No, I never watched it (yuck, I HATE snakes!). I knew if I did that I would probably have a nightmare, so I read a book in a different room. With the door closed. lol My ds really liked it, though. For some reason, he found it to be funny.
Hmm, the stuff I didn't like in Happy Feet was the strong sexual overtones, the New Age stuff and the sucky political message. The baby penguins were cute. Dd understood more of the start than I would have liked and in a G rated movie, it shouldn't have stuff like that in it. I suspect had I seen it without the kids, I would have enjoyed it more. These days if I see a kids movie I am looking for ways to connect it to the kids worlds that I work with, this one lost me on that score. I guess for me there was just too much that was not OK in it.
I was chatting with a guy today and his dd went as a special holiday treat and wanted to leave in the middle because she was bored! (Sorry Lynne!! LOL)
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My two older children went to see Happy Feet with my in-laws. My 8 yo dd didn't understand it. She liked the songs. My 11 yo ds said he liked the movie. I don't know anything about it. My sis in-law is strict about what she lets her dds watch so I assumed it was appropriate.
Ice Age 2 was the last movie I saw.
I agree with you megrayau there is TOO much sexual innuendoes on tv and in movies.
Luckily Dylan is only 7 months old so she doesn't care if she goes or not. I know there have been a few movies with a lot of sexual overtones, such as Shrek2. I didn't see it but heard enough about it.
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Golly, Shrek 2? My Dh and I also loved that movie, even bought the DVD. Girls, here is an older mum and a nanna having a word or two to say, because I am getting very concerned when reading some of these posts. Please remember this is my opinion only,- born out of years of experience as a mum, and a nanna and a teacher in a Christian school -and not written to upset anyone.
I think what we need to keep in mind in all of these movies is exactly a point made by Shelley K regarding her 8 yr old's reaction to Happy Feet - she liked the songs, didn't understand the movie.
When we are adults, even if we try, we cannot possibly view a movie objectively as through the eyes of a child. We have life experience and adult understanding and there is no way short of memory loss that we can totally block those things from our minds. To watch a kid's movie and disect it as if it is a laboratory rat is really not sensible. I must be very naive because I am not sure what sexual overtones there were that would be any worse than one would see in a normal home where family members show affection to each other. Sure, as part of God's wonderful plan for all living things, and His design of nature, the dad penguin minded and hatched the egg and the mum went to 'work' - lots of families do that very same thing. Sometimes when things are highlighted then the kids take more notice. The tendency often is to assume that children have more knowledge than they actually do possess. My preference is to let kids enjoy the movie where they are at, and they will take from it what they want to. Encourage them to ask about things they want clarified, but don't prompt their thinking.
It upsets me to think that kids are robbed of the world of fantasy too early.
The political overtones were lost on me totally and most kids would not 'get' them either.
What I took from Happy Feet was the pride a child had in his own ability even if he did not measure up to everyone else's expectation of perfection. He was Happy, and told his dad so. The thing I would reject if anything was the way the dad locked himself away rather than dealing with, or seeking help for, his problem of feeling guilty
Please, parents, nurtue, love and guide your kids, but do let kids be kids, don't fill up their lives with adult ideas and even sometimes bias. Let them grow up at their own pace.
Remember, you grew up in a world of issues that your parents probably didn't appreciate, but still, you grew up. I grew up in the 60's with free love, free sex, free just about everything. I look back and realise how much I didn't understand and so wasn't bothered by it!
Sorry to vent but I felt I needed to.
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