Movie Guide
Although its not fool-proof, I always find that Plugged In is the best movie (and CD/DVD) guide on the internet for pure entertainment. Its mission statement,"Plugged In is a Focus on the Family publication designed to help equip parents, youth leaders, ministers and teens with the essential tools that will enable them to understand, navigate and impact the culture in which they live"
gives you a flavour, but only through reading some of the reviews can you get a taste for the hatred in which they hold modern popular culture. No film ever gets a 100% rating, but Disney's new film Captain Nemo, did quite well, except for bad language...
"Crikey" is the closest thing to profane in the movie, but several crass phrases are started ("What the ...") and left hanging. When the fish in the dentist’s tank purposefully foul their environment to make him clean it, one asks, "Does anybody realize we’re swimming in our own ..." (He’s interrupted before he can finish.) "Shut up" and "nuts" are also used."
Often unexceptional films (in every sense) such as 'Meet the Parents' meet with scorn:
"If only it had felt confident enough in its clean humor to avoid unnecessary sexual dialogue and profanity, including nearly a dozen misuses of God’s name."
Sometimes the criticism is just weird. On 'Saving Private Ryan' the reviewer moans about the language used by troops as they were moan to bits at Ohama,
"Foul language includes over 30 f- and s-words. On the battlefield, soldiers reminisce about sexual exploits back home (one young man recalls trying to have sex with an "ugly" schoolgirl in his father's barn). As for respecting faith and God, Ryan wobbles on both sides of the fence. It shows soldiers praying sincerely, but depicts one sniper as mentally unbalanced (he prays each time he kills a man)."
posted by Matthew @ 10/06/2003 03:56:00 PM
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