Why do people bring there kids to rated R movies

[AngetheSlayer]

Ok last night i went to go see The 40-Year-Old Virgin. (Great movie) When we were watching the movie i notcie that some people came with there 5 month old kids into the movie , and some parents have there kids that were the ages of 11 - 7. Why is it that some people do that. Do they not know were to get a baby siter. Does that bug anyone out there too. >:{

[madplanet]

I think that some people just don't care. Way back when 8MM came out with Nicolas Cage, I was appalled that people were there with their children. These kids were sitting traumatized staring at the screen. Hell, I think I was traumatized.

[jetpack42]

I was in gladiator with some grandparents and their 8 year old grandchildren... :blah:

[I_LOVE_ART]

Ignorance

[AngetheSlayer]

I guess some parents dont care if there kids are traumatized. :\

[Sammy]

Man, it's crazy -- back when i was in Alabama people had manners, I never ONCE had a baby cry through a movie ... If it ever started, the mother would simply take the child home.....

But not here in chicago --- I just went to see "Skeleton Key" (god-awefull) and some chica's baby cried through the WHOLE damn movie.
I was damn close to selling that baby on the black-market.

One of my co-workers complained about "Dawn of the Dead" having a quick sex-scene....
He and his 8 year-old snuck into the movie half-way through --- He told-me how embarrased he was to cover his child's eyes when the sex came on.....
Who takes their 8 year-old to go see an R-rated gore-fest and communicates embarrassment when there's sex on the screen?!?!
That's like lesson 23 in the "How To Not Warp Your Kid" handbook.....

This generation's gonna be pretty damn interesting.

[Presence]

I think the problem here is ignorant optimism "No, don't worry, she'll be fine, she'll sleep the whole way through the movie."

I think the same rule applies to restaurants as well, if you have a CHILD, do not presume they will handle ADULT environments the way you would ASSUME!!

[Dizon]

IGNORANCE is STUPID!

[britt]

Not all rated R movies are bad to take your kids to. But, yeah..."Dawn of the Dead" :[ that's rediculous. Gladiator...that's debatable. 8MM...never seen...and 40 year-old virgin...never seen. It does bug me when I see kids in a movie with mature content, but violence is a pretty debatable issue.

I vote yes on the "NO babies in theaters act," as well.

[Prehistoric]

when i was a kid, my mom couldn't always afford a babysitter, so sometimes she'd take my sister and i to a movie that she wanted to see.

i don't think it's ignorant or irresponsible as long as you talk to your kids about what they're seeing. after all, it's no worse than anything you see on the daily news.

[darkarts]

My parents have always brought me to movies that weren't generally supposed to be seen by children of my age as long as it was alright with the cinema. I remember them having adult supervision rules, so it was always ok if you were underage but your parents/bigger brother were there. I find that a good rule to go by - parents can decide whether their child is old and mature enough to handle the movie. Of course you will have parents that will abuse a rule lke that, but of course a line does need to be drawn - kindly do not bring your kids when they're not even old enough to walk. Or potty trained. :rolleyes:

There is a good thing about our Dutch rating system though - and I don't know if this is the same in America - but we have icons that represent the content in the movie, such as sex, violence, racism and language. I find that - under the ideal circumstances of a responsible parent of course - that this, coupled with the supervision rule, allows a parent to decide exactly what his or her child can watch.

Of course, I'm annoyed myself - this comes part from my frustration that I haven't seen half of the good movies the last few months - all because they were rated too high for me to visit, and that rule has been gone since several years. I can remember bad movies like the Last Samurai being rated 16+ because a few heads rolled, and then not a month ago, Star War's had full-blown dismemberment and that was only 13+ Of course, that's flaws in the rating system and not really on topic. :bashful:

[Presence]

i don't think it's ignorant or irresponsible as long as you talk to your kids about what they're seeing. after all, it's no worse than anything you see on the daily news.

And you are right there Pre, but I think you were probably a little older than the age we are discussing, if your children are old enough to be sat down for a moment and spoken to about the film they are about to see (content aside) then they will understand what is happening.

[CaptainInsano]

I think in ANY movie, G or R, every little kid is going to be whiny and loud and bothersome. Not just R.

I remember when I went to see Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets, and the little brat behind me wanted to show off to everyone in the theatre that he had read the book so he was freakin giving away all the plot twists! OOO, Harry ISN'T the heir of Slytherin... I bet you're wondering why Ginny is!... There are snakes in the wall... I wanted to turn around and yell as loud as I could, "SHUT THE FUCK UP!"

...I still want to :upset:

[corky13]

One of my co-workers complained about "Dawn of the Dead" having a quick sex-scene....
He and his 8 year-old snuck into the movie half-way through --- He told-me how embarrased he was to cover his child's eyes when the sex came on.....
Who takes their 8 year-old to go see an R-rated gore-fest and communicates embarrassment when there's sex on the screen?!?!
That's like lesson 23 in the "How To Not Warp Your Kid" handbook.....

Hahaha thats amerika :D gore everywhere but people get freaked out by a little sex scene...

[MoP]

Something I don't understand:
Most regular people have a fair amount of sex in real life. It's a human standard.
Only insane/murderous/unfortunate people ever see lots of killing and blood and death in real life.
Yet kids are allowed to witness this stuff which, by rights, should not be acceptable at all in everyday life... and blocked from seeing stuff that happens every day as a matter of course.
I just don't get it!

I usually pick times of day that aren't kid-filled to go to the movies... if there are any young kids in the audience, then their parents are doing a damn good job of keeping them quiet. I haven't heard a kid being a nuisance in the cinema for a LONG time.

[AngetheSlayer]

I dont know MoP there have been times that i have gone to midnight showings and people still bring there kids. :nohope:
If you try to go to times that you think there wont be kids there will sometimes be lil teen kids that cut school and still dont let you watch the movie.
In a way its sometimes sad to see parents bring up there kids. What ever happan to the days when you did something bad you got a good spanking >:D

[corky13]

Something I don't understand:
Most regular people have a fair amount of sex in real life. It's a human standard.
Only insane/murderous/unfortunate people ever see lots of killing and blood and death in real life.
Yet kids are allowed to witness this stuff which, by rights, should not be acceptable at all in everyday life... and blocked from seeing stuff that happens every day as a matter of course.
I just don't get it!

I usually pick times of day that aren't kid-filled to go to the movies... if there are any young kids in the audience, then their parents are doing a damn good job of keeping them quiet. I haven't heard a kid being a nuisance in the cinema for a LONG time.

I can only guess it has something to do with Americas social and religous history....
America always have been and maybe always will be a religous place and especially the katholicism is very prudish in his ways....

[darkarts]

Pretty much - I think since violence wasn't something you did on a daily basis, the church did not preach on it as much. Nobody needed to know that killing was wrong. Sex, on the other hand, was a topic that I could see that would've come up. Pre-marital sex was condoned, after all. I think I've read several speeches from back then dealing with that.

[look]

what's more ridiculous is the parents who let their kids rent R rated movies, and complain their kids misbehaves and not realizing its caused by those rented movies.

I was visiting a friend's friend's place, the parents let their 9 and 10 year olds borrow and watch movies that's way too mature for them, even I can't stand the blood and gore and sex scenes in those movies. Later on one of the kid was kicked out of school and sent to court b/c he said something sexually offensive to a classmate, and their parents were wondering where he learned that.

[alxcote]

it's their not "there", and it's also where not "were". :wink:



..and on the subject, meh it's the parents choice. what can we do.

[Hayabusa]

i went to see Jackass the movie when i was younger and John Carpenter's Vampires. I was mature enough at the time. Age is just a number. I remember a buddy of mine who was a similar age made a huge fuss about seeing a pair of bare boobs in the movie. Im used to that kinda stuff. It just goes to show that maturity can occur at diff ages. (all be it not at 5yrs old)
It only gets annoying when kids are disturbing MY movie experience, otherwise, i could care less what the hell they do. Theres more shit out there in both the real world and on TV at home (news etc.) that will traumatize kids way more then a movie, especially one about a 40 yr old virgin. Its all about the childs upbringing. they arent going to kill a school full of kids just cuz they see some silly movie. There's way more to it then that, like GOOD PARENTING AND DISCIPLINING YOUR DAMN CHILD. Also, theaters should not make up the parent's minds for them. I was into a lot of violent/scary/gorey movies when i was younger because filmmaking and special effects fascinated the shit outta me. I wanted to see them for way dif. reasons. So in that sence it should be ok. I do agree that there does need to be a line drawn, but ultimately, this decision should be up to the parent and no one else.

it only bugs me when i am bugged, otherwise, meh

[Main Loop]

8mm?? damn.. i couldnt even get through that one..

[JARhead]

I sat in front of some people who brought there kids to Sin City ...

I dont know why they would take them to go see it.

[Smeagol71]

Because a lot of parents are just plain selfish. They want what they want when they want it and their kids aren't going to get in the way of them getting it. In this case, seeing a stupid movie.

The original post asked if this bugs anyone...well yeah! It bugs the crap outta me. These are they types of little incidents that occur over and over every day with so many families and add up to complete disfunction. Sheesh. I will step down off of the soapbox...I will step down off of the soap box...

[Scubasteve]

Its tough to get a babysitter sometimes, but I wouldn't take my kids to see an innoproprite movie regardless. But for something like a Pixar flick, I figure it would be full of kids anyway and wouldn't think twice about taking them to that one. They are pretty quiet anyway... Some people don't give a %#@#^ though, about their kids or anyone else who have paid to see the movie..

[AngetheSlayer]

Yeah i hate it when other people dont care that everyone else paid to see a movie. Like when i went to see War of the Worlds there was this old couple befind us.(when i mean old i mean like 70 - 80 years old) And all they did was talk while everyone was trying to watch the movie.They were acting like as if they were at home in the liveing . I just wanted to yell at at the people. >:{
And i can tell everyone else wanted to. One if my freinds did yell at them i think. :confident

[Rebecca]

Heh. My brother and my cousin were babysitting me, so they took me to see ''American Beauty'' I don't how I got in! :blah: I swear thats true

[~Lover~]

My mum and dad would always take me to films that were ok for my age, no matter how shit it sounded. Anyways, now i'm older i just sneak in to see the films :teeth:

[The BENevolent]

hmm, on one point, i think the age argument is shite, i mean yeah it's bad to take a very young personn to see these type of movies. On the other hand it really depends on whether your child is mature enough. Do they know about what they're going to see, are they okay with it? Parents have to be less ignorant. My parents took me to see the requiem for dream midnight showing when i was 12, only because they knew i was mature enough at the time. this is the same for all people, i know plenty of 12 year olds who would be traumatized by that movie, parents have to know their children, period. whew