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to take 5yo ds to see a 12A film?

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LittleLionMansMummy · 16/12/2015 12:02

The film being the new Star Wars one. I know I'm officially 'allowed' to, but would usually check film content (by watching it) before making a decision about whether it's appropriate for him. He loves Star Wars and has asked specifically to see it at the cinema.

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Nataleejah · 17/12/2015 22:06

(I should think it would have been even less child-friendly if Guillermo tel Toro had remained at the helm.)
Guillermo del Toro did create films like Hellboy and Pacific Rim (our family favourite, including cat) -- pretty much child friendly stuff.
Of course -- its not Shaun the Sheep. Depends on a child's maturity and squeamishness of a parent.

knobblyknee · 17/12/2015 22:08

YANBU. My son used to watch The Terminator on DVD every morning before I woke up. He was 3. I found out by accident when he quoted the film at me a few months later. When Free Willy was on tv, and ET, he sobbed his little heart out.
You know what affects your kids, the ages are a guide only.

dodgeballqueen · 17/12/2015 22:27

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Holstein · 17/12/2015 22:36

nataleejah Pacific Rim is a 12A, Hellboy is a 12.
I don't see either as child orientated.

ZanyMobster · 17/12/2015 22:48

Both my boys have loved star wars from about 3 yo, they watched all the films, had the toys and costumes too, DS2was probably younger than 3 as was into it because of DS1. We took them to see The Phantom Menace at the cinema when our youngest was 3 as it was re released , he absolutely loved it. We also took DS1 at age 4 to see a concert version with HD film plus royal philharmonic orchestra which he adored. They have a weird understanding of it all at that age and I find they don't find bits scary that we would if that makes sense, they laughed through Gremlins but it still scares me now. He met the characters at the concert and was terrified of Darth Maul as he said he was real but didn't mind Darth Vader, even though he was huge, as he said he was just Anakin dressed up.

DisappointedOne · 17/12/2015 22:56

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Snoopadoop · 17/12/2015 23:07

FGS disappointed SPOILER or what!!!! You read that most of us are seeing it this weekend right?!

Thank goodness I've looked away quickly and don't know exactly what you've said but I'm hiding the thread now so it no longer appears on the 'threads I'm on'.

DisappointedOne · 17/12/2015 23:24

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dodgeballqueen · 17/12/2015 23:26

And mine as well in that case. It is called star wars though.

SPOILER ALERT
There is also space travel.

DisappointedOne · 17/12/2015 23:35

I think tiggytape gave a lot more information than I did!

OvO · 18/12/2015 00:28

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OvO · 18/12/2015 00:37

Tiggy gave NO information away about the new film.

I am actually totally pissed off.

Must keep reminding self this is not important in grand scheme of things.

OvO · 18/12/2015 00:40

And bloody hell I'm an idiot. I've only gone and repeated your spoiler in my post. Have asked MNHQ to delete it.

DisappointedOne · 18/12/2015 07:30

I didn't say "a death" though. I said "the death" as in "the death and destruction in Syria is completely unnecessary". Hmm

I could perhaps have worded it differently but it wasn't intended as a spoiler!

DisappointedOne · 18/12/2015 07:32

DD is currently hogging the bed covers after a bad dream. "I was in 'I Can Cook' and I didn't break the eggs properly".........:

dodgeballqueen · 18/12/2015 07:45

FFS right back at you Ovo. If you haven't even watched any trailers so as not to 'spoil' yourself, then reading threads about it on the net is a pretty stupid thing to do, particularly on a thread where posters are asking for advice on taking younger children to it and other posters who have seen it are trying to give the advice asked for.

And, yes, do keep reminding yourself it's not important in the grand scheme of things.

OvO · 18/12/2015 08:10

I read a thread that was started before the film was out, unless psychic it wasn't going to contain spoilers. Unless once out people came back to post spoilers of course. Hmm

I assumed people wouldn't be so thoughtless.

Will hide thread now as don't trust that someone wont post more spoilers before I've seen the film.

IsItMeOr · 18/12/2015 08:46

Disappointed I'm assuming you're aware that a bad dream isn't an exact playing out of something that has caused you to feel unsettled?

So that's probably how your DD's brain is attempting to make sense of what she saw today, and to do that she needs to place it into a context that she does understand.

Nataleejah · 18/12/2015 08:50

Eating "heavy" foods before sleep can cause that.

dodgeballqueen · 18/12/2015 09:04

Ovo, if you think that what has been posted so far are spoilers then I respectfully suggest you stay off the internet and email altogether. The header to an email from mnhq tiday contained a poster depicting several main characters from the film. It's equally arguable that that is a spoiler if you have been living under a rock and not known that certain characters appear in the film.

It's called Star Wars - the clue is in the title. It's a film about a war in space. Characters die in it. Many of them. That tends to be the defining characteristic of a war. One of the deaths was a bit shocking and gruesome and that that was the bit that my child got sad at, which is what other posters on this thread asked about.

She was equally shocked/sad when Luke got his hand chopped off by Vader in SW V.

DisappointedOne · 18/12/2015 09:06

Perfectly aware Isit.

SatsukiKusakabe · 18/12/2015 10:32

I suppose all that's left to say is well done on having such cool kids they are unbothered by violence and torture, are too mature and sophisticated for Shaun the Sheep at 5, find Christmas creepy but enjoy a bit of alien maiming.

I'm clearly doing it wrong Xmas Biscuit

DisappointedOne · 18/12/2015 10:34

You're mixing 3 kids up there. DD loves Shaun the Sheep and CBeebies almost as much as she loves SW. And we don't do Santa so she couldn't give 2 hoots about that.

Hey ho.

dodgeballqueen · 18/12/2015 10:43

Yes, quite right Satsuki. For fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.
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LittleLionMansMummy · 18/12/2015 11:01

Satsu, ds loved Shaun the Sheep at the cinema (as did I), cried inconsolably at Inside Out (U), was scared to death of Paranorman (PG) and watched Coraline (a film about a parallel world inhabited by the protagonist's 'other mother' who is evil, has buttons for eyes and steals children's eyes, replacing them with buttons) tens of times over. Go figure. The hugely varying content of these films, and their inconsistent effect on my own ds, makes a bit of a mockery of the classification system as well as a bit of a lottery of allowing our dc to see any films at all. Even Polar Express is pretty bloody dark in places. As I've said, I'll watch the new Star Wars one first and make a decision. It's anyone's guess as to whether my judgement will be correct. Children are inconsistent, their feelings, likes and dislikes wax and wain as they develop. All we as parents can do is apply our best judgement.

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