Originally Posted By brotherdave Has anyone went to see this? My 10 year old son wants to, and just wondered if it was worth seeing or not.
Originally Posted By mater4 I have 2 kids DD8 and DS almost 5. Is this something they will be ok seeing? They love Pirates of the Carribean ( we covered DS eyes for some parts of violence ) and are not easily scared by strange creatures.
Originally Posted By jonvn Yes, it will be ok. I took my 5 year old son to the film, and he enjoyed it. It is not as violent os the pirate movies. Just some monsters chasing some kids. But the kids win. There is divorce talk, and emotions stemming from that. Other than that, and the rape scene, it's pretty bland. Ok, there really is no rape scene. It's an ok family picture. \ Just take your kids, go, have fun.
Originally Posted By brotherdave Well, we saw it tonite. It was a bit formulaic, but was much better than I was anticipating. I actually found myself enjoying the film. My DS LOVED it!! He said it was better than the last two Harry Potter films. (I can understand his comment since the last two films were a bit more 'older teen' in there concepts and theme than the previous films.) Overall, I thought it was a pleasant diversion and would reccommend it to anyone with school age kids who like this type of movie. And unlike Bridge to Teribithia (which was a very good movie, btw), the TV spots and trailers were not misleading. Pretty much what you saw in the trailers was what this film was about, mostly about the fantasy elements. Teribithia was very good, but was totally mis-marketed. It was NOT a fantasy movie at all, but a family drama about two young adolescents and their school and family problems and how they dealt with them with their 'make believe' world. And, it was much more tragic, heartwrenching, and realistic due to it's 'surprise twist' storyline.
Originally Posted By mater4 Awesome, I think we will take the kids for a movie day soon. Brotherdave I have to agree with you on Bridge to Teribithia. My hubby wanted to turn the movie off after the unexpected sad part.
Originally Posted By jonvn I refused to even watch that movie. I have had enough tragedy in my life, I don't need to have it added to with stuff like that.
