When it comes to picking movies for date nights, my darling husband has agreed to so many regency period BBC miniseries and Jane Austen adaptations that it's a wonder we don't have a constant hankering for tea and crumpets.
Last week, taking a break from the love stories I enjoy so much, we started the BBC nature series, "The Life of Birds."
I was fascinated by the episodes on flying, on skeletal structure, and on sap and bug eaters, but my darling kept dozing off.
Then came the episode, "Meat-Eaters."
He watched with rapt attention as little bunnies were dive-bombed by vultures and fuzzy rodents were picked apart or swallowed whole by carnivorous condors. After a 15 minute barrage of slaughter I couldn't watch it anymore.
"Can we please watch a different episode? I can't handle this one; there's too much action and violence."
"Oh man, this was the most interesting one! Which episode would you rather watch?"
"Oh, I dunno... how about the episode on birdy courtships?"
Haha! We're on a BBC kick right now, too. I'm sure we would have had the same conversation over "The Life of Birds" though. :)
ReplyDeleteThings are a bit different here at the Behe household. When it's my husband's turn to pick a movie, he'll invariably choose something cerebral. Me, I just look for escapist flicks where the good guy wins. And I don't mind some violence, as long as it's not little kids who are getting hurt.
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ReplyDeleteEscapist flicks? Amen!
ReplyDeleteOne of the things I dislike most about a lot of modern movies is that the good guy isn't wholly good. Sometimes he wins by doing something bad, or even worse, sometimes the "good guy" isn't good at all; he's just the protagonist. In the end we're supposed to feel triumphant that he wins until we remember, "wait a second, that guy is a crook!"
Examples: The Italian Job, Inception... I know there are others... :)
Exactly! That's why we need to be so vigilant in monitoring our kids' viewing. And we need to be careful ourselves, because this stuff is so insidious...
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