Comments on: chances of a baby being at a movie theatre

By: IBKC

IBKC — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:52:56 +0000

20%

By: Interwebs

Interwebs — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:09:45 +0000

I am friends with a child advocate agency. The laws are REALLY clear, subjecting a minor to sexual images under the age of 17 is a felony. You could actually call Child protective Services IN the theater and tell them what they are exposing these children to. “R” is RESTRICTED, no one under the age of 17 without and adult, but I am pretty sure it IS abuse bring a child to a movie filled with frightening or sexual images. I would call and ask personally. I have 3 kids, and I am careful about what movies they are allowed to watch. Some things are neither fit for children OR adults. Saw is nothing but torturing people for 2 hrs, watchmen is horribly violent, and sex scenes for children is abuse.No different than opening a porno mag to a 4 year old and being a molester.I unfortunately have met people who were exposed WAY to young themselves to have an understanding that what they are doing to their children constitutes abuse.Abused people abuse.

By: Everbond Venvel

Everbond Venvel — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:19:48 +0000

If a person is too stupid to understand the rating labels on movies, they shouldn’t be allowed to raise a child. Not only does the child’s screaming annoy other moviegoers, but the poor kids!

By: Everbond Venvel

Everbond Venvel — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:17:56 +0000

Just damn. Why can’t we report people taking their kids into ultra-violent movies as abusers? If I were working that ticket booth, I would have refused to sell that woman the tickets to Watchmen even if it meant losing my job. I mean, I enjoyed Watchmen, but there were parts in it that even made my jaw drop, and I’m pretty desensitized.

By: Everbond Venvel

Everbond Venvel — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:03:02 +0000

Seriously, people. It’s not cool. Even if they are a tiny baby and don’t know what’s going on, the very loud noise and flashing light is going to TERRIFY them. I’d go so far to say that bringing an small child into a movie like Watchmen is cruelty. I mean, I’m a 21 year old art student, and even I winced at the amputations in that one.

By: Muerki

Muerki — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:58:37 +0000

Old graph is old, but when I went to the theater to see Watchmen there was a woman sitting with her kid who had to be about four, five years old. When Dr. Manhattan is blowing up Vietcong, the kid starts going, “Mommy, lets go home now, Mommy. Please? I don’t like this movie, let’s go home Mommy.” Her response was to turn and loudly “Shhhh!” The kid. I was a hair’s breadth away from asking the kid if he’d like to wait in the lobby for Mommy to finish watching the movie that was obviously greatly disturbing him.

By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:35:38 +0000

I cried so hard when I watched that movie!! It was so majorly depressing I had to leave the theater!!

By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:33:12 +0000

OHMAHJACOB!! It was horrible to a have a five-year-old at the Friday the 13th movie near you!! He was crying, and his parents were like, “Hush!!” I was like, “OMFG!!”

By: JM

JM — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:41:32 +0000

“Passion of the Christ.”

A full theater. A dozen little babies. Three dozen kids between 3-8. A bunching of fvcking stupid parents! Do they not fvcking realize that just because a movie is about Jesus does NOT make it automatically appropriate for their kids?? That movie really should have been rated NC-17. It was every bit as violent as the Unrated versions of the Saw films, and all four Saw films originally got NC-17.

And yet, because Christians opt to be so blind (sorry to the few of you who aren’t), it was the very first R-rated movie my parents ever let me see. At 13. Oddly enough, it was actually far less violent than I expected. Not knowing that a film could get an NC-17 for violence at the time, I went in expecting the worst. And so I came out saying, “Hmm, that wasn’t as violent as I was expecting.” Rewatching it 5 years later, when I had a proper perspective on the ratings system, corrected me on that opinion.

By: Daemon

Daemon — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:24:21 +0000

I am intrigued as well to these sex nightmares…

By: Daemon

Daemon — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:20:14 +0000

I would have sued.

By: Daemon

Daemon — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:18:15 +0000

Same.

By: Sick of kids

Sick of kids — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:15:36 +0000

Sure why not 6th it?

Adding “Vaginal vomit” too. Can’t stand ‘em.

By: Vince

Vince — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:37:09 +0000

Sex nightmares? I am now curious of what these nightmares consisted of…

By: Vince

Vince — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:33:05 +0000

Because people are stupid/too lazy to have a friend watch over them instead of leaving them home alone.

By: Tia

Tia — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:30:05 +0000

Some couple decided to take their young son to see the Watchmen. It was okay that a naked blue guy occupied the screen, but it was horribly wrong when the sex scene started. They sat through it, then decided to take the little boy out. Odd…

By: monnanon

monnanon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:24:34 +0000

I think spiderman 3 was a 12A so kids could be taken with a parent but still 11:30 is far too late for a 2 year old

By: monnanon

monnanon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:19:32 +0000

I think we all probably have seen a movie when we were too young (for me it was terminator but it was my own fault lol) But this may sound stupid but films seem to be more gory nowadays. Maybe its a CGI thing but i cant think of anything like saw that was around with i was younger. (im only 22 so im not on about too long ago) Kill bill is a strange thing to let a preschool child see, the same with childs play but if say the children were round about 10 then childs play may not be too bad a thing to see. I dont think its too bad a film but some may see childs play as worse than films that i think are really bad. People wonder why kids are desensitised to gore and violence and its always blamed on video games. Maybe its time to start pointing the finger in another direction.

By: Mazz

Mazz — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:00:13 +0000

Then why is it so close to impossible to get sterilised when you want to?

By: Meh

Meh — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:04:38 +0000

People are incredibly stupid. There are three year old kids in my mom’s preschool class who have seen Freakin’ Child’s Play. Oh, and Kill Bill, another family favorite. The more I see people like this, the more I want to lobby for the felony of “petty assault” or “petty murder” to be introduced into our legal code.

By: Meh

Meh — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:55:40 +0000

Can’t wait to use that one (with proper crediting).

Sixthed.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:30:55 +0000

I have found the best time to see a movie is when the theater opens or the earliest afternoon show during a normal week day. There’s generally nobody around. That’s because most everyone is working, with the inclusion of me. So I’m relegated to going to see “The Dark Knight” in IMAX (which I drove three hours and crossed state lines to see because it was the nearest theater with the re-release in this format) in back of a child who could have been no more than two months old while his mother nurses him throughout what seemed like the entire movie, even though there were about a thousand empty seats nowhere near me (I was there first, dammit!). Can I cram any more words into one sentence in my rant, you may ask? No, I cannot. My point is that the graph was spot on.

By: look it up

look it up — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:03:05 +0000

It also involves sterilization by coercion and manipulation. Look up Margaret Sanger (founder of Planned Parenthood) and blackgenocide.org. The organization was created to keep “undesirables” from procreating and its still doing that today.

By: monnanon

monnanon — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:57:48 +0000

i would rather my kids saw niether. It a bit of a sad state of affairs if violence is more acceptable than nudity. The example you have made tho about the hobos then in that case if i had to choose it would be the fight because someone shaking a wang at anyone is worrying and a bit odd lol however in watchmen he is niether waving it nor is it erect (which is probably the NC-17 rule )

Also quick question, is NC-17 a higher (ie more graphic film) rating that an R, im a bit confused on this point cuase i thought R was 21.

By: monnanon

monnanon — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:53:29 +0000

yes of course and spawn and a few others i think. but then they were slightly outside the comic boom so maybe a bad example

By: Shelly

Shelly — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:31:56 +0000

lol, I was lucky, there was barely anyone in the theater when I went to see Watchmen

By: Shelly

Shelly — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:31:03 +0000

Damn if it’s not true….

By: Ann

Ann — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:05:11 +0000

I used to think this was only my bad luck. lol, almost every movie I’ve ever one to see had at least one infant crying at some point of the showing.

The worst of which did not involve an infant, but a couple 4-6 year olds at a very late night showing. Screaming non stop, and as I later discovered – not even in my theater. But enough to disrupt a row of three-four theaters. Their voice projection and lungs were impressive. A friend complained to staff, and we waited for staff to kick these folks out.

Finally, I got fed up waiting with my too kind and patient buddies. I wanted my cash back. Over a half hour of he movie was ruined, as you couldn’t make out the dialogue. I went to get my money back. The woman who was angrily waiting for compensation in front of me, in a line of at least 30 people at that point. Was even more pissed because she not only paid for her tickets and food, but a $30 sitter. It was a rare outing for her, and she had also wanted a “child free night” with movies ending at 1:30 in the morning, that is what one would assume they would get. It was a rare outing for me too. After that point I rarely went to the theater. As I understood from that point on, they are not proactive enough to boot out disruptive people on their own, but rather “compensate” you *if you complain* with a free ticket for a later date. Instead I enjoy movies in my own home. ahhh peace and silence at last.

By: Talk Sense

Talk Sense — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:42:04 +0000

Eugenics involves forced sterilization. Planned Parenthood offers voluntary services to those who *want* sterilization, reliable birth control, or an abortion.

Brilliant graph, BTW.

By: frenzy

frenzy — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:15:03 +0000

the watchmen right?

By: Roba

Roba — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:48:44 +0000

Would you rather your kid see two hobos fighting or two hobos shaking their wangers at your kid? Which would be easier to explain?

I think I’ve made my point.

By: Roba

Roba — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:45:35 +0000

And Spawn.

By: Roba

Roba — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:44:26 +0000

At the risk of using a numerical succession modifier, I fifth it.

By: Aynilial

Aynilial — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:16:49 +0000

Someone brought a baby into The Watchmen when I saw it… sheesh

By: monnanon

monnanon — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:31:02 +0000

:S surely that borders on some sort of abuse lol. I can barely watch saw 3 without cringing and getting slight nightmares. And i chose to watch it lol

By: monnanon

monnanon — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:26:54 +0000

Sterilization is not a good idea lol. Just maybe we should look at the rating in a film and not just the bit that says it was based on a comic book. Maybe also the bit on the ad that says “contains bloody violence, sex and nudity” or something like that .

Ive got to stop commenting on this subject :S

By: monnanon

monnanon — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:21:34 +0000

why would you take a kid to a film with a rating like what Watchmen had tho.I know that parents and gaurdians have the right to make up their own minds about what films their charges see but i wouldnt have taken my 15 year old brohter to see watchmen. As far as i remember and 18 rating as it is in Britain means no one under 18 no way no how.And its 18 for a reason Im not sure how USA film ratings work so im not gonna comment on that and make and idiot of myself. As far as i was led to believe by IMDB reviews i think the rating in America gives people the choice to bring kids in again plz correct me on this.
As for the nudity me and my friends (some of us who have read watchmen) just accepted it as part of the charactor. the gore seemed a little over the top and the sex scene (we all know the one) that was a bit crazy.

By: monnanon

monnanon — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:15:24 +0000

lol ive heard many stories of people trying to bring kids to watchmen. A six week old baby :S wtf. Does the 18 rating in britain mean nothing ( i think its an r in USA but feel free to correct if im wrong) silly people see COMIC BOOK and go ooh must be for kids and then they complain. ooh it wasnt sutible for my poor senstive children. Duh it was an 18. I dont think many kids were taken to see blade. Again a comic book lol.

sorry slightly off topic.

By: Daemon

Daemon — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:10:14 +0000

Actually there’s more creepy old men than kids at a kids movie these days.

By: Daemon

Daemon — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:05:51 +0000

I’ll fourth it all night.

By: Drew

Drew — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:13:39 +0000

I don’t see any difference between the 2nd and 3rd categories.

By: CommanderPanda

CommanderPanda — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:14:23 +0000

I’ve got no qualms thirding that

By: look it up

look it up — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:47:18 +0000

That’s the sentiment behind Eugenics and the purpose behind Planned Parenthood. To sterilize the “defectives” and undesirables (including racial minorities) and keep them from producing offspring who would be a burden on society. It was also seen as a way of purifying the human race. Just sayin’.

By: argv

argv — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:27:34 +0000

I don’t think babies really understand or care about that stuff yet. But people bringing 4 year olds to movies like that…

By: JamieKirsten

JamieKirsten — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:16:46 +0000

Haha, I couldn’t agree more.
It’s hard for me to concentrate on my worship/asking for forgiveness/etc when someone’s baby is SCREECHING at the top of its lungs.
This always seems to happen in the middle of the very serious part of the servie, of course.

By: justevilenough

justevilenough — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:12:31 +0000

it totaly did happen to me when I went to see Watchmen. I had a four year old and an eight year old right behind me in the theater.

By: JamieKirsten

JamieKirsten — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:11:15 +0000

This comment is an all-around win.

By: scarykitteh

scarykitteh — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:49:26 +0000

I went to go see Watchmen at the midnight show, and some broad brought her six-week-old (!!!) baby to the theater!

People are freakin’ morons…

By: byn

byn — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:21:10 +0000

i saw someone bring there like 1 y old baby to saw 3 it was sick

By: pfft

pfft — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:54:08 +0000

This happened when I saw the Spiderman movie with Venom in it – 3 I think it was. Anyway (forgive my ignorance) we were at an 11:30 showing, and there was a two year old sitting behind me! Aside from obvious sex and violence in other movies, to a two year old little girl, the Venom character can be really scary. There was a point when Venom came out and opened his mouth really wide, screaming and showing his pointy teeth, and that poor child was screaming and crying because it scared her so bad!!! I was so pissed because for one – I hate that parents can’t put their kids first and hire a babysitter to spare the rest of us that paid to quietly watch a movie and for two – how effed up is it that the kid was exposed to that? This wasn’t a ten year old or whatever, she couldn’t have been more than TWO! I was so pissed that she was scared out of her wits well past her bedtime when she should have been home sleeping like she should have.