“Haven’t been around soldiers much have you?”
Took a relative with me to some gun and security training a couple of years ago. Some of the recent ex-military participants used such words as punctuation. They really didn’t mean anything by it. It only bothered me a little bit, but the relative was more disturbed, especially when his wife came by for lunch.
There are a couple of other issues here. The Plugged In service I mentioned is for Christians who want to be fully informed before deciding what movies to patronize. Different folks have different standards.
Personally, I don’t care if a film has a handful of milder profanities. There are certainly ones I don’t care to listen to at all. But there is also a difference between profanity and blasphemy. And there are different degrees there also. For example, there is a difference between OMG, which might even be considered a prayer in some cases, versus combining God’s title or Jesus’ name with a curse word.
It may be realistic, but that does not mean it is necessary for a good narrative. Soldiers also have to defecate. But realism does not require a camera to record the details of what comes out of their anus.
As I said earlier, many great war films have been made with little or no profanity.
“Getting shot at changes your world view.”
Yes, it does. I’ve never been shot at, but I have had guns drawn on me a few times. In those situations I think a person ought to be all that more respectful to God. Blasphemy is never a good thing, but more so when it is someone’s last words. Not a good way to meet your Maker. And calling out to God in such situations has resulted in many miraculous rescues.
And I’m not meaning to try and dictate what movies others support or don’t support by pointing out how Hollywood films contain lots of problematic content. In fact, even if Hollywood produced a lot of clean, wholesome, family films (Disney perhaps), there is a strong case for boycotting based on how Hollywood uses its riches. Hollywood blacklists conservatives for the most part. There might be a token one here or there who is tolerated, but the industry is pretty much run by fanatical liberals. So the point of my post is to be informative.
For those who want to watch movies edited for whatever content they find objectionable, VidAngel provides such a service and works with major video streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu I think.
Fair enough. Most former military self edit when civilians are around. Sadly there are a few that don’t.