Taking 6 year old to see Transformers film - 12A rating

[HKgal]

Well should I? Can I? Will the cinema even let us in?

Kids are desperate to see it.

My 9yo DS went to see on Saturday and loved it. It was the first 12A film I've allowed him to watch tho and would not have taken a 6yo.

my 7yo watches the first one on DVD and loves it, we saw the second one which I think is much more explicit and we haven't let him watch that and I don't think I would take him to see the latest one as I understand it's far more graphic.

well i've listened to the link and no there's no way I'm going to let my DS go to see it!

I went to see it with 12yo DS at the weekend. I wasn't bothered by the sexual content for his age, but I was quite surprised at the swearing. I would have considered taking DS from about the age of 8/9 to something like this but not 6. I thought it was quite long as well.

I think I actually missed a lot of the violent bits, as it was towards the end and my brain had switched off by that point...

Saw it yesterday with a bunch of 10 year olds for a birthday treat. Wish I hadn't taken them -horrible - too relentlessly violent plus it's over 2 and a half hours long and they got very fidgety. Also the trailers were really inappropriate. I'd have rated the whole lot 15 apart from the new Johnny English film which looks like good family fun. My bunch laughed their way through that trailer.

If they do go, spare yourself and get another adult to take them. From adult point of view the acting's crap, script crap, story crap.

I thought the point of a "12" was that it was considered unsuitable for children under 12? And that the "A" was a nod to the fact that some children are mature than others and it "might" be suitable for some "slightly" younger children.

Whilst I accept that I don't know him, I find it hard to believe that OP's 6 year old has the maturity of an average 12 year old. So he shouldn't go and see it. Why else bother with film classifications at all?

What is it that makes people think they are, in some way, immune from age guidance? It might well be that some 6 year olds can cope with this film but why take them to a 12A in the first place? It has that designation for a reason. Sod that they might be desperate to see a film, let them wait until they're old enough and don't let them take control by making the sort of decisions that should rightfully be made by their parents.

seeker i just watched that mark kermode rant is is absolutely brilliant!!!

Good, innit!

well my boys enjoyed it and the 'explicit' sexual references went totally over their heads, they just like the robots/transformers and the whole 'save the world' battle.

there were sexual references to masturbation in the first transformers film as well that also went over their heads.

the point of making a twelveA is that some parents can if they wish to take their kids to see the film, its all about choice, fine dont take your kids if you dont want to, but its no reason to condem others for doing so...but hey thats what mumsnet is all about...

all i can say is oh dear i suspect its the parents want to see this with their kids more than the other way round plenty of really funny pg films out at the moment

its times like this you just despair for some peoples parenting

and me having to expalin to parents wh i dont want my 11 playing a 18 rated coupter game i thought they were just being silly but i see now people really dont see the issue dear lord

If the kids are desperate to see it then I assume they've seen the first two which are also 12As?

I think the length of the film would put me off watching at the cinema. It's nearly 3 hours. That's around twice the length of most children's films.

My son really wanted to see Spiderman before they brought out the 12 a rating, when he had a chance on a plane, he found it very boring to be honest, and watched at most 1/2 hour of it. If its got a rating 12a, it really isn't suitable for any one much younger (eg. I'd take a 10 or 11 year old maybe to see Harry Potter, if they are robust).

i didnt go see it as i didnt want to, my dp didnt enjoy it, thought it was crap and preferred the first two, so it was most def about the kids, it was a bday treat, chosen by my 9 yr old, they loved it!

I dont let them play 18 or even 15 computer games, infact they dont play many pc games at all, the ds sits redundent most of the time and the wii isnt even plugged in.

depair away maypole but i have four happy, well adjusted boys who are thriving and doing brilliantly at school, always get commented on how well behaved, polite and well mannered they are, so letting them watch the transformers films doesnt appear to be doing them any harm, its all about context and the rest of how you parent them, not just one film.

which would of made them about 4 and 5 years old when they saw them.[hconfused]

oh dear several poster have said half the plot goes over their heads so why go why not take them to a film were they can understand what the frigg is going on

and if this is the idea of suitable films for a 6 year old i shudder to think when type of telly their allowed to watch some Gordie shore no doubt

to many wanting to their kids mates and not their parents yuk

Dh took ds, who is 6 to see it last week.
They both really enjoyed it and ds wasnt scared, but he has watched harry potter, king kong and things like that with no probs!
Just judge it on the individual child, they are all different1

Here are some things my 7 year old is "desperate" to do

• eat sweets all day
• not go to school (ever)
• play on the Wii all day
• throw away his little sister.

Oh and he also wants to see Transformers but I have told him he is too little for it and he can see it on DVD when he is older.

Why oh why do parents want their children to grow up so fast? The rating is there to explain who it is aimed at. Sure your young child may be ok and the sex/violence/swearing may go over their head but why would you want to expose them to that when there are so many other things that are age appropriate you can do?

Great post, redskyatnight.

haha, top rant!
But I am now horrified that DP is taking DS to see Transformers tonight.

I was misguided enough to let DS watch the first one (or maybe 2nd, I have no idea) in hospital when he was 6. It had a wjhole sequence about masturbation.

But IMO it is a complete waste of money to take children to films for which they are not the right age group.

no they saw the other two on dvd, so in the last year, infact one was an xmas present for the xmas just gone.

never even heard of geordie shaw! and if they watch tv then it tends to be cbeebies, nick jr or disney play house, they also like any science, wildlife prog, and myth busters, and ds1 unfortunately likes top gear

they dont watch any 'adult' tv programes,.

and i am far from my kids 'mate' they would tell you that themselves, when i dont let them have play stations, tv's etc in their bedrooms like all their friends do, i am evil infact but the odd film, watched WITH a parent and explained and in context is perfectly fine.

and just because certain aspects of the plot/jokes go over their head doesnt mean that they dont understand the general theme of the plot!

my three year old likes the cars film but he doesnt totally understand the plot, but he loves the cars, i am not going to stop him watching it just because he doesnt understand the whole film!

well my kids are happy to go to school they enjoy it, as they also enjoy their music lessons, korfball, swimming, football and all the other age appropriate things they do like spending yesterday at the beach digging in the sand and playign tag in the sand dunes, that doesnt mean they cant ALSO watch the occasional film if i or my dp thinks its ok.

I took dss9 and ds6 last week and they loved it my 6 year old loves the robots, knows the film isn't real life the language is bad yes but no worse than what he has heard when his gone to football matches etc which he doesn't copy as knows it's wrong

I don't let him watch Geordie shore he watches suitable cartoons phineas and Ferb etc at home,plays Lego or rides his bike like 4madboys said he is well adjusted and knows it's not real