- September 26th, 2021, 4:41 pm#4956140
Look, I'll watch Grandma's Boy and Jay and Silent Bob all day long. That doesn't mean I'll let my niece and nephew do the same. So be annoyed if you want. Yeah, everyone smoked in the 80's but that's considered almost taboo now.
Where did this idea come from that simply showing something happening is “promoting it”. These parents let their children watch super hero movies where people die constantly and are murdered but god forbid they see someone smoking a cigarette! Like…Tony Stark straight up murders people as Iron Man. Is that promoting murder? Heck no it’s just a silly movie. So how is showing someone get high or smoke a cigarette “promoting it”?I get the rating. I get your point. I would just like to be able to enjoy something I grew up with and be able to share that experience with my little niece and nephew now instead of waiting years for them to be able to watch this movie. I have also been setting merchandise aside for them when I know they'll get into the franchise. They are already hooked on The Real Ghostbusters being shown on youtube.
There’s nothing more annoying than “will someone please think of the children!”. They can go watch fluffy bunnies skip down rainbows in the latest Pixar movie. This movie is rated PG-13. That’s plenty old enough to see some drugs getting used. Personally if this movie had the balls to show someone Finn Wolfhards age hanging out with friends & smoking a joint, ya know, like actual teenagers do, I’d applaud that. I really would. It would be a real genuine moment. Somehow this notion came along that Ghostbusters should be family friendly to the point of being neutered. Those first two movies are intense! The first one has a lot of swear words, sexual innuendo and everyone smokes like a chimney. And it’s friggin awesome! The first movie feels gritty and real & borderline rated R. Who doesn’t love that cigarette hanging on to Ray’s lip for dear life when Ray first sees Slimer? That’s a great moment. It’s human.
One of my favourite moments in anything is in the movie Poltergeist. It doesn’t involve ghosts or special effects. It’s just the two parents laying in bed at night, talking, while Steve tries to roll a joint & fails so Diane takes over and they start smoking. They aren’t pot heads. It’s not used as a joke. It’s just a real moment between two adults doing what adults do. I love stuff like that. Anything that adds a verisimilitude to a movie is a good thing.
Look, I'll watch Grandma's Boy and Jay and Silent Bob all day long. That doesn't mean I'll let my niece and nephew do the same. So be annoyed if you want. Yeah, everyone smoked in the 80's but that's considered almost taboo now.
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