Dad Movies for the Ages: The Films That Turned an Entire Generation Into Thermostat Security Guards
There comes a point in every man's life when he undergoes a mysterious transformation. One day you're a young person with hopes, dreams, and functioning knees. The next day you're standing in your driveway staring at a lawn mower like you're preparing a fighter jet for combat operations. Nobody knows exactly when it happens. Science has theories. Anthropologists have guesses. But I believe the transformation begins with movies. Specifically, dad movies. Not movies for dads. Dad movies. There is a difference. A movie for dads might be a Marvel film with explosions and enough CGI to bankrupt a small nation. A dad movie is something else entirely. A dad movie is a film that causes a man to stop channel surfing and announce: "Wait. Leave it right there." It doesn't matter if the movie started two minutes ago. It doesn't matter if it started two hours ago. It doesn't matter if he's seen it forty-seven times. The television has spo...
