what did your parents tell you?
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agathacrispies
When you were growing up, did your parents/guardians restrict what movies you could see? What were their rules? How old were you before they lifted their restrictions? Most importantly, how do you think that has influenced your movie watching experience? Better, worse? Do you think you would or have raised your children differently? For those of you who do have kids have you raised them differently about this than you planned?
I'd like this to be answered by both people who were not restricted and those who were..
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There were of course some movies they denied me to watch, such as Firestarter and Child's Play. No wonder considering I was 7(Firestarter) and 9(Child's Play) at the time I wanted to see them!
There were kids on the cover and I thought I could see them. Nope. They even banned Child's Play from being released in theatres here from 1989-2003! On video it was being rated to 18. (Same as R in the US)
On the other hand, I get to see Superman and Star Wars before I was 6. I think that also includes some James Bond movies. The only thing that scared the crap out of me was Jabba. Think I'd seen too much of Fraggle Rock and he reminded me of the Trash Pile. She was DAMN scary!
Remember the first time I saw a "dinosaur-movie". It was Baby:Secret of the Lost Legend. I was so scared when a man got eaten, and my dad told me that it was the music that made the scene so scary. He even made me re-watch it without the sound, so I could "see" for myself that he was right. (Being 6 or 7 at the time, the scene was scary still, but to this day I love this advice of his)
My uncle did the same thing with his sons. They have wathced movies since the age of 4, but he kept them home while they watched, so he knew what they saw. His (and mine) opinion was that as long as YOU can control what the kids are watching, it's ok. He didn't like the thought of putting them in front of the tv and let them watch cable. Who knew what they could find? Hence, the movies. Who cares if they are rated R/PG-13, PG. The kids got told, that if it got scary, just turn it off, or call for the parents.
What did your parents tell you?
agathacrispies
When you were growing up, did your parents/guardians restrict what movies you could see? What were their rules? How old were you before they lifted their restrictions? Most importantly, how do you think that has influenced your movie watching experience? Better, worse? Do you think you would or have raised your children differently? For those of you who do have kids have you raised them differently about this than you planned?
I'd like this to be answered by both people who were not restricted and those who were..
************'
There were of course some movies they denied me to watch, such as Firestarter and Child's Play. No wonder considering I was 7(Firestarter) and 9(Child's Play) at the time I wanted to see them!
There were kids on the cover and I thought I could see them. Nope. They even banned Child's Play from being released in theatres here from 1989-2003! On video it was being rated to 18. (Same as R in the US)
On the other hand, I get to see Superman and Star Wars before I was 6. I think that also includes some James Bond movies. The only thing that scared the crap out of me was Jabba. Think I'd seen too much of Fraggle Rock and he reminded me of the Trash Pile. She was DAMN scary!
Remember the first time I saw a "dinosaur-movie". It was Baby:Secret of the Lost Legend. I was so scared when a man got eaten, and my dad told me that it was the music that made the scene so scary. He even made me re-watch it without the sound, so I could "see" for myself that he was right. (Being 6 or 7 at the time, the scene was scary still, but to this day I love this advice of his)
My uncle did the same thing with his sons. They have wathced movies since the age of 4, but he kept them home while they watched, so he knew what they saw. His (and mine) opinion was that as long as YOU can control what the kids are watching, it's ok. He didn't like the thought of putting them in front of the tv and let them watch cable. Who knew what they could find? Hence, the movies. Who cares if they are rated R/PG-13, PG. The kids got told, that if it got scary, just turn it off, or call for the parents.
What did your parents tell you?