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    Sighting at the movies

    So me and a family member went to see Orphan on Sunday after doing a couple of errands/shopping. I didn't know the movie had a rating of R until we got the tickets, no big deal.

    We get our seats just in time for the previews. From the previews until about halfway through the movie, some Mother of the Year had decided that it was a brilliant idea to bring her child into an R rated movie. I'm not talking about ten or eleven year old or even a few years older or younger, I'm talking about younger then two. The kid did NOT stop either crying, talking (well, "talking" for a two-year-old), running around the front of the theater, or a combination of all three until almost half way into the movie.

    I don't know if someone finally got fed up with it and got someone in staff to throw the tot and mom out or the mother finally decided to take the child out, because the last half of the movie was QUIET.

    Seriously, who takes a two-year-old to an R-rated movie?
    Eh, one day I'll have something useful here. Until then, have a cookie or two.
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    Quoth Android Kaeli View Post
    Seriously, who takes a two-year-old to an R-rated movie?
    You didn't see the number of threads that sprung up on this very topic when Watchmen came out.
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    • #3
      I don't think the parents should be judged for bringing a child into a R-rated movie, they should be judged for not knowing what their child/children were capable of handling. If a parent brings a child into an R-rated movie, and said child is perfectly behaved..why should the parent be judged?

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        Quoth kibbles View Post
        I don't think the parents should be judged for bringing a child into a R-rated movie, they should be judged for not knowing what their child/children were capable of handling. If a parent brings a child into an R-rated movie, and said child is perfectly behaved..why should the parent be judged?
        Most kids can handle an R-rated movie, if they are old enough to do so. A two-year-old, even a two-year-old who can sit still for two hours, shouldn't be watching an R-rated movie in a theater, not because they may or may not be able to handle it but because most kids that young can't really sit still for two hours straight. The kid in my OP didn't sit still, wasn't quiet, and was disturbing everyone else in the theater -- I wouldn't want to bring my child that young to an R-rated movie, even in the off chance that said child could understand it at that young age.
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        • #5
          Those would be the same people who bring babies to the Dark Knight & Transformers. I've had at least a half-dozen experiences of being in a theater with such courteous people.
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          • #6
            Quoth kibbles View Post
            I don't think the parents should be judged for bringing a child into a R-rated movie, they should be judged for not knowing what their child/children were capable of handling. If a parent brings a child into an R-rated movie, and said child is perfectly behaved..why should the parent be judged?
            IMO children should not be watching movies like that. 13+ fine (probably) but younger than that, no. Too much violence, sex, etc.
            And yes, I know that they can see a lot of that at home on TV and in video games. I don't think they should be seeing that either.
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            • #7
              IF a kid can behave themselves, no problem. My parents took me to 16+ movies when I was 13, because they knew I could handle it.
              However.
              If someone brings a toddler to a non-kiddie friendly movie, I take great offense to that for the following reasons:
              a) It's LOUD. It upsets the kid. They start crying. Everyone else (who also paid for their tickets) has their experience ruined
              b) I've seen toddlers. They have the kind of energy that I envy. Most of them cannot sit still and quietly for 2 entire hours. Not happening
              c) Late movies - they're tired. They want to sleep. It's all they want! But they can't, coz Mommy and Daddy brought them to a place where there's flickering lights and loud noises

              I've been to movies where 4 and 5 year olds have sat quietly, entranced and barely making a peep for the whole show. Didn't know they existed till I exited the theatre.
              Also been to movies where 4 and 5 year olds have screamed, yelled, run around and generally made the experience miserable.
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              • #8
                I remember when I saw Passion of the Christ with my parents and some mother brought a BABY to the movie!

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                • #9
                  Went to see transformers during a late show with some friends. One of them couldn't get someone to babysit her 3-month old so brought her along.

                  We sat towards the front and near the aisle so she can make a quick getaway in case the baby cried.

                  We were all shocked to see her, during the whole movie, quietly enjoying (the only way a 3month old can) the movie while nibbling on her blankie. She even had a bottle and burp in the middle of the movie and didn't bother her one bit. At the end she was all smiles.

                  She was just an angel.

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                  • #10
                    Quoth Android Kaeli View Post
                    Seriously, who takes a two-year-old to an R-rated movie?
                    I think that most people who do this just doi it to avoid paying for a babysitter >_>

                    I remember when the South Park movie came out. I went for the first showing on opening day. Two rows ahead of me, what did I see? An entire row of 13-14 year old girls escorted by a couple of adults...Then the music starts...~shut your ***ing face, Uncle ****er...~

                    'twas a bit unreal.

                    Side note -- I went back the next day with a charming young lady I knew at the time who had a great sense of humor. Within a week or two, she had taught her parrot to say "Uncle ****er" on cue
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                    • #11
                      Quoth Sheldonrs View Post
                      IMO children should not be watching movies like that. 13+ fine (probably) but younger than that, no. Too much violence, sex, etc.
                      And yes, I know that they can see a lot of that at home on TV and in video games. I don't think they should be seeing that either.
                      If someone chooses not to let their own kids see that fine; but, if a child is well behaved and not making a fuss I don't think parents should be judged for that IMO.

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                      • #12
                        I don't have kids yet so I have wondered about things like this. I have a co worker who said she'd let her 11 year old watch The hills have eyes and that has explicit rape scenes that even I thought was inappropriate. But a two year would have nightmares right? Or are they too young to know whats going on?

                        I liked the hand that rocks the cradle--I remember seeing that one when I was eight. But movies are much more explicit now and I really wonder what is okay.

                        I went to see the new ice age movie and I wanted to pull my hair out because this mother and her kid had to comment on EVERY single scene!!! And not whispering either.

                        And I wanted to rip my hair out when this guy would NOT stop clapping at every "funny" moment on transformers. That's why I have to go to the late showings now--people annoy me too much.

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                        • #13
                          The reigning contenders for Parents Of The Year brought a wailing child with them to the MIDNIGHT showing of Friday the 13th, and the father started getting upset and threatening violence towards everyone yelling at them to leave or shut their kid up or get a babysitter. Thankfully, they left.
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                          • #14
                            I hated my job at the movie theater a couple years ago. I worked opening weekend for Saw IV, lady dropped her kids off at the movie theater, and got pissed at me because the police officer (yes, we had cops) wouldn't let them in to the theater to see it. Honestly when we're that swamped and I'm still that new, I'm not checking every single ticket to see the movie and rating, I'm checking to see what theater it's in so I can direct you to it, and wish you a hope you enjoy it.
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                            • #15
                              b) I've seen toddlers. They have the kind of energy that I envy. Most of them cannot sit still and quietly for 2 entire minutes. Not happening
                              Edited for truth.


                              Quoth Anakah View Post
                              I don't have kids yet so I have wondered about things like this. I have a co worker who said she'd let her 11 year old watch The hills have eyes and that has explicit rape scenes that even I thought was inappropriate.
                              Not to mention the extensive body dismemberment and cannibalism and blood.

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