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Post by mistica0christina on Sept 14, 2010 10:15:03 GMT -5
Well, MG, yes and no. Casper's uncles were attempting to but couldn't bring themselves to do it but they did get the man drunk which did lead to him falling down an open hole, thus killing him.
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Post by Bampot on Sept 14, 2010 19:27:28 GMT -5
God, I do love the Casper movie. Sorry, had to add that. I remember bringing it with me in Kindergarten for movie day one time and getting in trouble since it wasn't "appropriate." Lol.
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Post by mistica0christina on Sept 14, 2010 20:13:22 GMT -5
God, I do love the Casper movie. Sorry, had to add that. I remember bringing it with me in Kindergarten for movie day one time and getting in trouble since it wasn't "appropriate." Lol. Wasn't appropriate? When I was in elementary and would watch movies in PE when it was raining, that was one of the ones we watched the most? What are they talking about not appropriate, I love that movie too, I have it on dvd. ;D
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Post by Bampot on Sept 15, 2010 8:16:12 GMT -5
It's because it said a small amount of swear words and it made my old cranky teacher get her panties in a bunch.
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Post by mistica0christina on Sept 15, 2010 12:07:38 GMT -5
It's because it said a small amount of swear words and it made my old cranky teacher get her panties in a bunch. Compared to what some kids watch, Casper is the least of that teacher's worries.
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Post by mentalguru on Sept 16, 2010 5:42:28 GMT -5
People have gotten more protective of kids. In the physical and mental sense. I mean I could climb trees the odd time as a kid. My parents were a little wary, but as long as I was -in sight- or close enough and didn't go TOO high... My parents didn't have to bother with that as kids at all themselves.
(Possible situation with regards my parents to my grandparents on the farms: "Just make sure you DO ALL YOUR CHORES." -waves hand-)
Now very few kids are allowed to climb trees at all.
Of course the problem is that almost anything can affect kids in a cornocopia of different ways because every kid is different. And parents have different levels of acceptability. Sometimes these levels are a little rediculous.
I remember I was once dragged out of Jumanji in cinemas by my dad because he thought it was too scary for me with the bats. But of course Jumanji is realitively tame (not as tame as Casper, but still, tame), especially by todays standards. And two years later I was watching horror movies anyway with friends from school. (I prefer comedies myself anyway though).
But the thing is with EVERY thing in media there will be something which can negatively affect someone in some way, or at least it might do so for the parents. There shall always be one person who considers 'damn' to be swearing and will not be happy when their kid repeats it. And occasionally there will be that parent who will kick up a big fuss and make mountains out of mole hills. Thinking it messes with kids pysches or innocence. Now of course there ARE certain things kids should not be let at at all, but it can be taken too far.
It's usually more to do with slightly 'naughty' humour than violence or swearing though. And other things.
Getting back to lore, it's funny how people do not call out Disney or the Peter Pan books for making faeries so wonderful all the time with sparkles too. Because so many faeries aren't in actual lore... so not...not all of them are evil but they are certainly not much like what Disney shows going from the original legends.
Yet no-one seems to care about THAT. Only vampires need protecting apparently. What makes Vampires seem like they need protecting? You know faeries are actually pretty dark in original legends themselves. Or at least from Irish legends and some other European ones besides. You do get helpers but they are not like Tinkerbell.
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Post by Bampot on Sept 30, 2010 22:01:05 GMT -5
None of my local theaters are playing it, so I have to drive over an hour away tomorrow (maybe). Just my luck But the overall reviews have been positive. The only negative ones I've been reading are people who are still butthurt over it being a remake and just one guy who was ranting that it wasn't appropriate for children (WTF?).
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Post by mistica0christina on Oct 1, 2010 0:34:58 GMT -5
An hour away, damn, for me if our local theather doesn't show it then we just drive 15 minutes over the bridge in order to see it at the Starplex.
Uh, I don't know if that one guy knows but since it's rated R then clearly the film wasn't being made to be focused towards children, the only thing bugging me is that it's coming off as a complete horror film only. From what you had told me about the book and such, I thought that it was considered like a romance type of story.
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Post by Bampot on Oct 1, 2010 17:44:27 GMT -5
Yeah, we even have to drive half an hour for our LOCAL theater D: Sucks, living here. Saw it today and it's great! I actually prefer it to the first movie, something a lot of people seem to have trouble admitting. It was easily one of the best remakes I've ever seen. Reeves wasn't afraid to make it his own movie, but it honored the other at the same time, with similar scenes here and there. Still would have liked more of a book reference, but oh well. It's just how they advertise. There are maybe a handful of bloody scenes, but no scenes that are actually scary. It's more of a drama/thriller, but because of the blood and subject, it's treated as a horror by marketing. Same goes for the original film and the book. I'm really happy with how this turned out
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