But there is a flavor being left out a lot today that older generations got served a bigger helping of: kids getting scared! For the most part, I like modern kid movies and think they are well balanced. Like any good diet, it is important to make sure and include all the good groups in proportion. This denied access kind of puts kids on a movie diet, lets say. Checkpoints like the ratings system and parents limit what kids can and should watch. But as my age group gets well into the parenting years of life I have to pay more attention to kids movies, remembering that as a kid there were barriers between me and the movies I could see. I’m talking about the rated G “Family films”.īeing adults, we take for granted that we can see any movie we choose in theaters, at home, or illegally downloaded onto a smart phone. I’m not talking about the time our parents let their guard slip and allowed us to watch some monster flick or when we snuck our first peak at a Slasher film. We all remember that one scene from that one movie that freaked us out so much we went right into “Mommy!” mode, then suffered from Post Traumatic Stress flashbacks when the lights went out. This WTF scenario we’ve all experienced doesn’t just apply to the movies we’ve forgotten about. I wonder if today’s young generation will experience it. Have you ever watched an old kid’s movie you haven’t seen or even thought about since childhood? With new eyes ten to twenty years later, you notice things so disturbing you say to yourself “WTF!” This is a good thing.
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