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Good Movies - [My little time on the soap box stage!]
It seems that a few decades ago, people suddenly started reacting to the "Victorian Age" and decided to rebel against it, even though it had been gone for 60 years, that didn't matter at all. So these "mature" individuals who must have lived a repressed life in their mother's womb, broke away from the taboos of the distant past and decided to show people more graphic sexual scenes., "Hey look I can do the same as my dog does in the spring!" Aren't I cool? [Sure, but you will have to lead a dog's life! Make no bones about it!]
So they imitated true love, [they thought], right up there on the big screen. The problem is that there was a part of true love which was inside, that they DIDN'T see and they DID NOT KNOW HOW to imitate that!
But they thought it was really mature to show people that they could perform a sex act on the big screen, even if they didn't know anything about TRUE LOVE. If they did, why have there been so many divorces in Hollywood?
So when they get tired of performing mechanical robotic acts, and the newness and excitement is gone, they need a new toy, errr I mean partner. And as the newness fades again, it is time to trade in for yet another. And now you see the heights that evolution can elevate you to. Changing partners like a dog does, whenever it tires of the last one. If that is an advance. Are you sure we aren't reverting back to the animals?
Okay enough, here is my definition of a good movie. I will do my best to explain MY classification system.
The envelope, PLEASE! Here are my 3 categories.
- A: Movies that children can watch themselves or movies you can watch with your children and make it a family time. Break out the popcorn and have fun! Veggie tales movies or Akeelah and The Bee and so on.
- B: Movies that you MUST watch with children because they may be too frightened. Most of the movie is in Category A above but some parts, not. Star wars might be one of these.
- C- Movies that would NOT be okay for children due to the occasional scene where hormones got the better of a couple but it is tasteful and short enough with little sight of the actual acts. Movies which may have too much swearing for children but has a redeeming virtue that outweighs the swearing. A movie with some things that I would not approve of for children but for battle-hardened adults like me, is okay. It may have a few swear words that I would not use. However so does the real world outside my cave. 3:10 to Yuma is one of these. See side right. >
A. Watch With Children
A movie I could watch with my children or grandchildren. No sex scenes. I believe in privacy when it comes to sex.
IThere are lots of these. A few come to mind right away like Narnia, and Lord of the Rings.
Lord of the Rings would require your children to be old enough not to be too afraid to sleep after seeing it. If they can realize that it is fantasy with a true and everlasting message, then they are old enough. I am thinking roughly 10 or so with adults present.
Star Wars is similar but probably younger children could watch it with adults present to explain and comfort when necessary. Actually Star Wars is much tamer than Lord of the Rings. The creatures in Lord of the Rings look like they walked straight out of the pit of hell. I have not noticed any dolls made of them!
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Category C:
3:10 To Yuma is one of these. Not much in the way of a sexual nature, but some swearing here and there. Now I like Russell Crowe's characters for the most part. However in this one he is a murdering outlaw. Not my normal hero type. The gist of the story is that in a small town in the old west, Ben Wade, the character he plays is caught. A Pinkerton man working for the railway, that Ben and his band of cut-throats had been robbing, offered a $200 reward to a one-legged soldier-turned-rancher who could barely keep his family and beautiful wife, fed. So he takes the deal to get Ben Wade to the 3:10 to Yuma to send him back to prison. Very surprising ending where Ben Wade almost redeems himself to honour the courage of his captor, whose son-turning-into-man was looking on, trying to help his dad. You WILL NOT be disappointed if you like a good western, because this is one of the best westerns I have seen. February 9, 2008
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