"Movies, Life Styles and Life Skills" - For a fractional sampling of movies (click here)
Movie Reviews with a focus on Life Skills for Personal Fulfillment:
"It's Movie Time with the Movie Guy!"
In the 1990s, "Steve, the Movie Guy" was broadcasting ten 60-second Movie Guy
Infomercials per day 7 days per week, and a live 1-hour entertainment-movie review
and interview show on K96 FM radio in Provo, UT. In addition, the Movie Guy was
featured in two local newspapers, The Journal and The Daily Herald.
"Movies, Life Styles and Life Skills"
For a fractional sampling of movies (click here)
The drama and humor in movies is created by the behaviors of its characters. When characters in a movie depict "real-lfe" behavioral skills and sensibilities, viewers can watch the judgements and decisions of those characters (or the lack of them) and the results that are created. In other words, movies can depict models of functional and dysfunctional behavior, but only when the characters have integrity and accurately depict choices, behaviors and their results -- from functioning human beings -- or dysfunctioning human beings. So, a "good" movie is one where viewers are presented with a plot, characters, and relationships that are worthy of judgement -- where viewers can be practical, and make their own judgements about what they see. From there, they can modify or plan their own behaviors to create results in their lives that manifest their intentions.
When a movie has characters who demonstrate behavior consistent with a character type, the movie rates high on The Movie Guy's list of "must see" movies and lends itself to a discussion of "real skills" and "real shotcomings". In the process of becoming a hypnotherapist, it became clear that family and social relationships and situations are enough to reverse positive results of therapy. Movies can show a viewer successes and failures they may not have seen anywhere else in their lives. A movie can thus promote empathy, good sense, and social change -- or the need for it.
With that said, it is also important not to loose sight of the fact that movies are a source of entertainment; how entertaining a movie is, must be a critical factor in rating a movie.
The Movie Guy rates the "life skills and failures" and the "entertainment value" of each movie reviewed. Here is a "grid" for the Movie Guy Ratings:
Category Possible Points
1. Entertainment (type: Adult, Family, Kids,etc.) 0 to 10
2. Life Message 0 to 10
3. Acting 0 to 10
4. Writing (plot) 0 to 10
5. Directing 0 to 10
6. Special Effects 0 to 10
Considerations: Reality (Accountability and Responsibility); Life Models and Values.
