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Post by melanell on Feb 15, 2016 2:05:08 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!! See, I don't get that. How do you not know or at least guess that a rated R movie "is going to be like this"?? The ratings are marked on posters, at the ticket sales area, on ads/teasers/trailers, etc. Come on, people. they don't just slap an "R" on something for the heck of it.
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Post by 950nancy on Feb 15, 2016 2:35:26 GMT
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. Yeah, I'm not a fan of rude people. Sometimes I just wonder if people even think before they do things. My pet peeve is rudeness on an airplane. Nowhere to go.
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Post by scrapqueen01 on Feb 15, 2016 2:56:57 GMT
A town not far from mine has a drive-in theatre that is open during the summer. Most of the movies they show tend to be action/adventure and family friendly. When dd was a baby and toddler if dh and I wanted to see a movie we would see it at the drive-in if they were showing it. That way we could watch it and not bother others. We would pick up some dinner and eat it while we watched. Children under a certain age got in free and it was only $10 for the two of us. Dd was 5 before she was even close to being ready to see a movie in a theatre.
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Post by bosoxbeth on Feb 15, 2016 3:13:08 GMT
People are so ridiculous.
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Post by debmast on Feb 15, 2016 14:40:37 GMT
My hubby and I saw Deadpool Saturday night. There was a couple that brought a 5 year old boy and probably a 7-8 year old girl. Sat in the front row. We were both appalled. This is NOT a kid's movie.
I have a 15 year old daughter and wouldn't take her to see this, let alone young kids.
The sex scenes alone were pretty explicit and shouldn't be seen by little ones.
I told my hubby I was thankful we weren't sitting near them. I imagine it would be awkward sitting next to a child during this movie.
What is wrong with people?
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Post by pridemom on Feb 15, 2016 15:22:06 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!! See, I don't get that. How do you not know or at least guess that a rated R movie "is going to be like this"?? The ratings are marked on posters, at the ticket sales area, on ads/teasers/trailers, etc. Come on, people. they don't just slap an "R" on something for the heck of it. Anyone familiar with the character would know it's not going to be child appropriate. 20yo DS is a Deadpool fan and I have seen enough of the cartoon version just in passing to know the movie would be inappropriate for kids. Idiots.
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Post by freecharlie on Feb 15, 2016 15:41:55 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!! See, I don't get that. How do you not know or at least guess that a rated R movie "is going to be like this"?? The ratings are marked on posters, at the ticket sales area, on ads/teasers/trailers, etc. Come on, people. they don't just slap an "R" on something for the heck of it. not defending the people at all, just answering your question Many movies get the R rating for a scene or two or something trivial. Remember when if there was smoking, the movie was supposed to be R. So I can sometimes understand not knowing the extent of the R-ness. I'm assuming in this case the male wanted to go. Told female the r wasn't so bad and that it was similar to other comic movies. Woman does no further investigation.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2016 15:53:12 GMT
I bought tickets for tomorrow to take my 14 year old who can't wait to see it and had to convince me to take him! I had said no at first, but he's going into high school this year so I'm sure he'll hear worse there...
I've had movies ruined too. Went the the final Harry Potter movie on Christmas and the people behind us had a baby and a toddler. They were noisy through the whole thing.
I was mad at myself all day for not saying something, so I complain now. Movies are to expensive to have them ruined by assholes.
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Post by jackie on Feb 15, 2016 15:59:47 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!! See, I don't get that. How do you not know or at least guess that a rated R movie "is going to be like this"?? The ratings are marked on posters, at the ticket sales area, on ads/teasers/trailers, etc. Come on, people. they don't just slap an "R" on something for the heck of it. No, they don't just slap an R rating for nothing, but they do have some rather arbitrary reasons for rating a movie R. I've let me kids see lots of R rated movies before they were 17. My parents did the same. But, if you have really young children, I think it's safe to say that an R rated movie probably isn't a good choice for them. I wouldn't take that chance at a theater. And I DEFINITELY would not make an upset child sit through a movie that wasn't appropriate for them--that's terrible! My kids are older now--25, 19, and 16, so this isn't a worry for me. But, when they were a little younger, I would research the movie to determine why it got its R rating. There were lots of R rated movies that my children watched when they were younger that I thought was completely appropriate for them--Schindler's List and Slumdog Millionaire off the top of my head. Also, we as a family are HUGE horror fans. Most horror movies get R ratings. Again, we took a look at why and determined if were okay with it. If there was torture or really graphic violence or sex, we stayed away.
Basically ratings like R, PG-13 and PG are just guidelines for parents and we get to decide what's appropriate for our kids. Yes, I've seen people make what I think are poor choices, but I'm sure some people looked at my choices as poor too. Bottom line, err on the side of caution, particularly when you're going to a movie theater. It's just not fair to other movie goers.
I did have to leave a theater once for my kid (well actually my dh did). It was War of the Worlds (PG-13). My dd was younger than 13 but had watched scary and action movies with us before. This one got to her though. I think it was because there was a young girl in peril. As soon as she was upset, my dh immediately left with her. They hung out in the arcade until it was over. Now of course she was old enough to let us know and old enough to not run through the aisles, scream or cry, and I think that's key.
I wouldn't be happy if theaters stopped letting kids accompanied by parents into R rated movies, but I would understand and deal with it--there's always DVD. I do think it's not a bad idea to not allow really young children into these movies though, especially the evening showings. My theater doesn't allow kids under 6 at evening showings of R rated movies. I think it wouldn't be a bad idea if that age was raised even more, maybe 12 or 13?
I absolutely love going to the movies though. I love the popcorn smell, the huge screen, and yeah, I love the audience. I feed off of their reactions--when they laugh, cry, scream or applaud. Plus, when I watch a movie at home, there's a good chance we'll get interrupted--the phone, the dogs, something. At the movies, you've already set aside that time just to watch the show. Although I love the flexibility of watching movies at home, nothing beats the experience of the theater IMO. Oh, I did have a movie ruined once though, just once. It was a scary movie that I took my kids too and it was a bunch of teenagers behind us laughing and carrying on that ruined it.
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Post by jennyap on Feb 15, 2016 17:30:11 GMT
The ratings system works very differently over here, and it's stories like this that make me thankful for it. Deadpool is rated as a 15 over here, which means that no-one under 15 is allowed to see it in a cinema.
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Post by melanell on Feb 15, 2016 18:00:20 GMT
See, I don't get that. How do you not know or at least guess that a rated R movie "is going to be like this"?? The ratings are marked on posters, at the ticket sales area, on ads/teasers/trailers, etc. Come on, people. they don't just slap an "R" on something for the heck of it. No, they don't just slap an R rating for nothing, but they do have some rather arbitrary reasons for rating a movie R. I've let me kids see lots of R rated movies before they were 17. My parents did the same. But, if you have really young children, I think it's safe to say that an R rated movie probably isn't a good choice for them. I wouldn't take that chance at a theater. And I DEFINITELY would not make an upset child sit through a movie that wasn't appropriate for them--that's terrible! My kids are older now--25, 19, and 16, so this isn't a worry for me. But, when they were a little younger, I would research the movie to determine why it got its R rating. There were lots of R rated movies that my children watched when they were younger that I thought was completely appropriate for them--Schindler's List and Slumdog Millionaire off the top of my head. Also, we as a family are HUGE horror fans. Most horror movies get R ratings. Again, we took a look at why and determined if were okay with it. If there was torture or really graphic violence or sex, we stayed away.
Basically ratings like R, PG-13 and PG are just guidelines for parents and we get to decide what's appropriate for our kids. Yes, I've seen people make what I think are poor choices, but I'm sure some people looked at my choices as poor too. Bottom line, err on the side of caution, particularly when you're going to a movie theater. It's just not fair to other movie goers.
and quoting freecharlie I do understand the entire ratings system is terribly flawed. But I stand by the idea that an R alone is enough to tell you that you should be wary of bringing a 3 year old or 5 year old to see it, particularly without researching it at all. I totally understand bringing someone under 17 to see an R movie. If you look up the reason for the R and decide it's fine for your own 15 year old or 12 year old or 10 year old, that's fine. I saw R movies before I was 17. I don't have an issue with that at all. But the examples here are talking about 3 and 5/6 year olds and at least one parent who definitely did not look into the film at all. And I just don't understand why a parent would want to do that in the first place, before we even get started on how it affects the other movie-goers.
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Post by freecharlie on Feb 15, 2016 18:07:31 GMT
No, they don't just slap an R rating for nothing, but they do have some rather arbitrary reasons for rating a movie R. I've let me kids see lots of R rated movies before they were 17. My parents did the same. But, if you have really young children, I think it's safe to say that an R rated movie probably isn't a good choice for them. I wouldn't take that chance at a theater. And I DEFINITELY would not make an upset child sit through a movie that wasn't appropriate for them--that's terrible! My kids are older now--25, 19, and 16, so this isn't a worry for me. But, when they were a little younger, I would research the movie to determine why it got its R rating. There were lots of R rated movies that my children watched when they were younger that I thought was completely appropriate for them--Schindler's List and Slumdog Millionaire off the top of my head. Also, we as a family are HUGE horror fans. Most horror movies get R ratings. Again, we took a look at why and determined if were okay with it. If there was torture or really graphic violence or sex, we stayed away.
Basically ratings like R, PG-13 and PG are just guidelines for parents and we get to decide what's appropriate for our kids. Yes, I've seen people make what I think are poor choices, but I'm sure some people looked at my choices as poor too. Bottom line, err on the side of caution, particularly when you're going to a movie theater. It's just not fair to other movie goers.
and quoting freecharlie I do understand the entire ratings system is terribly flawed. But I stand by the idea that an R alone is enough to tell you that you should be wary of bringing a 3 year old or 5 year old to see it, particularly without researching it at all. I totally understand bringing someone under 17 to see an R movie. If you look up the reason for the R and decide it's fine for your own 15 year old or 12 year old or 10 year old, that's fine. I saw R movies before I was 17. I don't have an issue with that at all. But the examples here are talking about 3 and 5/6 year olds and at least one parent who definitely did not look into the film at all. And I just don't understand why a parent would want to do that in the first place, before we even get started on how it affects the other movie-goers. I agree with you. I was addressing the 10-13 year olds that may have gone to see it.
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Post by bianca42 on Feb 15, 2016 18:18:24 GMT
My friend posted on facebook yesterday that he and his 7 year old daughter ended up at the movies on a spur of the moment yesterday and looking at the posters decided on Deadpool. It was less than three minutes into the movie when he realized the magnitude of his mistake and he couldn't get her out of the theater fast enough. Even if you didn't know ahead of time, as you are sitting there realizing it's worse than you thought nobody is forcing you to stay.
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Post by jackie on Feb 15, 2016 18:36:44 GMT
I definitely agree with you on this melanell--thanks for clarifying. I also agree with the 3 and 5 year old scenario--honestly, it's probably never a good idea for that age group to see an R-rated movie, especially in a theater. I just quoted your post because I know that some people (and not necessarily you or even anyone on this thread) look at the ratings more as edicts and are appalled if you let your child under 13 see a PG-13 movie or under 17 see an R-rated movie. I can't tell you how many times I've read that the "ratings are there for a purpose" to support that line of thinking. I really just wanted to remind people that they are guidelines (aside from X and NC-17, which do have restrictions) and aren't intended to tell any parent what their kid can or can't watch--that's up to us as parents to decide. But I do believe as parents we should be responsible enough to know our kid and research the movie beforehand so we don't take them to a movie that's not right for them. And have the decency to leave when the child isn't up for the movie, is disruptive, or we can just see that we've made a mistake.
I understand the parent who went to a movie on a whim Bianca. That's going to happen. At least he had the good sense to know he'd made a mistake and fixed it. Hopefully the theater understood and appreciated that and let them go into another movie.
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Post by Really Red on Feb 15, 2016 19:05:31 GMT
I seriously am lucky where I live. People are quiet in the theaters, don't use their phones, aren't obnoxious and don't bring little ones to R rated movies. That said, I now know I'm in for it! I go to only a few pictures a year and the next one will be filled to the brim with all of them!! People just feel SO entitled to do what they like that not only do they not consider their kids, they don't consider others.
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Post by tiffanytwisted on Feb 15, 2016 21:42:34 GMT
You'd think by now nothing people do would surprise me. And yet . . . not defending the people at all, just answering your question Many movies get the R rating for a scene or two or something trivial. Remember when if there was smoking, the movie was supposed to be R. So I can sometimes understand not knowing the extent of the R-ness. I'm assuming in this case the male wanted to go. Told female the r wasn't so bad and that it was similar to other comic movies. Woman does no further investigation. The question here is who is the bigger asshole. The father who knew it was inappropriate and took his daughter anyway or the wife who trusted her husband's judgement. Come on. It's called Deadpool. I know nothing about it and I still would know it wasn't appropriate for my toddler!
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Post by tiffanytwisted on Feb 15, 2016 21:49:13 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. I wanted to include this on my last reply, but can't seem to jump between pages. Anyway, I can't agree w/this enough!! The entitled mindset so many people have just boggles my mind. We don't all get to do whatever we want. If that were true, I'd be sitting on a beach in Tahiti somewhere, w/Shemar Moore (half-dressed, of course) bringing me blue drinks while Bruce Springsteen plays a concert for me & Eric Dane who is sitting in the lounge chair next to me.
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Post by 950nancy on Feb 15, 2016 21:55:25 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. I wanted to include this on my last reply, but can't seem to jump between pages. Anyway, I can't agree w/this enough!! The entitled mindset so many people have just boggles my mind. We don't all get to do whatever we want. If that were true, I'd be sitting on a beach in Tahiti somewhere, w/Shemar Moore (half-dressed, of course) bringing me blue drinks while Bruce Springsteen plays a concert for me & Eric Dane who is sitting in the lounge chair next to me. Way better than watching toddlers all day.
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Post by RiverIsis on Feb 16, 2016 14:15:45 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! Of course it was before they changed the classification system but I know I saw "Kramer vs Kramer" and it was classified R when I was 11. My parents and I discussed it. I wanted to see it. I think the only thing that made it an R was nudity. Now it has been reclassified as PG-13 No, they don't just slap an R rating for nothing, but they do have some rather arbitrary reasons for rating a movie R. I've let me kids see lots of R rated movies before they were 17. My parents did the same. But, if you have really young children, I think it's safe to say that an R rated movie probably isn't a good choice for them. I wouldn't take that chance at a theater. And I DEFINITELY would not make an upset child sit through a movie that wasn't appropriate for them--that's terrible! My kids are older now--25, 19, and 16, so this isn't a worry for me. But, when they were a little younger, I would research the movie to determine why it got its R rating. There were lots of R rated movies that my children watched when they were younger that I thought was completely appropriate for them--Schindler's List and Slumdog Millionaire off the top of my head. Also, we as a family are HUGE horror fans. Most horror movies get R ratings. Again, we took a look at why and determined if were okay with it. If there was torture or really graphic violence or sex, we stayed away.
Basically ratings like R, PG-13 and PG are just guidelines for parents and we get to decide what's appropriate for our kids. Yes, I've seen people make what I think are poor choices, but I'm sure some people looked at my choices as poor too. Bottom line, err on the side of caution, particularly when you're going to a movie theater. It's just not fair to other movie goers.
and quoting freecharlie I do understand the entire ratings system is terribly flawed. But I stand by the idea that an R alone is enough to tell you that you should be wary of bringing a 3 year old or 5 year old to see it, particularly without researching it at all. I totally understand bringing someone under 17 to see an R movie. If you look up the reason for the R and decide it's fine for your own 15 year old or 12 year old or 10 year old, that's fine. I saw R movies before I was 17. I don't have an issue with that at all. But the examples here are talking about 3 and 5/6 year olds and at least one parent who definitely did not look into the film at all. And I just don't understand why a parent would want to do that in the first place, before we even get started on how it affects the other movie-goers. Did you see R movies before PG-13 (July 1984)? My friend posted on facebook yesterday that he and his 7 year old daughter ended up at the movies on a spur of the moment yesterday and looking at the posters decided on Deadpool. It was less than three minutes into the movie when he realized the magnitude of his mistake and he couldn't get her out of the theater fast enough. Even if you didn't know ahead of time, as you are sitting there realizing it's worse than you thought nobody is forcing you to stay. Honestly, I would have thought the trailers would have clued him in. There are two different Purge trailers (Purge and Black Purge) and there is no way in Hades I would ever see a Purge movie, they creep me out to the baser nature of humans.
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