My kids, who were pre-teen at the time, were dying to see one of the LOTR movies several years ago. A few local JWs had seen it and were raving about it, but quietly for fear of being branded as "weak" or "bad association".
Anyway, the kids weren't letting their request die, so as a dutiful Elder Dad, I decided to go preview the thing myself on a work night and decide whether it was too worldly/demonized/violent, etc for them to see.
I sat down in the chair. My eyelids were shut within 5 minutes. 10 minutes later there's shrieking music and some critter is fighting for its life and I sit bolt upright almost going into cardiac arrest. 2 minutes later I'm sound asleep. 10 minutes later there's shrieking music and some critter is fighting for its life and I sit bolt upright almost going into cardiac arrest. ....lather, rinse, repeat for the duration of the movie.
I think I told my kids it was too violent since that's ALL I saw in the movie. Poor kids. I guess.
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