ago we were all sitting around with a bunch of two year olds watching them. Some of those movies are pretty darn scary! You have to wonder if they are exposing children to evil far too early... I remember as a child some of my nightmares revolving around Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty and some of the scary dream characters from Dumbo. I guess it is up to every parent to choose what they will expose their kids to, but sometimes I wish they'd think things through a little better! posted by
travisfam
on Feb 26, 2007 at 02:19 PM
Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty? Darth Vader for me.
posted by
LisaW
on Feb 26, 2007 at 03:56 PM
I didn't see Star Wars until I was a teen... so yeah childhood nightmares came from Disney movies...
posted by
sunnica
on Feb 26, 2007 at 06:29 PM
Oh, man...the memories! For me, it was those old, black & white movies on T.V. about Dracula and vampires. Oh, and Godzilla. What was my mother thinking??? hahaha! Hey, at least parents taking kids to Disney cartoons can claim that they didn't know it would scare the kids -- the people in an R-rated movie are perfectly informed. posted by
travisfam
on Feb 27, 2007 at 11:48 AM
Yeah, car loads of us used to sneak into the drive ins (remember those) and watch all of those.
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