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Tracy1581 08-30-2013 07:38 AM

we're the MILLERS
 
in one word 'TRASH" especially for the kids today. we could not help but wonder how the couple in front of us could take their what appeared to be 10 yr old to a movie like this other than the fact they wanted to see it so therefore it was ok to expose their child to garbage.

Parents really need to preview what their kids might be watching. It's just NOT cool to allow the anything goes mentality anymore.

Jennifer Anniston could have picked a much better film to be in.

save your money and spend it elsewhere. We love comedy but his bordered a trashy comedy not worth seeing.

Taltarzac725 08-30-2013 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Tracy1581 (Post 736071)
in one word 'TRASH" especially for the kids today. we could not help but wonder how the couple in front of us could take their what appeared to be 10 yr old to a movie like this other than the fact they wanted to see it so therefore it was ok to expose their child to garbage.

Parents really need to preview what their kids might be watching. It's just NOT cool to allow the anything goes mentality anymore.

Jennifer Anniston could have picked a much better film to be in.

save your money and spend it elsewhere. We love comedy but his bordered a trashy comedy not worth seeing.

That looks like something I would wait for the DVD.

graciegirl 08-30-2013 08:08 AM

Jennifer Anniston was on a talk show last night promoting this film. I was a little um...surprised at the clip that was shown on TV.

Did anyone else see it?

Maybe I AM an OLD biddy. sigh.

jimbo2012 08-30-2013 08:26 AM

Good, very funny, not for kids.

justjim 08-30-2013 09:08 AM

No need for "trash language"----I know there are some who use such language all the time but not around me or my wife----the friends we choose have a bit more ediquette. Enough said.

John_W 08-30-2013 09:29 AM

I said the same thing about 'The Heat' with Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock, every other word was the F word. Usually before I can give my opinion of that film, people will say that's the funniest movie they've seen in years. Read the reviews of The Heat on this website, it seems it's OK for that film to be so filthy but not for others. I liked The Heat but the filthy language ruined it somewhat for me. That's why I've decided not to see The Millers.

When I think back to some of my favorite comedies such as Animal House, Airplane, Caddy Shack, Raising Arizona, O'Brother Where Art Thou, you almost never hear the F word in those films but yet they are the best comedies.

jnieman 08-30-2013 09:33 AM

This was one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. Yes it is adult humor not intended for a 10 year old.

Barefoot 08-30-2013 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by jnieman (Post 736149)
This was one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. Yes it is adult humor not intended for a 10 year old.

Is it subtle humor or more slapstick/frat-boy humor?

jnieman 08-30-2013 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Barefoot (Post 736159)
Is it subtle humor or more slapstick/frat-boy humor?

Just laugh out loud humor. I definitely would not have wanted to sit next to a 10 year old for this movie, but I found it hilarious.

Tracy1581 08-30-2013 10:17 AM

some liked it. Maybe I'm becoming an old fart. lol I just find the underlying messages disturbing such as being a drug dealer is cool and funny, being a stripper is cool, being gay is of course cool, being homeless is becoming a norm. Abnormal is cool. Anything goes, anywhere , anybody.

the part I found the most disturbing I guess was when the adult tells the kid to go "suck the guys's blank (can't say it) was disgusting!! some of it was funny but overall ruined by the message it would send to younger generation.

maybe I just don't get it anymore. With all the tolerance of everything today, when is enough enough.?? we grew up with Little Racals, Dennis the Mennis, and thought those shows were funny. Do we REALLY need movies in theaters that debate over who should suck whose ???? Isn't that going a bit too far?? Would you want your grandchildren to watch something like this?? Wish Hollywood would start producing movies that promote values, morals and good character. Our kids are in desperate need of these types.

graciegirl 08-30-2013 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Tracy1581 (Post 736172)
some liked it. Maybe I'm becoming an old fart. lol I just find the underlying messages disturbing such as being a drug dealer is cool and funny, being a stripper is cool, being gay is of course cool, being homeless is becoming a norm. Abnormal is cool. Anything goes, anywhere , anybody.

the part I found the most disturbing I guess was when the adult tells the kid to go "suck the guys's blank (can't say it) was disgusting!! some of it was funny but overall ruined by the message it would send to younger generation.

maybe I just don't get it anymore. With all the tolerance of everything today, when is enough enough.?? we grew up with Little Racals, Dennis the Mennis, and thought those shows were funny. Do we REALLY need movies in theaters that debate over who should suck whose ???? Isn't that going a bit too far?? Would you want your grandchildren to watch something like this?? Wish Hollywood would start producing movies that promote values, morals and good character. Our kids are in desperate need of these types.

I would settle for wet your pants funny in the way THAT used to be funny; double entendres, timing, the pause, mistaken identity. etc. etc. etc.

I loved Laugh in. Please don't laugh at me.

Hi. I'm Fanny Farkle!

Schaumburger 08-30-2013 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Tracy1581 (Post 736071)
in one word 'TRASH" especially for the kids today. we could not help but wonder how the couple in front of us could take their what appeared to be 10 yr old to a movie like this other than the fact they wanted to see it so therefore it was ok to expose their child to garbage.

Parents really need to preview what their kids might be watching. It's just NOT cool to allow the anything goes mentality anymore.

Jennifer Anniston could have picked a much better film to be in.

save your money and spend it elsewhere. We love comedy but his bordered a trashy comedy not worth seeing.

I saw the movie. Funny, but definitely an adult movie. The movie definitely deserves the R rating it received. Not a movie for a 10 year old. Not a movie for a 15 year old. Bad decision on the part of that couple to take a 10 year old with them.

Shimpy 08-30-2013 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by jnieman (Post 736149)
This was one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. Yes it is adult humor not intended for a 10 year old.

I agree. I would see it again. It is rated "R" so why would you take a 10 year old to it? There are plenty of kids movies always playing here that they can be taken to.
By the way in real life this language is what is used for this age group. Makes it realistic.

jimbo2012 08-30-2013 04:57 PM

:agree:

Watch HBO, I suppose that will be an eye opener for you.

That language is spoken often, it is 2013

BarryRX 08-30-2013 05:38 PM

Heck, just watch reruns of Law and Order SVU which comes on at 3:30 in the afternoon. I don't know how they can have subject matter like that on before 9PM.

jblum315 08-30-2013 06:54 PM

I see it all the time. People take their young children to movies because they either can't afford or don't want to spend the money for a babysitter. They think it's OK. I don't

Pturner 08-30-2013 07:05 PM

No, it's not for 10 year olds
 
Oh, so that's how 10-year-old Hannah Montana's grow up to be 21-year-old Miley Cyruses.

gerryann 08-30-2013 07:18 PM

It's all a matter of what you're comfortable with. I am not comfortable around that kind of language or that type of humor. I'm not saying its wrong for those that like it, or use it. I don't freak if I'm out and someone starts using that language, but I certainly lose respect for that person. We're of a different generation (at least the majority of us are). The younger folks are comfortable with it.....I'm not.

bkcunningham1 08-30-2013 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Pturner (Post 736458)
Oh, so that's how 10-year-old Hannah Montana's grow up to be 21-year-old Miley Cyruses.

Yep.

kittygilchrist 08-30-2013 07:56 PM

I was offended the whole time when I wasn't laughing.

Lbmb24101 08-30-2013 08:44 PM

I will wait till it comes on on demand.
We went to see the 1st Hangover movie
We hated it yet they made 2 sequels...go figure.
But 12 yrs ago we loved There is something about Mary( the scene w the dog stills cracks me up)
So the question us:
Have we aged that much and that is why our tastes changed??
Or
Do you guys think that The Hangover is a different type of humor from There is something about Mary?
Looking forward to your comments! :)

asianthree 08-30-2013 08:58 PM

redbox $1..if you hate it only a dollar

wendyquat 08-30-2013 11:17 PM

Personally I don't find any humor in calling filth "adult humor"! We are just playing into their "dumbing down" tactics by contributing money to their sick agendas! Garbage in - garbage out!

Tracy1581 08-31-2013 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by wendyquat (Post 736555)
Personally I don't find any humor in calling filth "adult humor"! We are just playing into their "dumbing down" tactics by contributing money to their sick agendas! Garbage in - garbage out!

it really was filth wendy. when you go from the wife sucking the guys ??? to the husband to the son??? I don't see anything funny at all about it. What kind of message is that? Maybe that's a guy's sense of humor?? as a woman and mother I find it offensive. Also the one wife touching the others breasts as they all think they might get involved in an orgy I think we've crossed the line with decency. And then we wonder Why the kids are screwed up?? Hollywood produces more and more garbage. We had no idea about the movie at all and just went because it was supposed to be a comedy. Never again. Big mistake. No more dumbing down for this chick. I won't support the garbage anymore. My dollars will speak loudly going to the movies (if they ever create them ) on morals, values and character. Adios to the garbage !!

My Daily Run 08-31-2013 07:50 AM

obviously not everyone will like everything...I personally found it "entertaining"...if you are offended then go see a Disney film...

Cinderella - her mother died, and her father remarried her stepmother.

Nemo - had a mom but she got killed by the barracuda

Beauty and the Beast - no Mother

Aladdin - no Mother

Snow White - was the daughter of a queen who died, the new wicked queen married her father and wanted her killed.

The Little Mermaid - Ariel no Mom.

Mama Dumbo (horrific death) locked in a cage and taken away from him forever

Pinocchio motherless with only Geppeto

Sleeping Beauty raised by three inept aunts

The Sword in the Stone father, but no mother

Jungle Book Mowgli - his surrogate caregivers are father

Lion King - father gets killed

etc. etc.

graciegirl 08-31-2013 08:05 AM

I like raucous, I like funny, I like potty humor, but some stuff makes me uncomfortable.

I think it unfair to bring Disney into the argument.That is way over to the other side of the spectrum. There is only the ratings to help us choose. And unfortunately there is R and there is R. Nudity used to be the big deal, now nudity is not such a big deal. Not nearly as offensive as when some lines are crossed that we just haven't seen on screen before. We were born in a different time perhaps, but I have laughed myself silly at some danged funny, bawdy jokes. Some dirty jokes just have to use some not frequently used words sometimes, but stepping into something different sometimes makes us feel like we could use a good bath.

I haven't seen the movie, thought I'd like to. There was another movie that had a lot of bad language that close friends and people I respect on this forum said was a hoot. I can't remember which one but Bosox Fan and Pooh liked the same one. I never got around to seeing it either. Can't remember what it was.

I will keep reading here. This sounds a little over the top for me, and I am a naughty joke teller.

Tracy1581 08-31-2013 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by My Daily Run (Post 736599)
obviously not everyone will like everything...I personally found it "entertaining"...if you are offended then go see a Disney film...

Cinderella - her mother died, and her father remarried her stepmother.

Nemo - had a mom but she got killed by the barracuda

Beauty and the Beast - no Mother

Aladdin - no Mother

Snow White - was the daughter of a queen who died, the new wicked queen married her father and wanted her killed.

The Little Mermaid - Ariel no Mom.

Mama Dumbo (horrific death) locked in a cage and taken away from him forever

Pinocchio motherless with only Geppeto

Sleeping Beauty raised by three inept aunts

The Sword in the Stone father, but no mother

Jungle Book Mowgli - his surrogate caregivers are father

Lion King - father gets killed

etc. etc.

comparing this movie to a Disney? these comparisons are MILD in comparison to we're the millers. In Disney yes sometimes we lose a Mommy or Daddy or one gets injured or is missing. There is NO comparison to Disney. Disney usually makes you feel good, is heartwarming, which is good for the soul.

The underlying message for this movie was acceptability of pure trash. OK to be drug dealer, smuggler, stripper, homeless, nerd, clueless, gay, bi, swap sex partners. Paying a fine or sucking a guys ??? is NOT entertainment to me.
Then telling your SON he's got to suck a guys ??? is not only sickening but sends a message to young boys hmmm maybe that's ok.
I will stick with my original critique of movie - Trash Would be interesting to hear from other women who saw the movie. Perhaps men find that one scene funny. If so, guess I'm just not getting it.

John_W 08-31-2013 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by My Daily Run (Post 736599)
obviously not everyone will like everything...I personally found it "entertaining"...if you are offended then go see a Disney film...



One of my favorite movies is 'Taxi Driver' with Robert De Niro, that is certainly no Disney film. The point is, today the movie makers feel it's necessary to include every form of bathroom humor or the film won't fly. The last really great comedy I saw was 'Sideways' with Paul Giamanti and Thomas Hayden Church. It did have a lot of the F word, but it was used in a way that two adult men on a bachelor trip might talk, and the woman almost never used the F word. Five years from now every comedy will include the 'C' word, then what?

rhsgypsylady 08-31-2013 08:50 AM

Movies are rated for a reason. Parents/grandparents, etc. wishing to take others to movies should take them to age appropriate. Same goes for adults. If a movie is rated R and you are offended by such type movie, then don't go. On the other hand I didn't find this movie any worse than taking kids to movies with lots of violence. Violence promotes killing (in my opinion). Then again, one doesn't need to go to the movies to find nudity, foul language, drug usage, or violence in today's society. It's all around us. Sadly, this is the way of the world.

Tracy1581 08-31-2013 09:35 AM

but the 'good news" is we don't have to accept it nor support it. If we stop spending money at the box office, maybe they will get the hint !!

you know the old saying "money talks"

wendyquat 08-31-2013 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by My Daily Run (Post 736599)
obviously not everyone will like everything...I personally found it "entertaining"...if you are offended then go see a Disney film...

Cinderella - her mother died, and her father remarried her stepmother.

Nemo - had a mom but she got killed by the barracuda

Beauty and the Beast - no Mother

Aladdin - no Mother

Snow White - was the daughter of a queen who died, the new wicked queen married her father and wanted her killed.

The Little Mermaid - Ariel no Mom.

Mama Dumbo (horrific death) locked in a cage and taken away from him forever

Pinocchio motherless with only Geppeto

Sleeping Beauty raised by three inept aunts

The Sword in the Stone father, but no mother

Jungle Book Mowgli - his surrogate caregivers are father

Lion King - father gets killed

etc. etc.

And your point is? I don't equate any of the above references to come close to pornography!

wendyquat 08-31-2013 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 736610)
I like raucous, I like funny, I like potty humor, but some stuff makes me uncomfortable.

I think it unfair to bring Disney into the argument.That is way over to the other side of the spectrum. There is only the ratings to help us choose. And unfortunately there is R and there is R. Nudity used to be the big deal, now nudity is not such a big deal. Not nearly as offensive as when some lines are crossed that we just haven't seen on screen before. We were born in a different time perhaps, but I have laughed myself silly at some danged funny, bawdy jokes. Some dirty jokes just have to use some not frequently used words sometimes, but stepping into something different sometimes makes us feel like we could use a good bath.

I haven't seen the movie, thought I'd like to. There was another movie that had a lot of bad language that close friends and people I respect on this forum said was a hoot. I can't remember which one but Bosox Fan and Pooh liked the same one. I never got around to seeing it either. Can't remember what it was.

I will keep reading here. This sounds a little over the top for me, and I am a naughty joke teller.

Gracie it is one thing to tell "bawdy" jokes among adults. I am guilty of that also but if we continue to support the decline of decency from Hollywood, then don't be surprised to see our grandchildren "twerking" in public like the spectacle that Miley Cyrus made of herself last week! I definitely am not a prude but I do not think it healthy that our children and grandchildren are exposed to it! Just my opinion! Everyone has a right to their own opinion!

Barefoot 08-31-2013 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by wendyquat (Post 736781)
.... if we continue to support the decline of decency from Hollywood, then don't be surprised to see our grandchildren "twerking" in public like the spectacle that Miley Cyrus made of herself last week! I definitely am not a prude but I do not think it healthy that our children and grandchildren are exposed to it! Just my opinion! Everyone has a right to their own opinion!

Wendy, I just have to laugh because I remember my mother saying almost exactly the same words about Elvis shaking his pelvis in public. She started by saying "I am definitely not a prude, but this time Elvis has taken it too far ..."

We all agree that Miley Cyrus made a ludicrous spectacle of herself at the Awards Show. She did it to make sure she would be the main topic of conversation all week. Guess who's on the cover of every magazine and the subject of all television gossip shows. Mission accomplished!

wendyquat 08-31-2013 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Barefoot (Post 737041)
Wendy, I just have to laugh because I remember my mother saying almost exactly the same words about Elvis shaking his pelvis in public. She started by saying "I am definitely not a prude, but this time Elvis has taken it too far ..."

We all agree that Miley Cyrus made a ludicrous spectacle of herself at the Awards Show. She did it to make sure she would be the main topic of conversation all week. Guess who's on the cover of every magazine and the subject of all television gossip shows. Mission accomplished!

That doesn't make it right Bare! As a role model it sends a message to my granddaughters that maybe her behavior is ok. No wonder the Islamist radicals call us " infidels"!

Alas, I still remember when Desi and Lucy had to sleep in twin beds!

DougB 09-01-2013 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by wendyquat (Post 737043)
That doesn't make it right Bare! As a role model it sends a message to my granddaughters that maybe her behavior is ok. No wonder the Islamist radicals call us " infidels"!

Alas, I still remember when Desi and Lucy had to sleep in twin beds!

Desi was usually in some other female's bed.

graciegirl 09-01-2013 05:20 AM

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Originally Posted by DougB (Post 737049)
Desi was usually in some other female's bed.

Doug! You are too YOUNG to know about stuff like that.

DougB 09-01-2013 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 737058)
Doug! You are too YOUNG to know about stuff like that.

I order off the big boy menu now. No more crayons and coloring books from the servers.

Haha, just found out yesterday (wait for it, wait for it, drumroll) I will be a great grandfather in 7 months!

Tracy1581 09-01-2013 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by wendyquat (Post 736780)
And your point is? I don't equate any of the above references to come close to pornography!

I agree Wendy. There is NO comparison to Disney and the TRASH of today. NOT good role models for kids at all today. Let's send the message to Hollywood by NOT supporting them with our hard earned dollars.

pooh 09-01-2013 12:35 PM

I haven't seen the movie, and not sure I will while it's in the theaters, but for those who have seen the movie and are shocked by what was on the screen, didn't you check reviews of the movie before you paid to see it? In those reviews you would have been made aware of some of the more objectionable aspects of the film.

The movie Gracie, was TED! If you are from MA, it is even funnier, but Ted is an obnoxious bear...not a sweet little cuddly toy. We saw youngsters in the theater with their grandparents....NEVER would I have allowed my grandkids to watch this movie...and the same for WE'RE THE MILLERS.

I do agree that there are some movies that are unacceptable for many....bad language, nudity, violence, glorification of less than honorable lifestyles. If these types of films are not what you want to see, then do not. Find out about what you are going to view. Times have changed, whether we like it or not. We are adults and can make decisions about what we will or will not watch on the screen. Today's parents are responsible for what their children see or do not see, not the movie industry. Some of those questionable movies live a short life, never even breaking even for the studios. This one doesn't seem to be one of them.

USSGompers 09-01-2013 07:06 PM

I loved The Miller's, The Heat and Ted. I also love The Sound of Music, Big and Back to the Future.

I am very diverse in that way. I was shocked that someone brought a 12 year girl to Ted though.


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