Anonymous
08/09/2013 12:36
Subject: Would you let your 14 year old boy watch this R-rated movie?
Anonymous wrote:Yes, I'd let my 13 year old watch that.
(Hint: Have him read "To Build a Fire" by Jack London before he sees this movie if he hasn't already. I think it would be an excellent springboard into this movie.)
Yes, give him assigned reading before you let him watch a DVD. God, what a nightmare.
Anonymous
08/09/2013 10:47
Subject: Would you let your 14 year old boy watch this R-rated movie?
Yes, I'd let my 13 year old watch that.
(Hint: Have him read "To Build a Fire" by Jack London before he sees this movie if he hasn't already. I think it would be an excellent springboard into this movie.)
(Hint: Have him read "To Build a Fire" by Jack London before he sees this movie if he hasn't already. I think it would be an excellent springboard into this movie.)
Anonymous
08/09/2013 09:54
Subject: Would you let your 14 year old boy watch this R-rated movie?
I think at 14 he's more than capable of seeing a movie like this and be able to process it. I saw R-rated movies when I was his age and it didn't make me want to do the stuff in the movies.
Anonymous
08/09/2013 09:50
Subject: Would you let your 14 year old boy watch this R-rated movie?
Totally.
Anonymous
08/09/2013 09:38
Subject: Would you let your 14 year old boy watch this R-rated movie?
OP, I recently let my 13 yr old daughter read the book first, and then watched the movie with her so we could discuss. It was fine and she loves the soundtrack. And no pp she didn't iconize McCandless after either. She said he was short sighted and unprepared...
Anonymous
08/09/2013 08:50
Subject: Would you let your 14 year old boy watch this R-rated movie?
OP here. Thank you for the thoughtful comments.
Anonymous
08/09/2013 08:35
Subject: Would you let your 14 year old boy watch this R-rated movie?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's not the nudity that would bother me, but rather the iconization of the little shit Chris McCandless. I'd be concerned my 14 yo would come away from the movie idolizing him rather than seeing him as the narcissistic asshole he really was.
Do you get this angry about everything?
No. That book just really pissed me off.
I'm really surprised by your view, because I also read the book and I did not feel it "iconized" McCandless in any way. I thought it made him look stupid and destructive.
At any rate, OP, I think the movie is fine for your son. Talk about it with him afterward of course.
Anonymous
08/09/2013 08:27
Subject: Would you let your 14 year old boy watch this R-rated movie?
http://m.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/into-the-wild
Probably the penis shot that got it an R. Such a double standard.
Probably the penis shot that got it an R. Such a double standard.
Anonymous
08/09/2013 08:24
Subject: Re:Would you let your 14 year old boy watch this R-rated movie?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758758/parentalguide
Based on this ... yes.
I would watch it with him though since this dude basically killed himself. I would discuss how you can be really book smart and totally stupid at the same time with a touch of I can never die syndrome that many teens and young 20 year olds have.
He weighed 67 lbs when they found him - seems to me like he had a death wish.
Based on this ... yes.
I would watch it with him though since this dude basically killed himself. I would discuss how you can be really book smart and totally stupid at the same time with a touch of I can never die syndrome that many teens and young 20 year olds have.
He weighed 67 lbs when they found him - seems to me like he had a death wish.
Anonymous
08/09/2013 08:21
Subject: Would you let your 14 year old boy watch this R-rated movie?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's not the nudity that would bother me, but rather the iconization of the little shit Chris McCandless. I'd be concerned my 14 yo would come away from the movie idolizing him rather than seeing him as the narcissistic asshole he really was.
Do you get this angry about everything?
No. That book just really pissed me off.
Anonymous
08/09/2013 08:20
Subject: Would you let your 14 year old boy watch this R-rated movie?
Anonymous wrote:It's not the nudity that would bother me, but rather the iconization of the little shit Chris McCandless. I'd be concerned my 14 yo would come away from the movie idolizing him rather than seeing him as the narcissistic asshole he really was.
Do you get this angry about everything?
Anonymous
08/09/2013 08:16
Subject: Would you let your 14 year old boy watch this R-rated movie?
It's not the nudity that would bother me, but rather the iconization of the little shit Chris McCandless. I'd be concerned my 14 yo would come away from the movie idolizing him rather than seeing him as the narcissistic asshole he really was.
Anonymous
08/09/2013 08:16
Subject: Would you let your 14 year old boy watch this R-rated movie?
Not in PG-13 movies, or below.
Anonymous
08/09/2013 08:14
Subject: Would you let your 14 year old boy watch this R-rated movie?
Really, it's "R" because of exposed breasts? Everyone has them.
Anonymous
08/09/2013 08:11
Subject: Would you let your 14 year old boy watch this R-rated movie?
It's "Into the Wild," the true story of a free spirit who treks to Alaska and is found dead. I've seen it. The R-rating is for several minutes in which a "hippie" woman he encounters swims and frolics topless. That's about it. As my boy said, he sees topless women at the National Gallery of Art.
I don't see any reason not to let him watch, but want another opinion.
I don't see any reason not to let him watch, but want another opinion.