I still hate all chick flick movies, soaps, most sitcoms and chick flick books. I already posted about this once and really nothing has changed. While I’m on this rant, I really don’t like most movies aimed at young kids. I lump those movies in the same bucket as chick flicks.
What is it that I can’t stand? The constant bombardment of the fairly tale love story. It’s everywhere and many times it’s the whole point of the movie/tv show/book. And really, that is the last thing I want my kids (no matter how old) to learn from Hollywood and the entertainment biz. The boyfriend & girlfriend junk in kids stuff might only be there subtlety but go ahead and look for it. It’s there. I mean really, why does kid stuff have to have a romantic angle to it? I can’t stand it. So count how many movies are completely absent of it. Count how many movies where the love story is more than just a bit part. I bet you are surprised.
I think that most Christians have their heads in the sand on this issue. Yes that is harsh. Flame away. But tell me, how many Christians follow the same dating & marriage model that is pushed on them from all the media? I think the percentages are high. Way high. And in case you have missed it, the model does not begin with God and have a foundation of making Jesus king in every area of your life. Why do we want to model our lives on anything but biblical values? I fear that so many want to have both; the fairy tale love story and then mix in some spirituality. I’ve seen how that ends too many times. Oh, and don’t get me started on how bad most Christians date. I posted about that already too.
Okay so I know I am making HUGE generalizations here and I will leave some wiggle room for the exceptions. There are some. I don’t think I am way off in left field though. And I’m not defending guy movies as there can be just as much junk in them (like Transformers 2). I just think people have a lot harder time distinguishing between real life and chick flick love stories. It’s just not that hard to blur real life with a multimillion dollar love story production created to tug at people’s hearts at just the right spot.The message gets absorbed knowingly or not and it is influencing everyone exactly as designed. Relationships are not better because of it. Most of this leads to dissatisfaction in relationships. It’s pretty tough to live up to a Hollywood story.
Do you agree or do you think I’m nuts? And what is the answer? Really I’m not pushing for boycotts. I would be lying though if I said I wasn’t pushing for people to be much more choosy. And to be conscious of what is going in their brains which inevitably impacts their hearts.
P.S. I saw Avatar the other day and while the 3D technology was incredible and the special effects stunning, I could have done without the love story sub-plot in it. Just trying to be consistent here.
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