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To be shocked watching back kids movies from my childhood with DD

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Picklepower · 17/02/2025 17:10

DD is 6 and we watch quite a few films together, mixture of old and new. Last Halloween I was so excited to watch a film from my childhood, decided against hocus pocus but went with Casper. Well, turns out not once but TWICE Eric idle's character shouts BITCH at Carrigan. (She's is tbf but a bit much for a Pg film).

Just sat down to watch Charlie and the chocolate factory (from 2005!) and mike teevee says 'even a retard could figure it out'. What the hell!

Any other corkers you've come across watching back your childhood films?

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Bleachbum · 17/02/2025 21:41

BreezyScroller · 17/02/2025 18:54

We all survived, and no one was shocked or traumatised.

We've gone way too far and treat all the kids like babies until they are 18.

💯

I went to the cinema a few months ago with my 14, nearly 15 year old boy to see the new Deadpool film without really thinking. We weren’t allowed in. It’s ridiculous. It’s a Marvel movie ffs. I’m sure my DS sees much more inappropriate things on Netflix and the internet. He was with his mum!

In 13 month he could join the army. But no, no, he mustn’t be exposed to a bit of fake blood or swearing 🙄.

PurpleFlower1983 · 17/02/2025 21:38

GingerLiberalFeminist · 17/02/2025 17:15

I rewatched Home Alone last year and frankly found myself shocked and wincing at the amount of violence inflicted on the wet bandits 😂

Did you watch that programme where they recreated them and said what would have really happened?

surreygirl1987 · 17/02/2025 21:32

InWalksBarberalla · 17/02/2025 21:12

Is this a joke? What's wrong with the word turd?

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I don't like it either @gollyimholly and wouldn't like my kids using that word.

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 17/02/2025 21:31

Picklepower · 17/02/2025 21:24

I don't know id you've seen encanto but the grandmother in that is so horrible to Mirabel it makes it hard for me to watch

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That's why I can't watch Lady and the Tramp. The humans are so mean to Tramp and when they kick him out in the rain after the baby arrives= 😭

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 17/02/2025 21:28

@MumCanIHaveASnackPlease I'm still not convinced she didn't leave him accidentally on purpose. Peter's reaction when he realises they've left him has always irritated me, talk about passive and underwhelmed.

Longtimelurkerfinallyposts · 17/02/2025 21:27

ThisFluentBiscuit · 17/02/2025 20:56

Why shocking though? Curry is the Indian national dish! I wouldn't be offended if I was a waitress and someone non-British said similar to me, but said roast beef, or fish and chips, instead of curry. What mild things shock some people!

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Where did you get that idea from? It's not the name of a dish anyone uses in India at all!

Back on topic:
Watership down was terrifying when I was young. And I have a memory of being so upset by Pinnochio as a toddler that we had to leave the cinema!

But by the time When the Wind Blows came out, we'd already read all of Raymon Briggs' books, and knew what to expect. And even saw the stage version of it at the theatre one time.

There was a lot of other problematic TV in the 1970s & 80s - think most children were expose to things like Benny Hill, James Bond, and of course the Carry On films.

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Picklepower · 17/02/2025 21:24

MumCanIHaveASnackPlease · 17/02/2025 21:14

I hate it because of the level of rage I feel when Frank shouts at Kevin and then Kate’s absolutely shocking parenting of shoving him in the loft. I get so angry about it I can’t watch the rest of the film!

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I don't know id you've seen encanto but the grandmother in that is so horrible to Mirabel it makes it hard for me to watch

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CactusSammy · 17/02/2025 21:24

So much misogyny in 80s films. I am a fan of the late great Bill Paxton, but hearing him speaking the line 'is this bitch on the rag?' about a woman during a rewatch of Predator 2 recently was too much for me.

There was a serious lack of strong female lead characters back in 80s. Which is why I love the first Captain Marvel movie, and why it got such a lot of hate from men.

Don't even get me started on the Police Academy films ... times have definately changed for the better!

MumCanIHaveASnackPlease · 17/02/2025 21:14

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 17/02/2025 17:21

@GingerLiberalFeminist OT but bloody hate home alone as a adult for all the plot holes that I now cannot unsee!

I hate it because of the level of rage I feel when Frank shouts at Kevin and then Kate’s absolutely shocking parenting of shoving him in the loft. I get so angry about it I can’t watch the rest of the film!

Funkyslippers · 17/02/2025 21:13

Mymanyellow · 17/02/2025 20:14

Saturday Night Fever hasn’t aged well either.

Well, it is an 18. And was rated X upon its release

InWalksBarberalla · 17/02/2025 21:12

gollyimholly · 17/02/2025 20:53

We were at a family party over the weekend with lots of young children. Pets or Pets 2 was playing and they used the word "turd" in it which I was surprised with given it is a child's cartoon made only very recently.

Is this a joke? What's wrong with the word turd?

Iloveeverycat · 17/02/2025 21:12

IMBD is good it has a parents guide for violence, sex, swearing and scary scenes. If not sure I always check on there.

surreygirl1987 · 17/02/2025 21:09

There's a website called Commonsensemedia which tells you about movies before you show them to your kids. I've found it quite helpful. Some PG movies I feel are fine, but others are awful, so I like a heads up and this website is pretty good at picking up on the sort of stuff mentioned in this thread.

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 17/02/2025 21:07

@rashdecisi0n darkest of them all... Geordie Racer was about racing pigeons in Newcastle!

cantthinkofaname1991 · 17/02/2025 21:05

ChessorBuckaroo · 17/02/2025 20:33

That and Wizard of Oz.

Creeped out by both of them.

The wheelers and Zombi with her many heads. Loved it though.

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I still have nightmares about the wheelers now! I can’t believe my parents let me watch it… or that it was a PG 😂

AInightingale · 17/02/2025 21:05

NoseyFarkers · 17/02/2025 19:20

Try Watership Down op, you'll realise how tame your previous watches have been then 😂

*Still shudder at WSD, decades later. Anyone else?

Yes! And I've never even seen the full movie. The theme tune was No 1 for weeks when i was about six and the video was a collection of 'highlights' from the film. I found it so disturbing that I had to go and sit at the top of the stairs and put my fingers in my ears to block out the sad music and lugubrious lyrics - I just couldn't bear seeing those poor (cartoon) bunnies squashed on the road with their blood spilling everywhere.

Itwasacceptableinthe80zz · 17/02/2025 21:04

Velmy · 17/02/2025 18:56

Before Joe Pesci dies, I'd give absolutely anything for an 18-rated Home Alone sequel where the Wet Bandits have one more shot at Kevin, and he rigs that massive house up with a bunch of Saw-esque deathtraps.

Oh my goodness! That would be awesome!

MissRoseDurward · 17/02/2025 21:03

retarded was the previously correct but outmoded term. It wasn't always an insult.

'Retarded' just means 'delayed', which is the acceptable term today.

ThisFluentBiscuit · 17/02/2025 21:01

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Waltdisnerd · 17/02/2025 20:59

ChessorBuckaroo · 17/02/2025 20:47

When it was WWF?

I loved that era.

Got too old for wrestling before it became WWE so I only know it as WWF and I've since been told I stopped watching at the right time as it became very tame (PC) and uninteresting by comparison with fewer stars.

One of the very last episodes I saw also happened to generate the highest views (a record it still holds which I read about while reminiscing). It involved the Rock and Mick Foley then the hilarious 'rock n sock' connection. The Rock is one of the most charismatic entertainers I've ever seen. Freddie Mercury is the only other act I can think of who was as skilled on the mic in terms of owning a crowd. This is the skit from that episode: it's called "this is your life".

Mick throws the Rock a birthday party (it isn't his birthday) and various people from the rock's life (including his childhood girlfriend) come on to hilarious results. The beeps that appear in this for his swearing don't appear in the one I recorded at the time. It's prime Rock at his best when he became a global star.

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Watched it as wwf and WWE. I was long time fan! Mick Foley was one of my favorites.

Did you watch the Mr. McMahon documentary on Netflix?

Cupcakes2035 · 17/02/2025 20:58

Itwasacceptableinthe80zz · 17/02/2025 20:55

This episode of Wogan up in my feed the other day. It’s a disgraceful way to talk to a child but “chunk” is so charismatic and confident. He left acting and ended up a lawyer. Great kid!

Still not keen on revisiting the Goonies though.

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thats understandable

socialdilemmawhattodo · 17/02/2025 20:58

Scully01 · 17/02/2025 18:04

I put on Ace Ventura for my kids, and swiftly turned it off, forgot about the sex scenes and then all the trans stuff. Don't know what I was thinking 🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️

A bit like me years ago with the Blues Brothers - loved the music. Totally forgot that the film itself was JUST NOT SUITABLE for a pre-tween!

ThisFluentBiscuit · 17/02/2025 20:56

Suzuki76 · 17/02/2025 19:16

There's a bit in Octopussy where Bond gives an Indian man a tip and says "That'll keep you in curry for a few weeks." DH and I were so shocked we laughed!

Why shocking though? Curry is the Indian national dish! I wouldn't be offended if I was a waitress and someone non-British said similar to me, but said roast beef, or fish and chips, instead of curry. What mild things shock some people!

Teenagehorrorbag · 17/02/2025 20:55

Picklepower · 17/02/2025 20:41

What 😂

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Sorry, it was an A. My brain was remembering me sneaking into an x cert film while visiting granny aged 14, but the film was actually Saturday Night Fever....

Itwasacceptableinthe80zz · 17/02/2025 20:55

Cupcakes2035 · 17/02/2025 20:04

yea, i forgot that part, the truffle shuffle

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This episode of Wogan up in my feed the other day. It’s a disgraceful way to talk to a child but “chunk” is so charismatic and confident. He left acting and ended up a lawyer. Great kid!

Still not keen on revisiting the Goonies though.