Tron

I went to see the movie "Tron" yesterday. The best part was being with my daughter KJ and family friend Elizabeth. The movie was a snore.

I find it so interesting that a company can spend millions upon millions of dollars to create a movie like this, and then enough people will pay for the privilege of seeing it that it can make all that back and millions more. Even movies which are rated as "box-office bombs" can earn millions of dollars in profits for the studios: they can still sell lots of toys, collectible items, clothing items, and then of course: the DVD or Blu-Ray disc which inevitably comes out and sells more than anyone thought it would.

So - I can see why there are so many people who dream about getting into movies. But I sure do weep for the morality and collective conscience of our nation if the people who star in these things are any representation of where our nation is headed. Women are objectified, sex outside of marriage is seen as the norm, young people are shown as wiser than adults, rebellion is something to be revered, the list goes on. But we don't sit and watch movies with our critical discernment turned on, because the very nature enjoying a movie is that we "suspend disbelief."

I just don't like that we also tend to "suspend our moral standards" as we do so.

God help us.