I'm starting to blog about movies I've watched in the theatre with my kids.  I am going to rate them on a daddymeter.  Here is the criteria, which will be a work in progress.  All rating are for kids aged 4-12 and work on the movie experience premise of happy daddy, happy kids, happy world.  For a movie to rate high it must score in all areas. 

Critieria:

1) Happy Daddy (Enjoyable Adult content): Every daddy wants to enjoy the movie with his kids.  No daddy wants to feel bored, and that he is putting in time.  But daddy also realizes that this is a kid's movie so some compromises must be made.  Daddy realizes that clever movie producers can do both: please daddy and kids!  Daddy doesn't want to subject his children to age inappropriate material, but he also doesn't want to be bored.  How did this movie balance this?

2) Happy Kids (Did the Kids like it?):  No daddy can enjoy a movie if his kids aren't happy.

3) Happy World (Does the movie have a good message?): Was there a message from the movie that will make my children wiser, better people in the long haul?  I'm not talking about labourious moralizing, but subtle messaging that nudges kids in the right direction.  

Any movie that can hit all three of these is a good movie in my daddy books.