Would you take a child to ROTS?

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NecronLord wrote:
Elfdart wrote:The 9-year-old wondered why Obi-Wan didn't Force push Vader into the lava and finish him once and for all. He also thought Mace Windu should have stabbed Palpatine instead of talking about him being under arrest.
Heh. I wondered that too.
Both wondered why Bail Organa didn't shoot the stormtroopers who shot that Jedi kid or (if he didn't have a gun) crash his speeder on top of them.
Tell them he ran away, and built a secret army that did much the same thing. :lol:
He was thinking that Bail could have saved that Jedi kid.
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My 8 year old little brother has been asking me to take him. So seeing the midnight showing wasn't just a treat on my part, gave me a chance to preview as well. In this case the kid gets terrified rather easily and also takes things too seriously, so the "it's just a movie" explanation won't help alleviate the sheer terror he would get from seeing Anakin about to cut down a kid his age.

We're going to wait for the DVD for him.
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I remember going to see RotJ SE in theaters and when the Emperor started electrocuting Luke a kid started to cry a little bit. Specifically when he said "and now young Skywalker...you will die." ESB was the first Star Wars film I ever saw (caught it on TV), and despite being darker it totally captured my imagination and I begged my dad to rent RotJ. I think I was 7 or 8.

I don't see a big difference between PG and PG-13 honestly and feel its used sometimes for pointless reasons. Someone explain to me why the heck Star Trek: Nemesis was a PG-13 film?

Any movie, PG, PG-13 or R I'd have to consider the kid. Growing up, after seeing films like Predator and Alien, R-rated movies, Jaws, a PG movie (I believe it was re-rated PG-13 for re-release), scared the crap out of me more than either. Why? Maybe because of craft, but I was and always am a little scared about any aquatic predator. Yet I like the ocean. Go fig.

All depends on the kid.
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