Beauty and the beast boycott

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7_Sorrows said:
I am not a fan of Lord of the Rings either.
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Fair enough, but I hope you’d agree that you don’t need to believe that what a movie is depicting is true to enjoy it. It doesn’t matter that enchantment isn’t real or that hobbits are imaginary. It’s just a story.

I don’t believe that Michael J Fox can time travel in a DeLorean, either, but letting that ruin the movie for you is kind of silly.
 
7_Sorrows said:
I am not part of any boycott because the story doesn’t interest me, but as a Catholic I don’t think we are supposed to believe anyone can be under enchantment.
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I don’t believe in magic or enchantments. What I was referring to was the idea that something can be one thing but look like another. The Beast is a man but looks like an animal; the Eucharist is the Body & Blood of Christ but looks like bread and wine. So Beauty falls in love with a man who simply looks like an animal.
 
BoomBoomMancini said:
Fair enough, but I hope you’d agree that you don’t need to believe that what a movie is depicting is true to enjoy it. It doesn’t matter that enchantment isn’t real or that hobbits are imaginary. It’s just a story.

I don’t believe that Michael J Fox can time travel in a DeLorean, either, but letting that ruin the movie for you is kind of silly.
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well I loved Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and Snow White as a little girl.
 
7_Sorrows said:
well I loved Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and Snow White as a little girl.
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Right. And there’s nothing wrong with that, because it’s just a story. Seeing the movie didn’t make you believe that a pumpkin really could turn into a coach, just like someone seeing Beauty and the Beast doesn’t believe that a person really can be enchanted to appear as a monster.
 
BoomBoomMancini said:
Right. And there’s nothing wrong with that, because it’s just a story. Seeing the movie didn’t make you believe that a pumpkin really could turn into a coach, just like someone seeing Beauty and the Beast doesn’t believe that a person really can be enchanted to appear as a monster.
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No, but in my child-like mind I did wish for a fairy godmother who could grant my wishes! 🙂

When you visit Disneyland, you are visiting the happiest place on earth. No worries. A trip from reality.
 
7_Sorrows said:
I thought that is why it was being boycotted was the fact the female protagonist falls in love with an animal. I have never seen any version of Beauty and the Beast by the way. Wasn’t there a tv show based on yhis several years ago?
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According to the OP, the movie is being boycotted by Franklin Graham and others because there is some reference to homosexuality in it, not because of the presence of a man in the form of a beast. I think it is all kind of silly.
 
meltzerboy said:
According to the OP, the movie is being boycotted by Franklin Graham and others because there is some reference to homosexuality in it, not because of the presence of a man in the form of a beast. I think it is all kind of silly.
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I agree. I heard there is some small part they changed.
 
7_Sorrows said:
No, but in my child-like mind I did wish for a fairy godmother who could grant my wishes! 🙂

When you visit Disneyland, you are visiting the happiest place on earth. No worries. A trip from reality.
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Haha, I think I must have misunderstood you. I thought you were saying that Catholics shouldn’t see Beauty and the Beast because seeing it implied a belief in magical enchantment, which we as Catholics don’t believe in obviously.
 
BoomBoomMancini said:
Haha, I think I must have misunderstood you. I thought you were saying that Catholics shouldn’t see Beauty and the Beast because seeing it implied a belief in magical enchantment, which we as Catholics don’t believe in obviously.
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no, although I am sure there are some Catholics who woud not see it for those reasons.
 
abelville said:
Franklin Graham and Russian MP against beauty and the beast being ok for children. Glad to see some are taking a stand. Wish the Catholic church was taking a stronger stand. Don’t you think our first Pope, and many to follow would at least say something???
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I think all of us, not just Catholics, should try to be more like Russia and Franklin Graham.

I wonder where I can buy a poster of Vladimir Putin.
 
Bonnie said:
With his shirt off - riding a horse. 😉
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Hmmm, when you put it that way it sounds like it could be problematic.

The thing is, if we worry about America having a man-crush on Russia’s president, won’t that cut into our time for worrying about LeFou’s man-crush on Gaston? Maybe I’d better write Rev Graham for guidance on this matter.
 
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