Anonymous wrote:I haven't read all the responses. Pardon me if this has already been said. There are parent or family movie reviews/guides available on the Internet. It gives a count and description of all violence, language (not limited to profanity), sexual, crude humor, nudity, etc content. I use it decide if a PG-13 movie is ok for my older child.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I took my 2.5 & 4.5 year olds and thought it was fine. It was certainly no more violent than when they play make believe Star Wars (and they've never seen Star Wars). I really think people have become too sensitive if you think this movie was bad.
Do your kids act out torture scenarios? You don't see any difference between acting out generic violence like cops and robbers, and tying someone down, making their "blood" heat up until they explode? Not only that, but even though they got the information they wanted, they killed him anyway. I thought it was pretty unnecessary.
Come on! You are taking this movie- and its "violence"- way too literally. I'm not concerned that my child is going to start torturing people because he saw a movie where a car heated up the gas of another car. I believe in sheltering kids, but this is too much.
It's not about sheltering them. It's about the fact they cannot process such extreme examples. You can, but they can't. And if they grow up seeing this stuff as the norm, they can develop irrational fears and/or become immune to the horror of violence. I' not against violence in media, but it has to be age-appropriate. This scene was not.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I took my 2.5 & 4.5 year olds and thought it was fine. It was certainly no more violent than when they play make believe Star Wars (and they've never seen Star Wars). I really think people have become too sensitive if you think this movie was bad.
Do your kids act out torture scenarios? You don't see any difference between acting out generic violence like cops and robbers, and tying someone down, making their "blood" heat up until they explode? Not only that, but even though they got the information they wanted, they killed him anyway. I thought it was pretty unnecessary.
Come on! You are taking this movie- and its "violence"- way too literally. I'm not concerned that my child is going to start torturing people because he saw a movie where a car heated up the gas of another car. I believe in sheltering kids, but this is too much.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I took my 2.5 & 4.5 year olds and thought it was fine. It was certainly no more violent than when they play make believe Star Wars (and they've never seen Star Wars). I really think people have become too sensitive if you think this movie was bad.
Do your kids act out torture scenarios? You don't see any difference between acting out generic violence like cops and robbers, and tying someone down, making their "blood" heat up until they explode? Not only that, but even though they got the information they wanted, they killed him anyway. I thought it was pretty unnecessary.
Anonymous wrote:I took my 2.5 & 4.5 year olds and thought it was fine. It was certainly no more violent than when they play make believe Star Wars (and they've never seen Star Wars). I really think people have become too sensitive if you think this movie was bad.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:On a similar note, Finding Nemo taught my then 3 year old the word "hate". He is very sensitive and misses nothing. It is now a regular word in his vocabulary and it has become a daily fight in our house. Not to mention he taught the neighbors younger kids, thanks nemo!
My 3 yo says hate, too.
Why is this a major catastrophe?
Wait until he hits middle school, Bubble Mommy.