As if they needed to convince us any further, the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America, responsible for 'rating' films) continues to remind us of their complete lack of credibility. Mind you, these people offer up very little in the way of moral encouragement when they blatantly break the law. These are the guys who are in charge of making or breaking a film's chances at the box office by giving it (or not) a certain pernicious rating/nod of approval. Why do we let them continue lay down their bogus judgements based on a completely subjective and wavering criteria of evaluation? Well, it could be that people are sheep and want others to make the 'moral' decisions for them...

On a similarly depressing note, Cheaper by the Dozen 2 has now made over $78 million at the US box office. People are actually paying money to watch this - lots of people and lots of money. The general concensus on Rottentomatoes leads us to believe that, were this film the only source of intellectual nourishment, we would all dissolve in our own stupidity. Quite a high price to pay for the alleged family values that the MPAA's rating would suggest and the distributors tell us are in the film. If these values embrace mediocrity (at best) as a joyously intellectual achievment then I'll take my family elsewhere.