It was a great movie, but....

Oh, the magic word "but." Isaac and I went to see a movie last night which we NEVER do. Typically due to lack of time, money, movie selection and trustworthy babysitters, it just doesn't happen. Well, my parents happened to be in town, so we took advantage of the opportunity to skate out for a few hours and catch a movie. We had watched several movie trailers online to see which movie was the most appealing, and we finally chose one a few weeks ago. We arrived at the movie a few minutes late, which didn't seem to be a problem. There was probably a total of ten people in the entire theatre. Isaac, me, a handful of ten year olds, and a mom chaperoning the 10 year olds. All in all it was nice to get out, but not the greatest movie. It reminded me how bad the world is getting. Seriously, the movie degraded marriage in several different ways, tried to make illegal drugs look appealing, had constant alcohol consumption, and had way too much bare skin. Call me sheltered, or call me wise, I prefer not to see those kinds of things. We spent half the movie looking away or plugging our ears. The movie had a good storyline, and was moving in the plot, however the bad definitely outweighed the good, in my opinion. It makes me grateful for the gospel and the values that the gospel encourages; like modesty, the Word of Wisdom, and respecting and appreciating men and women's divine roles. It made me grateful for a wonderful and faithful husband. So the movie was good....but...I think Isaac said it best, it had potential.

The other thing that made me sad was the fact that there were all of these 10 year olds there watching the movie, and their mom was WITH THEM allowing them to see these things. True, they could be out doing worse things, but they could be out doing better things as well. Children, teens, people at a young age in general are so impressionable! Even my sweet almost two year old can see or hear something one time- good or bad-, and she remembers it. Imagine how much more kids remember things when they get older. The movie made gay relationships seem perfectly normal, cheating on your spouse expected, drinking a natural habit, and doing illegal drugs fun at any age. Sad. I hope that as my children grow older that I can instill values in them that they will be able to carry with them always and keep them away from the bad things that are so prevalent in the world.

On a lighter note, when Isaac and I were first married, we found out about the coolest DVD player EVER! It's called Clearplay. You can filter out things like profanity, nudity, vulgarity, obscenity, dishonoring the flag, and even mushiness, along with several other things. We purchased one when we were first married and LOVED it! Even some kids movies takes the Lords' name in vain or even swears, in a PG movie! Clearplay takes that out. Love it! I would highly recommend this player to anyone and everyone! We watch all of our movies with a clearplay filter. You can purchase them online at clearplay.com, or at Deseret Book in some stores or online. It makes a great gift for you, or for someone else.