Remember the story of the teenage kids who wanted to go see a movie but their dad was hesitant because he had heard there were some objectionable factors to it. The kids justify it to their dad by saying that it only a had a few bad parts but most of it was fine and the overall message was good. They thought they could overlook the bad parts and still enjoy the good. The dad, using their justification, made brownies for the kids later and as they were enjoying them told the kids that he had added a special ingredient--dog poo--but he only added a little bit and they could just over look the bad parts and still enjoy the good bit.
Message sent! Excellent object lesson!
I try to research a film before I go see it to make sure there aren't any poo-parts. I try to avoid the language and violence and nudity that is so prevalent. Isn't curious how you can go to the movies and even with the research, there is still the single scene that can make you squirm?!
May I suggest to you, gentle readers, that you avoid The Duchess in your movie selections? It had a little more of the poo-parts that I thought it would. And I made a choice that caused my Dear Friends to squirm.
I love British stuff, and historical period piece dramas are a favorite, indeed. Add to that the production quality the BBC brings to a show and I am generally wish listing a title, sometimes without even seeing it first.
This film was almost like that. We went for our Girls' Night Out this weekend. Who better to enjoy a British costume drama with than two lovely women who are also my dear friends? We should have just went to dinner.
Little by little our entertainment has been inundated with filth and slowly we have become accustomed to seeing past the "poo-part" and trying to enjoy the mainstream media's idea of entertainment. Satan is a tricky guy, isn't he?! He and his minions have so distorted what is right and what is good that the majority of our society sees nothing wrong.
I feel awful for dragging two upright and spiritually minded friends, and Mothers no less, to watch an hour and a half of beautiful costumes and set pieces filled with scenes of turmoil and drama but sprinkled with filth.
I've only ever walked out of one movie--it was The Last Temptation of Christ. I literally felt the Spirit leave during the course of that movie and it scared me. I was a theater major at the time and with my theater major roommate, we saw it thinking it was so cutting edge. Satan's plan, exactly.
I haven't had that blatant an experience since then in the movie theaters I have frequented. I have sat through some pretty crude things, and some pretty stupid things. I have wasted enough hours on films that didn't uplift or enlighten me. I should have walked out of a many more.
I recommit to all of you that my choices will be made with more caution in the future and when I do choose a film again, I won't make any of you go with me. Genius Golfer will sit through the next one I think is safe with me. Then I'll report back and tell you which poo-parts I didn't see coming from the trailer and any research I make.
See you in line for the last Harry Potter films, sometime next summer. Maybe.
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My boys always say, "You know you're old when...." The last one I heard was "....when you watch the same movies over and over." Well, there's a reason for that, and you stated it so well!
I felt worse after your lesson(great job BTW)--none of us really saw it coming. We can appease ourselves with the knowledge that we didn't have our small children with us! Could you believe that?!
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