The movie the Martian?

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Anonymous wrote:The movie was fine for our group of 12-year-olds, it was the trailers that were the problem! They were ridiculously scary.

Yes, the trailers were horrible. I wonder why they thought those movies would be appealing to us.

The trailers we saw were for The Walk, Jungle Book, and Star Wars. (The theatre audience applauded for Star Wars!)

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I wish! At the Uptown were trailers for a movie called Suicide Forest, a scary looking remake of Point Break, tv show American Horror Story, etc. it was truly scary and inappropriate.

00:27 here -- yikes! Those trailers sound awful! We were at Angelika (Mosaic) and had no issues with the (much tamer) trailers.

I have to say I've never been in a theatre where there was applause for a trailer. I guess Star Wars will sell out everywhere in December, at least amongst the science set.

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If your child hasn't heard the F word before, you may not want him/her to see it. That is the worse they'll hear and it's used in a humorous way. All in, the movie is tame and I wouldn't have a problem with a 10 year old seeing it. It's a good movie .

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for the feedback. I think I'll risk it. It's just the scariness of being stranded that worries me. These things didn't bother me as a kid (they oddly bother me more now). And they don't seem to bother him, either.

16:51 here -- my 11 yo loved it! Before we saw the movie, I did tell my DS he could shut his eyes and hold my hand if anything was really scary to him. He never closed his eyes and he wants to buy the movie when it is out on Bluray. (My 14 yo DD loved it, too.)

OP here. I took him and he was totally fine. He loved the movie. I told him the same thing about shutting his eyes and warned him the self-surgery part would be gruesome. I also told him we could leave any time. But he was great with it, and I loved how the movie reinforced some of the things we work on at home. One big theme in our house is that we are all problem solvers, we tackle problems big and small, and we discuss often how to do that. And Matt Watney was problem solver-extraordinaire.

I agree- good life lessons in the movie.

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my 10 year old saw it. Lots of F bombs. But great movie

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nothing really scary or gross. just a lot of cussing.

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Anonymous wrote:I am seriously considering taking my 7 and 9 year old girls. They are all about the space stuff. I read the book and didn't find anything offensive in it (except for some language, but nothing they haven't heard before).

7 is way too young. It is intense, loud, cursing, etc... 10 would be the youngest I would take a child and only if they can sit for 2+ hours and truly understand what is going on.

And nakedness

Pp here with the 7 and 9 YO. DH saw it on Friday and we are all going to see it today. I don't have a problem with cursing (I am sure they have heard worse), my 7 YO is sturdy and not afraid of loud noises or easily scared. And Matt Damon's backside has... aesthetic value My main concern is that they might be bored by some of the more sciency parts, not fully understanding the implications.

I will report back on how they did though.

NP - this was not a 1st grade appropriate film. There is nudity, gore, tons of F bombs and it is 2.5hrs long not including 10min of intense previews. The fact that your 7yr old has seen or heard worse is extremely sad. Kids are only young kids for so long. They do not need to be rushed into the PG-13 world so soon. I am guessing by 10 they will be watching rated R?

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Just got back from it. Brought my 13 year old but would easily recommend it to my 9 year old. There is some swearing but it's not gratuitous, and the nudity? Very brief and just to point out how thin the character was after months of barely adequate food. It was a great film
and really celebrated being smart.

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Anonymous wrote:I am seriously considering taking my 7 and 9 year old girls. They are all about the space stuff. I read the book and didn't find anything offensive in it (except for some language, but nothing they haven't heard before).

7 is way too young. It is intense, loud, cursing, etc... 10 would be the youngest I would take a child and only if they can sit for 2+ hours and truly understand what is going on.

And nakedness

Pp here with the 7 and 9 YO. DH saw it on Friday and we are all going to see it today. I don't have a problem with cursing (I am sure they have heard worse), my 7 YO is sturdy and not afraid of loud noises or easily scared. And Matt Damon's backside has... aesthetic value My main concern is that they might be bored by some of the more sciency parts, not fully understanding the implications.

I will report back on how they did though.

NP - this was not a 1st grade appropriate film. There is nudity, gore, tons of F bombs and it is 2.5hrs long not including 10min of intense previews. The fact that your 7yr old has seen or heard worse is extremely sad. Kids are only young kids for so long. They do not need to be rushed into the PG-13 world so soon. I am guessing by 10 they will be watching rated R?

How can kids avoid the "f" word? I pass teenagers in the grocery store saying it all the time. There's no shame in public anymore about speaking like that.

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Anonymous wrote:I am seriously considering taking my 7 and 9 year old girls. They are all about the space stuff. I read the book and didn't find anything offensive in it (except for some language, but nothing they haven't heard before).

7 is way too young. It is intense, loud, cursing, etc... 10 would be the youngest I would take a child and only if they can sit for 2+ hours and truly understand what is going on.

And nakedness

Pp here with the 7 and 9 YO. DH saw it on Friday and we are all going to see it today. I don't have a problem with cursing (I am sure they have heard worse), my 7 YO is sturdy and not afraid of loud noises or easily scared. And Matt Damon's backside has... aesthetic value My main concern is that they might be bored by some of the more sciency parts, not fully understanding the implications.

I will report back on how they did though.

NP - this was not a 1st grade appropriate film. There is nudity, gore, tons of F bombs and it is 2.5hrs long not including 10min of intense previews. The fact that your 7yr old has seen or heard worse is extremely sad. Kids are only young kids for so long. They do not need to be rushed into the PG-13 world so soon. I am guessing by 10 they will be watching rated R?

How can kids avoid the "f" word? I pass teenagers in the grocery store saying it all the time. There's no shame in public anymore about speaking like that.

So you are saying because some teens may saying it passing by that you are okay with a 7yr old watching movies with F-bombs? My 7yr old has no idea about that word so even if they heard it passing by it wouldn't be a "bad" word. Her S word is stupid and D word is dumb. Not all parents raise their kids around awful language and just shrug their shoulders. But sitting them down to watch a movie with the word repeated in it, is condoning it is okay. At that age they don't know any better.

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Anonymous wrote:I am seriously considering taking my 7 and 9 year old girls. They are all about the space stuff. I read the book and didn't find anything offensive in it (except for some language, but nothing they haven't heard before).

7 is way too young. It is intense, loud, cursing, etc... 10 would be the youngest I would take a child and only if they can sit for 2+ hours and truly understand what is going on.

And nakedness

Pp here with the 7 and 9 YO. DH saw it on Friday and we are all going to see it today. I don't have a problem with cursing (I am sure they have heard worse), my 7 YO is sturdy and not afraid of loud noises or easily scared. And Matt Damon's backside has... aesthetic value My main concern is that they might be bored by some of the more sciency parts, not fully understanding the implications.

I will report back on how they did though.

NP - this was not a 1st grade appropriate film. There is nudity, gore, tons of F bombs and it is 2.5hrs long not including 10min of intense previews. The fact that your 7yr old has seen or heard worse is extremely sad. Kids are only young kids for so long. They do not need to be rushed into the PG-13 world so soon. I am guessing by 10 they will be watching rated R?

How can kids avoid the "f" word? I pass teenagers in the grocery store saying it all the time. There's no shame in public anymore about speaking like that.

So you are saying because some teens may saying it passing by that you are okay with a 7yr old watching movies with F-bombs? My 7yr old has no idea about that word so even if they heard it passing by it wouldn't be a "bad" word. Her S word is stupid and D word is dumb. Not all parents raise their kids around awful language and just shrug their shoulders. But sitting them down to watch a movie with the word repeated in it, is condoning it is okay. At that age they don't know any better.

Do you homeschool? Because we don't talk like that at home but kids at school do - and my children hear them. So, they know what the "f-word" is - even if they know very well that they are NOT allowed to use it.

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Anonymous wrote:I am seriously considering taking my 7 and 9 year old girls. They are all about the space stuff. I read the book and didn't find anything offensive in it (except for some language, but nothing they haven't heard before).

7 is way too young. It is intense, loud, cursing, etc... 10 would be the youngest I would take a child and only if they can sit for 2+ hours and truly understand what is going on.

And nakedness

Pp here with the 7 and 9 YO. DH saw it on Friday and we are all going to see it today. I don't have a problem with cursing (I am sure they have heard worse), my 7 YO is sturdy and not afraid of loud noises or easily scared. And Matt Damon's backside has... aesthetic value My main concern is that they might be bored by some of the more sciency parts, not fully understanding the implications.

I will report back on how they did though.

NP - this was not a 1st grade appropriate film. There is nudity, gore, tons of F bombs and it is 2.5hrs long not including 10min of intense previews. The fact that your 7yr old has seen or heard worse is extremely sad. Kids are only young kids for so long. They do not need to be rushed into the PG-13 world so soon. I am guessing by 10 they will be watching rated R?

How can kids avoid the "f" word? I pass teenagers in the grocery store saying it all the time. There's no shame in public anymore about speaking like that.

So you are saying because some teens may saying it passing by that you are okay with a 7yr old watching movies with F-bombs? My 7yr old has no idea about that word so even if they heard it passing by it wouldn't be a "bad" word. Her S word is stupid and D word is dumb. Not all parents raise their kids around awful language and just shrug their shoulders. But sitting them down to watch a movie with the word repeated in it, is condoning it is okay. At that age they don't know any better.

I'm asking how your kids has never heard it. I didnt say I condone anything. I knew that word at 7, from seeing it written on a McDonalds wall. My son has known it from around that age, specifically from teens around him saying it.

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Anonymous wrote:I am seriously considering taking my 7 and 9 year old girls. They are all about the space stuff. I read the book and didn't find anything offensive in it (except for some language, but nothing they haven't heard before).

7 is way too young. It is intense, loud, cursing, etc... 10 would be the youngest I would take a child and only if they can sit for 2+ hours and truly understand what is going on.

And nakedness

Pp here with the 7 and 9 YO. DH saw it on Friday and we are all going to see it today. I don't have a problem with cursing (I am sure they have heard worse), my 7 YO is sturdy and not afraid of loud noises or easily scared. And Matt Damon's backside has... aesthetic value My main concern is that they might be bored by some of the more sciency parts, not fully understanding the implications.

I will report back on how they did though.

NP - this was not a 1st grade appropriate film. There is nudity, gore, tons of F bombs and it is 2.5hrs long not including 10min of intense previews. The fact that your 7yr old has seen or heard worse is extremely sad. Kids are only young kids for so long. They do not need to be rushed into the PG-13 world so soon. I am guessing by 10 they will be watching rated R?

How can kids avoid the "f" word? I pass teenagers in the grocery store saying it all the time. There's no shame in public anymore about speaking like that.

So you are saying because some teens may saying it passing by that you are okay with a 7yr old watching movies with F-bombs? My 7yr old has no idea about that word so even if they heard it passing by it wouldn't be a "bad" word. Her S word is stupid and D word is dumb. Not all parents raise their kids around awful language and just shrug their shoulders. But sitting them down to watch a movie with the word repeated in it, is condoning it is okay. At that age they don't know any better.

+1

The t.v. version of this movie will be a big hit at our house. We can wait.

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Anonymous wrote:I am seriously considering taking my 7 and 9 year old girls. They are all about the space stuff. I read the book and didn't find anything offensive in it (except for some language, but nothing they haven't heard before).

7 is way too young. It is intense, loud, cursing, etc... 10 would be the youngest I would take a child and only if they can sit for 2+ hours and truly understand what is going on.

And nakedness

Pp here with the 7 and 9 YO. DH saw it on Friday and we are all going to see it today. I don't have a problem with cursing (I am sure they have heard worse), my 7 YO is sturdy and not afraid of loud noises or easily scared. And Matt Damon's backside has... aesthetic value My main concern is that they might be bored by some of the more sciency parts, not fully understanding the implications.

I will report back on how they did though.

NP - this was not a 1st grade appropriate film. There is nudity, gore, tons of F bombs and it is 2.5hrs long not including 10min of intense previews. The fact that your 7yr old has seen or heard worse is extremely sad. Kids are only young kids for so long. They do not need to be rushed into the PG-13 world so soon. I am guessing by 10 they will be watching rated R?

How can kids avoid the "f" word? I pass teenagers in the grocery store saying it all the time. There's no shame in public anymore about speaking like that.

So you are saying because some teens may saying it passing by that you are okay with a 7yr old watching movies with F-bombs? My 7yr old has no idea about that word so even if they heard it passing by it wouldn't be a "bad" word. Her S word is stupid and D word is dumb. Not all parents raise their kids around awful language and just shrug their shoulders. But sitting them down to watch a movie with the word repeated in it, is condoning it is okay. At that age they don't know any better.

Do you homeschool? Because we don't talk like that at home but kids at school do - and my children hear them. So, they know what the "f-word" is - even if they know very well that they are NOT allowed to use it.

I am pretty sure my 6yr old has never heard of that word and we do not home school. We aren't hanging around teens so I don't get why any 6yr old would know it unless they hear it at home or school.

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Anonymous wrote:I am seriously considering taking my 7 and 9 year old girls. They are all about the space stuff. I read the book and didn't find anything offensive in it (except for some language, but nothing they haven't heard before).

7 is way too young. It is intense, loud, cursing, etc... 10 would be the youngest I would take a child and only if they can sit for 2+ hours and truly understand what is going on.

And nakedness

Pp here with the 7 and 9 YO. DH saw it on Friday and we are all going to see it today. I don't have a problem with cursing (I am sure they have heard worse), my 7 YO is sturdy and not afraid of loud noises or easily scared. And Matt Damon's backside has... aesthetic value My main concern is that they might be bored by some of the more sciency parts, not fully understanding the implications.

I will report back on how they did though.

NP - this was not a 1st grade appropriate film. There is nudity, gore, tons of F bombs and it is 2.5hrs long not including 10min of intense previews. The fact that your 7yr old has seen or heard worse is extremely sad. Kids are only young kids for so long. They do not need to be rushed into the PG-13 world so soon. I am guessing by 10 they will be watching rated R?

How can kids avoid the "f" word? I pass teenagers in the grocery store saying it all the time. There's no shame in public anymore about speaking like that.

So you are saying because some teens may saying it passing by that you are okay with a 7yr old watching movies with F-bombs? My 7yr old has no idea about that word so even if they heard it passing by it wouldn't be a "bad" word. Her S word is stupid and D word is dumb. Not all parents raise their kids around awful language and just shrug their shoulders. But sitting them down to watch a movie with the word repeated in it, is condoning it is okay. At that age they don't know any better.

Do you homeschool? Because we don't talk like that at home but kids at school do - and my children hear them. So, they know what the "f-word" is - even if they know very well that they are NOT allowed to use it.

They only say it about 1-2 times in the movie. The rest of the time it's being typed on the screen exactly like this " F--- blah blah" -- so there is only a capital F with dashes after it. Pretty innocuous.

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Anyone else taken their younger ones? Your thoughts?