Comments on: ‘Race to Witch Mountain’ – Johnson’s spacey trek to Remake-ville

By: zeze2008

zeze2008 — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:57:58 +0000

We went to see it because we enjoy his performances too.. Doom was fun for what it was, and Game Plan was cute. I’m just disappointed that they did that, and made our military the bad guys (yawn).

By: Dagnabbitt

Dagnabbitt — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:59:15 +0000

Nearly all major releases have messages – fornicate not, or face dismemberment by serial killer; feed the penguins or ruin the ecosystem – so I know to filter them, but it is a valid point to raise when screening with (and for) children.

That stated, I am interested to follow The Rock’s (and yes, I write, ‘Reginald Dwight’ at times, too) association with Disney. Such pairing buoyed Tim Allen, and similarly elevated Bruce Willis; I imagine that Johnson particularly hopes for the latter’s success. He does seem to work well within the soft demands of light comedy.

~ Dagnabbitt

By: zeze2008

zeze2008 — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:40:39 +0000

People used to think I was weird because I censured the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon in our house when our kids were young (in the 90’s). Well, I sampled their wares before I would let my kids what it, and what I saw was appalling. 9 year olds obsessing about boys? The amount of age-inappropriate behavior was stunning. We also never watched MTV or VH1. We filled their watching hours with old black and white films, domestic and foreign, and quality TV. We took them to see the novel and unusual to open up their minds, and they are much better adults because of it. And of course, the day we ‘let them go’ and make their own decisions, they go see the junk, but just the other day my daughter came back after seeing the Friday the 13th remake, and her only comment was ‘too much boobage’. That’s my girl!

By: cftoto

cftoto — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:26:49 +0000

My child is only two months old, Zeze, but I suspect I’ll have a similar reaction to the movies we see when he gets older. It’s amazing how certain messages sneak into kiddie fare. Some of the material is sound and helpful, others … like global warming material … might be a poor fit for a young ‘un.

By: zeze2008

zeze2008 — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:18:50 +0000

We just came back from seeing this.. it was ok. Not as much humor as I would have liked in a vehicle like this, and damn if it wasn’t more propaganda for the prevention of the destruction of galaxykind. Our kids are being brainwashed in so many of these cute movies, I’m beyond pissed off. There was a preview for Disney Earth – more propaganda, and a couple of other movies that were the same crap. We kept our daughters away from almost all mainstream movies so their own critical reasoning skills could develop, and you know what? They love animals (recognizing they’re animals), respect the planet, and don’t think that humans are the root of all evil.