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.
Kids are part of life. If their behaviour is dangerous and putting people at risk, as I've said below, don't judge, go and tell the relevant person who can do something about it.
I only semi-agree with you. Yeah I don't usually judge them much they can teach their kids however they like, they can dress them however, if it doesn't impact me or otehrs then by all means.. But being a parent does not entitle anyone to make decisions that disrupt others. I see heaps of parents just taking their kids to the shops and letting them play tips in the stores. Firstly it's dangerous, and there's many times I've seen kids break things, I'm not going to blame the kids. But heck, it's important to think about it than just go I'm sleep deprived therefore everything that I do I have immunity from.
Yeah but you're assuming that everyone elses sleep deprived patterns are the same as yours. They're not. That said if kids are being dangerous and you're concerned for them or the community, don't judge, go and tell the staff so they can sort it out.
There should not even be a debate about this. Bad parenting.
Movies have ratings for a reason.
Although it's rated M so its recommended not for children under 15, but I read that as, ok if you are 13 or 14, yeah you can probably handle it. Not a goddam 5yr old. wtf.
There should be a minimum age restriction the the M rating.
I can understand why the child wouldn’t sit still during The Batman, what a snoozefest! I was ready to get up and start running around the cinema for something to do by the half way point!
I haven't done it but I know someone who did it and it annoyed me to no end. Went to watch Blade Runner 2049 and my mate for some reason thought he'd bring his girlfriend along. Fine. BUT she thought she'd bring her 6ish year old daughter along too. Really ruined the movie experience for me because she was just being noisy and rowdy and the girlfriend had to constantly keep shushing her. Wish I watched it by myself instead.
I was taken to see Matrix Revolutions when I was 10 years old by people who were looking after me while my parents were away.
Some of those scenes scarred me for a while.
I'm not a child psychologist, but I feel there's a certain age to where you can watch an adult film without a child understanding things (say, up to 1 year old), but after that, kids catch on quick. 5 years old is old enough to make an impression on someone. Hell, I remember my first cinema experience and I was was 5. That stuff stays with you.
My guess is the parents probably knew better. They didn't take their kid to watch the movie. They took their kid because they wanted to watch it and didn't have a babysitter.
My parents took me to watch one of the species movies once I think it was the second one.
Yeah I am never going to forget that one.
I have two kids and I rarely judge other parents unless their selfish actions impact another.