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Jurassic world. Is it suitable for young children?

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Duggee · 31/08/2015 21:29

I know it's a 12A but I have an almost 5 year old who is obsessed with dinosaurs. He's not too easily scared, usual things like dark bedroom etc but never scarred of fighting, shouting etc. (Not by us btw!) do you think it'd ne ok to take him or is this a big no?

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noblegiraffe · 31/08/2015 21:36

I wouldn't take a 4 year old. It's pretty tense and lots of people die.

mabythesea · 31/08/2015 21:37

I wouldn't. At one point a woman gets tossed around between dinosaurs biting at her before being dragged screaming to her death under water by another dinosaur.

CocktailQueen · 31/08/2015 21:38

No. I wouldn't. He's a long way under the 12a guidance.

It made me jump and cling to dh a good few times and there is a lot of graphic violence - people being eaten and crunched, lots of tension, lots of chases. Helicopter crash, pterodactyls killing people and dying...

There are plenty of dinosaur films suitable for younger dc. Not this one.

YouCantBeSadHoldingACupcake · 31/08/2015 21:44

My 4 year old dd loves it.

hackedoffnow · 31/08/2015 21:46

No I didn't take my 10 year old it is quite violent in places.

PrincessHairyMclary · 31/08/2015 21:47

No way, only the first 10 - 20 minutes are suitable (whilst they are exploring the park) wait till it comes out on DVD and then show him the few appropriate sections and fast forward the rest.

Indantherene · 31/08/2015 21:56

No. My 8 yo had seen the old films so we thought she'd be OK. She hated it and was petrified.

tribpot · 31/08/2015 21:58

NO. My ds (aged 10) asked to leave because he was scared. Way too violent.

Plenty of other dinosaur movies for younger ones.

BikeRunSki · 31/08/2015 22:01

Ds is not that scared of stuff, but was scared of Jurassic Park last year, so we haven't tried Jurassic World. He's 7 next week.

NotSoDesperateHousewife · 31/08/2015 22:05

I'm not precious with films and my (nearly) 4 year old isn't easily frightened but I wouldn't take him. Watch at home maybe but not in a cinema. He likes dinosaurs in theory, petrified of the animatronic t-Rex in the natural history museum last week though.

tribpot · 31/08/2015 22:30

Agreed - my ds had seen the other Jurassic movies but at home when he was younger.

AwfulBeryl · 31/08/2015 22:36

No, my 5 year old dts have seen some 12s, but I wouldn't let them watch Jurrasic world. As pp have said there are lots of tense moments, attack scenes and lots of quite graphic deaths.

AimlesslyPurposeful · 31/08/2015 22:40

My DS is 9 and he enjoyed it but there were scenes that were quite violent and I asked him to look away.

He did tell me it was "Just a film and not real" but there were two scenes I remember being particularly unpleasant. A man being snatched and eaten and a woman eaten by a swimming dinosaur.

I wouldn't take a 5 year old to see it.

Flingmoo · 31/08/2015 22:46

Shock Having seen it, I wouldn't even consider it. It's got blood and violence. No way I want my kid seeing a person getting gored when they're still young enough for Cbeebies!

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Duggee · 01/09/2015 09:11

Ok I definitely won't take him! I remember 12 rated films being very mild when I was younger!

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tribpot · 01/09/2015 09:22

I've found the 12A films we've been to (not many of them) to be noticeably scarier than PG. But I definitely don't think Jurassic World should have been a 12A - or rather, I think it should have been but they should have cut out some of the real gore and particularly the protracted death scene.

mabythesea · 01/09/2015 09:26

Aside from the gore it's quite a misogynistic film too, not sure I'd want a young child to see it for that reason really! Lots and lots of anti-woman messages in between the dinosaurs.

3rdSymphony · 01/09/2015 09:28

Definitely not. I was quite shocked at how violent it was. And puzzled, because it seemed to be ruling out a good chunk of the obvious 'dinosaur audience'.

Especially the violent, protracted death of the English PA who is seemingly introduced only to lose the children and be killed in a horrible way.

3rdSymphony · 01/09/2015 09:30

And yes to the misogyny. The chilly careerist being either eaten by dinosaurs or being forced to learn to love children is depressingly familiar.

StitchingMoss · 01/09/2015 09:33

I have 2 Dino mad boys but at 6 & 7 there's no way I would have taken them. I think it was shocking that it was a 12A - there are plenty of parents stupid enough to take there very young children to a film entirely inappropriate for them. 12A is a cop out cert for the BBFC who need to grow a pair and stop letting young kids watch such violent films.

StitchingMoss · 01/09/2015 09:34

Their not there!

Spidertracker · 01/09/2015 09:34

My 9 year old hasn't seen the old ones let alone the new one.
I remember being terrified by the first one and having nightmares about it for literally a couple of years. I was about 9 or 10.
There is no way I would see it myself let alone take a child.

hackedoffnow · 01/09/2015 12:55

I must admit I was shocked by how many young children were watching. Confused A row at the front with toddlers, 3 to 6 six year olds and other families with children of 6 or 7. Tbh it ruined it for us as I was worrying about them watching the scenes that were really gratuitous and gory. I think young kids should be banned from cert 12s.

tribpot · 01/09/2015 13:29

Yes, I'd never really thought about but I thought 12A meant '12-ish', i.e. if your child was about 9 or upwards you might make a judgement call about whether it was suitable. Otherwise how is it different from PG?!

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