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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-16-2003
| Saturday, April 07, 2012 - 11:22 am 
interesting. hungergames is pg13 and parents want to bring UNDERAGE impressionable kids to see it.
i'll never figure out the logic in desensitizing. especially when dealing with murdering the weaker/ easier targets and using Suicide as a bargaining tool.
yes i've seen the movie. NO i've not read the books
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, April 07, 2012 - 12:51 pm
I think that parents (rightly) feel that they are able to assess their child's maturity and ability to understand and appreciate the movie. Plus the librarian at my daughter's school (grade 6, 7, 8) recommended the book and my DD (who is 12) read the book.
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Jewels
Member
09-22-2000
| Saturday, April 07, 2012 - 1:19 pm
PG-13, is only a guideline to follow. I am the best judge of what my children can and will watch. Not a rating system. They don't know my kids.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, April 07, 2012 - 2:50 pm
Exactly. The guidelines are guidelines. Every child is different.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Saturday, April 07, 2012 - 4:34 pm
Agree w/all of the above. My DS had read the entire Lord of the Rings Trilogy by age 11 (having listened to them all between ages 9 and 10 in unabridged format). He watched the movies when they came out, even though he was not 13 yet. He wasn't traumatized, but others the same age may have been. Kids vary so much. The only time I really, really got upset was when I saw a 6-7 year old in Terminator 2!! That was over the edge IMHO.
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Jewels
Member
09-22-2000
| Saturday, April 07, 2012 - 5:50 pm
I also think it has to do with how you discuss it with your kids. My son knows it is a movie and not reality. Movies are not real life. It's not desensitzing him to anything because it isn't reality. He knows the difference and we talk about those kinds of things.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, April 07, 2012 - 8:54 pm
I agree. I read the book because I wanted to know what it was like and how the story and the issues were presented.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Monday, April 23, 2012 - 6:23 pm
"This Is Not A Film" 100% on the tomatometer!
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-16-2003
| Monday, April 23, 2012 - 7:14 pm
the desensitizing phemonema is ReAL, whether a parent claims their child knows the difference or not. Same with Violent Blood spurting video games. everyone knows its not real but some are still For ADULTS only.
the ratings are not based on some hysterical over reactor, who keeps their child overprotected and cushioned from real life. ratings are based on EXPERTS who analyze the content of movie or game
i'm not judging parents who choose to allow their child to view Violence or porn, I'm just saying experts ahve done the work, it should be awknowledged
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 6:48 am
I probably would judge a parent who allowed their child to watch porn. Just saying...
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 9:20 am
Roxip, I agree. I also judged a dad sitting next to me who took his young son to Jurassic Park back when that came out. The poor little boy was scared to death, and spent the movie with his head in his father's lap. Even my husband, who was not overly sensitive, thought that was inappropriate. (Our sons, 10, 8 and 6 at that time, were home with a sitter.) If that had been my kid, I would have left the theater, but that little guy (about four years old and probably really into dinosaurs), had to suffer through the whole thing.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-16-2003
| Thursday, April 26, 2012 - 11:15 pm
ya there are lots of parents who convince themselves the kids 'know' its fake.
I had a friend who would take his underage daughter to Brutal violent horror flicks...she was very tall when 9 and could pass for 13.
argggh the nightmares were terrible and the things she'd say when angry when a teenager. by the time she was a teenager, she was very desensitized to violence and would attack even her much younger siblings.
she was removed from home by 14. Due to behavioural problems involving violence. she was watching horrible movies since a toddler.
I know you guys are thinkng> OH its probably just one of those things/ but she craved gore as an older child, and i was there, turning away during some of the torture while she would watch with ZERO empathy or emotion.
i have tons of empathy, i have gotten sick if a horror movie has torture in it.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Friday, April 27, 2012 - 6:00 am
On the other hand, there are lots of people (including kids) who see violent shows and don't end up in her situation.
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Pippin04
Member
10-26-2007
| Friday, April 27, 2012 - 6:41 am
I think it is important for parents to know their children. My daughter was an adult from birth. So movies, books, music...etc were discussed in great detail in our house. I think it is ok for children to see movies if they are mature enough, but you have to discuss things with your children. Maturity has nothing to do with age.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, April 27, 2012 - 4:15 pm
I really don't think it's the movies that cause any kind of violent outbreaks. I'm not saying that a child should be watching bloody, gory horror flicks but the lack of empathy and the violent outbursts are probably something that is inside her to begin with. There is definitely some kind of mental imbalance there.
I used to go and watch a movie first before taking my kids, just to make sure I felt it was all right for them.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Sunday, April 29, 2012 - 6:16 am
Beautiful Boy gets my highest recommendation.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Sunday, April 29, 2012 - 5:04 pm
Just home for '"The Five Year Engagement" - fun and fluffy with some strong language. Lots of laughs!!
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Sheilaree
Member
07-19-2002
| Sunday, April 29, 2012 - 6:24 pm
Good I want to see it tomorrow. 
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, May 01, 2012 - 6:12 pm
Haywire 7/10
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-16-2003
| Tuesday, May 01, 2012 - 10:13 pm
there is no such thing as a child being an adult from birth. the brain constantly develops and changes until around 18 yrs old.
dont take my word for it, check with family doctor if anyone is interested. if not interested, be prepared what may happen mid-twenties.
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Pippin04
Member
10-26-2007
| Wednesday, May 02, 2012 - 6:16 am
Sun what I mean by my child being an adult from birth, was not that she was born with an adult mind.
For some reason she possessed an understanding of how the world worked. Yes everything was explained to her in a way she could understand, but she seemed to always be able to process situations.
A good example is from the age of two, she would sit in an adult resto and behave like she belonged there. No yelling, no tantrums, she had a bag of things to keep her busy but she knew this was the time and place to be busy with these items. At the age of 14 she took trips to Europe and South America, with her school, no parents allowed.
I hope I explained this correctly.
BTW she is now a 21 year old law student living on her own, she speaks three languages, she is a published photographer,and getting ready to do her masters. She has decided to switch to journalism. We talked about journalism being a dying field (my opinion not hers) I was informed it is not dying but evolving (I still think she is wrong, but I could be wrong). As you can see I am very proud.
Now my Niece is 24 and the opposite of my daughter, I would not take her to see the Hunger Games as she could not process what is happening in the film.
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Sheilaree
Member
07-19-2002
| Wednesday, May 02, 2012 - 1:39 pm
I walked out on the Five year Engagement I thought it was so boring, that when I got my ticket for Avengers, can't wait.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, May 02, 2012 - 6:29 pm
Oh yes, The Five Year Engagement was very predictable, but I thought the dialogue was hilarious. We all have different funny bones!!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, May 02, 2012 - 6:32 pm
Pippin, I know what you mean. My daughter always seemed much more than a little kid. When I was watching Dawson's Creek, I remember saying what kid talks like that and then I said oh wait, my daughter does! LOL
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Pippin04
Member
10-26-2007
| Wednesday, May 02, 2012 - 6:32 pm
Not sure I want to see Avengers, I will wait for Sheilaree's review.
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