my3freaks
Pearl Clutcher
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Post by my3freaks on Feb 14, 2016 4:41:32 GMT
I put on a great, big, fat pair of judgey pants today. If you take your toddler to the theater to see Deadpool, you're an asshole. There. I said it. We went to see it today, and there was a couple there with a little girl who was about 3. It's rated R for a reason. All of the previews are for movies that are rated R. None of them were even remotely appropriate for a child that age. Of course, she did not sit quietly. We bought tickets ahead of time so that we could reserve seats in the first row of 2nd level. Nice comfy recliners, no one sitting right in front of you. The mother walked the kid back and forth in front of us multiple times when she was antsy. Eventually she started crying and wouldn't stop, so she finally took her out. Poor little girl is probably having bad dreams tonight.  |
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Post by cannmom on Feb 14, 2016 4:45:27 GMT
That's so annoying. I don't care who you bring with you, just don't mess with my watching the movie.
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Post by MorellisCupcake on Feb 14, 2016 4:53:21 GMT
Amen,sister. I sat beside a girl who was maybe 5-6 years old, and kept saying, "I don't want to watch this anymore, I want to go home". And I heard the mother say to the father, "Did you know it was going to be like this?"
But they stayed. Stupid, stupid people. They just made her cover her eyes during scary/raunchy/violent parts.
I really liked Deadpool, but definitely not for kids!!
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Post by mcscrapper on Feb 14, 2016 4:53:48 GMT
How inconsiderate. I have no issue with a sleeping infant at a movie that isn't disturbing anyone but an older kid at a grown up movie is just rude.
Sorry your movie night was ruined.
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Post by birukitty on Feb 14, 2016 4:57:58 GMT
I agree with you. Completely and totally. That is a horrible thing for a child of 3 to see. Yes, they can see it on any premium channel on TV, but that's not right either or healthy for a child.
I'm so sorry your movie was ruined. I think when a movie is rated R only adults should be allowed in the theater. No children period. Unless they are nursing infants who won't see the images. That would solve the problem of movie patrons seeing a film that's meant for adults and having it not ruined by noisy children, and it would protect children by seeing images that aren't meant for their age.
Debbie in MD.
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Post by cannes on Feb 14, 2016 5:02:10 GMT
Right there with you!
There was a little girl, 2-3 years old sitting next to me at the 10:00 showing of Magic Mike that I went to. Not a fine example of parenting!
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my3freaks
Pearl Clutcher
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Location: NH girl living in Colorado
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Post by my3freaks on Feb 14, 2016 5:02:23 GMT
Amen,sister. I sat beside a girl who was maybe 5-6 years old, and kept saying, "I don't want to watch this anymore, I want to go home". And I heard the mother say to the father, "Did you know it was going to be like this?" But they stayed. Stupid, stupid people. They just made her cover her eyes during scary/raunchy/violent parts. I really liked Deadpool, but definitely not for kids!! So her eyes were covered for most of it?  I loved it. Loved Ryan Reynolds in the role. And I know this is probably my problem, but I was distracted, worrying about her watching some of the previews (The Purge, and the weird Henry movie), and during Deadpool, and she wasn't even my kid. |
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Post by alexa11 on Feb 14, 2016 5:06:25 GMT
That's ridiculous, not to mention RUDE!
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Post by 950nancy on Feb 14, 2016 5:08:01 GMT
There were things I often didn't get to do because I was raising two young boys. My husband worked nights and Saturdays and that was just the way it was. If I couldn't find a sitter (no family near), I didn't go to something. I think it is sad that parents would subject their three year old to something like this. This age group doesn't really get the difference between fantasy and reality.
I taught ten year olds and many of them had seen really inappropriate movies for that age. The parents were fine with it. I don't know. I didn't want my ten year olds to watch women get raped or dismembered. I think it changes who you are at that age. You will have plenty of time to decide for yourself when you are older if you want to watch those images.
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Post by scrapsuzy on Feb 14, 2016 5:23:24 GMT
We have theaters here that won't let kids under 13 into R-rated movies, even with a parent.
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Feb 14, 2016 5:27:36 GMT
We have theaters here that won't let kids under 13 into R-rated movies, even with a parent. Mine won't let in ones younger than 6. I wish they'd do 13, but I can live with 6. But I would have had management involved before the previews were over. |
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Post by corinne11 on Feb 14, 2016 5:38:09 GMT
Do cinemas let children into R rated movies in the US?? Deadpool was going to be R rated here - 18 plus which meant my grandson (turns 18 in April) was going to miss out. Even if his mum accompanied him he wouldn't be allowed in.
It ended up being rated MA 15 so he got in.
I'm just surprised that they weren't asked to leave. Children of that age have trouble sitting quietly for a movie at the best of times, never mind one that is suited for adults. I go to the movies very rarely, I would be really annoyed to have poor choices by parents ruin my night out. Corinne
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Post by workingclassdog on Feb 14, 2016 5:42:14 GMT
You must been at the same place as my friend!! She couldn't believe she was sitting next to a 5 and 6 year old (somewhere in that age range)..
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Post by cadoodlebug on Feb 14, 2016 5:54:21 GMT
Our local critic put a warning in his review: PARENTS, THIS MOVIE IS NOT FOR KIDS!!! I'm sitting on the judgmental bench with you.
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Post by myshelly on Feb 14, 2016 6:00:14 GMT
This is one of the MANY reasons that I just flat out do not understand the appeal of seeing movies in movie theaters.
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Post by RiverIsis on Feb 14, 2016 6:09:22 GMT
I put on a great, big, fat pair of judgey pants today. If you take your toddler to the theater to see Deadpool, you're an asshole. There. I said it. We went to see it today, and there was a couple there with a little girl who was about 3. It's rated R for a reason. All of the previews are for movies that are rated R. None of them were even remotely appropriate for a child that age. Of course, she did not sit quietly. We bought tickets ahead of time so that we could reserve seats in the first row of 2nd level. Nice comfy recliners, no one sitting right in front of you. The mother walked the kid back and forth in front of us multiple times when she was antsy. Eventually she started crying and wouldn't stop, so she finally took her out. Poor little girl is probably having bad dreams tonight. Judge away. Honestly, I would have been out the door asking for a refund and to speak to the manager. I think the youngest I saw nearby was around 10-11 but he could have been a young looking teen. Not a peep. I can deal if the parent/s can. Kids under 10 are often a PITB at the cinema. I honestly don't see why this one couldn't have enforced the age until at least opening weekend was over. We have theaters here that won't let kids under 13 into R-rated movies, even with a parent. Mine won't let in ones younger than 6. I wish they'd do 13, but I can live with 6. But I would have had management involved before the previews were over. Yeah. I think management has a duty to monitor films when they give access to those younger than the suggested age and ask people to leave and give them a raincheck for another day - they don't have to get snotty about it. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2016 6:18:01 GMT
We would go to the dollar movies at 9 pm with son. A pillow a blanket and a bucket of popcorn, he was in heaven and out like a light before the previews. We would slip baby hearing protectors over his ears so he heard nothing and saw nothing. People never knew he was there. Someone almost sat on him because they thought he was a pile of coats. Ahhh those were the days!
But daughter. Oh hell no , Never try to GERD insomniac baby to the movies. OMG she was a holy terror. We only took her once. It was a long time before we ever took her again.
What I don't understand, don't these young parents know how to make their child SIT and be QUIET? And don't they know if the child can't sit and be QUIET then they shouldn't take them out to the movies/theatre/ or any event where sitting required?
Oh yeah, do these parents actually understand the rating system?
And I have a question for teacher peas, what is Tuesday going to like after some of your students going to see this movie?
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Post by RiverIsis on Feb 14, 2016 6:21:59 GMT
We would go to the dollar movies at 9 pm with son. A pillow a blanket and a bucket of popcorn, he was in heaven and out like a light before the previews. We would slip baby hearing protectors over his ears so he heard nothing and saw nothing. People never knew he was there. Someone almost sat on him because they thought he was a pile of coats. Ahhh those were the days! But daughter. Oh hell no , Never try to GERD insomniac baby to the movies. OMG she was a holy terror. We only took her once. It was a long time before we ever took her again. What I don't understand, don't these young parents know how to make their child SIT and be QUIET? And don't they know if the child can't sit and be QUIET then they shouldn't take them out to the movies/theatre/ or any event where sitting required? Oh yeah, do these parents actually understand the rating system? And I have a question for teacher peas, what is Tuesday going to like after some of your students going to see this movie? I would have no issue with your scenario for your DS. I think that is creative and well thought out. The fact that you didn't try to persist with your DD (and I had a GERD insomniac baby so know the pain) shows you understood your limits. Again if cinemas were monitoring the screen and assisting any patrons with issues it could go a long way to make the experience better for everyone. |
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Post by candleangie on Feb 14, 2016 6:56:35 GMT
Agreed! We just got back from that movie, and there were four kids there, between about 7-10.
I can't decide what makes you a worse parent....bringing them, or STAYING once you saw what it was like!
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Post by rhhdk on Feb 14, 2016 9:40:04 GMT
I don't know anything about this movie, but from what you are describing I now better understand this I saw at FB a couple a days ago  |
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Post by ripleysmine on Feb 14, 2016 14:54:02 GMT
We have theaters here that won't let kids under 13 into R-rated movies, even with a parent. I wish ours was like that here, They shouldn't be allowed in rated R movies! |
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Post by mom on Feb 14, 2016 15:02:55 GMT
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Post by auntkelly on Feb 14, 2016 15:20:33 GMT
Some parents are just very selfish and inconsiderate. A couple of months ago I met a friend to see Bridge of Spies at 11am on a Thursday. It didn't have much sex, violence or bad language in it, but it would have been terribly boring for a child. A mother was there with her child, who looked to me like she was 8 or 9. The theatre was nearly empty, but the mother and daughter sat right behind us. I couldn't help but wonder if the little girl was not at school because she was sick, so I wasn't thrilled to be sitting right in front of her.
The little girl did better than a lot of kids her age would have done, but she did squirm in her seat and occasionally say things like "what is going on?" "is he a bad man?" or "how much longer till it's over?"
It was annoying that the little girl was talking during the movie, but mostly I felt bad for the kid who had to sit through a long movie that she didn't care about or understand.
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Post by katiejane on Feb 14, 2016 15:24:02 GMT
Deadpool is a 15 here. That means its illegal to buy a ticket for anyone under that age. The other marvel films were rated 12. I find it weird to see it rated as unsuitable for children and then let them in to watch it.
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Post by cadoodlebug on Feb 14, 2016 16:15:12 GMT
This is one of the MANY reasons that I just flat out do not understand the appeal of seeing movies in movie theaters. We love going to the movie theater. In fact, we have a standing date every Tuesday for a matinee. Can't remember the last time someone brought a child into a movie we were watching. In fact, there is usually no one sitting near us. There are some movies that MUST be seen on a big screen. JMHO, of course. |
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Post by GamGam on Feb 14, 2016 16:19:40 GMT
This is one of the MANY reasons that I just flat out do not understand the appeal of seeing movies in movie theaters.  |
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Post by 950nancy on Feb 14, 2016 16:22:17 GMT
This is one of the MANY reasons that I just flat out do not understand the appeal of seeing movies in movie theaters. I think the huge screen, awesome sound system, and overly buttered popcorn outweigh the risks that a small child will be at a R rated movie. I only go to movies maybe once or twice a year, but it is a completely different experience from watching them at home. |
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Post by melanell on Feb 15, 2016 1:58:08 GMT
There is just no reason for that. And I am the type to try very hard to afford empathy to people whenever possible, but I cannot come up with any situation in which one would need to bring a 3 year old to see a rated R film.
And if one does not need to bring a 3 year old to a rater R film, then I find it very hard to understand why anyone would choose to do so. I don't care how much I wanted to see a film, or how much anyone else in my family or group of friends wanted to see it, if the only way for me to go was to bring a toddler, then I just wouldn't go. And the kicker is, that the people who brought her were distracted by her the entire time, too, so what the heck was the point of even going?
Some situations in life easily allow for you to make a few tweaks to your normal habits, and bring along a toddler. But a rated R movie isn't one of them.
I've brought many different kids to the movies, and most 3 year olds are going to have a very hard time staying seated and quiet for that length of time even when it's a kid movie. But at least when it's a kid movie, everyone around you gets it. It's a kid movie. Many of the other people there will have kids with them as well. Kids moving around, talking, laughing, crying, etc. can be expected.
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Post by melanell on Feb 15, 2016 1:59:07 GMT
This is one of the MANY reasons that I just flat out do not understand the appeal of seeing movies in movie theaters. I think the huge screen, awesome sound system, and overly buttered popcorn outweigh the risks that a small child will be at a R rated movie. I only go to movies maybe once or twice a year, but it is a completely different experience from watching them at home. If I only went once or twice a year, then for sure I wouldn't want to bring a 3 year old with me.  |
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Post by myshelly on Feb 15, 2016 2:01:20 GMT
This is one of the MANY reasons that I just flat out do not understand the appeal of seeing movies in movie theaters. I think the huge screen, awesome sound system, and overly buttered popcorn outweigh the risks that a small child will be at a R rated movie. I only go to movies maybe once or twice a year, but it is a completely different experience from watching them at home. In my experience the chance that I will be annoyed by a rude person if I go see a movie in a movie theatre is near 100%. It's why I stopped going to movies. It is completely different when I watch movies at home - I am alone, it is quiet, no one annoys me, I'm comfortable. An absolutely better experience, every time. |
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