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Do you agree with Captain Fantastic regarding his parenting skil
ls?
By: Sepideh Date: September 9, 2019, 4:03 am
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"Ben Cash and his wife Leslie and their six children live in the
Washington wilderness. Ben and Leslie are former left wing
anarchist activists disillusioned with capitalism and American
life, and chose to instill survivalist skills, left wing
politics, and philosophy in their children educating them to
think critically, training them to be self-reliant, physically
fit and athletic, guiding them without technology, demonstrating
the beauty of coexisting with nature and celebrating Noam
Chomsky's birthday instead of Christmas.
Leslie is hospitalized for bipolar disorder and eventually dies
by suicide. Ben learns that Leslie's father, Jack, plans to hold
a traditional funeral and burial, even though Leslie wished to
be cremated. They argue over the phone and Jack threatens to
have Ben arrested if he attends the funeral. He initially
decides not to go and prevents his children from doing so, but
then changes his mind, leading his children on a road trip into
life outside the wilderness.
The family briefly stays at his sister Harper's house. She and
her husband try to convince Ben that his children should attend
school to receive a conventional education; Ben shows that his
children are better educated than Harper's own children. Ben
arrives at Leslie's funeral with his children and reads her
will, which instructs her family to cremate her and flush her
ashes down the toilet. In response, Jack has Ben forcibly
removed.
Ben's children also start doubting their father and his
parenting skills. His son Rellian accuses Ben of failing to
treat Leslie's mental health. His son Bodevan accuses his father
of failing to equip them for the real world by setting them up
for a rude awakening when they grow up and shows him college
acceptance letters from Ivy League schools for which Leslie had
helped him apply. Rellian wants to live with his grandparents,
who want to take custody of him. When Ben's daughter Vespyr
tries to climb into a window to "free" Rellian from his
grandparents, she falls from the roof and narrowly avoids
breaking her neck. Ben, shocked and guilty, allows Jack to take
his children. Although they have bonded with their grandparents,
the children decide to follow Ben again when he departs."
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5jeBvjcJe4
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Re: Do you agree with Captain Fantastic regarding his parenting
skills?
By: Nikola Date: September 9, 2019, 1:54 pm
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This happens to be one of my favourite movies. I think the
parents (and later on just the father) get a few things wrong
but at the same time get so many things right. I can certainly
identify with the sentiment and their frustration that led to
the idea of bringing their children up without all the
consumerism and messed-upness of the modern world. And really,
the only way to do that would be by removing them from it
completely. As soon as they enter the "civilised" world, they're
being bombarded by all the unnecessary crap, as you can see in
the video.
It is a complete utopia, though. It wouldn't be if they were to
stay in the wilderness but if they're intending on entering the
real world to attend university, meet their future partner etc.
they are completely unprepared for any of it. Also, the
home-schooling only works because the parents are so smart and
well-read. I love the scene where their little daughter shows
that she knows more than a high school student:
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgvtmO7c-UU
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Re: Do you agree with Captain Fantastic regarding his parenting
skills?
By: Chizuko hanji Date: September 9, 2019, 9:57 pm
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I'm going to watch it tonight as I found it on Amazon prime
video. It sounds very good.
The Japanese title of the movie is
"はじまりへの旅” which
means "the journey for the beginning."
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