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Every time a movie is released that seems like it might be appropriate for Ellie, I check it out at Kids In Mind. This website, and others like it, give detailed information about the movie, including scenes involving sex, violence and other issues of concern to a parent. Recently, I checked out Alvin and the Chipmunks and decided that despite the PG rating, it would be fine for Ellie to see.
In fact, she has already seen it twice and thinks it is hilarious. It is funny and even I laughed out loud a few times. But what wasn't funny was the previews she had to see before the movie started.
The first time we saw the movie, we arrived a little late and walked in during the last scene of the trailer for 10,000 BC. This movie is rated PG-13 and the preview we saw was "approved for all audiences." The scene we came in on involved some large, scary beast about to stomp someone to death. Ellie immediately closed her eyes and waited for it to be over.
As bad as that was, it was nothing compared to what my husband saw when he took Ellie back to see the same movie a few days later. They arrived a bit earlier and had the pleasure of not only seeing the entire scary preview for 10,000 BC, but the trailer for 27 Dresses as well. That movie is also rated PG-13 and the preview was "approved for all audiences." I thought the entire preview was inappropriate for an audience full of children waiting to see Alvin and The Chipmunks, but one scene in particular blew my mind. That scene shows one woman telling another woman that one of the benefits to being unmarried is the opportunity to have "hot hate sex with random strangers". On what planet is that appropriate for all audiences?
I am not sure who to be angry with, but I will start with the theater. I suspect their rationale for showing children such a preview will be the fact that it was "approved for all audiences". Which brings me to that person. Who decided that "hot hate sex" was a subject appropriate for children?
In fact, she has already seen it twice and thinks it is hilarious. It is funny and even I laughed out loud a few times. But what wasn't funny was the previews she had to see before the movie started.
The first time we saw the movie, we arrived a little late and walked in during the last scene of the trailer for 10,000 BC. This movie is rated PG-13 and the preview we saw was "approved for all audiences." The scene we came in on involved some large, scary beast about to stomp someone to death. Ellie immediately closed her eyes and waited for it to be over.
As bad as that was, it was nothing compared to what my husband saw when he took Ellie back to see the same movie a few days later. They arrived a bit earlier and had the pleasure of not only seeing the entire scary preview for 10,000 BC, but the trailer for 27 Dresses as well. That movie is also rated PG-13 and the preview was "approved for all audiences." I thought the entire preview was inappropriate for an audience full of children waiting to see Alvin and The Chipmunks, but one scene in particular blew my mind. That scene shows one woman telling another woman that one of the benefits to being unmarried is the opportunity to have "hot hate sex with random strangers". On what planet is that appropriate for all audiences?
I am not sure who to be angry with, but I will start with the theater. I suspect their rationale for showing children such a preview will be the fact that it was "approved for all audiences". Which brings me to that person. Who decided that "hot hate sex" was a subject appropriate for children?
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1-02-2008 @ 12:38PM
Eva said...I'm with you. That's why my child sees no TV or movies. You just can't control all the influences in this world where people have no sense about what children should be exposed to.
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1-02-2008 @ 1:12PM
Joy said...I'm with you. I would be furious but what do we do??? I personally don’t go to movie theaters very often. I hate them but that’s another post. It’s been three years since I’ve gone and I have to really want to see a movie to go and I hate all those previews too. They are like a commercial to me. Funny thing though, when I put in a movie for the grandkids, they WANT to watch all the preview stuff.
I just don’t know who we complain to. The theater? Do they control that or is it on the reel and they HAVE to run the whole thing? I’d be interested to know this because it’s a bandwagon that I’d jump on.
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1-02-2008 @ 1:14PM
Mama2Kids said...I hear you! I don't know how many times we have watched G rated movies with our kids and wish had not later. I am shocked at what is considered a G rated movie. How did guns, bad language and other adult situations become ok for movies that are supposed to be approved for everyone? It is hard enough being a parent trying to make good choices for your kids. The movie rating industry makes it even harder to make those good choices. My husband and I love movies and enjoy watching them with our kids. We love to have movie nights where we cuddle up on the couch with a bowl of popcorn and a good movie. The Kid In Mind site has really helped us make more educated decisions about what our kids watch rather than just relying on the rating given to us by the movie people.
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1-02-2008 @ 1:22PM
Judy said...This is a lot of the reason we don't have a TV or cable. (We have a small portable DVD player only) Even if the particular program you have chosen to watch is something you deem appropriate for your child(ren), the commercials often aren't. I've been absolutely shocked at some of the stuff I've seen in commercials and early prime-time TV in recent years.
As far as movies - my husband and I were talking about this last night, and in the 6+ years we've been together, we've only seen 6 movies in the theater, and that includes kids' movies. So it's not a big issue for us, but is something that ticks me off. I don't know what you can do - call the theater and ask what previews are being shown?
And quite frankly, a lot of the stuff that is being shown in kids' movies lately is too much for me, and I don't know how they approve it. As much as I like *Cars* for example, there are some adult jokes in there, too.
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1-02-2008 @ 9:38PM
CLM said...I think your movie trailers must have been mixed up with ours. My husband and I went to see Sweeney Todd and all of the previews were for tween and teen movies. I'm really hoping it was a goof and that Sweeney Todd is not being marketed as a kids' film.
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1-03-2008 @ 8:28AM
Heather said...If it is PG 13 it is not approved for all audiences that is a G rating . Which is not the G rating that we had as kids.
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1-03-2008 @ 9:33AM
ninainindia said...I'm just wondering if Ellie even noticed that sentence or did it go straight over her head?
I agree that it is not fitting as a preview for the Chipmunks but I don't see it as a big drama either.
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1-03-2008 @ 11:48AM
Joy said...I agree with you to a point ninainindia. But what if you go to see movies “all the time?” Then it’s “all the time” that your kids, grandkids and just little ones in general hear stuff like this. Sandy said that Ellie had seen that movie twice already so the first time she might not have noticed it or paid any attention to it but the next time she might have. So, no drama in it once but think of how many movies some kids go to.
I also feel it's the point of it.
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