Be forewarned.
My husband and I try to be responsible parents for the most part and in some cases that means going see movies without the kids so that we can determine whether or not it is suitable for young children. We did this recently with Transformers 2. One might suspect that a movie sponsored by and based on a set of toys sold by a toy company might actually make a movie that kids could watch.
nope.
Not Hasbro.
Now I have long since given up on Hollywood. I have found too few good things that come out of it. Celebrities are paid too much money but that is a whole other rant all together and that rant would end in them giving up just a very small portion of their earnings (instead of going on TV and asking us for ours) to end world hunger.
…so anyway.
Hasbro,
I am shocked that you would endorse and embrace a movie that is not suitable for kids! I mean, this movie is based on beloved childhood toys and in this movie, instead of them being the heroes that I remember, they are a bunch of foul mouthed, perverted, degenerates! And why in the world was it necessary to give the Devastator Decepticon those particular body parts? He could have used those wrecking balls as weapons or they could have been his knees. Try being creative and not sleazy. And while we are talking about sleazy, was it necessary for that girl to fall in that particular place in Egypt? Could she not have landed somewhere else near that boy instead of where Michael Bay’s vision placed her? Come on!
I won’t even go into the amount of skin flashing that went on in this movie. From start to finish there was maybe 5 scenes that I would allow my kids to watch. That is hardly enough to get even a rental out of me considering that I would have to mute or fast forward through the majority of it. Furthermore, I will seriously consider whether or not I will be purchasing any more toys from your company.
I am sickened by what I saw on that screen. I’m just so glad you don’t represent Barbie.
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Kudos, Amy!
I'm thankful my daughters think like you as well and are protecting my grandchildren (birth to 9 years) from such trash.
More people need to get involved and boycott these toy companies and the movie makers as well. Money seems to be the only thing that speaks to them.
Well said, Amy! We go to VERY few movies and rent only a few more, for exactly these reasons.
Amy I respect you so much for so openly voicing your opinion! I agree. My husband and I left that movie and all I could think of was how I was going to need to tell my brother-in-law not to take his wife to see it because she would get seriously angry at him for doing so. (She gets uber offended and for some reason blames him for taking her in the first place.)
Amy~~ I have not seen it, but I have heard a little bit about it. From what I heard there were a lot of offensive parts, that really could of been left out. I don't know why movie makers think we want to see that garbage and expose our children to it. My son is a film student at a Christian University and I praise God for raising up a generation that will serve Him.
As for the whole Hollywood thing, I totally agree. They get paid way too much, complain way to much, and are heralded as icons or even idols. Yet, they appear to be some of the saddest, lonliest, and selfish people around. Any way…I'll save my rant for another time. LOL
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Girl—I am so jumping up and down with you!!! This is intolerable…I find it so very hard to purchase toys for my grandsons at birthdays and Christmas when all they want is what they see on TV!!!
I try to 'convince' them that they really really really don't want that toy/contraption because it WILL tear up.
Do I sound like a bad Nana???
I buy books. And puzzles. LOTS of crayons…and the occasional paint set. BUT the biggest hit was a fishing pole and tackle box. ALL the boys wanted one then.
Anyway….I with you girl. You go get'em!
Don't you HATE that?! We haven't seen it… we don't have cable and hardly go to movies much at all anymore. We even screen rentals now, too. It's so sad that you MUST do it… but our kids are worth it!!
I've really started trying to pick up Christian indie films. Our autistic son loves movies and movie making. He even makes his own short animated still movies. He has the patience. Not me..LOL. But, because of his love, I figured I better pay attention and get him involved with the indie side of film-making, and I've been pleasantly surprised with the Christian filmmakers out there. Definitely worth looking in to if you want something new and clean to watch!
Hope you have a truly blessed week!!
Sallie
Well said Amy! I thoroughly enjoyed the first Transformers movie and have allowed my daughter to watch it. However, I went to see Transformers 2 the other week and share the same opinion as you. Why ruin something that is meant for kids by giving it too much adult content? I will definitely not be letting my daughter see this one. I have young nephews who adore Transformers, and also another friend with three young boys, and I know that these young chaps will miss out because Hollywood decided to "adult" the movie up to make money.
I read about the movie on pluggedin and it was a definate "NO!" My almost 13 year old son so badly wants to see it. He saw that the sexual content went on and on in the write up. He knew, it SHOULD be a no!
Keep up the good work!
WE have to protect our children!
I also have heard some of our friends say this is definitely NOT a family friendly movie.
…and that makes my decision…my boys love Transformers, but I've had a bad feeling about this film after the whole masturbation bit in the first…thanks for the rant