This would have been a great children's movie had there not been those unnecessary F bombs.
shareWhy so terrified that your little angels might hear the word "*beep*?" Children who haven't a clue what it means ignore it and those who do, obviously can hardly be scandalized.
shareSpeaking as a parent, baijuxavior's post made me sad. *beep* is only a word, and words neither hurt nor corrupt an intelligent thoughtful person.
Frankly I was more worried about my children being inspired to play on the railway line 10 minutes walk and a 3 foot fence away from my house or pouring water over a short circuiting toaster, you know, proper tangible dangers which could actually kill them, not a simple crude combination of four letters that at worst would make them giggle.
Who's driving this plane? Stan Butler?
Thank you! One of the most down-to-earth, sensible comments I have read on IMDB for a long time. Censors seem to have complete inability to remember how things were when they were kids."Rude" words never, ever corrupted me. Only one thing ever drove me to do bad/naughty things - being uncared for or ignored by teachers and family. THAT is the root of all evil in my experience.
shareIt's sad to say but it seems those of us who are offended by swearing are becoming a minority these days. I would say that, like the loss of good manners, it's a losing battle to expect people to stop this stupid banal inclusion into every day language. It's become cool or even normal for the younger generation to include expletives in their normal conversation along with 'like', 'awesome', 'whatever' etc. The gaps in their vocabulary have been replaced with words just said for effect, or like stocking fillers with no meaning.
Most young adults do not care that there are still many of us who cringe, especially when swearwords are used so frequently out on the street in 'normal' conversation and around other people's children. I use swear words occasionally if I'm hurt or angry - in other words rarely. So I'm not saying you should never swear just, please - not so much. I may be unfortunate that my parents never swore around me, unless in anger, so that's the emotion I experience when I hear them. But I actually feel lucky that I learned to speak properly, without swearing.
baijuxavior - thanks for the heads up. Creative writers don't have to resort to cursing to have a successful movie, or tv show. Look at Seinfeld and other examples.
shareI curse like a sailor unfortunately and watched this with my wife and daughter a day ago. The word f--- and mother-f--- were used toward the end of the film and were unnecessary. I don't mind cursing in films generally, but it wasn't necessary in the script/scene as much and takes a film that otherwise is mostly "safe" for kids to another level when it could have been replaced by "damn" or a funnier word like "holy schnikies" or whatever.
There are also a couple sh-t uses and those didnt bother me as much.
Creative writers don't have to resort to cursing to have a successful movie, or tv show. Look at Seinfeld and other examples.
The F-words are missing from the PG-rated U.S. version.
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