Tag is Outlawed!

That’s right.  In a time where keeping score is no longer necessary and everyone makes the team in Little League, and to help harbor the ”gentle” psych of children, political correctness has now expanded to recess.  Dodgeball has been eliminated from schools all over because it’s considered  too violent, but the reason behind Tag being banned from some Massachusetts schools is because some kids will feel left out?  Who are we kidding?  It’s no wonder kids these days are so reliant on their parents!  It’s no wonder it’s completely acceptable to move back home or stay there until the age of thirty.  It’s no shock grandparents and daycare’s are predominantly raising the children of today instead of the parents who are too busy focusing on their careers or still going to the bar every weekend because they still have the mentality of an adolescent.  The word of the decade is “coddle.”

This generation and some following after have lost the ability to think for themselves.  No one has a voice anymore, because there is nothing but grown up children walking around looking to their parents for direction, or what the politically correct news says they should think instead of doing it for themselves.  Why has this happened?  Because of banning games like tag.  Because of forgetting to keep score.  it sounds trite, but think about it.  In attempting to shelter kids and soften them instead of teaching them to be vigorous independent thinkers and preparing them for the real world, we are molding a sense of personality that requires them to be dependent and afraid.  This epidemic starts at a young age when the morals and ideals about life and instilled in children, and coddling at a young age does not prepare them for the adult world that is cutthroat.

It’s okay to protect our children.  It’s our nature, but this is nearly abuse in my opinion.  The adults of today need to grow up and stop relying on their parents for everything because they are modeling that same behavior to their children who in a world where “tag” is an unnacceptable game, they need to strong voice and strong image to show them how to be independant.  Yes, how to fight!  How to defend yourself.  How to perservere!  It says a lot more to say keeping a score is wrong, than trying to win the game.  Try to win.  A healthy competiveness is good.  You need that in school and college and life to succeed.

Here is the article I read from the Los Angelas Times that evoked this rant.  Life is getting more and more outrageous everyday.  Those that can’t or don’t think for themselves are afraid of those that do, and unfortunately are too lazy because they aren’t competitive enough to stand up and think for themselves.  When my kids are old enough the first movie I’m going to sit them down to watch is Dead Poets Society and show them what true inspiration and independence and creativity is about.  God, by then I may be one of those crazy hippies that’s homeschooling.  At least then, they’ll get to play normal children’s games.

In the words of Maynard Keenan James:

Think for yourself, question authority.

Top Ten Worst Movies Of All Time

10.  From Justin to Kelly- I think it’s still open to debate whether or not this actually qualifies as a film, as it was inspired to simply put $$$$$ in Fox’s pocketbook, and was successful it’s goal.  However, it failed miserably at it’s attempt to put a movie together.  I’d rather be caught watching Lifetime in my sweatpants with a bowl of Cool Whip and only my finger to scoop it out, than ever watch From Justin to Kelly again.

9. Batman and Robin- This is universally referred to as one of the worst movies of all time. Clooney and ODonnell’s homo-erotic ambiguously gay duo theme meshed with the pathetic one liners seeping from a dead pan Schwarzenegger made this movie fall limp in every direction.  Perhaps they should have spent more time on the script instead of the Batsuits nipples.

8. Stargate- It’s because of this film version I waited to watch the show until six or seven seasons in.  With Kurt Russell and James Spader on this adventure that really sounded innovative and compelling, you’d think a great movie would come together.  I have never officially sat through this film in it’s entirety.  I always end up shutting it off.  It’s terrible.  Don’t use this as a basis of comparison for the show.  The only thing they have in common is their title.

7. My Best Friends Wedding-Who actually loves this over-rated piece of crap?  How could anyone fall subject to the obnoxious selfishness of Julia Roberts character in this movie?  Let’s look at the big picture.  Cameron Diaz is adorable, infectious, and wonderful in this role. I even like her, and Dermont Mulroney seems truly happy to be marrying her, but because Julia’s character has a moment of insecurity she decides to try and tear them a part and ruin the wedding? And this is a romantic comedy?  More like sadistic insanity!  Honestly, this earns a well deserved WTF.  It’s maddening in it’s annoyance and the only ocassional saving grace is the charisma of Rupert Everett.

6. I Still Know What You Did Last Summer- Don’t you kinda get the feeling from the title that this can only go bad places?  The original with Gellar, Freddie and Love was only “ok”, so why build a dynasty on a movie that was simply lucky to survive the horror flicks of that particular season?  It’s baffling.  What was more baffling was the lack of humour and lack of scary involved.  And even more baffling was Brandy’s performance. *cringes*  Stick to sitcoms Moesha!

5. Lake Placid- This is the only title of my list to which I can laugh about having seen it, but that being said, it’s still worth being #5 on my list.  This giant Alligator is killing people all over Lake Placid and it’s some natural phenomenon, except they find out it’s not!  It’s Betty White’s pet!  The Golden Girls gone Wild!  Seriously, this film is just inexcusable.

4.  Armageddon-  For my explanation read here.

3. Event Horizon- It was one of the most boring and uninteresting, not to mention bizarre Sci-Fi movies ever.  It’s a movie that makes other Science Fiction movies look bad. I love Sam Neiil too.  This was a plague on Hollywoods big screen.  Don’t see it. Ever.

2. Reindeer Games- You think Charlize Theron, Gary Sinise, and Affleck……this has got to be good right?  Wait!  Did I say Affleck?  Well, that explains everything.  I like Ben Affleck a lot, so long as he stays out of my action movies, or dramatic roles that require him to act.  He should be in comedy’s or Disney movies exclusively.  Granted Reindeer Games was obnoixous on it’s own, but when you added the terrifying attempt of Affleck to play this hard dude, just did NOT fly.  In fact, it crashed and destroyed a whole city.  A waste of time.

1. Random Hearts- This banal movie makes me want to claw my own eyes out.  Kristen Scott Thomas and Harrison Ford discover their spouses have died in a plane crash. A plane they weren’t supposed to be on.  It turns out the two had an affair.  Those are the only points this movie makes and it’s TWO AND A HALF HOURS.  Even Harrison Ford is dry and uncharismatic, and that’s against all the rules of physic’s and the universe.  I seriously would PAY someone to not watch this movie.  You will never get that time back, and you will have wilted a little inside from suffering it’s lameness.

HONORABLE MENTIONS: A Knights Tale, Dr. T and The Women, Epic Movie, and Supernova