SHREK 4; wat r our kids watching?

I had my whole day planned out, I was going to;

deep condition my hair with Tresemme Keratin conditioner,

bake cookies from the new recipe book I got at MPH bookshop,

watch "hangover" for the 20th time,

sleep for 2hours on my newly washed bedsheet

blog about LOVE and

work on VINELAND assignment.

Then my phone rang, I didnt wan2 pick up at first but when I looked at the caller ID, I couldnt resist. Rejoice was calling, she must have gist for me, I thought and yeah she did only that she reminded me of my promise to watch a movie with her this weekend. Of course I wan2 watch a movie, so we fixed a time and went to watch SHREK 4 at 7:20 pm, we actually wanted to watch the 3D version of it but got no seat so we settled for the normal seat; am kind of glad I didnt watch 3D cos I would have regretted wasting my money

We bought pop corn, I ate hot dog and got coke to wash down the pop corn as I prepared for the movie. A lot of kids were at the cinema today and they were all there to watch Shrek 4, itz a cartoon and kids lyk cartoon so itz not a big deal, afterall most of them were there with their parents.

There is seriously nothing so fascinating about that cartoon, I prefer Shrek 1 better and still think itz the best ever. However, that is not the main gist, as I watched, I noticed how engrossed all the kids were- laughing, repeating the words of shrek, donkey, Pus, Fiona and almost everyone in the cartoon. "you are a CATastrophy" and "you are reDONKulious" seemed to be the most exciting of it all cos the kids especially the one seating next to me kept repeating that line over and over again...

Itz good when we let our kids have fun and have a change of environment watching movies instead of always being in front of the Tv, but the question is "do we really care about what our kids are watching and what the media is doing to them?". Some one might say "after all itz just a cartoon" and yes it is but what is in the cartoon, is there any morale in there? I watched it too and couldnt help noticing; violence (when Shrek and Fiona fought), witch craft (open display of them flying on broom sticks), and imaginary life (they live happily ever after).

Am not a movie or cartoon critic and never intend to be one, but the truth is parents really have to watch what they allow their kids to watch cos even though it may seem "ordinary" this kids are really picking up things from what they see and hear in this cartoons and most importantly attempt to apply them to their every day life.