Wildwood

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anyone been to see it?
took Ds11 today but he only lasted about 10 minutes before we came out so ended up going into Lost Island instead. Just wondering if it's worth trying to get back to see it myself.

Why did he only last 10 minutes? Not enjoying it? And was Lost Island any better? They have been promoting that film for months! (I haven't seen either of them yet.)

so SPOILERS:

opening scene involved a suicide, then there was a scene with coyotes fighting and chasing the kids.

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it was just dark. I thought it looked great but he's not a horror fan, we underestimated how heavy it would be. he adores stop motion and loved .sling his own movies do that's why we went

Ah, yes sounds quite dark! I've seen the trailer a couple of times and it was about a missing child, I think? I love Kubo and The Two Strings by the same company but not sure about watching Wildwood.

I just went and saw it with my grown son.
It is a brilliant movie but not for kids.
It gets scarier in further parts, and has a lot of dying.
There are very detailed war scenes, decapitation, eyes gouged out, shootings, etc and no exaggeration, not a good movie for anyone with PTSD.
The story is gorgeous, and older teens would enjoy it, but I'd have to be really careful about which kids are it.
Very definitely see it yourself before showing an under 13.

ah I'm glad we left early then.

sorry I forgot to answer @mum2jakie, yes we liked Lost Island, stylistically very K Pop Demon Hunters without songs so DS was fine with the scary bits, I didn't want to pull him from scary movie to another!! thankfully only a short gap so could slip from one to the other easily enough.

ah ok it doesn't sound like DH would watch it either as he doesn't really do gore. think it comes off the cinema soon and all the showing are unhelpful times. might have to wait for streaming.

sounds like the 12A rating is a weird one, why not 15 I wonder?

It's PG 13 over here in Canada, not sure about elsewhere.

We loved it, but DS is an adult. I think they should get rid of the 12A rating and make things 12 again. I don't think it needed to be a15, but wasn't for young children either.

Edited to add: what's Lost Island? Do you mean Forgotten Island? We loved that too.

Same with my 10 year old. She loved Coraline, also by the same studio, but couldn’t handle this so we left. First and last time we gamble with a 12A rating!

I've seen Wildwood twice (including the world premiere at the LFF) and thought it was stunning, but it is long, and as much as I loved it I still think it could have lost ten minutes. I think 12-13 would be an ideal age to go, and I like that somebody has made a proper film for teenagers/young adults.

I thought the big battle scene in particular was jawdropping and I barely took a breath for ten minutes 😀. There is an exhibition at fhe Design Museum too for anybody who's interested in seeing some of the sets, puppets and costumes - I went last weekend and it's well worth a look