Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Entertaining Ourselves To Death

The title of the post refers to both the quantity and the (lack of) quality of the entertainment that Western Civilization indulges in. I could go in several different directions about that, but the thing that's bugging me now is the movie industry. More specifically, films marketed to children. If Follywood had any morals, they would only make clean movies attractive to kids. Current feature Land of the Lost is not clean. It's filled with profanities (almost 100), illicit sexual content, and many other problems. I'd deem it for mature audiences only, but mature people would be repelled by the filth in this production.

LOTL is the latest in a long tradition of awful Hollyweird offerings that lure children. A glance at the "Family" section of an online video retailer reveals such trash as Marley & Me, Mike Myer's Cat In The Hat, and Steve Martin's Pink Panther.

There are films with no cussing and no sexual situations that are still dirty in my book.
Inherit The Wind and Disney's Pocahantas are full of twistory--much of what is presented is the opposite of what happened. The Golden Compass is a Narnia-style tract for atheism.

"How am I supposed to know what's a good movie for my family?" I'm glad you asked. Simply go to
pluggedinonline.com before you go to the theater or DVD store.

UPDATE: From HotAir.com.