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Don't know why, but CAP guy says "yes" to Spider-Man... See yerself below. Maybe mutating to a superhuman and then using violence to solve complex ethical problems is not demonic? :) ---> jab | commie | http://commie.oy.com "YOU DO NOT EXIST, for you are never more than a 1/4 or 1 of 4-different lives during life metamorphosis." --- Gene Ray, http://www.timecube.com/ >Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 04:27:08 -0500 >Subject: *SPIDER-MAN* (PG-13) -- "An attack against one is an attack > against us all!" >From: ChildCare Action Project Ministry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <snip> >*SPIDER-MAN* (PG-13) -- "An attack against one is an attack against us all!" > >Analysis Date: May 2, 2002 > <snip> >The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) uses subjective opinion to >give their ratings. The CAP model uses mathematical objectivity. Maybe >that explains the MPAA giving *Spider-Man* a PG-13 but the CAP analysis >gives *Spider-Man* a score of 51, three points under the scoring range >earned by PG-13s (54 to 68) in the CAP comparative baseline database. I >would like to blame the three points on skewing but the CAP model has worked >very successfully for seven years. But I gotta subjectively admit, >*Spider-Man* was an amazing piece of work, comparatively lite in sexual >issues, comparatively lite in language and obviously a statement of good >over evil. But did evil ever make its presence known! Brutally >*Spider-Man* was, for the most part, true to the Spider-Man(tm) many of us >grew up with but this Spider-Man, of course, has an attitude. Not at all >like the Spidey we know. <plot summary snipped> >I don't want to spoil the movie for those who will see it, but before I end >the discussion about the plot and story I want to throw in a 'nice touch' on >the part of the filmmakers. First, some background. The Green Goblin, who >is Norman Osborne of Oscorp (Willem Dafoe) sky-surfs his way into causing a >tram car suspension system over the Queens river to collapse, endangering >the dozen or so kids in a car, dangling the car from its one cable in one >hand high above the river and Mary Jane Watson in the other hand, asking >Spidey which one he wants to save. As the battle ensues, the onlookers on >the bridge start pelting the Green Goblin with anything they can throw, >saying "An attack against one is an attack against us all!" Nice touch, Sam >Raimi, Stan Lee, at al. Nice touch, indeed. I am proud of you. And a >great "replacement" for editing out the scene of the car of bad guys hung by >spider web between the twin towers of the World Trade Center. Thank you. [Uuuuh.... Fundamentalist Christianity mixed with American patriotism... How I just love it! ---> jab] >I know many of our readers will watch *Spider-Man*. All I ask is that your >somberly consider the findings we offer below and in the Findings/Scoring >section before you decide to take your kids to see it or see it for >yourself. I find myself wanting to let our teens watch it but not our >younger ones. But I am not your gauge. The reason for this service is to >objectively tell you the truth about the content of movies which the >advertisements, trailers, previews, etc. can't or won't tell you so you can >make an informed decision on your own by your own standards whether a film >is fit for your kids and/or yourself. > >In addition to the few matters mentioned above, among the issues likely to >be concerns to parents and grandparents include physical assault resulting >in murder, gunfire to kill, firearm to the head and armed robbery, armed >mugging and armed assault [Prov. 3:31-32, Jon. 3:8]. There are eleven uses >of the three/four letter word vocabulary but NO uses of the most foul of the >foul words [Prov. 17:20, Col. 3:8]. God's name in vain is used nine times >without the four letter expletive but none with it [Deut. 5:11]. Brutal >attacks, fighting and beatings, impalement death and multiple murder by >explosives add to the violence of *Spider-Man*. Parental verbal/emotional >abuse of a high school aged daughter [Eph. 6:4], lies [Rev. 21:8] and teen >arrogance against a father [Is. 30:1, Eph. 6:2] blasted a few scoring >points. Excess cleavage, dressing to maximize the female form and/or skin >exposure plus ghosting of female anatomy through a "wet T-shirt" led the >sexual issues [Rev. 22:15]. There is more you might want to consider before >making a decision about this movie. Theses and all other issues are >provided in the listing in the Findings/Scoring section of this analysis >report. > >Thank you for your trust in this ministry. Just know that Jesus loves you, >no matter who you are, no matter what you've done, no matter what you've >heard. And you do NOT have to be "clean" to come to know Him. Whether you >believe it or not. > > >******* <snip> >FINDINGS > >Wanton Violence/Crime (W) >o high school tormenting, repeatedly >o graphic close-up of a spider bite >o violent seizure imagery >o explosive imagery, repeatedly >o bully attack >o driving without consideration of the safety or property of others >o jumping off buildings >o wrestling violence >o armed robbery, repeatedly, once with assault >o armed mugging >o gunfire to kill, repeatedly >o action violence >o firearm to forehead >o great fall death >o corporate brutality >o assault >o threat with a knife >o fighting with blades >o brutal attack of an elderly woman >o kidnapping >o endangerment of children with intent to kill >o endangerment of a woman with intent to kill >o attempted murder, multiple >o severe beating >o impalement death > >Impudence/Hate (I) >o even uses of the three/four letter word vocabulary >o teenage arrogance against care-giver, repeatedly >o parental verbal/emotional abuse of daughter >o lies >o facial piercing > >Sex/Homosexuality (S) >o sexual harassment of teen girl >o excess cleavage, repeatedly >o dressing to maximize the female form and/or skin exposure, repeatedly >o intrusive eye movement, once of a father on a teen girl >o sexual innuendo >o ghosting of female anatomy through "wet T-shirt" clothing >o camera angle to force viewer on private parts > >Drugs/Alcohol (D) >o smoking, repeatedly >o drinking >o drugging > >Offense to God (O) >o nine uses of God's name in vain without the four letter expletive >o promotion of evolution - "new species completed" with DNA sequencing >pictorials >o talk of evolution > >Murder/Suicide (M) >o physical assault resulting in death >o gunshot murder, shooting unseen >o murder >o multiple murders > >SCORING DISTRIBUTION > >*SPIDER-MAN* (PG-13) earned a CAP Final score of 51 out of 100 points. >Following are the scores in the six CAP Investigation Areas (out of a >possible 100 points each) and the examples per hour: > >Investigation Area scoring: >------------------------- >Wanton Violence/Crime: 0, with 18.8 examples per hour >Impudence/Hate: 32, with 11.8 examples per hour >Sex/Homosexuality: 43, with 10.2 examples per hour >Drugs/Alcohol: 85, with 2.1 examples per hour >Offense to God (occultism, satanism, etc.): 67, with 4.8 examples per hour >Murder/Suicide: 76, with 2.1 examples per hour > >CAP ID (Influence Density) >------------------------ >1.03 > >Minimum minus Maximum (MinMax) >------------------------ >-85 > >******* >------- >< }}}><
