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Toy Story 3 - is it scary?

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Tikkabillajive · 28/07/2010 20:21

We're hoping to see it as a family in the next couple of weeks but I'm wondering whether to take my 2 and a half year old ds. He's already been to the cinema a couple of times (Up, which he didn't really get, and Princess and the Frog, which he loved) and watches lots of dvds at home with his big sister, but has recently got a bit more sensitive about scary things. The Times review said it had some scary moments but didn't elaborate. He loves Buzz and Woody but I'd hate it if it traumatized him!

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nagoo · 28/07/2010 20:23

there is, to quote the Nemo DVD, 'mild peril'

My Ds needed a cuddle, but no one dies and everything is fine in the end (for children... you will have to stare off to one ide trying not to weep at the poignancy of a child outgrowing his toys)

JackiePaper · 28/07/2010 20:24

we went to see it today, there are some evil toys in it who i suppose are a bit scary and there's a bit where you think woody et al are gonna burn in an incinerator at the dump (but they get rescued of course) my 3.5yr old dd found it a bit scary, but not enough to make a fuss, a cuddle on daddys lap was all that was needed for the scary bits!!
my ds (6) just thought it was hillarious

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Tikkabillajive · 28/07/2010 20:33

Thank you, that's a great help. It's a hard one to judge as it seems to be really odd things that scare him at the moment, while other things don't bother him at all. Does Zorg or whatever his name is appear much though? He's not keen on him!

I'm already steeling myself for the emotional trauma - I'm so ridiculously sentimental about toys anyway, and bearing in mind I cried three times at Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, I think I'll need to make sure I'm feeling strong before I see TS3!

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cocolepew · 28/07/2010 20:33

I thought the monkey was scary.

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Tikkabillajive · 28/07/2010 20:34

ps Nagoo, I'd say the opening scene of Finding Nemo is far more than 'mild peril' - I have to fast forward that bit every time for my own sake, never mind the kids!

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ProfessorLaytonIsMyLoveSlave · 28/07/2010 20:34

Zurg pops up once over the closing credits, IIRC.

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Tikkabillajive · 28/07/2010 20:35

Oh god, scary monkeys, it is sounding less promising...

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ProfessorLaytonIsMyLoveSlave · 28/07/2010 20:36

Can be uswful to check the parents' BBFC site on this sort of thing.

NinthWave · 28/07/2010 20:38

The monkey is a bit scary but I just muttered something about the 'silly noisy monkey' to my 2.11yo DS, and he was fine. He did ask a couple of times if Buzz and Woody were going to be OK, but he wasn't upset by it. Lotsof giggles!

I, on the other hand, was a snivelling wreck when Andy's mum said she wished she could stay with him forever

LilyBolero · 28/07/2010 20:40

We found it quite scary - ds2 who is 4 was very scared, especially by the culmination of the escape from the daycare centre when it was scary scene after scary scene and he didn't cope with the fiery bit very well. The monkey is very very freaky. As is the baby.

cocolepew · 28/07/2010 20:42

Oh yes freaky baby. I didn't like it much TBH. I didn't think there was much humour in it.

thisisyesterday · 28/07/2010 20:47

is it scarier than sids toys in toy story 1?

JackiePaper · 28/07/2010 20:55

thisisyesterday - i would say yes. the monkey and the freaky baby doll are quite scary i think - although my ds wasn't bothered at all by them. depends on the dc i think

JackiePaper · 28/07/2010 20:56

Ken, on the otherhand is hillarious

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Tikkabillajive · 28/07/2010 22:01

Thanks all, I am thinking I will leave ds with his grandparents when we go and see it - 2 1/2 is awfully young to be going to the cinema really and I'd hate it if he was upset by something. The monkey and the fiery bit sound like the sort of thing he would be worried about. We can always go and see it again if it comes on at the kids' club screenings in a couple of months.

ProfessorLayton thanks for that link, I hadn't seen that website before and it will be really useful for future reference.

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ProfessorLaytonIsMyLoveSlave · 28/07/2010 22:03

I got caught out by the animated version of A Christmas Carol last year ( terrifying ) and try to remember to check there now before going to a film if I haven't had a chance to read reviews and get a sense of the film that way.

Merri · 29/07/2010 01:06

There are scary bits but this is on the whole such a heartfelt movie. And there is a very happy ending and no toy dies (not even the bad toy). You should strongly consider taking your son as it may be his one and only chance to see a Toy Story movie in cinemas. It's a smart funny movie but people fail to remark that there is a lot of morality in this movie. Not subtle morality but more like in-your-face type of morality that deals with family, love, loyalty, doing the right thing and even forgiveness.

People seem to think (and I agree) that the monkey scene is the scariest scene in the movie. And you can watch it on youtube:

If your son can handle this scene, he'll most likely be able to handle the entire movie.

Merri · 29/07/2010 01:11

Oops, sorry wrong link

Here's the real monkey scene:

belledechocolatefluffybunny · 29/07/2010 01:22

Bloody hell, I had nightmares on Monday night, damn monkey.
There were a couple of scenes that were touching, they were going to burn, they were trying to get out but couldn't so they held hands as they fell closer to the fire. They were saved by the claw dudes though.

CheerfulYank · 29/07/2010 01:41

My DS watched it with friends for his birthday party. There were 9 kids in all, ages 3 to 6. No one got really really scared but I can see how some kids would.

Lots O'Huggin Bear is really quite nasty ("Where's your kid now?!" he sneers as he bascially refuses to save the gang from death in the incinerator) and the incinerator itself is pretty scary.

As far as that creepy monkey and Big Baby go, I think that adults are more scared of them because we get that they're supposed to be super creepy. That monkey, for instance, is just like the one in an icky Stephen King story, so I had way more issue with it than DS did! It's very heartwarming and Ken is funny, but it does have some intense scenes that might be tough for little ones.

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