I saw the running man, which I swore up and down that I wouldn’t see because I’m so sick of remakes. But my best friend who is a big movie geek, swore up and down about how good it was. When looking for movies, I saw it and kept looking, but found nothing else, so I was like “alright, fuck it”. Omg I’m glad I did! It looked and sounded amazing on my TV. The story, the message, the action was all top notch, and my kid absolutely loved it as well. Maybe a LITTLE inappropriate for an 11 year old but the violence wasn’t really any worse than marvel movies, and I’m not naive enough to think he hasn’t heard swear words before. The concept of a corporation being more powerful or equal to the government is something he’s going to learn sooner or later. And that ratings/money/power are more important than any amount of lives is a powerful thing to understand early on.
He’s a smart kid and watched it as a movie and I didn’t hammer the message or anything but we discussed it afterwards and I think he got it pretty well. I highly recommend this movie and will actually be buying it to support the art/message. Absolutely great movie.
He’s a smart kid and watched it as a movie and I didn’t hammer the message or anything but we discussed it afterwards and I think he got it pretty well.
I love that you do this! Do you often watch movies together? My friends have a young kid, they recently replaced their TV with a projector and now their main screen time with him is a weekly movie on a Friday night as a family. Very cosy vibes.
Yup! We do family movie night on Saturdays. We always talk about it after. Though it’s usually more like “what was your favorite part?” But with heavier movies it gets to be more of like “did you get it? Do you have any questions?” Like saving private Ryan, it took several pauses because he was asking questions along the way. I think this weekend it’ll be a lot of questions as well since we’re watching terrifier. Lol /j
I saw the running man, which I swore up and down that I wouldn’t see because I’m so sick of remakes. But my best friend who is a big movie geek, swore up and down about how good it was. When looking for movies, I saw it and kept looking, but found nothing else, so I was like “alright, fuck it”. Omg I’m glad I did! It looked and sounded amazing on my TV. The story, the message, the action was all top notch, and my kid absolutely loved it as well. Maybe a LITTLE inappropriate for an 11 year old but the violence wasn’t really any worse than marvel movies, and I’m not naive enough to think he hasn’t heard swear words before. The concept of a corporation being more powerful or equal to the government is something he’s going to learn sooner or later. And that ratings/money/power are more important than any amount of lives is a powerful thing to understand early on.
He’s a smart kid and watched it as a movie and I didn’t hammer the message or anything but we discussed it afterwards and I think he got it pretty well. I highly recommend this movie and will actually be buying it to support the art/message. Absolutely great movie.
I love that you do this! Do you often watch movies together? My friends have a young kid, they recently replaced their TV with a projector and now their main screen time with him is a weekly movie on a Friday night as a family. Very cosy vibes.
Yup! We do family movie night on Saturdays. We always talk about it after. Though it’s usually more like “what was your favorite part?” But with heavier movies it gets to be more of like “did you get it? Do you have any questions?” Like saving private Ryan, it took several pauses because he was asking questions along the way. I think this weekend it’ll be a lot of questions as well since we’re watching terrifier. Lol /j