To take my two DCs to see the new Marvel Infinity Wars film (Spoiler Alert)

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I’ve heard from a few sources it’s dark, violent and lots of killing. We’ve loved Thor Ragnorok and Guardians of the Galaxy 2. I thought this would be like them. My DS is 12 and DD 10. I’m now thinking of not going with DD, possibly DS can go with DH. Anyone seen it yet who can give some feedback? Obviously it depends on the child. My two are fine with some comic book style violence, but scenes of cruelty, torture and killing of the vulnerable is not what Id want them to see. I’ve looked online, so know that there’s a lot of people dying.

I don’t wanna give too much away but there is a lot of killing and some of it is a bit gruesome for a marvel film. The opening scene has a lot of death and it kind of continues throughout from there. Also, the ending is quite bleak, if you google it there are articles on it so you will be able to read for yourself it for yourself if you want to.

My little brother (15) is a massive marvel fan. He didn’t see the ending coming and was actually quite stunned in the cinema!

It has a bit of a different vibe to the guardians and Thor (though there is still some humour).

If the kids are quite sensitive or easily upset then I probably wouldn’t take them. As a marvel fan I did really like the film - not sure it could be classed as a kids film though.

Also it’s worth bearing in mind that Thanos’s aim is basically to wipe out half the universe.

LOTS OF SPOILERS TO COME - YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

There is still lots of humour in it - some great Thor moments (putting him with GOTG crew was inspired), some great Bruce Banner moments - but intense scenes as follows:

One significant and one main character (real fan favourite) die quite brutally very early on in the film - in the first five minutes or so. The scene is a dark post-battle one and they are killed pretty mercilessly.

Thanos sacrifices his daughter to gain one of the infinity stones in quite a protracted, moving scene: you see her death.

We see Star Lord’s grief and rage when he finds out about her death.

There is a long battle scene with some quite intense fighting and ugly monsters (Lord of the Rings style battle in scale and action).

Towards the end, a number of key characters die, including a very moving scene between Vision and Scarlet Witch, and one between Tony Stark and Peter Parker.

There’s quite an unsettling flashback where you see the moment Thanos meets Gamora when she’s a little girl, and her whole village is killed while he distracts her.

So that gives you an idea of what to expect. It certainly is darker and crueller than the earlier films, especially in contrast to GOTG and Thor: Ragnarok, and the ending leaves you with a sense of - what?! Obviously, because part 2 is still to come, everything is left very much up in the air and inconclusive, with what seems like most of the various crews wiped out.

Ok, that is helpful. It’s a shame it is so much darker as young kids who enjoyed the previous films will really want to see this one too. We’ve booked seats in the week for this weekend, but from what you both have said, it might be a bit much for my youngest. The trouble is, you can’t “unsee” something can you? I’m hoping that the next film puts it all right again!

I took DS 7 to see it last night. It was darker and had sad/violent bits but he was completely fine. He is a sensitive child except, for some reason when it comes to films. He seems completely able to separate fact from fiction (more so than me) so never gets particularly affected by them so while for my 7 year old, it was fine, I’m not sure I could say for other people’s.

He did say the ending was sad. In a way, I think marvel films are a good at of introducing children to slightly more complex plots.

The film was ace btw. It was sad, but maybe not more so than lion king or bambi.

That’s interesting. I think my DS is probably opposite to yours! He gets really involved in films, and can be inconsolable. He’s been strangely ok with the Lord of the Rings, apart from a few bits. He is OK now with the Lion King.

We took our 12 year old to see it last night. He thoroughly enjoyed it. But there were much younger kids in the cinema too - one we gauged can’t have been much older than 5. That’s far too young. At the end of the film, we saw several kids in tears being comforted by their parents.
We didn’t take our 7 year old, although he’s just recently watched the first Avengers and Iron Man films and loves them. Definitely the right decision for us. It would have been unsettling and upsetting - and trust me, he is not a sensitive child As well as death, there are some torture scenes, which I would not want him to see. We’ll save it for the DVD, when we can judiciously FF over those bits (much like Anakin in the lava).
10 and 12 should be ok. But you know your kids best - what other films do they watch?

I went last night and will not be taking ds age 9, hes disapointed but it is very dark, and some main characters do die and its not a film like the others that you can walk in and out off and get the plot straight away, there is a lot of death and its pretty gruesome, couple that with the big screen and the volume level and this is why i have said no to my ds. My boys loved thor ragnarok, justice league, wonder woman etc etc so they have seen attack scenes and death but this is more a film to be seen on a tv as a dvd where you can control the volume and obviously its less in your face if you want u10s to watch it imo, which is when ds will be allowed to see it.

Oh no- my DS 10 is there now with DH; he’ll be in bits of there are sad parts and lots of people die! (NB I’m not worried about the ‘suitability’, as he’s yr 6, but will reconsider taking dd,8).

It's pretty brutal for a marvel film. My 12 year old is seeing it today but I wouldn't let anyone younger watch it

DS is home; he didn’t cry but DH did! They think my 8yo should be ok, but they wouldn’t take younger kids.

It is pretty hardhitting

My 13yr old DS was in floods

Ive seen it and I think it depends on the child, but SPOILERS

I imagine it might be upsetting for some to see their favourite heroes in pain/die.

Some of the scenes are quite sad and you can see the anguish in the characters’ faces when they say goodbye/grieve for their friends.

Definitely depends on the child and their sensitivity levels but it’s definitely a lot darker/more intense than previous films. A lot of fun in the series comes from knowing your favourites are not really ever in danger and they will get up in the end...but this one is different!

My nearly 14 year old was still sobbing by the time she got home from the cinema last night.

I was gobsmacked. She’s one of the toughest, most level-headed kids I know. She’s seen plenty of gruesome and scary films before. Never bothered her she be iota.

I think the thing was seeing her lifelong, adored heroes die a graphic and gruesome death.

It was akin to taking any popular kids character movie, and killing them all off at the end.

Imagine Carebears: The Movie, with Sunshine Bear and Tenderheart getting murdered at the end

The Marvel gang are still kids’ characters at the end of the day.

I'm a grownass adult and I was upset by the scene with Peter and Tony.

My 9 year old is usually fine, but this was on the edge of what he wanted to see.

Our main issue was the ending. I think you can cope with more on screen if there is a happy or at least partially upbeat ending. This (like Rogue One) was too dark an ending for kids who may not be cynical enough to understand that it was designed to ensure you pay to go to see the next one...

Yeah, that’s the thing with it.

It’s not so much the movie scenes as such, it’s the actual story.

They are characters that are so well loved, seeing them die is a bit of a bereavement.

I've just come back from seeing it.. one of the best films ever and definitely the best marvel film to date.

I think 10 and 12 is fine. There were plenty of kids in the cinema too, would say youngest around 7, obviously I don't know how they felt but didn't see any tears etc.

It's also really funny to combat the sadness/violence.

No worse than the lion king or bambi?? Really?! I saw it with dhbkast night and there was one veg small child there with his dad, possibly about 5 or so. He was carried out asleep at the end so can’t have been to traumatised I suppose, but bloody bored and tired as it started at 8. I’ve seen so many threads about taking kids to this movie over the last couple of days, and honestly I just don’t get it. I wonder if the earlier marvel films have kind of led people into a false sense of security. This is a really dark, violent film. I wouldn’t have wanted my children watching it, psychologically they’re just not prepared for it. Gore aside, as a child I’d have found the scene with young Gamora so upsetting. And the ending gives no happy resolution. I’ve read reviews since that have raved, but tbh for me it struck a bit of a bum note which surprised me as I’ve loved all the Marvel films til now, having started off going with dh out of a sense of duty. Dh loved it but I was quite bored by the end

I'd heard people saying it was pretty violent compared to the other films. Personally, it wasn't as bad as I feared. Although it's certainly a lot darker than Guardians and the latest Thor, probably more on a par with Civil War.

Some surprising favourites do meet a nasty end. I will not be taking my kids to see it. They're younger for a start. But they're absolute favourite all time superhero is seemingly dead by the end of it all.

Hah! I suppose it is akin to Bambi in an emotional sense.

I saw it this afternoon and I have to say, I think it deserves the 12A classification. Some violence, death and scenes which under 12s might find disturbing. Some bad language too

Just back from seeing it. Half of the characters die, but it is left open how most of them can be brought back to life in the next movie.
At least two of them have sequels in the pipeline so they are not staying dead.

My very sensitive 11 yr old was fine - but she's a comic book fan and views the films like the comics, with the deaths not real or permanent in any way. ("Nobody stays dead in comics, Mum. It's why I love them.")
There were lots of younger kids in the same viewing and I didn't witness any tears - I think they appreciated all the humour and the rest went over their heads. (There was a cute small boy who watched intently except to solemnly cover his eyes at every kissing scene).

However my teenage aspie nephew really struggled with the fact that there is no resolution at all, and having to wait a year for, in essence, the second half of the film. So some kids might need to be made aware of that.

Watched it today. Was surprises to see how many parents brought their very young children, one who sat next to me the boy must be only 4! And most couldn't stop talking. Need I remind people the movie is rated 12! If your kids can't shut up in the cinema, please leave them at home!!! Stop ruining the movie for everyone!