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Scream 3 (2000), (R)
CAP Score: 10
CAP Influence Density: 2.78
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A service to parents and grandparents MARMAR20013 Scream 3 (2000), (R) CAP Score: 10 CAP Influence Density: 2.78 |
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 Christian Banner eXchange suggested by the CAP Table of Contents. SUMMARY / COMMENTARY: *Scream 3* (R) -- "shhhing" *Scream 3* was a good for one thing at least -- it enabled me to have an opportunity to further explain the amazing utility of the CAP analysis model. Please let me do so before going into the particulars of *Scream 3*. If you are not interested in the functionality of the CAP Entertainment Media Analysis Model, just move to the second paragraph below. Christians who have 'suffered the slings and arrows' of *South Park: BLU* seem to agree that it is the, or nearly the quintessential demon of the influence of Satan in the entertainment industry -- it is the standard of trash movies. On the surface, if only the CAP Final Score is used to make a decision about the acceptability of a movie, *South Park* would seem not as bad as *Scream 3* since *South Park* earned a CAP Final Score of 29 while *Scream 3* earned only 10. But how could this be? *South Park* was *clearly* much more invasive to wholesome ethics and values. Without going into the mathematics of this seeming paradox, understand that just because a CAP Thermometer shows a score of zero does not mean the actual score in that Investigation Area *is* zero -- it could be much, much less than zero. Some movies, *South Park* included, have earned Investigation Area scores of much lower than MINUS 500. But a score less than zero is meaningless in a data display. That is where the CAP Influence Density is valuable. While the CAP Final Score and the CAP Thermometers have been proven to be reliable comparative tools, the CAP ID combined with them is a much more complete measure. The CAP Final Score and the CAP Thermometers give you one set of parameters as comparison tools but the CAP ID uses a completely different set of mathematical operations to give you another parameter: the "viscosity" or "thickness" of influence as another comparison tool. *South Park* with a CAP ID of 10.65 was almost 4 times as thick with trash as *Scream 3* with a CAP ID of 2.78. If you now ask "What difference does it make. Both movies are unfit since to begin with the Final Scores are much less than the threshold for R-rated movies" I'll say "You are right. I just like to give you 111% so that the 90% you retain will be the 100% you need." :o) Seems to me the CAP analysis model is working fine. Makes sense considering Who designed it. *Scream 3* was nothing more than an offspring of the two previous slasher flicks but with a little more quality. The knifing dude followed the script of a movie within the movie called "Stab 3" and killed the stars of the movie in the order they are killed in "Stab 3." Once that pattern was figured out, it would seem easy to lay trap for the killer by setting up an ambush around the next victim in accordance with the script of the movie. This would have worked and would have saved a lot of lives but there were three versions of the script, each with a different order of killing. But that is just it -- killing. Killing by knife is the main (for the lack of a better expression) thrust in the movie. There were also 41 uses of God's name in vain, 11 times with and 30 times without the four letter expletive plus 101 uses of the three/four letter word vocabulary in 106 minutes. You do the math. And yes, there were a lot of kids well under 17 in the audience. Some as young as 7 or 8. I wonder how many of them will be able to leave all of their childhood behind when it comes time to put away childish things? If the behavior in movies does not influence viewers, why then is there and why has there been such a push to get cigarette and liquor out of TV commercials? And yes, there was a lot of sexual programming as well. Revealing clothing, excessive cleavage, admissions of immoral sexual activity, adults in underwear, and more. I suppose it goes without saying, *Scream 3* was a very violent movie. At least 11 deaths, lots of knife attacks with slicings each with the "shhhing" of a steel blade, beatings, and lots of blood. Booze, drunkenness, and smoking nearly drowned the Drugs/Alcohol score. Note that all of the Investigation Area scores were below the threshold for R-rated programming in movies of 1996 and before. So many of our visitors seem to be relying only on this Summary/Commentary for a full assessment of this movie. This is not possible. For the best representation of the CAP Entertainment Media Analysis Model applied to this movie, visit the Findings/Scoring section below. FINDINGS / SCORING: 
NOTE: Multiple occurrences of each item described below may be likely. Wanton Violence/Crime (W): Impudence/Hate (I)(1): Sex/Homosexuality (S): Drugs/Alcohol (D): Offense to God (O)(2): Murder/Suicide (M)(3): |
