PG-13 for a reason [Archive]

ReverendBSB

05-18-2009, 11:15 PM

I would not call that sucky necessarily. Maybe age inappropriate, but the child may be mature enough to handle it. I was watching R rated movies when I was that age and had no problems.

She would become sucky if the theatre did not want to allow the child in and she became an SC, or if the child was frightened by the movie and began disturbing other patrons.

IMO, anyway.

ShinyGreenApple

05-19-2009, 02:56 AM

Eh, it depends on the kid, really. I can't recall anything particularly bad about Wolverine. I was tempted to LOL at a few scenes where a character would be impaled by swords/blades, which would always be perfectly clean and shiny when pulled back out.

I sent my sister's family the Lord of the Rings trilogy, extended versions as a gift, and her then 5 year old sat through the whole series, and only covered his eyes during the Shelob scenes. So long as a child knows how to separate fantasy from reality, some movies are fine. And with the right kind of parenting, the difference can be taught.

Now, I do have something different to say about the parent-of-the-year nominees who brought small kids to Watchmen . . .

Salted Grump

05-19-2009, 03:42 AM

What about 'Parents-of-the-Year' that brought their 6-8 year old kids to watch AvP: Requiem?

Fox One

05-19-2009, 04:13 AM

I was tempted to LOL at a few scenes where a character would be impaled by swords/blades, which would always be perfectly clean and shiny when pulled back out.This. Other than the slightly disturbing-looking character at the end whom I can't reveal due to it being a spoiler, Origins: Wolverine was very tame for a modern action movie.

Mr Hero

05-19-2009, 05:01 AM

My brother had seen Full Metal Jacket when he was 7, and somehow he turned out normal.

Andara Bledin

05-19-2009, 06:18 AM

Now, I do have something different to say about the parent-of-the-year nominees who brought small kids to Watchmen . . .
Yeah, seriously, what was up with that. We had several of them at the showing we went to.

^-.-^

RayvenQ

05-19-2009, 07:49 AM

Geek King

05-19-2009, 01:19 PM

Every kid is different, so its up to parents to decide what their particular kid is ready for. I remember seeing Star Wars in the theater when I was five. I loved it, but remember being irritated that some kid right behind us kept crying.

mikoyan29

05-19-2009, 02:00 PM

One of the times I went to see Jurassic Park at the theater (okay okay, I enjoyed it...sue me), there was a mom who brought her young son. Around the time the T-Rex ate the lawyer, he started to cry, so for the rest of the movie I had to hear, "there there...It's okay...It's not real". Geeze, obviously the kid couldn't handle that scene, please do the rest of the theater a favor and take him home.

blas

05-19-2009, 03:37 PM

I'm sorry, but nothing beats the Parents of The Year who thought bringing their infant to the midnight showing of Friday The 13th (the one that was in theaters this year) was the best idea ever.

At least all the teens in the theater screaming at the parents to shut their kid up or get out and the humiliation that caused finally encouraged them to leave.

taxguykarl

05-19-2009, 04:22 PM

Mrs. TGK and I rarely go out to movies (Kung Fu Panda was the last; Revenge of the Sith before that--do the math). When we went to see Hanibal, there were 5 y.o.'s (at most) running up and down the stairs. What kind of moron takes a kid to see that kind of movie?!:confused:

mikoyan29

05-19-2009, 04:30 PM

taxguykarl

05-19-2009, 04:45 PM

Maybe so, but even the most cursory view of the posters and trailers (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212985/) would make it clear that this movie is a sequel to The Silence of the Lambs.

mikoyan29

05-19-2009, 05:03 PM

Maybe so, but even the most cursory view of the posters and trailers (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212985/) would make it clear that this movie is a sequel to The Silence of the Lambs.
that reminds me of a cartoon from several years ago. The picture is of this shocked looking family. the caption is:
"Another family that finds out Blue Velvet is not the sequel to National Velvet".

Mike Taylor

05-19-2009, 05:19 PM

On a similar line, well along the lines of being 6 or so, has anyone noticed that cartoons of the late 80's/early 90's, cartoons for kids handled some quite serious and what would now be considered mature themes and subjects? (Battletech, Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors, Pirates of Darkwater, Dungeons & Dragons, Animals of Farthing Wood etc)

Even then, those shows were operating within FCC (or their international equivalent's) regulations for children's programming. However, it wasn't so much the topics as the visual presentation of combat and/or death. Bravestarr had an episode where a child died. You didn't see it happen on camera, but at the end of the show, Marshall Bravestarr is seen standing next to the grave stone with the kid's name on it. Hell, waaay back in the 1970's, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids had an episode where one of the regular adult characters had a heart attack onscreen.

NorthernZel

05-19-2009, 08:50 PM

On a similar line, well along the lines of being 6 or so, has anyone noticed that cartoons of the late 80's/early 90's, cartoons for kids handled some quite serious and what would now be considered mature themes and subjects? (Battletech, Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors, Pirates of Darkwater, Dungeons & Dragons, Animals of Farthing Wood etc)

Reminds me of a children's book from the early 80's where the Smurfs harvest grapes and hide them in a large wooden keg until they're having a party a week later while Papa Smurf is out of town. Whaddya know, the grapes fermentate, so when they open the keg and make what they THINK is juice, it really is wine...

The story itself does have a "happy" morale ending since the Smurfs, once they've recovered from their hang-over, ditch the keg and the rest of the wine in the river and promise to Papa Smurf never to get drunk again, but the description of what happened until then was HILARIOUS....

I've thought of searching for a re-print of that book, but somehow I think that's impossible :D

BlaqueKatt

05-20-2009, 01:17 AM

Eh, it depends on the kid, really.
<snip> So long as a child knows how to separate fantasy from reality, some movies are fine. And with the right kind of parenting, the difference can be taught.

yeah my son's favorite movie when he was 3 was actually "deep blue Sea"-he'd run around pretending to be a shark

AnaKhouri

05-20-2009, 01:23 AM

When we saw Pan's Labyrinth some genius had brought his kids, maybe 5 and 7, to see the movie. Somehow he managed to miss the fact that it was in Spanish and rated R. Apparently he just saw, 'fantasy film' and somehow missed all the other information. :rolleyes:

We debated warning him- we didn't want to tell him how to parent his kids if he was aware of the movie's content- but it didn't matter, he left about the time the Capitan was shoving a broken bottle into a dude's face. I've always wondered if he caused a scene in the lobby or not...

ShinyGreenApple

05-20-2009, 03:16 AM

When we saw Pan's Labyrinth some genius had brought his kids, maybe 5 and 7, to see the movie. Somehow he managed to miss the fact that it was in Spanish and rated R. Apparently he just saw, 'fantasy film' and somehow missed all the other information. :rolleyes:

I think somehow people just looked at that one and thought that it would be another Narnia, or that it had something to do with Labyrinth of the 80's with the lovely Mr. Bowie and his tight . . . oh. What was I talking about again? ;)

mikoyan29

05-20-2009, 04:41 AM

It would be nice if parents would realize that not everything is for kids.

Luna Baby

05-20-2009, 02:17 PM

I must be a horrible parent. My youngest son watches the Saw movies (rentals, not theatre) and I took both my sons (12 and 8) with 3 of my oldest son's friends last year to see Death Race. I did have to turn the head of the youngest and cover his ears in one scene, but then again, he's seen more than that when he was able to sneak past the internet securities we'd set. Needless to say, the computer has been disabled for him.

gerund

05-21-2009, 08:10 AM

She took her 6 year old son to see Wolverine this past weekend.

Hellooo, it's PG-13

When Kill Bill came out in Australia I think it was "R" rated, which means that only 18 years and over can see it. I went to the local movie theater and there in the seat next to me was a little girl about 5!

I was worried about the little girl (it appeared her Mother was sitting on the other side), but she appeared not to be watching the movie. She disturbed me somewhat because half way through the movie she started kicking her legs and singing to herself.

What mother takes a girl that old to one of the bloodiest and most graphic films I have seen since the uncut version of "Soldier Blue"?

mariamousie1

05-21-2009, 01:40 PM

Racket_Man

05-21-2009, 03:04 PM

as you all know I am a RHPS fan. on the groups web site they used to have a link to an article to that towns paper about a man who took his young son (I think about 6 or 7 or 8) to see RHPS. they do not have the link there anymore but his letter to the local paper is summed up by this list.

Now remember this movie is STILL rated R (in the US movie rating system) ie strong sexual themes, strong language and one very brief drug refernce and OGM homosexuallity themes. though I think today it might get a PG-13 rating. the letter was posted about 10 years ago I believe.

1. show is at midnight only on a Sat night. who does this????
2. This was NOT a horror show it was a musical
3. WHY are all these people running around in their underware? and why are there people running around doing stuff during the movie?????
4. WHY are all these people shouting very crude and obscene stuff during the movie? and why are people throwing stuff and spraying water during the movie???????? this is SUPPOSED to be a movie where we watch the movie and just sit quietly and enjoy
5. OMG there is someone getting felt up during part of the movie/shadow cast
6. HOW CAN YOU DO THIS TO A CHILD???????????

BIG FAIL

AnaKhouri

05-21-2009, 11:28 PM

I think somehow people just looked at that one and thought that it would be another Narnia, or that it had something to do with Labyrinth of the 80's with the lovely Mr. Bowie and his tight . . . oh. What was I talking about again?

I never noticed when I was younger, but now I am grown up I am convinced those pants are actually spray-painted on.

Me and the husband are going to tangle over showing our kid The Dark Crystal. When I was 5 it scared me so badly I refused to watch it for 20 years; and when I saw it again I still found it unsettling! But he loves it!

NightWatch

05-22-2009, 01:14 AM

It depends on the kid.

My 5 year old nephew watching LoTR in the theatre with eyes glued to the screen in fascination. Only talked once, when he asked his mom for more popcorn. Good example.

10 year old boy in Xmen Origins who repeatedly asked his parent if he could leave and talked through the whole movie. Bad example.

PepperElf

05-22-2009, 02:14 PM

i think it depends on the child.

i know my own nephew is only 7 but i wouldn't take him to see wolverine. the kid has a very vivid imagination and would likely have nightmares.

Mike Taylor

06-10-2009, 07:31 PM

My brother was talking about getting Pirates of the Caribbean for his 4 year old daughter. When one of my other brothers told him it might be too scary (skeleton ghosts, etc.), he said "Come on, it's Disney!" :rolleyes: My brother is kind of an idiot.

The same Disney that gave us the Wicked Queen in Snow White, Maleficent ("Mistress of All Evil" and summoner of the powers of Hell) in Sleeping Beauty, Chernabog the demon in Fantasia, and the robotic Maximillian in The Black Hole.

You're right. He is an idiot.

ditchdj

06-10-2009, 08:27 PM

I saw "Silent Night Deadly Night" on tape when I was 11 years old.

I haven't massacred a town, yet! :devil:

WhiteRose

06-10-2009, 08:48 PM

keyword: YET.

and Disney has been known to collaborate on other blatantly not-for-kids movies...

Ironclad Alibi

06-10-2009, 09:28 PM

I saw "Silent Night Deadly Night" on tape when I was 11 years old.

I haven't massacred a town, yet! :devil:

Yeah, some people never do measure up to their true potential. But if and when you do find SC-ville ... :devil:

MergedLoki

09-04-2009, 09:12 AM

My sister was a bit sucky recently.

She took her 6 year old son to see Wolverine this past weekend.

Hellooo, it's PG-13 and it's a movie about a man with claws for hands!:eek:

To be fair... the movie sucked and has no blood or guts or gore.

so... 6 might be a bit young but... i suppose it all depends on the 6 yr old. I wouldn't be taking any little cousins of that age to a pg 13 movie but whatever.

ok i have no real comment I just have to bash X3 and the wolverine movie whenever possible... the first 2 were SO close to the comic storylines (as far as hollywood gets anyways) and then they had to smash the writers brains into a wall. *sighs* ok im done. sorry all lol

Bloodsoul

09-04-2009, 12:37 PM

I saw "Silent Night Deadly Night" on tape when I was 11 years old.

I haven't massacred a town, yet! :devil:
Garbage day! :D

I remember my elders accidently showing my kid sister and I "Child's Play when I was, like, three or four. Yeah, that didn't turn out so well.

On the other hand it wouldn't be much longer after that that I watched the original Star Wars trilogy (on the original VHS tapes, too) and Indiana Jones films and absolutely fell in love.

I bought the videogame, Doom, at thirteen, and I think I'm fairly desensi.. disen.. I'm used to it now.