TheThingThatDoesn'tHaveWhatItDoesn'tNeed

There always seems to be a constant stream of movies and TV shows. Every month I see a movie or two that get thrown out there in the pile of media garbage that Hollywood always seems to churn out. You would think they would make a good movie every once in a while. But that isn't the case. It seems like I have to wait for several dozen movies to be produced before I am finally acquainted with a semi-decent movie. But what's the problem? Are we finally out of ideas? No, we don't need new ideas. We just need to make movies about the right things. I really want to watch a movie about family and relationships between parents and their kids. Where are those awesome movies? Even if a movie did have some of those elements they were probably bogged down with explosions, cursing, and explicit annoyances. Why not a good, wholesome family movie? Come on Hollywood! You're killing me.

Ever since I watched a little movie (with a very long Japanese title that you wouldn't even understand or care to read) I find myself yearning for movies that focus on parents and their kids. How they get along, how they don't get along, and at the end coming together in love. I want a heart-warming story about hate, misunderstanding, sadness, tragedy, and even some resentment all topped off with a big serving of forgiveness and love. That's a recipe for an epic family movie. Just thinking about it makes me teary eyed. 

Alas, I am stuck with a guy with a heavy hammer, an old grandpa, and a women who screams so loud you can hear her even in space*. Ahhhh, that's why I watch so much anime. At least with anime I am surrounded with neat stories, quirky characters, and hilarious (and sometimes calming) art. Movies are getting so predictable. These are the three things movies these days constantly use: lame romance with no character development, over dramatized CGI action sequences, and a constant flurry of innuendos, cursing, and explicit nonsense. There, I just summed up 95% of movies that came out in the last 10 years. Give me a cookie with a tall glass of milk.

I might just be ranting, but it is my earnest desire! I wait for the day Hollywood (Or anyone besides Japan) releases a movie that uplifts parents and family in general. Why not make a movie about parenting? Parenting is the one of the most dynamic aspects of mankind. Each child is raised differently. Some are raised by their parents, grandparents, foster parents, one parent, more than two parents, relatives, or a guardian. There are literally billions of different ways people are raised. There is no "12 Step Process" to raise your child. No one has the perfect solution for parenting and no one ever will. It is the ultimate mystery of the universe (Right next to the mind of the proverbial women)! Parenting is something that can never be overestimated or overvalued. It is essential to every human being, yet no one knows how to do it. We simply learn as we grow with our children, and even then our parenting techniques only work on OUR children. You can't use the same parenting tactics on every kid. Parenting is something we can't even learn from Jesus! He never parented! Okay okay, before you start raging and saying, "But Missingnomer! Jesus parents all of His children!" True, but there is no account of Him physically parenting a child that was His own flesh and blood in the Bible. He was a single Man! Jesus took the easy way to live His 30+ years on this Earth, AHAHAHAHA..... Ahem...

Like I said, make movies about parents, their children, and the family unit in general. You will never run out of ideas. Plus, making movies about things that actually matter doesn't hurt either.

*The three movies I vaguely described were Thor 2, Bad Grandpa, and Gravity (I am going to regret typing these movie titles on my blog when I grow up and look back on this post).