Recently Jack has developed some alarmingly bad habits ever since watching Lilo and Stitch. I suppose I am to blame for letting him watch it, but it NEVER crossed my mind that a Disney animated movie could be *gasp* bad!
For those of you not familiar with the movie, it's about an apparently "evil" alien (Stitch) being banished from his planet or wherever and ends up on Earth. His "creator", an "evil" scientist and another alien are sent to find him and bring him back. Stitch is smart enough to know that his best protection is to stick close to a human (the aliens won't come near them) so he pretends to be a dog and is adopted by Lilo who is having a hard time adjusting to life without her parents (who were evidently killed in a car crash) and being raised by her sister. Lilo is a little "different" but she is a sweet little girl who loves Stitch, her new "puppy". So obviously there is eventually a confrontation between the aliens and the humans etc, but in the end, everyone ends up happy and fairly well adjustted.
So Jack has picked up 3 bad habits from this movie, which he as only seen twice (we rented it on Netflix).
1. He has started "shooting" people. It took me a few times before I placed the origin of his new "move". Basically he fumbles around trying to pull his "gun" (his finger) out of the "holster" (the waistband of his pants) and then raises it up to shoot me. In the movie this occurs when Lilo is taunting the alien scientist, knowing he won't hurt him in front of humans, and the scientist almost loses it and shoots Stitch with his ray gun. If you recognized the move, it might not be as bad, but for people who don't, all they see is my almost 3 year old trying to shoot me... most recently in church!
2. He has started telling people he is going to kill them. This comes from a fight scene when Lilo gets into a fight with another little (very mean) girl. Of course in the movie, Lilo is told that she can't just start fights with everyone (even though that girl deserved it!) but try getting that message accross to a 3 year old.
3. He has told people he hates them. There is a scene where Lilo and her big sister are fighting about Stitch having to go back to the pound and Lilo tells her sister she hates her. This movie is mainly about the relationship between the sisters and the adjustment they are going through, so this seems natural, but seriously, a 3 year old doesn't understand underlying themes etc.
Jack always quotes/re-enacts scenes from movies. He has a pretty good memory for it really, and usually it's cute. But this is NOT CUTE. And he doesn't understand why it makes me so mad. And I can't figure out how to get him to stop!!! Obviously we will not be watching Lilo and Stitch again for a while, until he is older and can understand more. And if I thought it would just stop on it's own, that would be fine. But it's been at least a month since he saw the movie! And if he were to do any of these things at school, I am willing to bet there would be trouble.
So now I am trying everything in my power to make my usually adorable 3 year old stop acting like a violent alien troublemaker. And wondering what other "kid's" movies should be avoided!!
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