After toying with the annulment story yesterday and being rather bamboozled by the notion of priests performing marriages for couples the church decrees unsuited to wedlock, I watched the animated feature film ‘Happy Feet’.

Yes, I know it’s been out a while now, but I’m not always up with the latest in entertainment. But this one has received rave reviews around the world, so I thought I’d make the time.

And what a disappointment. Yes, it’s cute, but how about trite? The storyline is about as thin as gauze. And fresh from the annulment piece, I was appalled by the main thread that hung it together.

“Be a good singer or dancer and you’ll make a great marriage partner.”

What a message to be sending to our young people!

And make no mistake, it will become brain fodder for children, if it hasn’t already. There is such a scarcity of G Rated movies that schools snap up the few and play them ad nauseum whenever they have to babysit their charges. Which seems to be more and more often. Move over Shrek, Toy Story and Babe. There’s probably room for Nemo, but I haven’t heard that he’s made it yet.

This movie is drivel that sends a dangerous message about the [tag]sanctity of marriage[/tag]. Last weekend’s cartoon says it all.

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