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I was going to get this on Blu-ray until...

posted 10 years ago by jlamarca
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... until they ruined the movie with the entire family forsaking/betraying Grug (husband/father)by choosing to go with Guy (the newcomer). Hollywood [repeatedly] acting out behaviour like this sends a bad message & sets bad examples to kids. In case any naysayers are going to try & argue that it's just entertainment, or that good parents should be the example setters, you're 1/2 right. Children with strong upbringings & high self-esteem, who are reared with sound values would be least influenced... BUT what about all the other youth, who watch far too much TV & don't have the best parents?

In short, the trash they put out today is NOT a positive influence on the youth of today. I mean, c`mon, how many shows/movies these days have little kids telling their parents "I hate you!"

If you disagree with the foregoing, then you're probably one of the kids who had parents who didn't care enough to discern the difference between suitable viewing material themselves... & probably have kids who've said "I hate you...." or will one day!

[–] PopSixSquish 10 years ago

I've told my parents on multiple occasions that I hate them (without REALLY meaning it, even when I was extremely angry and ALMOST meant it at the time), and yet I know that I've got relatively great ones. I'm sure glad they didn't raise me on nothing but movies in which all the main characters were impossibly perfect examples of model behavior, never committing any errors or morally questionable acts.

"If you don't have anything nice to say...come sit by me!"

[–] jlamarca 10 years ago

I can't even imagine my children ever having said that. In fact, they didn't even really talk back to me... & no, I didn't beat them! It was rewarding when strangers in the store, church, school, etc. would compliment me on how well-behaved my kids were.

I'm thinkin` your parents didn't get those kudos & so I'll just leave you with two final words... LOW STANDARDS.

[–] PopSixSquish 10 years ago

I'm sure lots of kids think it at times, even if they don't actually speak it. But I've always been a big back-sasser. ;P Has nothing to do with my parents' standards--quite the contrary, theirs are very high. And I know they've received plenty of personal compliments regarding positive qualities in themselves as well as in my brothers and me. It's just that no one in this family is too good at holding his/her tongue; we seem to resort to shouting matches and saying things we don't really mean a lot. But it's all good...in the end, we work it out. Kinda like in the movies!

"If you don't have anything nice to say...come sit by me!"

[–] readerf61 10 years ago

I have to wonder how old your children are? Most....no make that ALL, children should start pushing back a bit, especially at puberty when they start to question their boundaries. It is normal to wonder where they begin and their parents end, how they wish to define themselves.

Giving children clear boundaries is important. It gives them something to push and struggle against. It also clearly defines some sort of right of passage, lets them know that they are maturing and developing into their own person, as the boundaries and rules change.

And if that isn't tough enough, their bodies are raging with hormones, making them almost crazy....or they just feel crazy. I took a little survey and almost all the moms said their teenage children screamed I hate you at one point or another. They were wise enough to remember their teen years and responded with a hug and, well, I love you.

How dare you call bad parenting on someone you have never met.

[–] OhNooos 10 years ago

I think you are missing the point. The family followed Grug without question until it became apparent that if they wanted to survive, they needed a new bag of tricks. Grug was obsessed with maintaining the old ways and, if the family had followed his instincts instead of trying something new, they would have perished. I think the same could be said of our ancestors and our civilization. Of course we need to honor the work of those who came before us, but if we blindly followed everything they told us, we would not survive.

More important to the story, Grugg represents "the old way" and a survival that was based on fear. This was necessary for the Croods for a long time. But things change and Guy, who represents a "new way" entered their lives. Guy taught the family to not be so afraid, to embrace curiosity and innovation, and to be courageous. These were the necessary attributes they needed for their changing circumstances. In the end, Grug realizes he needs to change in order to move forward in life. His character grows and he comes off as a hero long before it's all over.

Somebody had to play the role of someone who clung to the old ways for the story line to work. I'm glad it was Grugg because it worked so well with the conflict involving "Guy" and his coming to terms with his little girl growing up.

[–] dreamingofdharma 9 years ago

The op's posts on this thread are some of the most judgemental, ignorant, downright idiotic posts i've seen on IMDb. Im shocked, actually no I'm dismayed. This is an unfortunate reminder that people like this exist, and more frustratingly are parents. Just *beep*

[–] jlamarca 9 years ago

You're obviously in no place to cast dispersions, considering you are no more than a run-of-the-mill LIBTARD, who likely does have kids that have spewed "I hate you." Just keep on *beeping* ya maligned miscreant...

[–] OhNooos 9 years ago

That was not an adult response.

Do you really believe that it's important to train a child to blindly obey adults? That isn't teaching, that's conditioning. My son never every said he hated me. I would have had a long talk with him if he did. I also didn't call him names. I am proud to be a liberal and I know people who are retarded and am offended at your remark

[–] jlamarca 9 years ago

OhNooos,
I was not replying to you but rather to "invosahh." I actually would have replied to your initial post differently. In any case, Libtard is just a moniker & no malice or disrespect was aimed @ retarded people. In closing, as far as you being proud to be a Liberal... well, I pity you & your kind. Nothing you say/write will change that; so, let's just agree to disagree!

[–] OhNooos 9 years ago

It's more than a moniker, it's words that are used to suggest inferiority, even if that wasn't your intention. If it weren't, no one would use it. You can tell this by substituting a word that is neutral, such as "aqua". "You are so aqua" has no meaning. When "retard" is used as a put down, it suggests that being retarded is bad or inferior by means of a negative comparison. Even when the speaker doesn't mean it and is simply repeating words he's heard, the meaning and intent is a put down which also puts down the retarded. I hope you'll consider this when you choose your words. I'd also like to suggest that you not resort to put downs of any kind since it reflects badly on you and weakens your argument.

We can most definitely to agree to disagree. I feel sorry for you, too. :)

[–] jlamarca 9 years ago

Your interpretation of my put down as offensive was spot on, for that's what it was meant to convey. By the way, thank you for feeling sorry for me, too :-)

[–] davejimenez 9 years ago

I feel sorry for anyone who thinks they're intelligent but doesn't know the difference between "dispersion" and "aspersion."

[–] jlamarca 9 years ago

Feel sorry for my speech to text engine- not me. Dispersion, aspersion, aversion, whatever... If you claimed your phone has never "miss construed" any of your words, we'd both know you were prevaricating. Next time you're doling sympathy, find a mirror for the fellow who couldn't postulate the foregoing.

[–] mimosveta 9 years ago

you are delusional. If your kids aren't hating you but are too afraid to say it, then there's something wrong with them. Your kids know now more then you'll ever know, so it'd be ridiculous for you to decide for them what to do.

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Anyone who has ever read any spoilers,
knows that Winter Is Coming

[–] jlamarca 9 years ago

I'm no more delusional than you are intelligent. Let me rephrase that for you. I'm sane & grounded & you are obviously a misguided miscreant, who thinks they know other people's families. Speak for your your own dysfunctional family, if you even have a family... ya loser libtard :-)

[–] OhNooos 9 years ago

There you go again, name calling. You criticize the poster for making assumptions about your family when you did the same thing more than once about others' families. I have no respect for you or your opinions.

[–] jlamarca 9 years ago

Respect & disrespect beget respect & disrespect, respectively... I must add I won't be losing any sleep over your lack of the former for me. At least your grammar is great!

[–] SforSmile 8 years ago

this movie is no trash and perfectly suitable for children conveying very valuable lessons for everybody and in the end they as a family all stick together and live in harmony and a relationship between parents and their kids shouldn't be like "I'm the infallible father, you're the kid, you're stupid so you have to obey me!"
It's important to introduce children to different views so that they can start developing own ideas

"Some people are immune to good advice."
-Saul Goodman

[–] EmmaRobertsKnees 8 years ago

Says SforSmile, the guy who praise the RoboCop 2014 remake as "brilliant social commentary"

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[–] OhNooos 8 years ago

But he's right about The Croods and maybe he did see something in RoboCop that you didn't.

I really dislike it when members talk about each other this way.