Posted by Strictly Skewed at 199.199.216.61 on August 22, 2003 at 15:49:50:
In Reply to: Let's start posted by fluffy on August 22, 2003 at 15:48:21:
Don't worry... this isn't a case of a kid genius. It was more about therapy for her, and it's pretty much autobiographical.
: : I mean, I didn't hate Kids or anything - I just found it to be unrealistic. A lot of that
: stuff does happen to kids - just not all in one friggin day.
: : But my main concern is that the young teenagers who do see this movie may want
: to emulate what goes on. I'm not highly moral by any means - nor do I think all
: teenagers are that dumb to follow blindly along to things - but since it is a time
: when a lot of them do feel a lot of peer pressure, I just hope they don't see the
: behavior depicted as acceptable or normal.
: : Damn, now I sound like my grandma.
: ~ with the fact that a thirteen year old can write a movie. Call me grandma as well
: because I sure as hell didn't have that thought of achievement in my thirteen year
: old brain.
: Your fears are only slightly justified. Young adults are much more desensitized day
: by day due to the mega amounts of information that they are exposed to. It's
: reaching an exponential level of light years per day. This film will probably jolt
: parents into looking harder at their children, which is a good thing.
: Remember it's rated R.