Okay, I don't consider myself uptight at all, but I can be a bit of a prude when it comes to the movies ds (6) watches.
He talked me into renting "Monster House" last night. It is PG, and we just watched another PG movie that wasn't so bad recently, so I said yes.
I thought the movie was awful!
Lets see, they say "we're screwed", "I suck", one of the boys pretends to tell his Dad to "kiss his hairy butt". The parents in the movie don't appear to care about the kid, and they leave him (apparently for a few days?) with a babysitter who not only doesn't care but is mean to him. She calls the boy and his friend "losers".
The kids also steal cold medicine from one of the kid's dad's pharmacy.
Plus the neighbor's wife used to be a "fat" lady in a circus, and she is portrayed as getting rotten food and other objects thrown at her because of the way she looks. She then becomes "the house" and eats children and toys.
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I guess this movie bothered me on many different levels.
Ds liked it and did not want us to turn it off. So we just ignored the language but I did have a talk with him about treating people with kindness, and not judging people on looks etc.
We've only just started watching some of the Disney/Pixxar movies (I don't do Disney). So I guess I was a little shocked, that's all.
He talked me into renting "Monster House" last night. It is PG, and we just watched another PG movie that wasn't so bad recently, so I said yes.
I thought the movie was awful!
Lets see, they say "we're screwed", "I suck", one of the boys pretends to tell his Dad to "kiss his hairy butt". The parents in the movie don't appear to care about the kid, and they leave him (apparently for a few days?) with a babysitter who not only doesn't care but is mean to him. She calls the boy and his friend "losers".
The kids also steal cold medicine from one of the kid's dad's pharmacy.
Plus the neighbor's wife used to be a "fat" lady in a circus, and she is portrayed as getting rotten food and other objects thrown at her because of the way she looks. She then becomes "the house" and eats children and toys.
:I guess this movie bothered me on many different levels.
Ds liked it and did not want us to turn it off. So we just ignored the language but I did have a talk with him about treating people with kindness, and not judging people on looks etc.
We've only just started watching some of the Disney/Pixxar movies (I don't do Disney). So I guess I was a little shocked, that's all.
