The Childcare Action Project (known on the streets as CAP...as in "I'll bust a CAP in yo' ass") has taken it upon themselves to tell the movie industry how much they suck at morality. This website is run by a "non-profit" Christian ministry that runs solely on funding by those who are morally insecure enough to assume they owe it to God and the children to keep this website up. The basic idea of it consists of some guy, Thomas A. Carder, watching movies and rating them based on a point scale made up of 6 criterion: Wanton violence/crime, Impudence/Hate, Sexual Immorality, Drugs/Alcohol, Offense to God, Murder/Suicide, which happen to spell out WISDOM. Each film is scored out of 100 and points are removed for each WISDOM offense. Here's an example:
The most intriguing part about this website, however, is their audacity to actually refrain from fully viewing a movie due to it's abhorrent themes. For example, The Birdcage: "I could not justify spending the time and effort necessary to do a complete analysis of The Birdcage. After 25 minutes of the show I had one and a half recording logs of homosexual suggestions and activities. There were other examples of unacceptable material, but none so thick as homosexuality. I apologize if you were expecting to see a complete review of The Birdcage, but there are some things I can stand, and some things I cannot stand -- this movie was "cannot." It was glorification of homosexualtiy, pure and simple. Great scott!! Robin Williams, the voice of Genie in Aladdin who said "I love you too, Al" and acting with children in Jumanji was right there on the screen kissing on other men! I am aware of Williams' use of foul language and sexual material in some movies, but whodda thought? It may be illegal in Canada and other countries to speak out against homosexuality, but not in America. Not yet, at least. No...I am not a homophobe. I do not fear or hate the homosexual, I just hate homosexuality. My suggestion is...don't watch this movie."
And thus, instead of simply not mentioning The Birdcage, the author of this glorious website informed us that he himself didn't even watch the movie in full and yet he is capable of giving us an analysis of its moral adequacy. I think anyone who uses the phrase "Great Scott!!" in any context outside of personal internal dialogue is morally inept in one way or another.
The hands down best part about this website, though is the "Baby Miracle" series (volumes 1-3) and how somehow, one portrayal of a biblical story is morally superior to another. For instance, volume 1: The Story of Creation scored a whopping perfect score of 100 complete with a side note from the author, "By the way, that adorable little girl on the cover of the boxart looks exactly like one of our adopted daugthers." The misspelling of the word daughters and the italic "exactly" help me to imagine Thomas squealing for joy as he marks a red A+ on this cinematic masterpiece if only because the boxart reminds him of his adopted child who serves as his own personal conscience cleanser. Ok, now here's the best part...volume 3: Jonah and the Whale, received a 97 which is 3 points less than volume 1. Here's what Thomas had to say:
Wanton Violence/Crime (W)
Impudence/Hate (I)
Really? The cartoon character was swallowed by a whale? And Jonah disobeyed God? Holy shit! We can't show this to our children!! What if they learn from the mistakes of others?! The nerve of the Baby Miracle Learning Company for quoting the bible directly and telling a biblical story exactly the way it should be told! How immoral! 3 demerits!
This website is literally a joke. I mean, I will be the first person in line to defend this guy's right to free speech but I've got to vent about how ridiculous this is. You simply can not just stamp a film moral or immoral (especially if you don't even watch the whole thing). Besides, wasn't it Jesus who said "turn the other cheek"? If you don't like it, don't watch it. There is absolutely no need to make an entire website about it.
Here's the link in case you're interested in checking it out...or making a donation...
Childcare Action Project (CAP)
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