What previews did you see when you saw Inside Out? My kid is scared of previews.

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Anonymous wrote:My MIL gets freaked out by previews. She is neurotic and uptight. She stays miserable and misses the movie.

There are many things that are totally normal in a 5 year old that are neurotic in a MIL.

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Are there other mental health issues?

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For a while, my DD hated previews. They were too loud and too much nonstop action. So we just waited until the lights went down after the previews and before the movie before we went in. Problem solved.

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Anonymous wrote:My MIL gets freaked out by previews. She is neurotic and uptight. She stays miserable and misses the movie.

This would drive me bonkers. I love (most) previews and get really into them. I'd want to slap someone like that.

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I wish people would stop acting as if there's a mental health issue in a kid who just does not want to be around the very loud, obnoxious previews that some theaters show. The volume on previews is often much louder than the volume for the ads prior to the previews and louder even than the film itself. These things blast at you. And the constant jump-cuts in some previews are jerky and confusing to younger kids at times. I've seen parents have to haul young kids (and the key here is "young," we're not talking about some PP's mother-in-law or a school-age kid) out of previews. Gosh, one PP above would say that means those kids won't have balls and will have neuroses. I had no idea that just missing a few previews had such dire effects in adulthood.

OP, your question is fine.

Since each theatre shows different previews, you can't know whether you'll get just simple kids' movie previews like Peanuts previews or other stuff, so just stay out of the theatre until the feature's about to begin. Many chain theatres run one last item that's a "thanks for watching these coming attractions; here's the feature film" animation very briefly between the previews and the movie, so listen out for that. It's your cue to go to your seats.

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Anonymous wrote:My MIL gets freaked out by previews. She is neurotic and uptight. She stays miserable and misses the movie.

There are many things that are totally normal in a 5 year old that are neurotic in a MIL.

+1 The child is five, people. Kuds that age have all kinds of quirky fears, and usually outgrow them completely. When my DD was 4-5 she became frightened of the toaster, believe it or not. Something about the noises it made, and the sudden ding...and a bad dream featuring the toaster, ha. It didn't last long, and we laugh about it now that she's 8.

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Anonymous wrote:
I wish people would stop acting as if there's a mental health issue in a kid who just does not want to be around the very loud, obnoxious previews that some theaters show. The volume on previews is often much louder than the volume for the ads prior to the previews and louder even than the film itself. These things blast at you. And the constant jump-cuts in some previews are jerky and confusing to younger kids at times. I've seen parents have to haul young kids (and the key here is "young," we're not talking about some PP's mother-in-law or a school-age kid) out of previews. Gosh, one PP above would say that means those kids won't have balls and will have neuroses. I had no idea that just missing a few previews had such dire effects in adulthood.

OP, your question is fine.[code]

Since each theatre shows different previews, you can't know whether you'll get just simple kids' movie previews like Peanuts previews or other stuff, so just stay out of the theatre until the feature's about to begin. Many chain theatres run one last item that's a "thanks for watching these coming attractions; here's the feature film" animation very briefly between the previews and the movie, so listen out for that. It's your cue to go to your seats.

No, its not. Stop coddling her. this isn't normal.

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I totally get your post. Previews are louder and they are not for the type of movies DD likes (much more violent and scarier) -- no it's not possible to turn away.

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I thought theaters couldn't show previews that were rated any higher than the movie being shown?

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Anonymous wrote:I thought theaters couldn't show previews that were rated any higher than the movie being shown?

Yeah, but they turn up the volume, and jam together all the action scenes in the movie to make a preview, there's no sense of resolution.

Also, I know for my kid, he was ready for some movies in an rating band before he was ready for others. Inside Out is rated PG, and the range of movies that get a PG rating is huge. My kid watched a lot of PG movies that were animated when he was pretty young, but some of the live action things, like the Pan movie that's coming out, were scary until years later.

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Anonymous wrote:I totally get your post. Previews are louder and they are not for the type of movies DD likes (much more violent and scarier) -- no it's not possible to turn away.

I am not knocking anyones fears but why can't you turn away? Are you locked in a wheelchair? What about using your hand to cover your eyes?

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OP,

This is ridiculous. And I say this as a parent of a child who finally outgrew some of his sensory issues. Loud sounds and flashing lights troubled him. He's fine now.

So you can either get the kid acclimated to these situations or you can walk out or arrive AFTER the previews are over.

It's really common sense, which is often lacking on these threads.

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Anonymous wrote:My MIL gets freaked out by previews. She is neurotic and uptight. She stays miserable and misses the movie.

I still don't understand 0P's question. And your MIL freaks me out. What a way to live.

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My DS was the same about previews- we used to find out how long they lasted and only go to our seats as they were wrapping up / the film was actually starting. Easier if you have an allocated seat of course, but worth trying if you can.

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OP, I hope and pray that most of the responders to this post are trolls just looking to stir the pot.
In answer to your question, I think the previews vary by theater and maybe even time. Luckily, I think Inside Out has been out long enough that you can wait to go in until the previews are over and still have no trouble finding a seat.
FWIW, I found that waiting to go in until after the previews helped both with the scare factor and with the fact that sitting through an entire movie plus previews can be a challenge for young kids. Going in a few minutes late was a good way to help ensure we stayed through the entire movie.
Good luck.