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Arrrrrgh! You know, I just have to get this off my chest. WTF ? Are some parents thinking. Some guy brought very young kids, under 10 probably around 6 or 7 to Kill Bill. Of course they sit right behind me and talk the whole time. But that isnt the worst part, this movie was not for children in any sense. Aiiyaa!

Same with LOTR. LOTR was not Harry Potter. I heard little kids crying when Gandalf falls in Moria. I can forgive a parent for not knowing LOTR is a darker movie than Potter, but come on. Kill Bill was advertised as being brutally violent. And the sexual references just are not appropiate for a 6 year old to be around. Okay, end old man rant. Thanks for listening. I return you to your normal program.

There were six and seven year olds at the screening of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre I was unfortunate enough to attend. Incredible.

Kill Bill was also advertised as being rated R.

Some parents should know better. Or try harder finding a babysitter. Or if they can't, then just don't go out.

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Kill Bill was also advertised as being rated R.

Some parents should know better. Or try harder finding a babysitter. Or if they can't, then just don't go out.

Some parents are stupid fucks when it comes down to it.

Indeed.

Crap like this is why I'm glad every day that I have good parents...

Damn. What's the point of ratings if nobody is going to follow them.

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Indeed.

Crap like this is why I'm glad every day that I have good parents...

When I was a kid Red Dawn came out in the theatres. I think I was in 6th or 7th grade. My mom would not let me see it. It was being criticized in the press as too violent. So I snuck in, and was fine. But I cant blame my mom for not wanting me to see it. ( at the time I did ) Kill Bill is an order of magnitude worse than that show. Mainly because of the raw language I think. And the heavy sexual overtones.

neoolong wrote:Damn. What's the point of ratings if nobody is going to follow them.

So lazy parent can scream about how some one else should enforce them?

What about those theater staff and managers,what the fuck are they thinking.

The really hilarious thing was that I had my ID checked not once, but twice, before I could get into the show. I have a baby face, but nobody in their right mind would mistake me for 16. The theater checked anyway because they didn't want to take the chance of some underage kid sneaking in and his parents screaming about it later. And then right in the same fucking theater are kids who should be watching Disney movies accompanied by their parents.

Frankly, I wouldn't let children into any shows that stat after 10:00 PM anyway ("Go watch Spongebob or something, kid, the adults want to have fun now"), but it's absurd that if I hadn't had my driver's liscense on me, I wouldn't have gotten into a movie that a 7 year old did.

Montcalm wrote: What about those theater staff and managers,what the fuck are they thinking.

What are they going to do? It is not illegal to bring a child to an R rated movie. As for staff, where are they? The days of ushers, and decent customer service are long over. hehe, some of the managers are barely old enough to see the movies.

These days the only thing the cinema staff does is clean up the theatre between screenings and see if they can spot from the aisle anyone who obviously brought candy from home.

The funniest instance was when i saw the South Park movie in theatres. A mom with her two children, about 5 or 6 years old or so was sitting a little bit off from us. She promptly left when the "Uncle Fucker" song began--while castising her children, who were singing it as they left! "shut your fucking face uncle fucker..."

When I went to try to see Kill Bill, they asked for my ID, I showed them a blood donor card (no pic on it) and was accepted A friend of mine who would have clearly been 18 was not allowed entry. They even posted a few people outside the door to check ID, that makes sense to me.

TrailerParkJawa wrote:I heard little kids crying when Gandalf falls in Moria.

I had a tear rolling down my cheek at that part. Even though I knew it was coming.

TrailerParkJawa wrote:

Montcalm wrote: What about those theater staff and managers,what the fuck are they thinking.

What are they going to do? It is not illegal to bring a child to an R rated movie. As for staff, where are they? The days of ushers, and decent customer service are long over. hehe, some of the managers are barely old enough to see the movies.

I imagine the same thing happen when they go to a porno theater.

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:These days the only thing the cinema staff does is clean up the theatre between screenings and see if they can spot from the aisle anyone who obviously brought candy from home.

My local theater is so understaffed that the person selling the food is the person that collects the tickets.

Heck, if you went in when it was fairly busy you could just walk in without buying a ticket and they would never know.

Gandalf wrote:

TrailerParkJawa wrote:I heard little kids crying when Gandalf falls in Moria.

I had a tear rolling down my cheek at that part. Even though I knew it was coming.

Actually, I think the kids were more likely crying because it was too scary...

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:

Gandalf wrote:

TrailerParkJawa wrote:I heard little kids crying when Gandalf falls in Moria.

I had a tear rolling down my cheek at that part. Even though I knew it was coming.

Actually, I think the kids were more likely crying because it was too scary...

Ah, I see what you mean. I saw some idiot bring young children into Jurassic Park 3, these movies tend to be drummed up to be violent and such, and the two children kept running up and down the aisles, making shreiking noises and such. And don't get me started on the two 4 year olds with the spitballs behind me at AOTC.

If a little kid can deal with it, let them in. Although generally it would freak them out, it doesn't do it to everyone. Especially with a movie like Kill Bill where everything's extremely fake.

TrailerParkJawa wrote:Arrrrrgh! You know, I just have to get this off my chest. WTF ? Are some parents thinking. Some guy brought very young kids, under 10 probably around 6 or 7 to Kill Bill.

I thought the same thing about folks who brought their young children in to see Matrix Reloaded...

Montcalm wrote: What about those theater staff and managers,what the fuck are they thinking.

Most theaters will let a child in provided they have a parent with them. Few theaters have a policy against kids entirely.

Seggybop wrote:If a little kid can deal with it, let them in. Although generally it would freak them out, it doesn't do it to everyone. Especially with a movie like Kill Bill where everything's extremely fake.

Given the movie is rated R, that might prove difficult.

"Sorry sir, your child isn't allowed to enter this movie."
"But he can handle it."
"Oh ok."

I don't see that happening.

Children under 17 can attend R-rated movies when they're accompanied by an adult, although I personally think that kids under 13 shouldn't go to them even when accompanied by adults...

It's NC-17 that people under 17 cannot attend under any circumstances.

A violent film is not necessarily bad for children; it depends on how the child interprets the violence, and whether he has some guidance in that endeavour (that's where the parent comes in). I showed my son "Black Hawk Down" and I discussed it with him, and I believe the results have been positive.

However, it depends on the context in which the violence is shown. A matter-of-fact film like "Black Hawk Down" does not glorify or trivialize the violence (if anything, it does the opposite). However, most action films do tend to do both, and any parent who brings his or her child to a movie like that without first screening it for himself is obviously an idiot. I've never shown my kids a movie which I had not either seen before or had reasonable good assurances about in terms of content.

PS. My 5-year old loves "Fellowship of the Ring", and asks to watch it again and again. Seriously.

The violence to Kill Bill isn't what is so horrible for kids, I think. True, it's extreme, but it's so over-the-top and comical that I don't think a kid seeing it would be a huge tragedy. What would really prevent me from taking a kid to Kill Bill would be the sexual stuff; you know, the brief pedophilia, "my name is buck"...