No, not those kind of films…. I just got home from seeing The Batman (great film, but very violent), and a mother was chasing her loud 5 year old around the cinema throughout.
Honest question- if you’ve taken a young kid to see a mature film in the past, why? Would you leave if they were causing a disruption?
Back to the high seas for me.
It could be your heart rate monitor though. Not all HRM are made equal. lol
I saw that.
Grabbed a bag of popcorn.
Now I have to unpop all that corn.
You can’t unpop the cherry.
This was where babies came from!
Taking a Kid to See Adult Films
My heart skipped a beat seeing that title
Debbie does Duplo…
Never done it myself.
But the answer is , bad parenting , they don't know how to say no to their kids.
Bad advertisement practices , they make these movies appeal to children in the trailers like any other super hero movie.
deadpool is a good example that even releasing advertisment advising parents it was r rated and not to take their kids won't stop them from doing so.
And if they can't say no to taking their kids , I don't see them being well disciplined inside or outside of the cinema.
they don't know how to say no to their kids.
This exactly - it feels bad to say 'no' and they don't know how to deal with their own emotions or their kids' disappointment.
It's a lot easier to give in than be present with your child.
The parent also probably has a lot on their plate - divorce, shitty job, health problems etc - and/or hasn't worked on themselves enough. It's unlikely they are living a happy life.
It's a sad situation all round, especially when the kids will likely grow up to repeat the cycle.
i was going to say , the parent could be just run down like i have been myself after looking after an autistic child with intellectual disability as well isnt an easy task and sometimes we have to pick our battles especially when my son mightnt understand anyways ..
That does sound like a difficult position to be in - I can't begin to imagine how exhausted you must be
I hope you are looking after yourself and getting some support
It's a comic book movie, how bad can it be?…….Sees deadpool hop off the couch with baby-legs and junk out…."close your eyes stephanie"
Surely it would be Stefanyy
But the answer is , bad parenting , they don't know how to say no to their kids.
Ahh this sh!t's me to bits. Stay home!!
Bad parenting? Yes. Though it's not about saying no to their kids. It's more being inconsiderate douche bags that want to go to the movies and have no option but to bring their kids along.
I get it. They want to go out and maybe don't have the option for anyone to baby sit your kids. Especially after covid. People want to get out. But I say to them, YOU decided to have kids and YOU decided to be a selfish prick by bringing them to the movies and bothering everyone else. I've seen kids less than a year old brought into such movies.
The days of inconveniencing other people for your own convenience. On the rare occasion some parents take their kids out.
This has me thinking. I'm never one to ask for a refund. Though the next time this occurrs and it generally ruins the movie, I'm going to ask for a refund. Surely they shouldn't allow kids in under a certain age to certain movies, regardless.
they usually give u a movie ticket but i suppose it depends on the reason why , your reason they probably will refund you but in my case i had taken one of my kids to the movies within 5 minutes he was making noise and trying to get up so i left and i thought i might ask for a credit note or something cos we weren’t there long and they gave me movie tickets for another time ..
Was this at Hoyts in Bankstown? Lol
yeah.. I have 3 kids and they're an absolute nightmare (no offense to them) to keep entertained at times..
But there is absolutely 0 chance I would even consider bringing them to a cinema for the sake of not only others, but also my damn self..
Would be so bloody embarrassed if my kids were ruining the movie for everyone else, I dont know how someone could stay there if their kid was being a nightmare..
I accept its harder for some people than others (and can't imagine how hard it would be to be a single parent), but in the end most people are responsible for having their own kids.. They made a life decision, so they need to accept they can't go to nightclubs/pubs/cinemas like they used to.
i dont know, watching married with children as an adult made me wonder how did my parents let me watch this ?! so many jokes did go over my head and nothing was visually reprehensible. Its still funny and worth watching in 2022
Oh god, Deadpool, the amount of kids I saw in the Cinema when me and my work buddies went was shocking, not something I would have done if I had kids, good movie though.
My parents took me and my younger brother to see revenge of the sith upon release. We were both too young to see it and the person at the counter was like “are you sure”. My parents said yep they have seen all the rest and are massive star wars fans, so off we went. I think context is obviously key, dependant on the movie. But I don’t even think revenge of the sith was much worse in terms of maturity or what the reason was.
Add poll.
Most parents are too tired to think intelligently about these things.
If I were you I would have asked for a refund.
My sister and I did that once… and it was only 'Strictly Ballroom'!
A small child ran riot through the cinema, to the extent of coming and standing in front of us while we were in our seats. I heard this voice shouting 'DO US ALL A FAVOUR AND PUT THAT KID ON YOUR KNEE!!', realising it was my sister. In her defence, she said she was halfway through saying it when she realised she was doing it.
We complained to the 'usher' (I use the term loosely) that our (and everyone else's) viewing experience was ruined and shouldn't they have people going in and out of the cinema to check on those things.
He couldn't wait to give us free tickets to another session.
Obviously not an 'adult' film, but certainly not for little kids.
For a baby/toddler maybe but for a 5-year old? This is a pretty piss-poor excuse anyway (I have kids).
Five year olds love Batman.
They should stick the cartoons, or lego batman.
Cinema we went too last night, kid was maybe 6 or 7 - snotty and coughing for an 8:30 showing of Batman. Didn’t finish until 11:50 and the Opening scene is some dude in a gimp mask doing violent horrifying and graphic violence.
We moved seats away from the little plague factory. But that poor kid probably had his first nighmare before the movie finished.
That poor kid will never think about gimp masks in the same way again :(
What a shame indeed. A real tragedy that his gimp mask experience is ruined for life 😂
I went to the opening weekend of Watchmen at iMax (R18+) and was sat next to a Dad who had taken two of his kids under 10yo.
They would have to be related to the ferals who talk on their mobile phone throughout the film or use Fakebook to update their 'Friends' about the movie.
Kid probably traumatised for life - will do drugs, do time - all 'cause the mum wanted to see Batman and didn't have a baby sitter - we'll all collectively pay for her selfishness.
I can confirm, I watched Robocop as a kid and have eaten 9 marijuanas in prison so far today. I cost the state something like a bajillion dollars a day.
eaten 9 marijuanas
That's the problem. You're meant to inject the marijuanas.
Nah, obviously getting 'baked' means baking/cooking is on the agenda….
I thought it was a suppository?
My fav movie. My mum recorded over all the gross bits on VHS so I could watch it when I was about 10. Parenting done right!
what happened on the gross bits? it cut to a scene from romper room or play school?
@WhyAmICommenting: Unfortunately the hustler channel was screening the gapin' butts special that day.
Marijuana is bad mkay
Do they sell childrens tickets to adult movies?
If the parent bought them on-line no one checks when patrons actually enter each cinema…
clickbait title. you win this time
This is how The Joker started…
No way! I get stressed if my kid is being loud or inappropriate in a public place if he’s bothering others. This would be a nightmare for me. Some people are just oblivious though. I’ve had to ask people in the past to get their kid to stop hitting me - not people I know, actual strangers.
same as me , even if my kids won’t listen i at least try to stop them doing stuff but in the movies , i would 100% leave .
wtf are ppl doing watching their child hit someone ?? even my child that has autism and intellectual disability wouldn’t go and randomly hit someone
Yeah, exactly…. I do understand it’s not always possible to get kids to behave appropriately but I don’t get it when parents don’t even try.
One time I’m thinking of was in a cafe and the kid had a stick (about 50cm) and was whacking me with it. I just thought the parents would do something but they didn’t and he kept coming back. I know better than to attempt to instruct someone else’s kid, so I had to ask the mum. She rolled her eyes and was like… he’s only 3 and how people with kids are allowed to go to cafes. I didn’t have kids at the time, but I worked with them. I feel like no giving any boundaries whatsoever is setting them up to get in trouble and have difficulty making/keeping friends.
Man…. I can imagine 15 years later. The police comes knocking on the door. "Hey man! Your kid just crashed the car into the neighbors yard and we also found cocaine in their pockets". Karen rolls her eyes and replies " He's only a teenager, give me a break!!"
Wonder how the parents would react if you took the stick and started hitting them with it…
i have a 3 year old and i would die on the spot if he hit someone with a stick
@TrustNoBody: Now that you mention it, my two and a bit year old threw a chicken bone in a food court two weeks ago, and it didn’t quite but almost hit a man. Luckily he was kind and made a joke out of it. And yes, I pretty much died from embarrassment. Difference being, I was super apologetic, I packed everything up and we left, with screaming overtired toddler. And I accept it was my fault as I’d let him get overtired.
@morse: yes it’s a huge difference when a toddler throws something not meaning to hit anyone to actually hitting someone with a stick deliberately and yes i always say sorry but majority of ppl are kind and say that’s ok if my child did accidentally do something wrong as they know you at least apologetic and not an a@sshole that doesn’t care
They took a 5 year old to an MA rated movie, in a cinema. How exactly is it anyone's fault, but the parents?
If it was rated G and my kids were disturbing other viewers and I couldn't control them I would leave.
@2esc: that's exactly what I do, take him outside the cinema and then when calm, go back in and enjoy.
I feel like crap for disturbing others.
And this is in kids movies
Well then, ignore my comment as it is now no longer relevant. It's definitely fine for a 5 year old to be in an M rated movie, annoying other moviegoers.
@brendanm: Two separate things. As I commented elsewhere, the kid running around would likely do so regardless of the movie being shown. The issue is the parent(s) and their lack of control. As 2esc above said, if there was some exceptional circumstance that meant that wasn't possible, leave.
@brendanm: Whether 5yos should even be at the movies in the first place is debatable, but there's nothing legally stopping children from seeing M rated movies on their own. It's just a recommendation. People are commenting about being traumatized by PG movies elsewhere in this thread.
@[Deactivated]: If the kid had been at a movie appropriate for their age they might’ve actually sat in their seat watching it.
@SolitaryMan: They might have, or might not. Who knows? If it was a movie for kids, it would be a lot harder to complain if kids were there, and behaving like kids. In this case though, the mother dragged the kid along because she couldn't find a sitter, and this was likely one of many poor life choices she has made.
I don't think anyone would care/known of the kids existence if it hadn't made itself known by some means….
Drawing attention to oneself in a cinema while the film is playing would cause the ire of many movie goers…..
Ewwww
haven't done it myself but i was one of those kids who was allowed to watch adult films. it didn't affect me negatively, i just enjoyed the films. though i still don't like clowns after walking in to the living room where my dad had fallen asleep while watching one of the It movies and i managed to arrive at the scene where the clown pulls some guy under the bed, but i usually wasn't allowed to watch movies like that, or at least i never wanted to, but stuff like batman or austin powers was fine.
I thought Bambi was fine and then Bambi meets Godilla ruined all that…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s3UogfAGg0
Same thing as people who take small kids to formal restaurants, weddings, planes etc and let them run wild oblivious to how much noise and disruption to others they are causing…..
I wonder if they sell child tickets to M + rated movies. That should be on the cinema to refuse service, and if it annoys you ask for refund due to immature people in the mature movie.
There are no restrictions on who can see an M rated movie. Even with an MA rating, under 15's can see it if a parent/guardian accompanies them.
The issues isn't restricting access, it's responsible parenting (and to a lesser extend, cinema staff monitoring and managing audience behaviour). I've had issues with kids disrupting movies before, but I have more frequent and frankly worse experiences with adults being a**holes.
So there was a no point in having a rating system if it doesn’t matter who watches as long as an adult buys the ticket. There’s a government department that can be gotten rid of.
Nope. Wouldn't let them watch at home either. Not at that age. It all went to poo when they were about 12.
my dad took me to porkies. i was so impressed i never said a word
Porkies or pokies? Didn't think you could get into either until you were 18?
Ooooooooo. THAT Porkies.
You were lucky. My data took me to see Porky's 2. Now that's child abuse.
Name checks out
I guess he got it confused with Babe: Pig in the City. lol
My brother and I went to a drive-in with my mother and then boyfriend back in the 70s. We were told we were going to see then R 18+ rated Dirty Harry so we hid under blankets on the floor to sneak in. When the movie started it was Doctor Zhivago, which the olds of course knew all along.
So they actually just wanted to save some money? And here you are on ozbargain after all these years. Was a good learning experience i would say.
The word you're looking for is 'Mature', 'Adult' means something entirely different.
Thanks for your input everyone. I got smashed by the bogans on my local community forum when I asked the same question. I was labelled a “(profanity)” and most said “give the poor mother a break, you could have offered her help”.
Can you tell us the name of the forum so we can both ridicule the inferior community and avoid them please? See something, say something you know how it goes.
Must be a pretty shitty community that thinks it's other people's job to be a good parent to their kid.
One lady said, “blame the premier who closed schools in QLD today”.
Who brings a child to something so violent? That's just bad parenting. :(
I saw someone defending parking in disability parking spots on the local community page. They said "if they are too disabled to walk through the carpark, then they should stay home."
She's rude and inconsiderate.
Any parent that can't control their kids, partner, relatives etc should be asked to leave.
If the person with them was uncontrollable due to alcohol, they would have to leave the premises under RSA guidelines.
This is why I don't goto cinemas, how can you ENJOY a film, when:-
* People nearby are chatting to each other
* Incessantly make loud noises, when scraping every bit of potato out of their $4 chip packet
* Talking on their iPhone.
* Don't turn turn the brightness down on their iPhone
* Don't turn off their Keyboard tapping sound on their iPhone when messaging someone.
* And Allowing their kids to run amok.
* Passing wind
i can agree with all but i’ve honestly never experienced people farting in the movies
that you know of
I farted whilst reading your post
Unfortunately, the above was done at a screening of "No Time to Die" by 2 30yr+ old looking "men". I threw nasty glares at them.
When it came to exit, they basically ran out, and left 20+ wrappers and empty popcorn and drinks
See why go to cinemas at all, what is this, 1985? Seriously, Cinemas in the 21st century are stupid, unless you're buying every seat in the house for a special event with a bunch of people, I can't stand being in a communal space where I'm trying to be immersed in a film, it's just gross, you either get the seats in the middle and the back, or risk some idiots talking to each other near/around you, or things like this.
Moral of the story, stop going to the cinemas, bad value and a bad experience.
My heart skipped a beat seeing that title