Comments about ‘A rare combination: Films that are good and clean not common, but they do exist’

Amen, brother!

In movies ... the graphics, the violence, the nudity, the language all are continuously pushed to ever higher levels.

Somewhere along way, Hollywood has forgotten that it's the story that makes a movie compelling.

In the recent movie, "Captain America" it's the struggle of one "4F" man (unacceptable for military duty) trying to do his part, that makes the movie enjoyable; once it turns violent (latter half) the movie becomes cartoonish and loses much of its heart.

I loved Courageous!! We have recommended it to everyone we know. That group also made Facing the Giants which is also a wonderful movie. I haven't been able to find The Mighty Macs in our area so hoping it is out on DVD soon!!

Thanks, Chris Hicks, for informing me and my family of some decent movies to seek out! Great article!

Ugh please. I stay away from The R-rated movies and have walked out of a couple PG-13 movies but this is too much. Really? You're complaining about Johnny English Reborn and The Muppets? Fart shoes? Who cares! Little kids love farting noises and it's harmless. It's what makes kids laugh even though we as adults might find it juvenile.

There are a lot of great, uplifting movies out there.

Dwight89- I think you just proved Mr. Hicks' point without even knowing it.

Real life is full of r-rated conversation and language...adults seem to feel free to discuss anything at anyplace, anytime, without regard to nearby ears of little children, impressionable youth...

we have to learn to tune out the vulgar, it seems, to survive, and as we age, we tend to look more matter-of-factly at life...yet don't need crass vulgarity thrown in our faces when held captive as an audience looking for better things.

vulgar movies are self-destructing as Chris says, losing the message for the method of delivery, not enhancing it...

thanks to Chris for any heads ups on good, clean movies with a message.

I went to Moneyball and loved it ...with the exception of the one F-bomb that was dropped. It's disappointing that movie writers, producers , and production companies feel like they have to put bad language or other forms of debauchery into their films ..just to get people to come and watch.

Dwight89 represents what's wrong with this world. I stopped watching movies years ago. Even most of the edited versions are still bad. It's a shame because there's a lot of talent out there that could make really good movies. I don't know why they have to add all of the scumbag stuff. I guess because it sells. But not to me. I won't buy it.

"Courageous" as GAmom indicated, is an awesome movie that anyone who has not seen it should see. It provides great insight as to how we can be better examples, and what happens when we do not. It is universal in it's appeal.

I have never walked out of a movie saying to myself, "It was okay, but it could have been better if only the F-word was used more".

I concur. "Courageous" was, in my opinion, one of the best films I've ever had the pleasure of viewing.

For families composed of adolescents and above I recommend the Rowan Atkins film Johnny English Reborn. It is a continuation of the first Johnny English. A bumbling British spy and his work against the enemies of free people.

For any who have seen the Mr. Bean movies or TV shows you will like the fact that the funny faces and body posturing are still there but Johnny English also uses witty (clean) dialog too. And in typical British humor fashion, there are the understated visual and wordplay interactions between persons in the background.

It has a hilarious chase scene through the streets of London, and I want Johnnys car.

Its not surprising that its not been marketed (well I saw two ads on TV but thats all), and its not in many theaters; because it is high quality innocent fun for grownups and almost grownups. For those looking for a hidden message it can be found but its not of sex, violence or socialist variety like those in movies being produced for children.

@drbarbiedpm

Will you please elaborate and explain how my comments are what's wrong with this world?

I didn't hear that Moneyball had the F word in it, and I still went and saw it. I wonder how many more people would have gone had they known that there were F words in it. My guess is not many. I am sure many people went and saw it because it was a baseball movie, and they like baseball, not the F word.
I go and see movies based on what they are about, not what is in them. Sometimes they are rated R, and sometimes they are rated G. Doesn't make any difference to me.
I won't be seeing "Courageous". Not because it doesn't have any sex or language in it, but because I really could care less about girls basketball.

I have to ask again Chris... Why is it that the actors are so willing to do sleazy material? Are there any well known actors that have turned down roles because they refused to participate in a movie with offensive material? Help me out here.

The reality is, there will be purveyors and supporters of absolutely anything. On the extreme there are porn films, brothels, and the like. Hard for many of us to imagine that there is ANY support for these ventures. Vulgar films fall in the middle ground.

In the end, all we can do is make decisions for ourselves and our families about where we spend our time and money. We can give our input to the world about what we think about the crap, try to persuade, but it's not going away. Throughout the history of the world, some people just embrace crap. Some even wear it like a badge of honor.

Entertainment is a personal and family choice. The Lord and his church set the standards and teach the people. It is up to them to make choices that follow the standards set. When you watch a movie, ask yourself if you would feel comfortable having the Saviour beside you watching with you. Read the lyrics from the song "If the Saviour Stood Beside Me"

If the Savior stood beside me, would I do the things I do?
Would I think of His commandments and try harder to be true?
Would I follow His example? Would I live more righteously,
If I could see the Savior standing nigh, watching over me?

I think this is a good measuring stick in our entertainment choices. Do you really think there will be vulgar, violent, sex-laced, crude movies in heaven? Why watch them here?

Good, clean films exist in numbers. However, so many people here are so easily offended that they can find 'filth' anywhere. Even nature has to be sanitised. As for me, I don't want to live in disneyland or pleasantville. And I don't see how people so easily offended by a word stronger than heck will readily watch grotesque violence on that same screen with no problem.

I have only one brain and everything that I see, read, hear, etc. is recorded in it somewhere. I'd just as soon not fill my brain with the filthy or even off color stuff. I have better things to do with my time and brain than watch TV or Hollywood drivel full of gratituous filth. I remember "A Man for All Seaasons" and "Cry the Beloved Country" and "Life is Beautiful"--those were great films; the makers of the films had a great message well told. They don't make films like that anymore.