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The Hunger Games Trailer: Book to Movie

cleancutmedia — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:12:19 +0000

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collin Short Review: It’s Awesome

Super Short Review: Wanting to find a fun book to read? Have extra credits on Audible and want wondering what book to download next? The Hunger Games Trilogy. I read it. Ok. So I listened to the Audiobooks. Almost the same thing. It’s an excellent read (listen?). Very gripping. Dives deep into the psychology of it’s characters and touches upon themes of independence, big brother, the sinfulness (evil) of people, trust and relationships. It’s not for children however, tons of violence as expected from a book centered around… 24 youths forced to… battle to the death… more info below.

The Hunger Games Story

16 year old Katniss Everdeen lives in a post-apocalyptic world in a country called Panem which lies where United States once existed. Panem consist of a wealthy Capitol and 12 surrounding run down districts. The government holds power through an annual event called the Hunger Games where each of the 12 districts chooses a boy and a girl representative or “tributes” to a highly televised battle royale to the death. The Hunger Games is as much as a “show” as is a fight to survive as your popularity can gain you more favors and donations from the outside world. Unfortunately only one of the 24 tributes are allowed to walk out alive. It is a government that controls through fear and resource control. The winning district is rewarded with food and benefits in a world where resources are scarce. Katniss’ younger sister is chosen as a tribute, so Katniss chooses to volunteer to replace her and thus enters the Hunger Games a place of shaky alliances, friendships, suspicion and a lot of posturing.

The Hunger Games Tributes are Chosen - Peeta & Katniss

Katniss Displays a "Special" Sign to the District

The Hunger Games the Movie is Coming – Watch the Trailer

This past week, the first theatrical trailer for The Hunger Games was released to the delight of many fans of the book. The Hunger Games the Movie is set to release on March 23, 2012 featuring Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen. It is expected to be a huge blockbuster considering the Hunger Games Trilogy is one of the best selling books in the modern era. It is regularly in the top reads on Amazon, one of the first to hit 1 million sales on the kindle and easily one of the highest downloaded book on Audible. The rights were picked up by Lionsgate. Word is that it will be PG-13. Watch the trailer below!

The Hunger Games Themes

Government vs Independence: The majors themes in The Hunger Games involve topics of government control vs. personal independence. The “capital” in this book controls the populace through fear and forces the hunger games upon them as a means to assert their power.

Survival vs Value of Human Life: Through the struggle through the hunger games, the themes of survival vs humanity becomes very apparent centered around the value of human life. Lot of the characters struggle through being put in a position of placing their own life against the life of others. What is acceptable for survival? Is it ever ok to hurt (or kill) another person in order to survive? Should one feel guilty over lying and deceiving others as needed?

Will Katniss be able to Kill other Youths if it Came Down to it?

Selfishness of Man: Personally, one thing I appreciate about these stories is that it is very blunt about the innate selfishness of man. People often want to think that deep down inside all people are “good,” but let’s be honest here. When we look at little children who have no concept of image or wearing masks, we know we are born innately selfish. You need to teach them to share. You need to teach them to be thankful. You need to teach them that they just can’t cry because they don’t get what they want and not to bite the kid next to them. When we are honest with ourselves and our thoughts, our motives, we know that we think mainly of ourselves and how we feel above everything else. We know if all boundaries and rules were removed as it is in the scenario in this book, all hell would break loose and eventually everyone would simply do as they please. Thank God for laws, and punishing sticks.

This book is very real about this truth. When it comes down to it, everyone innately wants to serve themselves. It is a beautiful thing to see characters fight their way away from this innate desire to survive to thinking for the good of someone else even while everyone else is becoming dead to their sensitivity. It is often the thoughts of someone Katniss loves that helps her fight from spiraling into just forgetting humanity altogether. But the struggle is very real and very difficult especially for the main protagonist Katniss. You can tell her natural inclination is to mistrust and watch out for herself. Having compassion and love is a considered a “weakness” within the book especially when everyone in the hunger games are just simply trying to outlive one another. This is true of the real world, where the message often tells us that ultimately we need to watch out for ourselves and do what we need to do to get ahead in life. But just like in real life, it is compassion and love that we all know is how it is meant to be. When we see people suppress the urge to serve oneself out of love for another, it is something we know to be right. When people sacrifice their own good for someone they love, we know that is right. Yet again, this is something that does not come naturally. It is hard and something we need to fight for. I think this is portrayed well within the story.

Other Themes: There is this “love conquers all” type of feeling which is not necessarily a great theme to take in blindly without some context.

Warnings: This is NOT a children’s book. When it comes down to it, it is a battle royale so many people die. Also there is a lot of discussion on deception and posturing which without proper understanding can be really confusing. However it is a relatively clean series in all other aspects.

The Hunger Games Trilogy – The Books

The Hunger Games originally released in 2008, followed by Catching Fire in 2009 and Mockingjay in 2010 completing the Hunger Games Trilogy. It has since become one of the most popular, bestselling series. It remained on the New York Times list for over 100 consecutive weeks.

HEY! Book 1 of The Hunger Games is only $5 on Amazon. Great filler to get that $25 free shipping
Link to the The Hunger Games Book 1 Here

Audiobook

The Audiobook version of the Hunger Games is fantastic. The reader Carolyn McCormick does an excellent job portraying all the various characters guys and girls! Two links for you below.

Audible Subscribers: Book 1 of Hunger Games on Audible is link is HERE

Non-Audible Subscribers: Click on the image below and get the Audiobook Free!

Have you read the Hunger Games?

Let us know your thoughts on the book!

Did you read it or listen to it? Like it?
Any other themes you found to be interesting?
Are you looking forward to the movie? Why?
Other similar books you’d like to recommend to others?

3 Ways Steve Jobs & Apple Ushered the Mobile Marketing Age [Infographic]

cleancutmedia — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 23:03:21 +0000

Mobile Marketing Statistics

As a professional who has been in the online marketing world since it’s birth, “mobile marketing” was the “next big thing” touted in every marketing conference for the past 6 years. I was always skeptical because, mobile was ALWAYS mentioned as the next big frontier, but I saw no medium in which the marketing ads could be delivered. There was no evidence or the numbers to back that claim.

Then came the iPhone, which changed everything. (RIP Steve Jobs).

Apple iPhone (Steve Jobs) Ushers in the New Age of Mobile Marketing

Those who are just now reading articles about how Steve Jobs was a great visionary may not realize how much he really revolutionized every industry he touched. He isn’t just the CEO who introduced the iPod or the bringer of the iPhone. He literally led the way in creating products and ecosystems that created brand new industries and as a result thousands and thousands of jobs. Numerous companies out there can give some credit to their existence and growth to much of what Steve Jobs contributed to the technology sector. Think about the 100s of companies centered around building apps, or building games for the phone, apple product accessories, geo-location marketing companies, or mobile marketing service agencies. Think of all those companies centered around some product or service related to the digital music / mp3 market which not that long ago was owned by big media, then by organizations like Napster. Think about whole divisions created to tap into and create applications on tablets or all the cool little startups utilizing the social mobility of smartphones. Think about all the executives out there, innovators in their own right, sharing how Steve Jobs helped them conceptualize and grow their own companies. Apple products drove the strategy and goals of other competitors from big music labels, computer makers to phone carriers. The list goes on and on. There is a reason why Steve Job’s death has had led to such huge ripples across the nation. RIP Steve Jobs. Thanks so much for everything.

Just one of such industries that changed forever, is the mobile market.

How did the Apple iPhone change the mobile landscape?

Smartphone Becomes the Norm:
To put it simply, the iPhone made having a smartphone the norm. Only a few years back, very few had smartphones. Smartphones were reserved for the executives of big companies, mainly in the form of the blackberry. No one thought about using it as a “personal” device. It was too expensive, too hefty, seemed a bit complex. It was seen as a “professional” device. Everyone had flip phones and were content.

Then the iPhone became the “apple” of everyone’s attention. (oh no you didn’t!)

Simple. Affordable. Snazzy. Hip. Apple said, hey you want it. You need it. You can get cool apps on it. You can play games on it. You need a calendar. You need to access email instantly. You need it to watch videos. You need it to text with a bigger screen. All of syncs with your computer really easily so it’s easy to use. It was cool, it was hip, the iPhone.

Steve Jobs drove Apple to create a product that is simple and affordable for the public. Just like the iPod, iPhones took the basics of what mass consumers use (surfing the net, watching videos, taking pictures, texting), and created a product that did those things well and made it easy to use. While most of the technology world was still competing over adding more and more complex features, Apple focused on the core-uses of the consumer and made it simple and easy. Suddenly smartphones became a personal device that everyone must have. As everyone started to buy iPhones, other mobile phone competitors jumped on the bandwagon, recognizing the shift in the market. Now everyone and their mother, and their teenager daughter has an iPhone. I’ve seen kids still in middle school with the iTouch giving them free access to the internet. Which I have problems with, but that is another story.

Easier to Browse the Internet
The iPhone has also made it much easier to browse the web. Once checking the internet on your phone was so painful, that often it was just not worth it. You would have to click 24 times just to get to the article you wanted. It would be hard to read, the links were the infamous blue, taking up half the screen. Clicking on it was impossible unless you had petite fingers. Not to mention the tiny screens where web formats would break or a unfriendly page of blue links dominated the user experience. It wasn’t worth it. Don’t even get started on the ads.

The iPhone suddenly made surfing the internet, easy and simple. It was just like browsing on the computer, just on a smaller screen. Full browser, full experience (minus the flash! save the complaints!). No more nasty mobile ad formats and spammy links or 14 clicks to get back to the homepage. Surfing the net on the mobile phone became a reality.

Created an App Ecosystem

The iPhone also did a fantastic job courting developers and creating a whole “app” centered world. All kinds of creative apps were developed, as well as numerous ways to connect with the consumer. There are so many interesting and creative geo-centered applications, interest based apps, productivity apps, and all of these apps became an avenue in which marketers can use to engage the users.

Mobile Marketing becomes Legit

What Steve Jobs and Apple did was legitimize ads on mobile phones. With the iPhone, it put smartphones in the hands on the consumer, it provided a good browsing experience like nothing before, and created an world of applications which opened up even more avenues to reach the consumer.

For the last year and a half, mobile marketing has become a huge play in the online marketing world. In fact in most industries, Mobile Marketing paid traffic you can find on Google alone will be greater than all of the traffic from Yahoo / Bing Paid Search combined. The quality has dramatically improved because users can actually read, click and engage the companies that serve the ads.

So for all you working in some field related to mobile marketing, give a little thanks to the innovations of Apple.

Mobile Marketing Statistics

Enjoy the mobile marketing statistics info graphic below.

Some of the highlights:

4 Billion Mobile Phones in Use
1.08 Billion Smartphones in Use
3.05 Billion are SMS enabled phones.

By 2014, mobile internet should take over desktop internet usage.
50% of all local searches are performed on mobile devices.
86% of mobile internet users are using their devices while watching TV
200 Million Youtube Views occur on mobile devices

Average American spends 2.7 hours per day on their mobile device – socializing.

61% of users use their mobile phones for Games
55% to check the Weather
50% for Maps and Direction search
49% for Social Networking
42% for Music
36% for News
33% for Entertainment
25% for Dining
21% for Video

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Mobile Marketing Infographic Statistics

Clean Family Friendly Movie Reviews & Ratings

cleancutmedia — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:55:16 +0000

Clean Family Friendly Movie Reviews

Help us start a list of Clean Family Friendly Movies!

One of the goals of Clean Cut Media is to raise awareness of the influence of media on our culture and our Worldview. It is not an easy task as by nature much of what is written pushes up against what our culture would consider the norm. However in addition to this primary goal, Clean Cut Media aims to also be a resource where people can come to find fresh perspective and reviews on movies, music, tv shows and other media.

Hard to find Good Clean Family Friendly Movies Online

There are so many ways to watch or rent a movie. These days you can stream movies online at a flick of a finger, yet it is not an easy task to figure out which movies are wholesome, safe, and free of sexual innuendos, sex scenes, violence, vulgar scenes, and bad language. It’s nearly impossible outside of a few children movies (and even many of those are questionable). As someone who spends tons of time with youth students myself, it isn’t easy to find a definitive list of clean movies I can check out.

So I’d like to start a list of Clean Movies as well as Clean Family Friendly Movies so those who will find this post can have a list of movies they know is safe to watch both for their children and for themselves. Also please contribute popular movies that seem safe at first glance.

Please Share Your List of Clean Movies & Clean Family Friendly Movies

Here is what you can do.

Comment below with the Names of Movies that you consider to be clean and/or family safe.

Please label them as Family Friendly / Clean

Clean Movie: This means no sex scenes, no or minimal sexual innuendos, no or minimal bad language, no excessive violence/gore, and no bad message!

Family Friendly: Basically would you take your 10 year old daughter to this and be perfectly comfortable with what she is taking in?

Exceptions: I realize finding perfectly “clean” movies is really hard, so if you know of any movies that violates a portion of these categories, just notate it next to the name. You MUST note any amount of bad language, sexual innuendos, sexual scenes, bad message, violence – think about parents of very young kids who may want to use this list to choose a movie. More information the better. Also if you know the RATING, please note it as well.

Please also contribute movies that come off as family friendly but you found to be unacceptable as well as any popular movie titles! (Ex. The Later Shrek movies are NOT for kids! Tons of Sexual innuendos and jokes). If you see movies below that do not have proper warnings, let us know!

Below are some samples to start off. Please follow the general format.

I’ll update this as people comment. Red = Not Family Friendly

List of Clean / Family Friendly Movies [+ Unclean "Children" Films]

What the Deaf Man Heard Hallmark [NR]XX”Extreme Violence, but Excellent Message”

Movies Names	Clean	Family Friendly	Exceptions
25th Hour [R]			Lots of Bad Language
A Little Princess[PG]	X	X
Adjustment Bureau, The [PG-13]	X		Some Sexuality
Aladdin [G]	X	X	Clean movie, other than how absurdly skinny the princess is as in all Disney movies. Beware of the impact!
All Dogs Go to Heaven [PG]	X	X
Amadeus [PG]	X		Director’s Cut is rated R for flash nudity & language
Amazing Grace [PG]	X	X
Angels in the Backfield [PG]	X	X	Violence & Bad Language
Anne of Green Gables [PG]	X
Annie [PG]	X	X
Antz [PG]	X	X
Apollo 13 [PG]			Foul Language, Short sex scene in shower
Around the World in 80 Days [PG]	X	X
Babe 1 & 2 [PG]	X	X
Back to the Future Series [PG]	X		Some bad language [see comments], some adult themes
Band of Brothers [NR]	X		War Violence, Sex Scene in Episode 9
Beaches [PG-13]	X		Some Adult Drama
Bella [PG-13]	X	X	Topic of Abortion & Sad Scene of Car Accident
Ben-Hur [NR]	X	X
Billy: The Early Years [G]	X	X
Blind Side, The [PG-13]	X	X
Bolt [PG]	X	X
The Bourne Identity [PG-13]	X		Violence & Bad Language, Sensual Kissing, Characters sleep with each other despite knowing very little about each other
The Bourne Supremacy [PG-13]	X		Violence & Bad Language
The Bourne Ultimatum [PG-13]	X		Violence & Bad Language
Bridge to Terabithia [PG]	X	X
The Bucket List [PG-13]	X		Some Cursing & Sexual References
Bugs Life [G]	X	X
Cacoon [PG-13]	X		Brief Nudity? Someone please confirm.
Cars [G]	X	X
Chariots of Fire [PG]	X	X
Charlotte’s Web [G]	X	X
Charly [PG]	X	X
Cheaper by the Dozen [PG]	X	X	Sexual References, Schoolyard name calling
Chicken Run [G]	X	X	I found this movie too scary for children under age of 4-5
Christmas Child [NR]	X	X
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe [PG]	X	X
Cinderella Story [PG]	X	X
Cool Runnings [PG]	X		Quick Kissing Scene, Some Foul Language
Cop and a Half [PG]	X	X	Mild Language, Violence
Cranford BBC Series [G]	X	X
Dead Man Walking [R]	X		Murder, Rape Scene at a distance, some bad language
Deep Impact [PG-13]	X	X
Deja Vu [PG-13]			Violence & Terror
Die Hard: Live Free, Die hard [PG-13]	X		Violence & Bad Language
Despicable Me [PG]	X	X
Dumbo [G]	X	X
Dustin Checks In [PG]	X	X	Mild Language, Sensuality
The Emperor’s New Groove [G]	X	X
Ella Enchanted [PG]	X	X
End of the Spear [PG-13]	X
Evan Almighty [PG]	X	X
Ever After [PG]	X	X
Fiddler on the Roof [G]	X	X
Finding Nemo [G]	X	X
Fireproof [PG]	X	X
Five Mile Creek Disney Series [NR]	X	X
The Fugitive [PG-13]	X	X	Violence. Murder Scene.
Galaxy Quest [PG]	X	X	Older Kids 8+, minimal violence, positive msg
Gifted Hands The Ben Carson Story [NR]	X	X
Gladiator [R]	X		Extreme Violence
Glory Road [PG]	X	X
Goonies [PG]	X	X
Happy Feet [PG]	X	X
Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince [PG]	X	X	Major Teen Love Drama
Heaven Can Wait [PG]	X	X
Hitch [PG-13]	X	X
Homeward Bound Series [G]	X	X
Horton Hears a Who [G]	X	X
Hotel for Dogs [PG]	X	X
How to Train Your Dragon [PG]	X	X
Ice Age [PG]	X	X
Ice Princess [G]	X	X
Indiana Jones Series [PG-13]	X	X
Incredibles [G]	X	X
Infernal Affairs (Cantonese) [R]	X		Violence
The Inheritance Hallmark [NR]	X	X
Iron Giant [PG]	X	X
The Italian Job [PG-13]	X		Mild Language, Violence
John Q [PG-13]	X	X
Jurassic Park [PG-13]	X	X
Kings Speech [R]	X		One Scene where speech therapist has the main character curse the F word numerous times as part of the treatment. Other than that, it’s a clean movie.
Kung Fu Panda [G]	X	X
Lady and the Tramp [G]	X	X
The Lake House [PG]	X		Language, Disturbing Images
The Land Before Time [G]	X	X	Entire Series
Lark Rises to Candleford BBC [NR]	X	X	shows superstitions of village people
The Last Airbender [PG]	X	X
Last Chance Harvey [PG-13]	X	X
	X	X	“Scary for Small Children”
Letters to Juliet [PG]	X	X
Life is Beautiful [PG-13]	X		Holocaust Themes
Life on Liberty Street [NR]	X		Holocaust Themes
Lilo & Stitch [PG]	X	X
Lion King [G]	X	X
Little Giants [PG]	X	X
Little Mermaid [G]	X	X	Does anyone find it problematic the main character is barely wearing anything and is super skinny and what kind of effect it has on girl’s self-perception and guy’s view towards girls? I do.
Little Rascals [PG]	X	X	#1 & #2
Love Comes Softely [NR]	X	X
Lord of the Rings – Fellowship of the Ring [PG-13]	X	X
Lord of the Rings – Return of the King [PG-13]	X	X
Lord of the Rings – Two Towers [PG-13]	X	X
Madagascar [PG]	X	X
The Magic of Ordinary Days Hallmark [NR]	X	X
A Man for All Seasons [G]	X	X
Mandie and the Secret Tunnel [NR]	X	X
Marry Poppins [G]	X	X
Miracle [PG]	X	X
Miracle Dogs [N/A]	X	X	#1 & #2
Miss Potter [PG]	X	X	Mild Language
Mission Impossible 3 [PG-13]	X		Intense Action
Monsters Inc [G]	X	X
Monsters & Aliens [PG]	X	X	Potty Humor
Moondance Alexander [G]	X	X
Mulan [G]	X	X
My Girl [PG]	X	X
Nanny Mcfee [PG]	X	X
Napolean Dynamite [PG]	X	X	It’s one of those love it or hate it movies..
National Treasure [PG]	X	X
The Negotiator [R]	X		Violence & Bad Language
Newsies [PG]	X	X
Night at the Museum [PG]	X	X	Mild Flirting, Checking a girl out, can be a little scary for very young children
The North and South BBC [NR]	X	X
Oliver and Company [G]	X	X
Overboard [PG]			Some Bad Language & Sexual Content
Passion of the Christ [R]			Gore, Beatings
Pay it Forward [PG-13]	X		Mature Elements, Substance Abuse, Sad Parts, Sexual Citations, Language
Penelope [PG]	X	X	Some Innuendo
Perfect Man [PG]	X	X
Pink Panther 2006 [PG]			Beyonce’s clothing are tight fitting & revealing. Sexual innuendos. Should be PG-13.
Pirates of the Caribbean [PG-13]	X	X	Some Violence
Pride & Prejudice [PG]	X	X
Prince of Egypt [PG]	X	X
Princess Bride [PG]	X	X
Princess Dairies [G]	X	X
Protocol [PG]			Some Bad Language & Sexual Content
Pursuit of Happiness [PG-13]	X	X	Some Bad Language
Raising Helen [PG-13]	X		Thematic theme issues involving teens
Ratatouille [G]	X	X
Remember the Titans [PG]	X	X
Return to Snowy River [PG]	X	X	Mild Language
Road to Avonlea Sullivan Series [G]	X	X
The Rookie [G]	X	X
Saints & Soldiers [PG-13]			Originally rated R, cut down to lower rating, War Violence. Mormon Sniper?
The Sandlot [PG]	X	X	For-e-ver. For-e-ver. (#1 & 2 both OK)
Saving Private Ryan [R]	X		Lots of Violence (War Movie)
Schindler’s List [R]	X		Violence
The Secret Garden [G]	X	X
Secret of Nimh [G]	X	X	Both #1 and 2 are clean
Series of Unfortunate Events [PG]	X		Dark / Sad Movie
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers [G]	X	X
Seven Pounds [PG-13]			Sexual Content, Bad Language, Adult Theme [Suicide]
Shadowlands [PG]	X	X
The ShawShank Redemption [R]			Bad Language, Prison Violence
Shrek 3 [PG]			Tons of Sexual Innuendos, Adult Humor
Sign of the Beaver [N/A]	X	X
Sixth Sense [PG-13]	X		There is a scene where you see a fuzzy silhouette of the wife in the shower. The focus in the scene is elsewhere though. Too scary for kids.
Sleepless in Seattle [PG]	X	X	Two bad words, couple sexual innuendos
Social Network [R]			Not Clean – that’s why its Rated R!
Somewhere in Time [PG]	X	X
Spy Kids [PG]	X	X
Stand and Deliver [PG]	X	X
Star Trek [PG-13]			Several Sexual Innuendos, Short Sexual Scene
Star Wars – Original Trilogy [PG]	X	X
Stardust [PG-13]	X		Fantasy Violence, Risque Humor
Stormbreaker [PG]	X	X	PG for Action Sequences
Stuart Little [PG]	X	X	Includes: Stuart 1, 2 and 3
Summer of the Monkeys [G]	X	X
Sweet Home Alabama [PG-13]	X		Language, Sexual References
Sword in the Stone [G]	X	X
Sydney White [PG-13]	X		Mild Language, Sexual Humor, Partying, Nudity implied but not seen
The Tale of Despereaux [G]	X	X
Time Traveler’s Wife [PG-13]			Rear End Nudity, Sexuality, Bad Language
Toy Story [G]	X	X
Toy Story 2 [G]	X	X
Toy Story 3 [G]	X	X	A little intense for young kids. Sneaky reference to “Nice As..cot”
The Treasure Seekers [N/A]	X	X
Through None Go With Me [PG]	X	X
True Grit [PG-13]	X		Violence
Truman Show [PG]	X	X
Try Try Again [N/A]	X	X
Tarzan [G]	X	X
Toy Story 3 [G]	X	X	Sneaks in one bad word.
The Ultimate Gift [PG]	X	X
Two Week’s Notice [PG-13]	X		Sexual Related Humor, Language
UP [PG]	X	X
US Marshall [PG-13]	X	X
A Walk to Remember [PG]	X	X	Some Sensual Material
Wall-E [G]	X	X
Wallace & Gromit [G]	X	X
The Waterhorse [PG]	X	X
Veggie Tales [G]	X	X	Includes all Veggie Tale Titles. See Comments for Fuller List
The Wager [N/A]	X	X	Family Friendly
We are Marshall [PG]	X	X	“grab your box of tissue! it’s sad- tells the story of a town and how they dealt with the tradegy of their football team’s plane crash- sad but definately uplifting!”
We Were Soldiers [R]	X		“Extreme Violence, but Excellent Message”
What Dreams May Come [PG-13]	X	X
The Winter Stallion [N/A]	X	X
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town [PG]	X	X
White You Were Sleeping [PG]	X	X	Some Sexual References and Kissing. Mild Language
Wild Hearts Can’t be Broken [PG]	X	X	Mild Language
Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder) [G]	X	X	May be scary for small children
The Young Victoria [PG]	X	X	“some sensual material b\w the married couple but no sexual scenes, mild language”
You’ve Got Mail [PG]	X	X	Father & Grandfather being involved with series of younger women portrayed as humorous. Parents should explain talking to strangers online is never good.
Zathura [PG]	X	X
Zeus and Roxanne [PG]	X	X	“Zeus is a little dog and Roxanne is a dolphin, and how they manage to bring a lonely man with a son and a career woman with two teenagers together. Sweet movie!”

Please take a minute to contribute some movies!
It would help a lot if you noted the movie rating!

This will take a long while to become a comprehensive list but slowly and surely we’ll build out this list!

Youtube Statistics – The Ultimate Time Suck

cleancutmedia — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:23:14 +0000

YouTube Statistics – Where did my time go?

How many times have you gone to YouTube to watch some video you’ve heard about, then 7 videos later you wonder where the time has gone? or perhaps 15 videos later… 30 videos…

Well you are not alone. 77% of users coming to YouTube come intending to watch 1 video but end up watching several.

YouTube has become a time sucker and a place people have gone to alleviate their boredom. But first a quick summary of some Internet & YouTube statistics.

Internet Usage

Adults spend 15+ hours on Internet a Week
Expected 217 MM US internet Users by 2012 (71% Penetration)
55% broadband access, will grow to 90% by 2012
Online video viewing increased 35% year over year

YouTube Statistics

#4 Largest Site on the Internet
#1 Largest video site on the web
300MM Worldwide Visitors a Month
100 Million Visitors per Month
5 Billion Video Streams Every month – 40% of all videos online
(Do the Math – 5 Billion / 300 million worldwide visitors = 17 streams a month per person)
15 Hours of video uploaded every minute

Did you know: In August 2008, YouTube became the #2 search engines over Yahoo on Web (#1 is Google)

Youtube’s Influence

Youtube has become a monster in it’s influence on our culture. With nearly 3.5 million people visiting the site every single day, the type of videos they watch and interact with has a huge impact on the way we view the world. Not only in public squares such as the way the Obama political camp utilized YouTube to connect with younger viewers, but also the unhindered access to anything and everything created by anybody with a message they want to share. The type of influence one individual can have when their videos go viral is unprecedented.

Also with the lack of protection, children and teens have full access to any type of videos found on YouTube. Youtube has tried to keep bad content off their site, but due to the 15 hours of video uploaded every minute, there are always a large amount of inappropriate videos up at any given time. The only protection as of now is the need to create a profile and click a button verifying your age. Basically not much.

There is a great benefits YouTube has brought in connecting people together, but it has also brought about an epidemic of people spending hours on end wasting countless hours watching videos they weren’t even intending to watch. Rather than children going out to play sports and socializing, it is common to see children and adults alike sitting in front of their computers just browsing through YouTube videos. The site itself is optimized to pull the user in to watch as many videos as possible. It’s basically free TV where you have all the control.

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Youtube has been very useful and everyone uses it. No one would argue it is a “useful” and “fun” website, but the question is…

Have video sites like YouTube been a positive or negative influence to our society?

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UPDATE: SEE UPDATED 2011 YOUTUBE STATS HERE