But how do you know if it’s a good movie or not?

["Good" meaning 1) wholesome, good morals, good life lesson, minimum or zero "bad stuff", and  2) not a lame, complete-waste-of-time movie.]

Glad you asked!  I’ve used a couple of these for some time, but recently [...]]]> Everybody loves a good movie at least once in a while!

But how do you know if it’s a good movie or not?

["Good" meaning 1) wholesome, good morals, good life lesson, minimum or zero "bad stuff", and  2) not a lame, complete-waste-of-time movie.]

Glad you asked!  I’ve used a couple of these for some time, but recently learned of some new ones through another blog I follow. Maybe you can remind me whose it was?

Here are the great resources for Christian parents to review a movie before wasting good $$.

Plugged In Online (James Dobson’s “Focus on the Family” movie review)

ChristianityToday Movie Review

Rotten Tomatoes (not a Christian site, but helps you avoid dumb movies)

Kids-In-Mind (pay an annual $12 subscription to this site)

Screen It (another site requiring membership, but solid resource)

IMDB (not a review site, but most popular movie database site)

But quite frankly, this movie just made me mad. I’m not going to waste my time by going back and taking a grand total…but I got sick of the [...]]]> Ashton Kutcher can make me laugh in just about anything he does. Even being married to Demi Moore makes me laugh. So, why not a kid’s movie?

But quite frankly, this movie just made me mad. I’m not going to waste my time by going back and taking a grand total…but I got sick of the not-so-subliminal references to the male anatomy. Yep, that’s what I said. 

Is it really that hard to create a kids movie? Why are most of them today created with an immense amount of adult humor? Is it not enough fun as an adult to be filled with joy, with a smile on your face, as your child laughs hysterically at humor that they understand?  I guess the movie makers have never experienced that joy.