Comments on: Morality Means Money

By: Mark Strohm

Mark Strohm — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 18:38:17 +0000

There are alternatives, even in watching today’s not so moral movies. I see you are not married so do not have children yet. For your readers with children, I cover several alternatives on my blog.

By: Adam Barlow

Adam Barlow — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 20:32:03 +0000

In reality the producers don’t put in the inappropriate content to sell film. They do it because those are the values of Hollywood. Seriously.
Film studios are not stupid. They know what makes money. But they are artists and want to keep the world “free” by pushing the envelope.

By: Naiah Earhart

Naiah Earhart — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 15:08:42 +0000

Sorry, I got lost on my own rant up there and forgot half a sentence:

“Granted, they only ran for 2 weekends, and so I (and I’m sure a lot of other people who assumed that a national release would carry a regular –longer– run than that.)” missed them, and never had a chance to ‘vote with my dollars’.

By: Naiah Earhart

Naiah Earhart — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 15:05:37 +0000

I liked this one: “96 percent of the Top 10 Movies” Uh, hmm, so 9.6 out of 10 movies had at least some moral content in them. If that .6 is part of the 10th movie, then it must needs be that the statistic should read 100%, as that represents “at least some.” They need to be more careful in their presentation.

Their point is valid, no doubt. I hope other voices are taking the time to make it, as well. It’s gotta be loud to get through to these guys.

I mean, Fox has tentatively taken the plunge, launching “Fox Faith” distribution, which recently released the 4th os the ‘Love Comes Softly’ movies nationally. Granted, they only ran for 2 weekends, and so I (and I’m sure a lot of other people who assumed that a national release would carry a regular –longer– run than that.) I feel, though, that it’s almost like their sabotaging their own efforts. Maybe they are, maybe it’s an experiment in manufacturing evidence against producing films for a faith-based/values-based audience. Ugh.

Hollywood needs to run focus groups *outside* the basin.

By: fontor

fontor — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 02:11:49 +0000

This shouldn’t be a surprise.

Adults can enjoy adult movies, but kids and adults can enjoy kid-friendly movies. So kid-friendly movies make more money. Makes sense.

To say that people want moral messages in film is a bit of a stretch, though. Check this quote:

“The numbers don’t lie,” Baehr said. “Not only are families beginning to attend movies again, but they are leaving the theaters with a wonderful moral experience. For Hollywood, biblical morals in movies mean more money at the box office.”

How do they define ‘biblical morals’? Or ‘strong moral content’? When people use sloppy definitions like this, it’s hard to take their results seriously.

more than six times as much money as movies with very strong immoral, negative content or very strong pagan, secular humanist, socialist, homosexual, occult, or anti-religious content

Wow, we secular humanists are sure keeping some interesting company these days! Can anyone tell me where I can find even one movie with secular humanist content?