To think 11/12 year olds are too young to see "Ted" ?

[mrsobriain]

My dd has been invited to a party where they are planning to go to see 'Ted' - this is a 15 and I think they are too young.

Ruby its called sucker puch just asked hubby thats the film

Also yes i know you can watch them on line thats why computer is passowrd procted and has perntal locks and is based in the front room so unless he knew the password then got round the parental conrol he would have to watch the film at like 2 am when every one was sleepong and their was no chance of being caught

Just so we're clear I'm talking about films in general not TED specifically (which in case anyone hasn't read up the thread I saw with my DC last week)

Some films are violent but don't include sex, some include sex but no violence etc so I do think that parents can choose what and to what extent they object to things. I resent being told that I can or cannot approve a film for my child but do acknowledge that parents still have that option through on demand, dvds and watching at home. Its only really the cinema that removes the choice.

I don't object to swearing at all and I'm not particularly disapproving of sex but I'm more disapproving of realistic violent scenes. I've said up the thread I tend to watch films at home first or with them and then make a decision within reason I don't see anything wrong with a 14 year old watching a 15 or an 11 year old watching a 12, I don't believe there is a massive difference and I wouldn't vet them.

Its a whole spectrum I've been taking DD2 to see 12As since about 4, never seen anything 'untoward'. Love Actually & Bridget Jones are both 15s but very mild so I still maintain its parents discretion and there is no one size fits all with ratings.

NoWayNoHow and its due to parents who are way off the mark and would try and bring a four year old to see a flim like the hangover they have to isist on id

We went to see snow white and the huntsman a while back at 9:30 ( thats when it started ) and their were somepeople with kids who all looked under 5 teo minutes into the film the children were asking to leave
They looked very confused its a very dark version of snowhite but then it is a 12a so not sure what the parents were expecting and this is the issue their was one secne were she ate the beatin heart of a pigon now the film is fine for a 12 year old but not for a four year old some people have no common sence so the cinemas have to

Ot wasnt just the age of the children that shocked me it was the time the parents had brought them to the pictures

Ok so yes Sucker Punch, have only seen clips of it and I remember Mark Kermodes review, its a 12, and you didn't think it was suitable for a 12 year old, so don't you think that highlights that the ratings are ridiculous and a parents discretion is more important.

RubyFakeNails plesse take a four year old to watch sucker punch which is a 12a and i am sure you will change your mind some films like bridget jones are mild and. The censors are clearly being stingey but on the other hand flims like sucker puch are 12a but clearly should be a 15 and have got away with being a 12 by the skin of its teeth

Sorry but sex sences should worry you just as much as voliance like i said in magic miike their is a secen with a guy with his penis in side a penis pump pumping his penis to make it bigger, followed by drug taking orgy were one guy encoruages another to f@&k his wife if you are ok with a 12 year old seeing that then their somthing very very wrong

RubyFakeNails no what i think it highlights its that some parents judgement is way off and some children need to be portected from it

As we see from the poster who clamis she has no issue with a 11 year old seeing Ted and i actually think most ratings are spot on even though somtimes a flims may nit have sex and vilonce the complicated nature of the plot may be to mature for most children

Just like when a loads of teens came to see tinker talior solder spy and because they couldnt follow the very adult and complicated plot just stated talking amd playing with their phones and just left in the end

You are completely missing my point. What I have said all along is that it is up to parents to make the decision. I don't agree with the rating systems being taken as gospel.

I don't think saying 'I won't allow it because its a 15' is a good enough answer. You should check what it is. I wouldn't take my DD2 to see Sucker Punch, but I've taken her to see things like Iron Man, Transformers, The Harry Potters and similar sort of things. I look at the film description, online reviews and critics comments and I make a decision.

I've seen Magic Mike, with my DD1. I'm not going into specific films, I'm making the point that parents have the right to choose and should exercise that right, most importantly because film ratings are a spectrum you get Bridget one end Magic Mike the other, you need to look at the content specific to each film. I would only allow a 13/14 year old to watch Magic Mike and that is only after I've watched it first. I would allow an 11 or 12 year old to watch Love Actually. I use my own scale, I'm not going to take the edict of some unknown body as fact.

How can you think a film being rated a 12 when you think it is unsuitable for 12 year olds highlights ineffectual parental judgment. They didn't give it the rating did they?

Thought I would come back and let everyone know the children are going to see Step Up 4 - big sigh of relief.

The Odeon in Brighton is showing Ted, and over the top of every poster they have put an A4 notice saying it isn't suitable for children, is a 15 and has nudity and sexual references.
Because there are still parents dozy enough not to realise what a 15 certificate means, or to care.

One of the best bits in the film is the "thunder song"
Some of the choicest lyrics are "Fuck you thunder, you can suck my dick"
I'm sure your 11 year old will love it.

YANBU.

regardless of what individual parents think it its not up to someone else to offer to take these children to see a 15 without seeking your consent.

I went to see this with Dp we are both big fans of family guy and have quite dark sense of humour and even we were a bit shocked at some of the stuff they got away with!

The facial scene, parsnip fucking, thunder song were all relatively tame compared to the liberal use of cunt, reference to Jon Benet Ramsay, thanking a non-muslim half Indian woman for 9/11 and putting on a limp, loop sides face and slurring words whilst pretending to have become retarded.

I'm not going to lie and say we didn't find this funny because w diss, but I know our sense of humour and would not want to encourage this behaviour amongst children.

Amway glad you got it sorted OP :)

I can imagine conning my mum when i was younger that it was a kids film about a talking teddy :) :) hehehe. It is very funny indeed but I think you might be right on the age front xx

Am I the only person who saw the film and thought it was a pile of shite ?

Fourfinger Nope, I went with a mate from work who was desperate to see it and it's bloody awful!

I watched Misfits with DS1 ( 14 ) and we had some chats about what was going on ( sex 'n' drugs and re-animating dead ex-girlfriends and what all ) and it was all rather good as I've no idea how we'd have got onto those sort of topics otherwise!

Glad you got it sorted!

fourfinger no, DS1 and gf went (18 and 19 years old for the bad parent spotters) and said it was rubbish. They both really like family guy and south park etc and had hoped it would be similar to those in terms of humour. DS1 described as not very funny and don't bother watching it.

well i heard 14 year olds get into ted without id i think this is wrong ! but 14 may be ok because its just a year younger than the restricted age

Fourfingerkitkat - nope and I'm surprised that more people haven't waxed lyrical about its crapness.

Not one person in the cinema laughed when I went to see it. Well maybe the odd snigger at the beginning but once you've got over the minimal amusement of a cuddly toy saying "fuck" it's all a bit lame and try-hard.

I see you've got it sorted now anyway, but I just thought I'd add this...
11/12 is the age kids start going to the cinema alone. That's very exciting for them. They get carried away with their own enthusiasm. They don't know how the rules/certificates work... (Bless!)

My DS (12) has been invited to the pics 3 times this year for a 12th birthday... Each time they 'planned' to see a 15. The first time I freaked out a bit and said I wouldn't allow it and I'd contact the parents... It turned out that really they were going to see a 12 :) Second and third time I was more relaxed and just said "Well you can't see that, it's a 15 - you'll need to pick something else"...

On one of these occasions the birthday boy stubbornly refused to admit in advance that they weren't going to get in to see the 15 of his choice, yet they all ended up seeing The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel His street cred took a bit of a blow then

I nearly said I would take my 13 (almost 14) year old to see Ted.This was before I saw it was a 15.

I let her watch 15 DVD's (at home), but only after I have vetted.

Thanks flow4, hadn't thought of it like that. My dd has only been seen to one film on her own with a friend and that was because I was in the screen next door with younger siblings. I will bear this in mind next time something like this comes up (as no doubt it will until they actually are 15) and hopefully, I won't freak out so much.