Over the weekend I rented The Reef for my 2-year-old. She was attracted to the cover of cartoon fish that looked a lot like a Nemo type of adventure. Unfortunately, that's where the Nemo comparisons end. Whereas Finding Nemo is a wonderful, family-friendly, movie with lots of laughs and good times, The Reef is an insipid, inappropriate, boring, piece of garbage.
The description on Amazon says,
"After losing everything, a young fish, Pi, goes to live with his family on the Reef. There he meets the love of his life but finds that she already has the unwanted affections of a bully shark. He must follow his destiny to save her and rid the Reef of this menace for good. "
Here's the real story. First we start off in the disgustingly dirty Boston Harbor. Complete with three-eyed fish and mercury jokes. Then, Pi leaves to find this pristine reef after losing his parents to evil fishermen. When he gets there, he is overcome with lust for this "supermodel" fish, who resembles Lisa Rinna with her overstuffed lips. It's all rather boring and uneventful until the scene with the unquestionably gay hair and makeup fish. One of them says,
"I wish I had 2 boys fighting over me."
Replies another fish "What did he say?"
This was the moment I turned it off. I can put up with the environmental garbage but I cannot allow movie producers to push homosexuality on my toddler.
Here's what bothers me the most about it. As a parent, I believe you are entitled to teach your child whatever your values are regarding sexuality. It's none of my business if you want to give your son dolls and your daughter trucks. And I don't care if you read them Molly has two Daddys or whatever mind-melded crap you want to. You will have to explain your parenting methods when you meet your Maker face-to-face. So I don't care what you teach your family in your home. However, the minute you start trying to teach my child depravity disguised as cartoon fish, that's when I get angry.
Toddlers, even kindergarteners and above are not ready to discuss adult topics like sexuality! Homo, hetero or other! What is the rush to "educate" our babies into adulthood so quickly? I hear people say that they knew they were gay at the age of 5. I don't believe it. Every 5-year-old thinks "girls are yucky" or vice-a-versa. There is no sexual interest or understanding at that point. (And if there is, that child has definitly been sexually abused.) And to pretend that a baby needs to be aprised of the complications of this life at such an early, unspoiled time in their lives is an abomination to common sense and an abomination to the very thing we call childhood.
If you should find yourself at the Blockbuster soon, avoid The Reef and rent Finding Nemo instead.
The description on Amazon says,
"After losing everything, a young fish, Pi, goes to live with his family on the Reef. There he meets the love of his life but finds that she already has the unwanted affections of a bully shark. He must follow his destiny to save her and rid the Reef of this menace for good. "
Here's the real story. First we start off in the disgustingly dirty Boston Harbor. Complete with three-eyed fish and mercury jokes. Then, Pi leaves to find this pristine reef after losing his parents to evil fishermen. When he gets there, he is overcome with lust for this "supermodel" fish, who resembles Lisa Rinna with her overstuffed lips. It's all rather boring and uneventful until the scene with the unquestionably gay hair and makeup fish. One of them says,
"I wish I had 2 boys fighting over me."
Replies another fish "What did he say?"
This was the moment I turned it off. I can put up with the environmental garbage but I cannot allow movie producers to push homosexuality on my toddler.
Here's what bothers me the most about it. As a parent, I believe you are entitled to teach your child whatever your values are regarding sexuality. It's none of my business if you want to give your son dolls and your daughter trucks. And I don't care if you read them Molly has two Daddys or whatever mind-melded crap you want to. You will have to explain your parenting methods when you meet your Maker face-to-face. So I don't care what you teach your family in your home. However, the minute you start trying to teach my child depravity disguised as cartoon fish, that's when I get angry.
Toddlers, even kindergarteners and above are not ready to discuss adult topics like sexuality! Homo, hetero or other! What is the rush to "educate" our babies into adulthood so quickly? I hear people say that they knew they were gay at the age of 5. I don't believe it. Every 5-year-old thinks "girls are yucky" or vice-a-versa. There is no sexual interest or understanding at that point. (And if there is, that child has definitly been sexually abused.) And to pretend that a baby needs to be aprised of the complications of this life at such an early, unspoiled time in their lives is an abomination to common sense and an abomination to the very thing we call childhood.
If you should find yourself at the Blockbuster soon, avoid The Reef and rent Finding Nemo instead.
8 comments:
Thanks for the review. I was about to play this movie outside with a projector on our garage door (a la the drive-in) for the neighborhood kids. Typically I'll screen what we show through PluggedInOnline.com, but they didn't have a review on this film; so I figured it can't be too bad. Fortunately a google search brought up your blog and I'm glad (1) you wrote it, (2) I read it. I feel the same way about the educating the kids on sexuality. On top of that I would've had a heck of time explaining this to the parents when just last week we played FLYWHEEL (from the makers of Facing the Giants). Swapping out the DVDs - showtime in 40 minutes. Thanks Again!
Thanks for taking the time to review this movie. I'm picky about what my kids see and it was hard to find anyone writing about this one.
very much wrong, u take everything way to far i can;t belive u even took the time to write this, some poor people are missing out on this little gem, that "homosecual" seen i had to watch a second time cause im not looking for somthing to be upset about,that joke was ment for u or another adult that would find that funny to entertain u as well as them, and second a child would never make that connection.
the movie was funny and interesting look at the ocean, and the interaction of fish, the main female fish dosn't look all that beautaful of a fish either, the one from nemo looked like a super model.
take the time to watch this, your kids will love it and so will yoy
great morals, teaches if u try hard and work hard u can get anything u want, shows how to stand up to bullys with out violence, and of course dreams can come true
Great morals? Like two gay hairdressers. Okay. And I don't care if my kid won't "get it". I get it. And it's innapropriate. Furthermore, if you'd like to write a great review of this movie, feel free to open up a blog of your own and do so. I took the time to write this because there are other parents like me who aren't asleep at the wheel when it comes to what our kids watch.
Also, I have no idea what Nemo character you are talking about that looks like a "supermodel", please inform me as to which character that is. There isn't one. And I was far less bothered by the girly fish with the big lips than I was by the blatant anti-human "green" theme and the homosexual "joke". Thanks for taking the time to comment and come back any time. I stand by my original take on this stupid movie. (Also, it wasn't entertaining at all...it was a cheap, boring imitation of Finding Nemo.)
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If you want to leave insulting comments, do it elsewhere. If you want a debate, I'll give you one. But I'm not going to let you turn my blog into a forum for your hate. Your religion (or lack thereof) is of no importance to me. But for some reason, my biggest sin, in your eyes is that I am a Christian. You fall into my trap when you call me "intolerant" and in the same breath you call all Christians intolerant. Then, you turn around and show your intolerance of our beliefs. What does that make you? "Inclusive?" I think not.
This is another perfect opportunity for me to illustrate the absurdity of the word "intolerant"...hence my blog name. Everyone is intolerant of something whether it be nails on a chalkboard or slow drivers in the left lane. That doesn't make you wrong or an idiot...it just makes you human. In our quest for "tolerance", we have become incapable of distinguishing things that are truly intolerable. One of which is the persecution of anyone who has a Biblical perspective on anything.
So yes, I am intolerant of moronic comments on my blog. I will NOT tolerate your intolerance! And I can no longer tolerate this intolerable conversation!
such a shame your the only one allowed to have an opinion
you are absolutely allowed to have an opinion. and you stated that very clearly. What you are not allowed to do, on my site, is post name-calling, hateful stuff that has no purpose other than to make you feel big. If you don't like it, feel free to start your own blog about how much you hate me where you can post any amount of insults you want! But don't expect to do it on my blog where I have ALL THE POWER (and admin tools) to thwart you.
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