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Jurassic World.. Any thoughts on taking youngish children?

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Methe · 10/06/2015 19:19

It's a 12A

Ds is 6.5 and has seen all the others, has seen the trailers and is desperate to go. DD is ten. Dh and I are considering taking them at the weekend. Neither of them are easily scared and are quite robust.

Not sure what to do.

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fattymcfatfat · 13/06/2015 19:37

DS (6) absolutely loved it.

FujimotosElixir · 13/06/2015 19:40

I took my 5 year old to see it today, i covered his eyes a few times but he was OK.

tribpot · 13/06/2015 19:46

My ds (10 next week) asked to leave before the end. He's also seen all the others. He just found it too scary, and he's seen Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter stabs the basilisk through the roof of its mouth). He would also wish to point out he's seen the Hobbit movies (he has mentioned that several times since we came home).

I think there may have been too much death (although I'm pleased to say in the Lego game it turns out everyone who got eaten by the sea monster has been happily living in its stomach, for example!) - the guards are sent out with heart monitors on so in the control room you get this horrible flat lining up on a massive screen every time one of them is picked off.

FujimotosElixir · 13/06/2015 22:47

the body count is much higher but i think with jurpark you do know what youre getting its the same formula. the bit where the guards get sent out and its clawed out its tracker in the back of its neck made ds a bit scared he hid his face, i asked if he was alright , i made it clear if he wanted to leave anytime i would. hes since said it wasn't too scary shrugs this thread shows how children vary so much. this is a kid who cant sit through the nightmare before Christmas.

Silverturnip · 13/06/2015 22:54

DH took DS 9 to see it today. Apparently he sat with his eyes covered for alot of it. In DS's words it was lots of killing and violence.

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Methe · 13/06/2015 23:12

We saw it today and they both loved it

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FujimotosElixir · 14/06/2015 07:48

it is more violent than the other 2 where the raptor ate Vincent do'fronios hand i covered ds's eyes.

Moln · 14/06/2015 09:54

My DS wants to go back!! I think he's so disappointed to have left early.

He thinks he'll be less scared if it's 2d.

Tillyscoutsmum · 14/06/2015 09:57

DS (5) absolutely loved it. DD (8) would've been petrified (she, however, is disturbed by Tom & Jerry ). If yours are robust types, then I'm sure they'll love it.

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DandyDan · 14/06/2015 19:34

My kids saw Jurassic Park when they were quite young; now mostly grown (18+) they all came to see this yesterday with us, and all agreed that there is no way they would recommend an under-10 to see it. The peril is extended and the deaths are gruesome and graphically extended in one particular case. The cinema was full of young parents with very young children, many of whom were curled up on laps hiding their faces and having to be taken out, scared, or asking loudly "why is that man doing that?"

I found it quite disturbing that you would take your young children to this without checking out first as adults. It should have been a 12. Yes, there might be the occasional child who is fine and undisturbed by the gore and the danger and the gruesome deaths, but the big-screen experience is far more scary than managing it in a safer living-room environment.

HermioneWeasley · 14/06/2015 19:36

I thought it was much less scary and tense than the first JP movie. It was cartoonish - lots of giant dinos chomping everything in sight

FujimotosElixir · 14/06/2015 20:46

because you kniw your own child, audience's change in 20 years. some children are more robust than others.

ArcheryAnnie · 15/06/2015 12:28

I think there is a big difference in this film between 2D and 3D - 3D would be way, waaaaay scarier. If you have any hesitation in taking your kids, go to the 2D screening. (I wouldn't have taken my DS to this at 10, but at 13 he's obviously totally fine.)

fattymcfatfat · 15/06/2015 12:45

really? we watched it in 3D. there's nothing like I thought there would be, no dinos coming out of the screen at you etc. we were actually a bit disappointed, even the 6 yo was waiting to "get eaten"

ArcheryAnnie · 15/06/2015 12:48

...I really don't think I'd have wanted my kid to see the 3D version of a woman's body repeatedly thrown around before being eaten.

(That was the worst bit for me. It went on waaaay too long. Also poor Katie McGrath!)

fattymcfatfat · 15/06/2015 12:53

I thought the first film was worse. but then as a family in general we don't scare easy. and my 6 yo knows it's not real so he has no reason to get upset or scared by it

ArcheryAnnie · 15/06/2015 13:23

Er, my kid knows it's not real either. So do I. And yet we are still moved in various ways by fiction - sadness, joy, fear. That's how fiction works. Otherwise, what's the point?

fattymcfatfat · 15/06/2015 13:40

I never said you didn't know. I was just pointing out that he doesn't get scared of things that don't and can't ever affect him in real life. he knows that dinos are extinct and they are not coming back so what reason does he have to be scared? he is more likely to be scared by a film with giant spiders eating people, as he sees spiders in every day life IYSWIM. spiders are real, dinosaurs aren't. it's just the way his brain works. (he doesn't get scared of spiders, it's just an example, but then again he's never seen spiders eating people )

GobblersKnob · 15/06/2015 13:49

Took my nearly 11yo last night, personally wouldn't take an under 10, even I was scared and slightly revolted by certain bits. Ds loved it and had been desperate to see it, but I think was a bit overwhelmed at times, it's got quite an adult feel, though agree this feels more comedic than any of the others. It pokes fun at itself quite a bit, though I'm not sure a child would appreciate that through the endless slaughter

They did a good job on it though I thought.

Baies · 15/06/2015 13:53

I took my 8 year old in Saturday night and he loved it! However he was scared and his heart was racing away and he was jiggling up and down. His palms were soaking wet and his eyes were like saucers!

There is a high body count - probably around 20 or so - and some blood spattering about but the main terror co eps from the music and the bloody great big evil dinosaur!

I'd say it's fine for a robust child of about 7 years up but not good if your child is sensitive

Baddz · 15/06/2015 13:53

I took my 12 and nearly 7 year old to see it.
7 year old did cover his eyes a couple of times, but loved it. It was just a long film for little ones I think.
There is no way my eldest would have watched it at nearly 7...all kids are different.

ArcheryAnnie · 15/06/2015 13:54

I must admit I thought of Tblisi - a real city full of ordinary people doing ordinary things, like every other city in the world, but which has suddenly had to cope with serious predators (lions, bears, wolves and so on) roaming free after the awful floods broke the zoo open. Nobody has died by animal (yet), but I really feel for them - to have a situation you would never imagine would intrude on your daily life suddenly be real.

youngestisapyscho · 15/06/2015 14:01

We took DD8 who loved it, DD13 refused to come!

fattymcfatfat · 15/06/2015 14:03

archery when my DS saw that on the news I had to assure him that no one was hurt and that it was no where near us so we were safe. he's sad that some animals had to be killed and he said he hopes no one gets hurt, but that's real life so he can relate to that more than he could Jurassic world. that's all I meant by my post saying he knows it's not real

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