Why do parents do this?

[bhafc99]

Titanic was in the top 5 but is now not in the top 250.

Sank like a stone, then.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

I went to see American Gangster a while ago now which is an 18 certificate and includes pretty much everything from strong language and bloody violence to drug use and full nudity. A young couple came in and they had a little boy with them, couldn't have been more than 6 or 7. I don't think he watched the film, he looked like he had a gameboy or something but still sat in the seat so could see the screen. Some people should be banned from having children if that is how they treat them

How was the child allowed in the Cinema

 

[Spiros]

Off to the cimema last night to watch the 12A rated Batman.
Sat in the front were 2 sisters, perhaps, 6 & 8, with their parents.

How can Mum and Dad say 'yeah they will love that'.
I'm a 38 year old fat bloke who jumped out of his seat at one bit, which then lead to a torture scene.
Not to mention the facial effects.
And on top of it all that the film finished at 11o'clock, way past bedtime.

When we left Casino Royale, an ashened face girl, of a similar age, would no let go of her father's leg, and they had to 3-legged walk to their car.

What will these kids watch when they are 11/12, years old?
Are these the same parents who say, 'children grow up so fast these days'?
Why would you actively take your kids childhood away?

I just don't get it, how can you be that selfish and still have children.

I have daughters aged 9 and 13 and wouldn't take either of them to a film that finished that late. And I wouldn't take my 9 year old to watch a 12A as she gets scared enough watching Doctor Who. I may be a little old-fashioned but I genuinely believe that some kids grow up too quickly and the blame does lie with their parents.

Also, if you go to watch a 12A film at 8:30/9pm then you really should be able to do so in a cinema free of under 12s

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Completely innapropriate for kids that young. Parents really have to take responsibilty. My oldest is 10 this week, and he has a straight choice between Wall-E and Kung Fu Panda, if he wants a trip to the cinema.

Computer games are worse - kids of 8 playing GTA is totally outrageous. How in hell are they supposed to understand what they are seeing and learn what is right or wrong?

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Completely innapropriate for kids that young. Parents really have to take responsibilty. My oldest is 10 this week, and he has a straight choice between Wall-E and Kung Fu Panda, if he wants a trip to the cinema.

Computer games are worse - kids of 8 playing GTA is totally outrageous. How in hell are they supposed to understand what they are seeing and learn what is right or wrong?

Spot on. And by all accounts both of those films are little classics.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I'm personally hoping he chooses Wall-E. I don't much like Dreamworks stuff, as a rule.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Mrs TRHK and the kids (14 and 15 mind you) went to see Wall.e and really enjoyed it.

 

[London Calling]

12A - up to the responsible adult to decide if the child under 12 should watch it. Considering most of the parents do not fall into the "responsible adult" category, and the cinema staff will not turn away a paying customer, is it any wonder so many children are completely mentally f***ed up? In my Year 5 class, I asked the children who had bought, or played the latest version of GTA. About 12 of them. Many more play Call of Duty, the WWF/WWE licenced games, Halo, etc. They frequently tell me how they have watched the latest pirated horror film, and they give all the details, so they are not making it up. Then again, you should see them playing football in the playground (before I banned them!). They take all the bad influences from the televised stuff, and translate it to breaktime - all the "arms wide, chest out" complaining stuff, "tactical hacking", etc, etc. I used to think that the argument that said that children were influenced by TV was bollocks, but not any more. They are numb to violence, it means nothing to them, and they copy the worst behaviour they see modelled - the cartoon wresting violence is copied to the point where we had a child "drop" from the decking onto a prone child below - he had no idea that he was going to cause serious injury (broken ribs and unconsciousness), because he saw it on telly and in video games all the time. There really should be a "driving licence" for parents.

all the boys at our nursery are into spiderman

i hope none have seenthe film, whilst I can understand the violence in the films, how will a child relate to the green hornet (or whatevr) continually smacking spiderman head against a wall