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We watched Cheaper By the Dozen Two this weekend. Overall I enjoyed it, but the "trophy wife" step-mother to the family of eight and the unexplained absence of their bio-mom bothered me. Also, few of the children interacted as sibblings from a large family. Again, I liked the movie overall, but I had to suspend my intellect in those areas in order to enjoy the movie, and I shared my movie critique with hubby dearest.
Hubby and I watched another movie last night on tv, and again, I needed to turn off my intellect to enjoy the movie. There was no offense language or nudity, but the general premiss was about dating following divorce. While billed as a romantic comedy, I saw it as a tragedy. The main character came from a large Irish Catholic family, and all her family was pushing her to move on and find someone else; no one upheld the Church teachings.
Anyway, as I discussed it afterwards with my husband he said he doesn't want to watch movies with me anymore because I complain about everything. Is it just me? Does everyone else just sit through movies without later discussing how the movie did--or did not--uphold your values?
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My problem is that I start to complain (discuss??) DURING the movie. I have gotten to the point where I just can't watch movies or TV anymore because for the most part it is trash. This is only my opinion! There are MANY good movies and TV shows with the values I want my children to see, but they are few and far between. So now I stick to those!
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rose gardens wrote:
| We watched Cheaper By the Dozen Two this weekend. Overall I enjoyed it, but the "trophy wife" step-mother to the family of eight and the unexplained absence of their bio-mom bothered me. Also, few of the children interacted as sibblings from a large family. Again, I liked the movie overall, but I had to suspend my intellect in those areas in order to enjoy the movie, and I shared my movie critique with hubby dearest. |
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This is so weird I also watched this movie for the first time recently and had the same thoughts. Fortunately I didn't share them with dh as the dc were watching and I know those things go over their heads at this stage. I often think those sorts of thoughts too.
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Just watch the original, skip the new versions. It is a true story that bears no resemblance to the modern movies at all. The were not a family of coaches but rather inventers and engineers. Lillian is a great mother and wife role model. After the Father's death the Mother went on to invent many things herself that we use everyday like the step-on trash can, the improved electric can opener, the egg keeper and butter tray in refrigerators and the waste water hose in washing machines.
There is so much good in the Gilbreth story that has been destroyed by the new movies. The two books are hilarious, a great read, I highly recommend them.
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PaulaL wrote:
| My problem is that I start to complain (discuss??) DURING the movie. |
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Since dear hubby pauses the movie if I talk too much, I no longer discuss  the movie while it's running.
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| I have gotten to the point where I just can't watch movies or TV anymore because for the most part it is trash. |
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I'm close to that point too, and it frustrates both me and my husband. He shared last night that what bothers him most is that he tries to pick movies he thinks I'll like, and I always find something wrong with them.
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Erin wrote:
| ...I also watched this movie for the first time recently and had the same thoughts. Fortunately I didn't share them with dh as the dc were watching and I know those things go over their heads at this stage. I often think those sorts of thoughts too. |
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Glad to know I'm not alone. I need to follow your lead and stop expressing all my thoughts to dh, (especially as I now know he takes my complaints a bit personal when he's the one that picked out the movie.)
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marihalojen wrote:
| Just watch the original, skip the new versions. |
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Great Christmas gift idea! As we enjoy watching movies (in theory) I should probably stock up on more old movies.
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rose gardens wrote:
[I need to follow your lead and stop expressing all my thoughts to dh, (especially as I now know he takes my complaints a bit personal when he's the one that picked out the movie.)
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Men tend to take it as a PERSONAL criticism of them and not the movie. Different creatures
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One of my friends, who like myself can barely tolerate watching movies these days, actually makes an effort to watch movies "critically". She usually does this with her children & they analyze the movie from a Catholic perspective. I guess you can even call it "school"!!
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BrendaPeter wrote:
| One of my friends, who like myself can barely tolerate watching movies these days, actually makes an effort to watch movies "critically". She usually does this with her children & they analyze the movie from a Catholic perspective. I guess you can even call it "school"!! |
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I see that as potentially very educational to teach critical thinking of popular media. Movies scenes usually just keep running without giving people time to stop and think about what they just viewed. It's much more passive that books, and I believe viewers run the risk of simply absorbing what movie makers want them to absorb. With books we usually naturally pause to reflect and re-read some lines, whereas with movies few people hit the pause and re-wind buttons on the remote (unless someone's talking too much )
Anyway, I need to find a balance between being critical of dh's movie choices verses mindless viewing. I guess I should identify what I liked about the movies he selects more--maybe three compliments to every one complaint?
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