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

I watched it with my 11 yr old twins recently, I fast forwarded the one sexual scene where Jenny takes off her top and asks Forrest if he was ever with a girl. He says yes he was because he sat beside them in home economics, bless him.The rest of it is OK though, she plays guitar on stage naked but it's not sexual. To be honest it was just too adult themed and i wished I held off a bit because i love the movie and would like them to like it. They didn't get the comedy elements like the smiley face or apple investments. One was very upset about Bubba.

Well I watched Home alone with my 5yo, he found all the brutal scenes funny but he was shocked how horrible was Kevin’s mum to him when sent him to the attic even though he was scared and how she spoke to him. Also the horrible language used by his siblings and cousins. That’s what I found shocking when re watching it!
on another note - my kids (5&3 yo) after watching Sing walk around singing - oh my gosh look at her but ! 🤯

Haha. I was bored once and decided (for some reason I can't remember) to watch Gremlins. Holy crap 😳 I'd totally forgotten how much violence there is and I've watched it, and the sequel, loads of times. I ended up turning it off 😆

I need to watch The Shining again. I persuaded my friend to watch Midsommar with me a few months back, a film i really like. Afterwards she was like "wtf have I just watched?" I felt really bad! She's now watched The Substance & says it's much more disturbing so I think I'm off the hook 🤣

This is the thing though, everyone is shocked, don't be its needed my children have always watched horrors with me and action movies with lots of swearing and I swear but they have never swore infront of me because they have respect and if they do swear infront of you the respect has gone.

Not read the whole thread, but has anyone mentioned Howard The Duck yet?

Yes, it definately depends on the child or even adult.

DD watched The Shining at a friends house, she must’ve been about 15. I told her that it was very scary and not to watch, but they did. She was fine and said I’d built it up too much and it wasn’t that bad 😱😂
I do love that film myself though, seems like I’ve seen it a hundred times, but it always scares me!

That's as maybe but he forgot the golden rule in running...always look where you are going and don't get distracted by your ex going for a walk with a new bloke.

One of my favourite films. There are only really 2 nasty scenes, even though it's an 18. The whole tone of the film is quite menacing though. I watched it with dd1 when she was around 14 though we both hid our eyes at the ankle scene! She wanted to watch it, along with The Others when she found out it was a 12, and she was...12. I did warn her it was a bit disturbing in parts

I'm still working on watching Misery with dd2 (16), she's a little more sensitive & declared "it's an 18 so I won't watch it until I'm 18!"

He put in a lot of effort training for track and getting his letter in it . He actually put in way more sustained effort to change than Sandy . Probably ecause he he was the one that needed to! Sandy just needed to relax a bit

He put in a lot of effort training for track and getting his letter in it . He actually put in way more sustained effort to change than Sandy . Probably ecause he he was the one that needed to! Sandy just needed to relax a bit

THIS!!

Most old fairytales are very dark. They were stories for adults. The Grimm’s original of Snow White had the wicked stepmother made to wear red-hot iron shoes and dance until she died. Cinderella’s beautiful but wicked stepsisters cut off their toes and heel and had their eyes pecked out by crows (I think that bit was in ‘Into the Woods’).

Oh my goodness yes this movie is dark! 😂 I haven’t checked but my money is on it having been made for adults to watch, rather than children . Cartoons were so new then

Was my fave film when young(not sure what that says about me!)
I watched the plague dogs and now THAT traumatised me

I was considering Ferris Bueller's Day off for my teen daughter as I loved this film when I was her age. I think I might need to do a bit of research before we sit down to watch though. 😂

It's still a great film. Mine first watched it in early teens and loved it.

I saw this film for the first time when i was about 13 with my 6 year old cousin, he was asking me what it said between me crying with laughter (the only thing i actually did laugh at that movie is boring) as i understood. I told him that he was telling her where the socks and pants go.

We have all turned out alright after watching all of these films haven’t we... so what makes you now think our kids won’t?

Exactly! I honestly think that many on here rewatch what they watched years ago, finding every tiny 'fault' to complain about, seeking to boost their perfect mummy credentials.

Hhostbuster where Dan ackroyd is lying on a bed and the ghost pulls out his belt , cue Dan's 'orgasm' face. My son watched that loads of times and I couldn't remember it.

I hated Grease AND Dirty Dancing although Dirty dancing has an amazing soundtrack, but they both made me feel uncomfortable watching them and that's when I was a teenager.

Edited to add . The attempted rape in robin Hood Prince of Thieves was awful and pretty much destroyed the film for me. I don't think I've watched it since (now in my 50s) just really uncomfortable and felt a bit weird to be watching it, I don't think it was needed, did nothing for the film, we knew he was a shit!

I'm sure your 13 year old hears worse in the playground every school day.

I hate grease with a passion not only is it not apprpraite the storyline and plotholes make absolutely no sense

My generation's swamp scene (which dw its traumatised those of is who have seen it too) is the ant dying in honey i shrunk the kids 😂

It's funny how we forget how much things have moved on until we watch an old tv programme or film.

I guess in the past things also changed but a lot is just forgotten with each passing generation. Whereas we can see for ourselves!

I was considering Ferris Bueller's Day off for my teen daughter as I loved this film when I was her age. I think I might need to do a bit of research before we sit down to watch though. 😂

We have been sneering at Dr Bowdler for well over a century. I expect that 50 years hence the "new prudishness" will face a similar fate.

Yes. I watched this around 11 and loved it!
Tried to watch it with my class of Year 8s a few years ago and had to turn if off! 😳