Monday 22 August 2016

At the movies

So this post weekend we went to the cinema. Going to the movies is one of our favourite past-times, with or without the kids. But this time it was a Family day out with my boys my sister and my godson.
We decided to give Findings Dory a try. We are big lovers of Finding Nemo so we expected a lot!
For the most part its a good movie. Cute little baby Dory will pull at your heartstrings, the new characters are most good and the storyline is interesting with a few references back to the original. It kept Coreys attention and wasn't boring. 

But there was one thing wrong with the movie. Bullying!! 
A few times we were shown 2 new characters bullying and manipulating another character who had obvious social and developmental delay. Now I know alot of the other characters have disabilites that they over come but this just ruined the movie for me! 
Now you may say kerrie your being to sensitive its just a kids movie! But try to imagine living with a child with a developmental delay, autism or special needs. Try watching that child try so hard to socialise only to be mocked, ignored or turned away. Try worrying every day that your child may not make true friends. Try not knowing what happens at school on the yard when you are not there. I can tell you its not nice. And then to see it up there on the big screen being made into a big joke made me mad! 
A scene with bullying would be bad enough without showing repercussions for that bullying. But bullying a person who is different or strange or slow is just unfair! 

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