Recently, when I asked a friend for recommendations of a good movie to rent, he responded enthusiastically, “Have you seen The Hangover?
It may be the funniest movie I’ve ever seen!” Excited about a
potentially great comedy, I asked a couple of my staff members about the
movie. They too had seen it and said it was a riot and must see.
Since I wasn’t sure what The Hangover was rated, my last check
point involved doing a little research to see if this was a movie for
the whole family or one just for me and my wife to watch together. What I
discovered floored me.
According to www.screenit.com,
this comedy has more than its fair share of non-family-friendly scenes,
intense language, and sexual situations. The rough spots include 91
different variations of the f-bomb (apparently it can function as noun,
verb, adjective — maybe even a conjunction for all I know), 41 excretory
words, 14 references to a person’s behind, 13 “hells,” and nine slang
terms for male anatomy. To top it all off, this hilarious movie has 31
different versions of taking God’s name in vain.
When I told my friends and staff members that the movie had 91 f-bombs,
which averages out to approximately one version of the “f” word per
minute, they were all shocked. “Really? I didn’t even notice” was the
most common response.
Really… you didn’t notice one “f” word each minute?
Please understand that I’ve seen my share of The Hangover-ish movies. As a child of the ’80’s, I grew up on a diet of movies like Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Risky Business, and Porky’s. It’s not that I’m particularly proud of this cultural education, but I’m no tee-totaling separatist who only watches Veggie Tales. Continue at Craig Groeschel
