Using movies to enrich teaching? Yes or no?

During the course of the year many of my lecturers have discouraged the use of movies to enrich teaching. I understand where they may be coming from since many movies are mere interpretations of events in History or of the novels covered in an English class. However, during my teaching practice I noticed that most of the teachers made use of movies to give the learners a visual representation of the work covered or teach the concept of a review, for instance.

I do feel that it can help the teaching-learning experience if used correctly and with caution. In my search for answers, I stumbled across a site called - Teach with Movies, which provides guidelines as to the correct type of movies which should be used, how they should be used, along with a lesson plan. The site can be found at: http://www.teachwithmovies.org/index.html

Quick question - as a teacher, future teacher or parent - what is your standpoint on using movies to enrich the teaching-learning experience?