Originally Posted By Inspector 57 Ooops. For what it's worth, I think I made a mistake in describing one of the murder scenes. I think Davy Jones' goons axed those five men to death. Sorry.
Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire My 4 yr old sister loves pirates. She went on the new ride on friday at WDW and liked it. She did well watchng the first movie, and requests to watch it again every once in a while (she watched it at home though). She wanted to see POTC2 so bad, and I wasnt sure how well she would do. Well knowing my sster and after seeing the movie, I know that it was a good thing NOT to take her because of all the 'frightening moments.' I dont thnk it was all the gory, but man, even some parts made my jaw drop. Plus its longer than I thought it was! No way would she sit through all of that, especially when ts not a cartoon )she did great at Cars)
Originally Posted By Labuda I saw a few folks bringing SMALL kids into the theatre when Eric & I saw a 4:25 show today (sold out, btw) - small as in maybe 4 or 5. I was amazed that I did't hear childre screaming. BUT, I did see a few munchkins being take out by Mommy or Daddy, never to return.
Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire I saw someone bring a newborn into the theater. While I didnt think the baby would watch the movie, newborns could cry over anything, so I got mad, but luckily there wasnt a peep out of any children. There didnt seem to be that many anyways. The worse of it was the lady behind me who had a very loud very long very annoying laugh. It was A LOT better than when I saw Cars! Lots of small children in that one though, of course. However some people feel that its ok to let their kids talk as they will during a movie.
Originally Posted By Pixie Glitter I finally just allowed my children, aged 8 and 11, to watch the first Pirates movie (we own it on DVD) a couple of weeks ago. I had been concerned about the scariness factor. They loved it. . . weren't at all frightened. I previewed Dead Man's Chest with a friend at the midnight showing (had already bought tickets online for the family to see the movie Friday afternoon). After seeing it at midnight, I was concerned that it would scare my kiddos--so much so that we took two cars to the theatre so that if either or both became frightened and wanted to leave, Mr. Glitter could still see the rest of the movie while I took the kids home. Turns out my fears were for nothing. Although there were a few moments where the kids jumped or briefly covered their eyes, they loved Dead Man's Chest. So although it seemed creepy to me, my 8 and 11 year olds give it two thumbs up. And these are kids who have seen practically nothing in the way of action/suspense movies.
Originally Posted By disneyfreaksk I have the same concerns with my kids. I took mine (12, 9 and 5) to see it. I tried to get a sitter for the 5 year old... Anyway, they all liked it. Yes it was scary. I pre-warned them of most of the "jumpy" scenes (I forgot about the Krakken screaming in Jack's face). I reminded the 5 year old that it is pretend and just a movie. The best part- NO NIGHTMARES!
Originally Posted By cindyland My 12 year old saw the movie on Friday, loved it, but said it would be too gory for his 8 year old sister. I then read the comments made here (slashing pirates, crows, etc.) and asked my daughter why she wanted to see the movie so bad. She said she wanted to know the characters before we go on the ride this week. So I called Grandma, who has the dvd, and we'll be having a little screening tonight. I didn't want to risk freaking her out on the larger than life movie screen, or giving her nightmares since she's never seen a movie like this. She can watch the DVD when it comes out, but our choice is to keep her home this time.
Originally Posted By Labuda "we took two cars to the theatre so that if either or both became frightened and wanted to leave, Mr. Glitter could still see the rest of the movie while I took the kids home. " Kudos on having excellent parenting skills, Pixie!
Originally Posted By smeeeko ^well SeanYoda & I saw it last night (he got tickets online which is smart thing since the shows were all sold out when we came to print the tickets from the machine) at DtD Anaheim... I want to apologize to anyone and everyone I might have offended about the kid comments.. unlike CARS where it seemed like it was IMPOSSIBLE to listen to the movie because of the crying & fidgeting and popcorn throwing and such. Last night there was only one newborn and maybe a dozen or so 5yr old looking kids in the long queue at the AMC. None of them started fussing although it did look like one family left early on. ROCK ON YOU BRAVE little boys & girls! whoo hoo! (now if only the same can be said about the El Cap crowd when we go to see Pirates2 again) btw: not sure if it contributed to the enjoyment or not but I saw one little girl in line with her small stuffed bear..
Originally Posted By ajnhollysmommy I took Andrew to see it yesterday. He is 6. He sat better threw this movie then he did with Cars. But my kid is strange. His favorite movie is Jaws 1,2 and 3. Andrew did tell his friend that this movie would be too scary for him and that his friend needs to wait to see it until he is 10 LOL
Originally Posted By p-n-p06 We took four kids ages 9-15 and they loved it. The 9 yr old is a girl, and she doesn't like scary or violent movies (parents monitor her watching heavily) so if something was building up to a violent conclusion she just looked away or covered her eyes and we told her when it had passed. Most of the violence in Dead Man's Chest is implied but it is a VERY dark film, and there are many images throughout that are just plain gross to look--even for an adult if you are squeamish. It is a fun movie but it definately pushes the PG-13 envelope to the limit in my opinion.
Originally Posted By basil fan I'd've guessed 12 or 13 as an appropriate age, but not all 12-year-olds are alike, of course. Beyond Experiment 626 <a href="http://www.whatstisgalore.com/disney/stitch.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatstisgalore.com/ disney/stitch.html</a>
Originally Posted By mj9401 We took both our boys to POTC 2 (ages 12 and nearly 5) but we went to the drive-ins so our youngest could only annoy us....we discovered he is not quite ready to be taken to the cinema as he is still likes to talk and move around alot!! Our youngest is huge fan of POTC 1 and watches Nightmare before Christmas on a weekly basis and his fave ride at DL is the Haunted Mansion so I didn't think we would have a problem. I asked him after the movie if he was scared and he told me "It's only pretend mum"..and rolled his eyes at me LOL!!
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <I took Andrew to see it yesterday. He is 6. He sat better threw this movie then he did with Cars. But my kid is strange. His favorite movie is Jaws 1,2 and 3. < it's amazing what kids will get into, my 12 year old daughters' favorite movies are the Godfather 1,2,3......
Originally Posted By nevadarebel we took our 10,8 and 6 year olds last week and they loved it. I think I was more creeped out then they were. The Davy Jones crew is a little bizarre but now we have a pirates invasion at our house (6year olds birthday was 2 days after we saw the movie and that is all he wanted) I now have a pirate with eyes all over his face each day. Just be the judge of your kids. My kids are not afraid of much so I felt ok taking them but just because mine were not afraid, your might be based on their own personalities. Good luck and enjoy it. We went to a 4:00 showing so that if adults were worried about kids, they could go later. My kids love the movies and sit quietly but I can't say the same for some adults next to us and behind us that were text messaging each other the entire time. VERY ANNOYING. I would take my kids over them anytime!
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 <<adults next to us and behind us that were text messaging each other the entire time. VERY ANNOYING.>> UGH! You're KIDDING! I mean, well, obviously you're not. I just cannot believe that! UGH!
