Hollywood has been a disgusting cesspool from its inception. Even way back with Shirley Temple. Which is inevitable considering its origins in theater. It’s clear why early Church canons forbid Christians from working as actors. To me, there is no redeeming value in fictional movies or shows, no benefit that outweighs the issues. I don’t care if it’s a “good” movie, either the director or screenwriter(s) is a nutjob. It’s like trying to enjoy a milkshake with a turd fleck in it.
My opinion is that the governing body of a nation has an obligation to restrict/ban obscene and degenerate media. We live in a world with instant access via devices, no more need to visit a seedy place in an alley way. The argument of “well you’re just weak if you end up affected and freedom is more important”, then why do we have restrictions on drugs, gambling, tobacco, alcohol, high interest pay day loans, etc.? Just cut the middle man out and sell KrackRox at 7/11, and if you get addicted, well too bad, guess you should’ve been stronger. Any nation that has a safe, clean country has heavy restrictions on these things and media. Maybe you can get away with having more “intellectual/artistic freedom” when you’re not under rule by (((them))). It’s not like in 2025 we’re making accurate historical re-enactments of Spartan battles, it’s ever increasing levels of shock value and content inspired by soulless, Godless, lost creators. Even in the 1950s, you have people like Marilyn Monroe, and the culture was still coasting off the more conservative previous generations. Personally, I have a deeper issue with Western culture and how it was tainted by the Enlightenment period, but I digress.
No, I don’t think horror movies should be allowed to be screened publicly, the fact that there’s even a market for this kind of demonic, sick stuff is already appalling. I remember reading somewhere, maybe it was a pro-life book by Abby Johnson, but basically they talked about how they purposely use movies to put out propaganda about abortion or gay stuff, because it’s visual and appeals to emotions. Like oh a story about a young up and coming girl, she gets raped by someone close to her and the only way to get her life back is to abort her baby, cue music and emotional scenes. Bohemian Rhapsody. The holocaust movies….Or the total slop that was the movie Juno. And look how that actress ended up…so many examples.
It does affect families. You go out in public, to a skate rink or other event and you get to hear Top 40s about sex, getting drunk, being depressed and lost. Movies in general have audio that is very in your face and stimulating, sexualization in appearance and speech is totally normal (even kids movies have references), the ever so common theme of siding with the villain, etc. Typical soy dad and know-it-all mom/kids. (((They))) wouldn’t pump billions of dollars into media if it was good for the goyim. Kind of like how porn is free.
The UK show Skins was popular when I was in high school, like what a steaming heap of trash that was. Again, what value is there?
Here is just one, small snippet of the endless dysfunction:
For context, we have not had cable or streaming subscriptions in about 8 years now, I haven’t sat through a movie or tv show in about the same length of time, except if it was playing in the background at someone’s house or in public. It’s actually jarring to see commercials. Our kids have pretty much 0 screen time, with exception made for nonfiction things like cooking shows, diesel engine repair, Patristic Nectar Kids (a priest talking about the gospel reading for that Sunday), or How It’s Made clips. The more media someone watches, the harder it is to pray and have a spiritual life, and if you’ve consumed a lot of this from childhood, it’s quite difficult to rework that. I strongly encourage other parents to cut the screens out, it’s catching on as more people realize the harm that it does to kids. Don’t get me started on Disney garbage. Kids need their creativity encouraged, not their imagination.
We know a couple who let their 2 kids watch horror movies from like 3 years old, they are honestly reallly messed up from it. Chucky, IT, that kind of stuff. It’s very sad and appalling. Speaking of IT, oh ya that was written by the demented Stephen King, and if you don’t know, the book IT has a child sex scene that only a disgusting pervert would dream up. Why are these films tolerated again? To be brutally honest, I have never met a well-adjusted person who was a horror movie fan, it’s like the mental equivalent of a bull nose ring/blue hair/chest tattooes, and actually the same people typically enjoy both. The same goes for men and anime. I’m not sure what Japanese cartoons do to the male psyche, but it’s not good. I could not imagine the father of my children being an anime enthusiast.
The Bible is different, how things are presented and the language used is different. There is at least sympathy given for several instances, like the murder of the Innocents by King Herod. It’s like comparing dispatching your own livestock or hunting to someone torturing animals for fun.
Nevermind. NOW I see what's going on.
