Originally Posted By SleepingBeauty82 The status on my sister in law's Myspace page says "'Coraline' scared the bejesus out of the kids." Her kids are 7,4,and 1 and they're so sheltered and spoiled they're practically afraid of their own shadows (God love em). Plus Tim Burton isn't exactly Disney. What did she expect? I don't know. I didn't see it but it looks creepy to me and I'm 27. Would any of you show it to your kids if they were that young?
Originally Posted By Ursula Yes, I would. I loved the story. But I don't have kids. If I did, they wouldn't be so sheltered, though. I would also show them Burton's NBC, too.
Originally Posted By mele My brother (who is 33) thought that it was a bit much for kids but my daughter (10) loved it. NBC used to scare her in a few places, too, but she still insisted on watching it. I haven't seen it yet, so I can't comment.
Originally Posted By SleepingBeauty82 I just can't believe she showed it to my 4 year old niece. My nephew is a wimp but he can handle movies for adults. She really can't. Don't even get me started on her showing it to the 1 year old.
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF The 4-year-old...probably not. Not only would it be likely to scare or creep her out, the movie's themes would be completely lost on her. They might not be lost on the 7-year-old. At that age of development, I would think kids understand wanting to do what they want and not have to answer to their parents. As to whether it will scare him, it depends on his temperament. The 1-year-old might respond to the sounds and colors, but I can't imagine the kid would get anything more than that out of it. By the way...this isn't a Tim Burton movie. He had nothing to do with it. Henry Selick directed it, adapted from the novel by Neil Gaiman.
Originally Posted By KCCHIEF My son is 9.......he was not scared....but, he did not care for the movie.
Originally Posted By SleepingBeauty82 I thought it was Tim Burton! Whoops. In any case, maybe it's just her kids because from what I'm hearing, it's not that bad. Hmm.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA To me, there's scary and there's scary. When my kid was young, the preview to the live action movie 'George of the Jungle' used to freak her out because of the animatronic gorillas playing drums. Why? dunno. So, she was 'scared' I guess. We fast-forwarded that preview... Parents are a bit crazy these days. To get a little 'scare' from a movie like Coralie isn't necessarily a terrible thing. Is it? I mean, are the kids allowed to watch 'The Wizard of Oz'? Those flying monkey scenes and the The Wicked Witch of the West, and even Oz -- pretty intense scary stuff. Just sayin'
Originally Posted By DAR I'm going to watch Coraline tonight probably so I can't comment on the scary factor. But if you're kids want to watch Watchmen because they look like superheroes, tell them NO.
Originally Posted By Spooky Ghost I loved the movie but I do think it would be a bit much for younger kids. Heck out of all the horror-ish themed movies i've seen this year (Friday the 13th, My Bloody Valentine, Drag Me To Hell and so on) I probably found Coraline scarrier than all of them
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF The button eyes creeped me out when I read the book. Gaiman writes in a highly visual style, so much so that when I saw some of the conceptual artwork and early clips of the movie, it couldn't have looked any further than I had pictured. I liked the movie, but I think I'd stick with the book. If I recall, the movie was originally intended to be live-action with Michelle Pfeiffer as the Mother/Other Mother.
Originally Posted By Spooky Ghost <<If I recall, the movie was originally intended to be live-action with Michelle Pfeiffer as the Mother/Other Mother>> DANG! I would really liked to have seen this version! Even if it were animated i'm quite certain Pfeiffer would be quite the improvement over Terri Hatcher.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo My kids (aged 4 and 6) love it, as do I. It is good for kids to be a little scared, Harry Potter, Dark Crystal, Wizard of Oz, it's all good. Then again, I weened my son on Star Wars, Batman and Spiderman.
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle >>If I recall, the movie was originally intended to be live-action with Michelle Pfeiffer as the Mother/Other Mother.<< I wish! I have a weird Michelle Pfeiffer obsession.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 If you won't let the kids watch Coraline - that is each parents perogative-- but then be consistent as many cartoons are intense..no Simpsons - especially treehouse versions, no Wizard of Oz as mentioned- generations of people with Flying Monkey nightmares - no superhero cartoons - certainly no nightly news etc.
Originally Posted By mele I think just the beginning credits would have creeped out my daughter when she was younger. She had a massive fear of skeleton type things so the fingers would have bothered her. She also wouldn't have liked the doll being cut open, etc. I probably would have let her watch it, though, because she's good about covering her eyes when she doesn't like something but not every kid will do that. Of course, we never know what's going to scare the bejeezus out of her. We watched "Space Balls" when she was really little and the part where the alien comes out of the guys stomach and dances scared her to DEATH and, for some reason, she couldn't take a bath alone for years. I have no idea what the bathtub had to do with the whole thing. LOL We're complicated women. ;-)
Originally Posted By lesmisfan I love Coraline! as for letting kids see it, i think it all depends on how old the kid is and their maturity level. For example my 8 year old niece would love this movie and not be creeped out by it, just like her uncle she loves weird and creepy things but for other 8 year olds I have met in the past working child care or doing plays at different community theatres, i have met some that would not be able to take that movie due to some scary factor or they just aren't ready for that kind of movie.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Just watched it last night, and thought it was incredibly boring. Thank goodness for Redbox -- it only cost me $1.00 + tax. The movie is visually cool enough (although there's now a certain 'look' for these types of movies), and the script was terribly over-written. Instead of talking about it -- just do it! Show me. Big problem for me is that I didn't really care about Coraline, or her dumb parents. Recognize that I find 'Nightmare Before Christmas' tedious after the 'What's This?' scene, so your mileage may vary. I didn't really see anything that would disturb young children. That said, I was asleep for a good 30 minutes.
Originally Posted By Ursula <Recognize that I find 'Nightmare Before Christmas' tedious after the 'What's This?' scene, so your mileage may vary. > Ah, that explains you, then.
