Seriously 2 cuss words in a kids movie, kids are growing up too fast these days as it is! There is no need to integrate hormone crazed kids, cussing, and kids with cell phones into a child's movie! I would not recommend this movie for children under 10. (The only good part of this movie was the lizard Igor)
shareAccording to the BBFC
There is mild bad language, such as 'ass', 'smartass' and 'crap'. There is also very mild bad language which includes uses of 'freaking', 'moron', 'fart', 'butt', 'hell', 'jeez' and 'damned'.
That level of language is not even worth thinking about.
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Even if you hate Uwe Boll, give Postal a try, be offended or entertained.
Totally agreed. Absolutely nothing to add. Kids get enough of this language from feral kids at school, from feral parents. The cartoons from MOST other countries don't gel with this in children's cartoon, except...
*On the side note though, Blinky Bill was saying something that the kids picked up on, I can't quite recall what it was*
Kids get attracted to funky language like an insect to a zapper. DKW
Never in the history before us has there been hormone crazed 12 year olds ... Oh wait .. Yes there has. The kids in this movie are no different than the kids of my generation, which was the 70s, I guess they were growing up too fast then too
shareComplain about 'political correctness' and make fun of someone pointing out the fact that there IS cursing all you want; fact is in certain cases it is an important thing to know when making a decision in showing a film to children.
I have a friend that works at an after school care program, and there's times when he'd like to show the kids something that isn't the run-of-the-mill Disney fare, but 'foul language' is an automatic elimination factor for any film shown.
This is a movie should have a wider children's audience, but it shoots itself in the foot by using coarse language just for comedic value. If it's shown on TV, the words most likely will be taken out and I guarantee the film will not suffer from their omission. TV has gotten more lax on language, but children's fare still has to meet higher standards.
I haven't watched the movie yet, but I doubt it is that offensive. It depends on the situation and the character, if or not I will accept some harsh language in a children movie. I don't think it is necessary and if it doesn't make sense in terms of the story it is simply annoying (see "queef" joke in Ghostbusters 2016).
However, I do think writers and parents alike need to be a bit liberal, when such a thing helps the story, instead of destroy it. Sometimes you need a foul-mouthed character, not every screenplay is the same. I have to watch to judge (which I will soon do).
If your kids pick up any foul language and use it mindlessly that may also be, because they are not allowed to think about what they are saying, at home. They only enjoy the fact they are saying it, because their parents forbade it. Us grown-ups aren't terribly good in reacting to foul language when it comes from kids (who don't know what it means). But the option to lock them away from danger and any kind of bad influence a movie might have on them, seems very naive. We've been kids. We've been the same. Just maybe our parents were better at their job...
IMO, kids learning the words by itself is not a bad thing. But why, how, who and what of the word should also be informed to that kid for them to make an informed decision. If I say 'Penis', by itself its not a bad word but if I call that name at someone then I am hurting them. But if I say 'My penis is hurting', then that's a logical use of the word which doesnt hurt anyone rather is used to communicate a very important information.
Now, when u take cuss words, they are called cuss words because those words are the ones used to cuss at someone or something. By definition, they are used to hurt someone's feelings and kids wont be able to understand the 'why, how, who and what' of it from movies and they may turn out to use it against people when they are angry (just like what happens in the movies).
As a parent, I would rather let my kids either learn it from me or from their friends because that way they atleast restrain themselves from using it liberally.
The movies dont explain the words or the consequence that comes of it. But friends introduce the words and also explain the consequences of using it.
There are some people in the post who thinks that , a parent who doesnt want their kid to learn the cuss words is a "PC". I can only say that they dont even know the difference between PC and a parent's concerns. You would understand that it if you are a parent.
You should study linguistics, if you aren't already :) Your explanation is valid.
The thing about this movie: it's perfectly harmless and whoever wrote the original post is an idiot. Seriously. I watched the whole movie now and the one thing I don't recall is swearing. There may be a "damn" once, but I don't recall it going beyond this. I think there is a very brief scene in which the kids are argumenting, but to hell if I know what OP was upset about here. Perfectly find movie, imho.