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Taking The Kids To The Movies

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Lines:
If it were my brother or kid, I would make him wait until it came out on video. I don't really think it's a good idea, no matter how level headed, for a kid to be in a theater for an R movie until they are in the double digits. But I generally don't like kids in theaters because most don't seem to know how to behave or not be rude. I guess if your bother behaves, then really, it's up to you whether to take him or not, but it depends on whether or not your theater will let him in. Some may not.

Then again, I am that person who will turn around and grab the leg of the kid kicking my chair and dare them to kick my chair one more time. I will tell you to stop once and then your leg is mine.

Border Reiver:
In Canada this wouldn't come up - to buy the tickets to see an R rated movie you've got to be 18+.

Personally, I would wait for the video - if it gets too much for him you can pause, fast forward, or simply turn it off.  As a parent, the key to watching movies in theatres has been the kids - when they can respect the other theatre goers by being quiet and sitting still for the movie then it's all down to the subject matter of the movie and the child.

Lines:
Well, to buy R rated movies here, you can buy 1 when you're 17 and you can buy tickets for others once you're 18.

Orbert:

--- Quote from: StaedlerMars on 15 Sep 2009, 14:27 ---There's a website out there that has reviews of movies from a father with young kids point of view / can you take your kids to see these movies.

I think this is a true statement, because I remember reading a review on it recently. However, I can't for the life of me remember what the name of the site was.

Sorry, I guess this is a pretty pointless post.

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You may be thinking of http://www.screenit.com/.  I visit there sometimes.  The guy breaks everything down into how much profanity (including "F word count"), violence, sex, nudity, smoking... pretty much everything, how graphic, and in what context.  He also gives brief commentaries on each main character as a role model, an overview of which kinds of kids might want to see it, and which kind of kids probably should not.

It's very thorough.  The downside is that the site itself is a fucking maze of advertising and him begging you to "join" his site.  I think you click "No Thanks" twice before you get to the actual content.  But it is very informative.

Joseph:

--- Quote from: Border Reiver on 16 Sep 2009, 07:52 ---In Canada this wouldn't come up - to buy the tickets to see an R rated movie you've got to be 18+.

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True, but R ratings in Canada are incredibly rare.  An R in America is much more similar to an 18A rating in here, as though someone under 18 cannot buy their own ticket, they are free to go in to the movie with someone else who is of age.

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