I love movies and I enjoy writing about them too. They both go pretty much hand in hand with each other and it's fun to discover new classics.
I co host the podcasts The Film Pasture, ScreenTrax, and soon Cinema Recall. While also contributing reviews and articles to other great sites when I can.
This may be your best episode so far. I kind of like you guys not having a guest because it seems like your chemistry is getting better.. Although, I wish you guys would of had me on as a guest. This is probably one of my favorite films of all-time.
I really liked this episode, although I didn’t listen to the review part since I haven’t seen Beetlejuice yet. Anyway, I loved your topic this time, since I’ve often thought that some kids’ movies are very scary. I’m not of the opinion that The Others or The Shining is a movie for children, but I do think that some children can watch them, myself included (I watched them when I was 12 or 13). It really depends on the children, personally I loved scary movies. And thank you for recommending that witch movie, I’ll try to find it!
Thank you so much for you comments. We will try to read them on the air in an upcoming episode. We have been a bit behind in posting them but assure you it will pick backup again soon.
I’m way late on this, but I somehow overlooked this episode previously.
Anyway, wanted to chime in and defend Vern (quite) a bit. It’s funny how so many people keep saying, “Yeah, I watched (equivalent scary movie) when I was 10 or 11, but I wouldn’t show it to my kid.” Sounds a lot like “Sure, I had free reign of my neighborhood on my bike when I was a kid, but I wouldn’t allow that of my kids now.” Which (eventually) also ties its way into kids receiving participation trophies and whatnot in sports and school.
Why treat the kids like that? Why not give them the same freedoms you had, or even better yet, the same that your parents had? How do you really know their limits unless you let them test them?
You know film terrified (scarred) me for life as a child? The Elephant Man. Didn’t even see the whole thing (and wasn’t shown it by my parents), but I was freaked out for a long, long time. On the other hand, I’m pretty sure I saw Raiders of the Lost Ark when I was 6, and if you think about it, it’s really not much less scary than something like Poltergeist.
And as far as I can recall, The Others is a hell of a lot less graphic/scary than The Sixth Sense, and I’m guessing many more preteens grew up watching 6th than they did The Others, and they probably turned out alright.
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April 29, 2013 at 11:32 am
This may be your best episode so far. I kind of like you guys not having a guest because it seems like your chemistry is getting better.. Although, I wish you guys would of had me on as a guest. This is probably one of my favorite films of all-time.
May 6, 2013 at 11:56 pm
Thank you Shane we will read you comment on the air of our next episode.
May 10, 2013 at 6:36 pm
I really liked this episode, although I didn’t listen to the review part since I haven’t seen Beetlejuice yet. Anyway, I loved your topic this time, since I’ve often thought that some kids’ movies are very scary. I’m not of the opinion that The Others or The Shining is a movie for children, but I do think that some children can watch them, myself included (I watched them when I was 12 or 13). It really depends on the children, personally I loved scary movies. And thank you for recommending that witch movie, I’ll try to find it!
May 11, 2013 at 3:39 am
Thank you so much for you comments. We will try to read them on the air in an upcoming episode. We have been a bit behind in posting them but assure you it will pick backup again soon.
June 27, 2013 at 11:45 pm
I’m way late on this, but I somehow overlooked this episode previously.
Anyway, wanted to chime in and defend Vern (quite) a bit. It’s funny how so many people keep saying, “Yeah, I watched (equivalent scary movie) when I was 10 or 11, but I wouldn’t show it to my kid.” Sounds a lot like “Sure, I had free reign of my neighborhood on my bike when I was a kid, but I wouldn’t allow that of my kids now.” Which (eventually) also ties its way into kids receiving participation trophies and whatnot in sports and school.
Why treat the kids like that? Why not give them the same freedoms you had, or even better yet, the same that your parents had? How do you really know their limits unless you let them test them?
You know film terrified (scarred) me for life as a child? The Elephant Man. Didn’t even see the whole thing (and wasn’t shown it by my parents), but I was freaked out for a long, long time. On the other hand, I’m pretty sure I saw Raiders of the Lost Ark when I was 6, and if you think about it, it’s really not much less scary than something like Poltergeist.
And as far as I can recall, The Others is a hell of a lot less graphic/scary than The Sixth Sense, and I’m guessing many more preteens grew up watching 6th than they did The Others, and they probably turned out alright.