View Full Version : Are movie theaters trying to control us?
junecleaver 02-16-2008, 03:53 AM Tonight around 9:45 I was standing in line at the movies, and there was a couple ahead of me with a little boy (he looked about 4). They asked to see some movie, it was rated PG-13. The person in the box office said "No children under 6 are allowed to see a PG-13 movie after 9:00". What the hell??? Since when was this stupid rule made? I dont have kids but i dont appreciate anyone trying to control what movies parents and their kids see and what times they can see it. I used to go to the movies all the time with my parents when i was young, sometimes we'd go see a late movie together and they'd even be rated R sometimes. I turned out fine.
I'm beginning to feel like an idiot more and more dishing out my money to these theaters, another thing i hate is they dont let you bring food in (i got around that, i sneak in my snacks and refuse to buy their nasty food). But even if i DID want to buy their food, i better have about 20 bucks on me for a small soda and small popcorn because that's about how much it costs.
HuntingtonM15 02-16-2008, 04:01 AM I remember when I went to see American Wedding when I was 17, I had to show ID, because that theater took it upon themselves to treat it as an NC-17 movie, instead of the R-rated movie that it is. The guy at the ticket booth said that some old man complained and said it was the raunchiest thing he had ever seen, so because of that they changed the rating. Insane.
Dean Winchester 02-16-2008, 04:01 AM actually, I like the rule to an extent, because sometimes people will bring their little brats to the theaters with them (even tho the kids are just tagged along and the parents wanted to see the movie) and the whole time they're being kids. If you want to see a movie and you have a little one who you're just tagging along with you, get a sitter. The whole theater shouldn;t have to pay because you didn't call a babysitter, the kids are not everyone else's responsibility.
HuntingtonM15 02-16-2008, 04:04 AM actually, I like the rule to an extent, because sometimes people will bring their little brats to the theaters with them (even tho the kids are just tagged along and the parents wanted to see the movie) and the whole time they're being kids. If you want to see a movie and you have a little one who you're just tagging along with you, get a sitter. The whole theater shouldn;t have to pay because you didn't call a babysitter, the kids are not everyone else's responsibility.
That's a good point, too. Though, I also don't want to see 16 year olds making out during the whole movie. So many things you can't avoid at a movie theater!
junecleaver 02-16-2008, 04:11 AM True, that's one good point lol. But there are some good natured kids out there, I was good according to my parents, never got up once, my eyes were always glued to the screen and you didn't hear a peep out of me. But if i have a kid and it's good, i want to be able to take them to see a movie and i dont want to be told i can't go because my kid is under 6. Some kids under 6 are actually good, i know only a few though, lol. Bottom line on this though, if your kid is a brat, the responsible thing to do is forget bringing them out, get a sitter or something. I wouldn't dare try to escort a brat to the movies.
junecleaver 02-16-2008, 04:12 AM That's a good point, too. Though, I also don't want to see 16 year olds making out during the whole movie. So many things you can't avoid at a movie theater!
Hell, i saw a pair of 40 year olds making out yesterday. People need to learn to do that stuff at home. It's not cute.
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I like this next one, A child under 6 can't watch an R-rated movie after 6PM, I thought they weren't supposed to be admitted at all. Also notice how they jack up the Hannah Montana tickets to $15. :rolleyes:
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Dean Winchester 02-16-2008, 04:27 AM wtf? you'd have to pay me $15 to see Hannah Montana :lol:
Zoneboy 02-16-2008, 04:29 AM :brent You're not kidding, John.
wtf? you'd have to pay me $15 to see Hannah Montana :lol:
Dean Winchester 02-16-2008, 04:42 AM True, that's one good point lol. But there are some good natured kids out there, I was good according to my parents, never got up once, my eyes were always glued to the screen and you didn't hear a peep out of me. But if i have a kid and it's good, i want to be able to take them to see a movie and i dont want to be told i can't go because my kid is under 6. Some kids under 6 are actually good, i know only a few though, lol. Bottom line on this though, if your kid is a brat, the responsible thing to do is forget bringing them out, get a sitter or something. I wouldn't dare try to escort a brat to the movies.
well, the main problem is that the parents of the brats are usually not as good parents so they don't even care, and they're usually the people who think because they have kids, it should be everyone else's problem as well. You see people like this at restaurants and in stores. They think their bratty five year old is adorable.
junecleaver 02-16-2008, 05:10 AM Wow, and the people who said that "Minors under 21" don't realize how many men and women are in Iraq for our country right now who are supposedly "minors". Way to thank those who serve our country, idiots.
Yeah Dean, i agree, i believe i see more bad kids than good kids these days. Thanks to stupid parents who think Little Tommy is cute for screaming his lungs out. I remember there was a little girl in a high chair, who was laughing at something and she would let out an ear piercing scream every few seconds. Her parents and grandparents and whoever else just sat back and laughed at her and saying how cute she was. I felt like getting up and punching the crap out of everyone at that table. This is when you are supposed to discipline your kids. They should start issuing parents tickets for disturbing the peace, if they aren't TRYING to make their kids behave. I love the kids in my family but when it comes to kids i dont know, i have no tolerance.
Dean Winchester 02-16-2008, 05:15 AM Wow, and the people who said that "Minors under 21" don't realize how many men and women are in Iraq for our country right now who are supposedly "minors". Way to thank those who serve our country, idiots.
Yeah Dean, i agree, i believe i see more bad kids than good kids these days. Thanks to stupid parents who think Little Tommy is cute for screaming his lungs out. I remember there was a little girl in a high chair, who was laughing at something and she would let out an ear piercing scream every few seconds. Her parents and grandparents and whoever else just sat back and laughed at her and saying how cute she was. I felt like getting up and punching the crap out of everyone at that table. This is when you are supposed to discipline your kids. They should start issuing parents tickets for disturbing the peace, if they aren't TRYING to make their kids behave. I love the kids in my family but when it comes to kids i dont know, i have no tolerance.
very true. Just because you decide to have a kid isn't an entitlement to annoy the hell out of everyone else. Parents who think their snot-nosed three year old who screams and runs around the resteraunt is cute don't want to realize that in 12 years, they won't obey a word you say and will be cussing you out because they've been conditioned not to fear you
*Pleasant Tomorrow* 02-16-2008, 12:35 PM imo the rating should be just that, a rating that is simply there to let people know what the movie is going to involve. Let people see wtf they want to see, regardless of their age. This is a free frikkin country.
I thik it's a bit dumb to take your 4 year old to see a movie at 10 PM. Hire a sitter or stay home.
It looks like there are a lot more rules in some theaters nowadays.
Oh, and jacking up the Hanna Montana ticket prices is extortion. Hopefully that theater was repoeted.
Superstar 02-16-2008, 12:49 PM imo the rating should be just that, a rating that is simply there to let people know what the movie is going to involve. Let people see wtf they want to see, regardless of their age. This is a free frikkin country.
I agree with that. I think that a rating should just be a guideline so people will know whether the movie is suitable or not. Then if people still want to see the movie, let them.
In this day and age, I don't think that someone should be stopped from going to a movie.
Cactus Jack 02-16-2008, 01:28 PM In this day and age, I don't think that someone should be stopped from going to a movie.Unless its Hannah Montana
OH Nuts! 02-16-2008, 01:54 PM Hell, i saw a pair of 40 year olds making out yesterday. People need to learn to do that stuff at home. It's not cute.
I agree. It's tacky tacky tacky!! There's only one show I wanna to see & it's the one on the screen, thank you very much.
junecleaver 02-16-2008, 01:56 PM imo the rating should be just that, a rating that is simply there to let people know what the movie is going to involve. Let people see wtf they want to see, regardless of their age. This is a free frikkin country.
Exactly. I mean yeah, i'm all for parents leaving annoying kids home, but it's not that easy when you are a parent and actually have a good well-behaved kid. I dont care if the movie is rated R and you are bringing your young kid....I mean personally I wouldn't bring my young child to a rated R movie but i dont like being told i CANT bring him if i wanted to. I dont want a stupid movie theater telling me what i can and cannot allow my kids to see. I am a paying customer and should be able to bring whoever I want when i want. I think movie theaters should pay less attention to this and sit in the movie theaters and listen for the annoying people. Like the groups of teens/sometimes adults that sit there and talk the WHOLE movie and laugh really loud. Or the people who answer their cell phones and proceed to have a conversation.
OH Nuts! 02-16-2008, 01:58 PM Tonight around 9:45 I was standing in line at the movies, and there was a couple ahead of me with a little boy (he looked about 4). They asked to see some movie, it was rated PG-13. The person in the box office said "No children under 6 are allowed to see a PG-13 movie after 9:00". What the hell??? Since when was this stupid rule made? I dont have kids but i dont appreciate anyone trying to control what movies parents and their kids see and what times they can see it. I used to go to the movies all the time with my parents when i was young, sometimes we'd go see a late movie together and they'd even be rated R sometimes. I turned out fine.
I'm beginning to feel like an idiot more and more dishing out my money to these theaters, another thing i hate is they dont let you bring food in (i got around that, i sneak in my snacks and refuse to buy their nasty food). But even if i DID want to buy their food, i better have about 20 bucks on me for a small soda and small popcorn because that's about how much it costs.
Bravo June. Couldn't agree with you more. And here in NYC the movies are $12 for adults. What a rip off. Just give me my DVDs pleez. I only go to a theatre maybe once a year if that. Although I will see Sex And The City on the big screen. It's been about 9-10 months since I've been to the theatre so I'm abt due. And I love the show so with the same characters & cast the movie s/b good.
Other than that, phooey on the movies. Long live DVDs @ home!
And yes, I sneak stuff in too once in a while--the very few times I go. So nyah nyah to the theatres for their $6 popcorns and $4 sodas--geez you gotta take out a 2nd mortgage at those outrageous prices.
Superstar 02-16-2008, 03:04 PM Unless its Hannah Montana
Fair point :rofl:
I applaud the theater for making that rule. And I don't think it's a case of "good" kids vs. "bad" or "bratty" kids. I think that kids are kids, and the vast majority of them don't have sitting through a movie theater in their DNA. They'll shift, talk, kick their chairs; etc.
There have been many occasions on which I paid good money to see a movie, only to have my experience hampered by a child who doesn't know any better talking, screaming, crying, kicking, or running around the theater. I put all the blame on the accompanying parent or guardian, especially the ones who seem to encourage such behavior.
The advent of home video has made people (not just kids) think it's okay to as noisy noisy or distracting at a movie theater as they are at home while watching a DVD. It's not! You couldn't get away with that kind of crap 20 years ago, when ticket prices were half what they are now. Why most movie theaters don't crack down on that behavior now baffles me.
Parents need to understand that the noises coming from their children, the ones they have become immune to by living with them, are distracting to other patrons of the movie theater. Either get a sitter, or rent a DVD.
junecleaver 02-16-2008, 04:06 PM I applaud the theater for making that rule. And I don't think it's a case of "good" kids vs. "bad" or "bratty" kids. I think that kids are kids, and the vast majority of them don't have sitting through a movie theater in their DNA. They'll shift, talk, kick their chairs; etc.
There have been many occasions on which I paid good money to see a movie, only to have my experience hampered by a child who doesn't know any better talking, screaming, crying, kicking, or running around the theater. I put all the blame on the accompanying parent or guardian, especially the ones who seem to encourage such behavior.
The advent of home video has made people (not just kids) think it's okay to as noisy noisy or distracting at a movie theater as they are at home while watching a DVD. It's not! You couldn't get away with that kind of crap 20 years ago, when ticket prices were half what they are now. Why most movie theaters don't crack down on that behavior now baffles me.
Parents need to understand that the noises coming from their children, the ones they have become immune to by living with them, are distracting to other patrons of the movie theater. Either get a sitter, or rent a DVD.
See, all movie theaters care about is taking the money. They don't want to invest in a guard or something to keep their ears open for such bad parenting. They need to have some type of guard peeping in the theaters to escort disrupting kids/people out of the theater. Personally, if my kid starts misbehaving, i'll do what my mom did when my sisters misbehaved...take the kid outside and threaten them with santa clause or a spanking. If that doesn't work and the child continues to be bad, the responsible thing to do is respect other paying customers and go home. That's how life is when you have kids unfortunately.
junecleaver 02-16-2008, 04:08 PM Bravo June. Couldn't agree with you more. And here in NYC the movies are $12 for adults. What a rip off. Just give me my DVDs pleez. I only go to a theatre maybe once a year if that. Although I will see Sex And The City on the big screen. It's been about 9-10 months since I've been to the theatre so I'm abt due. And I love the show so with the same characters & cat the movie s/b good.
Other than that, phooey on the movies. Long live DVDs @ home!
And yes, I sneak stuff in too once in a while--the very few times I go. So nyah nyah to the theatres for their $6 popcorns and $4 sodas--geez you gotta take out a 2nd mortgage at those outrageous prices.
:eek: $12? It costs $12 for me and one other person to see a movie over here (usually we have our student id's, and we get a discount). So the average couple has to pay almost $30 over there to see one movie, while i'm over here paying $12. I'd do what you're doing also, lol.
Also, anyone that is finished with college or about to finish, keep your student id. My fiance has been out of college for 4 years now and he still uses his student id at movies for discounts. They just glance at them anyway so it doesnt matter if there's an expiration date or something.
TVFactFan 02-16-2008, 04:56 PM That's a good point, too. Though, I also don't want to see 16 year olds making out during the whole movie. So many things you can't avoid at a movie theater!
I thought people only made out in the BACK of the Theater-LOL
TVFactFan 02-16-2008, 04:58 PM Hell, i saw a pair of 40 year olds making out yesterday. People need to learn to do that stuff at home. It's not cute.
Were they in the Back of the theater?
OH Nuts! 02-16-2008, 05:00 PM :eek: $12? It costs $12 for me and one other person to see a movie over here (usually we have our student id's, and we get a discount). So the average couple has to pay almost $30 over there to see one movie, while i'm over here paying $12. I'd do what you're doing also, lol.
Also, anyone that is finished with college or about to finish, keep your student id. My fiance has been out of college for 4 years now and he still uses his student id at movies for discounts. They just glance at them anyway so it doesnt matter if there's an expiration date or something.
Yup $12. Outrageous isn't it. Although if I take the PATH train across the river to NJ I could see a matinee for $6.75 plus carfare--total $9.25 --I'm frugal so I'm probably going to do that.
Cactus Jack 02-16-2008, 05:04 PM Fair point :rofl:
LOL
Cactus Jack 02-16-2008, 05:04 PM Fair point :rofl:
LOL thanks
Brian Damage 02-16-2008, 05:24 PM You have got to be fing kidding me if anybody thinks it is ok to bring a 4 year old to the movies at 10pm. Anybody who does that is a horrible parent to their kids.
Here is an idea, hire a ****ing babysitter OR don't go. Show a little restraint. It isn't about if a child is well behaved or not. It is about proper parenting and respect for fellow audience members.
TVFactFan 02-16-2008, 05:30 PM You have got to be fing kidding me if anybody thinks it is ok to bring a 4 year old to the movies at 10pm. Anybody who does that is a horrible parent to their kids.
Here is an idea, hire a ****ing babysitter OR don't go. Show a little restraint. It isn't about if a child is well behaved or not. It is about proper parenting and respect for fellow audience members.
I would think parents would want to spend time alone at a 10pm movie instead of bringing their 4 year old-lo I thought that 10pm starts would have NO KIDS Inside the theaterl
Zoneboy 02-16-2008, 05:36 PM At least some theaters are offering babysitting services such as the one in Portland that thinks a minor is someone under the age of 21.
Max Whittaker 02-16-2008, 05:40 PM I never even saw a movie at a theater until I was in my late teens. My parents never took me to them. I don't feel bitter about it. Now that I watch them on a regular basis, I absolutely love it! Nothing compares to seeing a film on the big screen with a friend or family. But I realize I wouldn't have enjoyed it as much had I gone as a child.
At 4 years old, I likely wouldn't remember the film now any way.
I like going to the Alamo Drafthouse. No children allowed because they serve alcohol.
Brian Damage 02-16-2008, 06:01 PM I would think parents would want to spend time alone at a 10pm movie instead of bringing their 4 year old-lo I thought that 10pm starts would have NO KIDS Inside the theaterl
Exactly, adults need ALONE time.
Janice 02-16-2008, 06:11 PM I agree with AKA and Brian. It's a reasonable expection for adults to go a theater at 10 pm, and not have to deal with 4-year olds. All the, "I wasn't that way", "Parents should do this and parents should do that" and anything else just doesn't cut it, because some parents are bold, and they suck. They'll look you in the eye, and tell you you to STFU. By the time you go through the hassle of finding an usher to handle it, the movie's gone in terms of momemtum, plots and whatever. It's hard enough to get adults to behave and shut up in the theater, let's open the floodgates, and let the toddlers in. :lol:
The majority of kids that young are going to act up. Yeah, let's hire the National Guard. Maybe not, ushers might handle it. Then again, nobody should have to concern themselves with unruly young children at that hour, after paying an arm and a leg for tickets, not to mention the unarmed holdup at the concession stand.
There are age restrictions in all aspects of life. You have to be 18 to attend an Oprah showing, whether Mommy's with you or not. Same for most other shows. Age restrictions are put in place for a variety of reasons. Safety is a big reason, and why you have to be a certain age to ride certain amusement park rides or swim in the deep end of the pool. Lots of websites require a person to be 13 to register. Voting, drinking, driving, smoking - most everything in life is governed by age.
A movie theater is a private enterprise, and they can make all the rules they want. Don't like the rules, find a place where 4-year olds can sit and watch movies at 10 pm. It's not fair to the child either.
Janice 02-16-2008, 06:15 PM Exactly, adults need ALONE time.
Yeah, I know all about you and your alone time. ;)
Ireneparalegal 02-16-2008, 06:16 PM Being a parent, if I don't have a someone to watch our son (6 years old) to go to a movie at 10 pm, then we have no business going out to a movie, period.
Also, it is being assumed that couple with the 4 year old is the child's parents. It could be his older brother or sister or be the babysitter going out with her boyfriend and taking the child along. It could also be the child's aunt or uncle, etc. So, let's not assume all people with kids in tow at the theater are the parents. Adults make bad judgments and I can't imagine taking a small child out to the theater. If you want to see a movie that bad, you go at a decent hour or don't go at all. And you think twice abt the kind of movie you are taking that child to.
I am glad for the rules. They are there for a purpose.
Brian Damage 02-16-2008, 06:17 PM I agree with AKA and Brian. It's a reasonable expection for adults to go a theater at 10 pm, and not have to deal with 4-year olds. All the, "I wasn't that way", "Parents should do this and parents should do that" and anything else just doesn't cut it, because some parents are bold, and they suck. They'll look you in the eye, and tell you you to STFU. By the time you go through the hassle of finding an usher to handle it, the movie's gone in terms of momemtum, plots and whatever. It's hard enough to get adults to behave and shut up in the theater, let's open the floodgates, and let the toddlers in. :lol:
The majority of kids that young are going to act up. Yeah, let's hire the National Guard. Maybe not, ushers might handle it. Then again, nobody should have to concern themselves with unruly young children at that hour, after paying an arm and a leg for tickets, not to mention the unarmed holdup at the concession stand.
There are age restrictions in all aspects of life. You have to be 18 to attend an Oprah showing, whether Mommy's with you or not. Same for most other shows. Age restrictions are put in place for a variety of reasons. Safety is a big reason, and why you have to be a certain age to ride certain amusement park rides or swim in the deep end of the pool. Lots of websites require a person to be 13 to register. Voting, drinking, driving, smoking - most everything in life is governed by age.
A movie theater is a private enterprise, and they can make all the rules they want. Don't like the rules, find a place where 4-year olds can sit and watch movies at 10 pm. It's not fair to the child either.
:clap Very well said Janice! I love how people say that a 4 year old is well behaved. That may be true, but like AKA pointed out, they are still 4 years old!!!
Unless you have the kid looped up on Ritalin, what 4 year old will sit still for two hours straight???
Courtnee 02-16-2008, 08:59 PM Haha, this is why I almost never go to the movies.
If a movie looks good enough, I just rent it when I comes out on DVD.
OH Nuts! 02-17-2008, 02:08 AM Haha, this is why I almost never go to the movies.
If a movie looks good enough, I just rent it when I comes out on DVD.
I'm with you. Phooey on the movies-esp. at $12 a pop. Just give me a DVD in the privacy of my apt. 99.99% of the time.
Mr. Television 02-17-2008, 02:11 AM I'm with you. Phooey on the movies-esp. at $12 a pop. Just give me a DVD in the privacy of my apt. 99.99% of the time.
Sometimes the snacks at a movie add up to more than the movie itself. :lol:
I hardly ever go to the movies. The last one I was at was the last Star Wars movie.
Dean Winchester 02-17-2008, 02:15 AM the next movie I'm 100% sure I'm going to will be the Sex And The City movie. Let's hope parents are smart enough to know that it's not something you take a six year old to.... unless they think the "well, they won't know what they're talking about so it's fine" bs.
Janice 02-17-2008, 02:22 AM Haha, this is why I almost never go to the movies.
If a movie looks good enough, I just rent it when I comes out on DVD.
The best thing is that the movies come to video so quickly. It used to take what seemed like a year. Now, it's just a matter of a couple of months. We're happy with Netflix and the snacks I put together, lol. We have a 60" big screen tv with surround sound. Who needs the theater, with the talkers, kids, big hairdos that I always end up sitting behind, lol. Overpriced tickets, overpriced snacks, traveling, long lines, uncomfortable seats, and I can't even wear my pajamas and big fluffy slippers there. :lol:
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I like this next one, A child under 6 can't watch an R-rated movie after 6PM, I thought they weren't supposed to be admitted at all. Also notice how they jack up the Hannah Montana tickets to $15. :rolleyes:
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Yes I saw that today when I was at the mall! SO ********! Some customers came through my line today and it was the little girl's birthday and they shelled out SIXTY dollars for the four of them to go see the movie!!! I wonder how much it will be when it comes out on DVD...they say it was in 3D so they make cheap ass 20 cent pairs of 3D glasses and jack the price up 5-8 dollars! HOW ******** is that? Hannah Montana is getting to be a big joke...people are paying big money to see someone sing...when they can see it from the TV or the radio...
OH Nuts! 02-17-2008, 08:29 AM Sometimes the snacks at a movie add up to more than the movie itself. :lol:
I hardly ever go to the movies. The last one I was at was the last Star Wars movie.
Very true. The movie theatres are a real racket, no matter how you look at them. But I will go to the theatre to see the Sex And The City movie. I don't mind a visit every 12-18 months just to keep my feet wet.
junecleaver 02-17-2008, 02:00 PM the next movie I'm 100% sure I'm going to will be the Sex And The City movie. Let's hope parents are smart enough to know that it's not something you take a six year old to.... unless they think the "well, they won't know what they're talking about so it's fine" bs.
Haha, i hope not. Thats one way to get your kid saying those adult words in public or at preschool (cause they never say them at home, LOL). Like i said, i personally wouldn't try to bring my kids to the movies (to a movie that may have a lot of sex and bad words i dont want them to hear just yet), but that is MY choice to make, not the movie theater's. I agree that parents dont need to be dragging their 4 year olds to movies at night time, but i dont like the fact the movie theater tells them they CAN'T.
junecleaver 02-17-2008, 02:03 PM Very true. The movie theatres are a real racket, no matter how you look at them. But I will go to the theatre to see the Sex And The City movie. I don't mind a visit every 12-18 months just to keep my feet wet.
Yeah, its worth it for a movie you pretty much know you will enjoy. There are times when i pay $6.00 for a movie that i just see for the heck of it, and end up not liking the movie. Good thing i only paid $6.00 as opposed to $12 for myself. I understand why you dont want to go to movies, because if you see a movie you hate, you'll lose $12 or more if you bring other people and pay for them.
Courtnee 02-17-2008, 05:03 PM The best thing is that the movies come to video so quickly. It used to take what seemed like a year. Now, it's just a matter of a couple of months. We're happy with Netflix and the snacks I put together, lol. We have a 60" big screen tv with surround sound. Who needs the theater, with the talkers, kids, big hairdos that I always end up sitting behind, lol. Overpriced tickets, overpriced snacks, traveling, long lines, uncomfortable seats, and I can't even wear my pajamas and big fluffy slippers there. :lol:
Exactly!
And the weird armrest disables any cuddling with your date. It just makes it all impersonal.
I'd rather watch a movie on a nice comfy couch than in a theatre with sticky floors.
...and my tickets are only $4 here because I get a military discount. GO ME.
ABlairican Pie 02-17-2008, 05:26 PM I remember going to see 'The Cell' with Jennifer Lopez in 1999 one Saturday morning. There was a group of very young African-American kids waiting to go in to see the movie, but couldn't. They asked me if I could act as if I would be their "guardian" figure to be able to go in. Seeing where this was going, I asked the clerk at the window what was going on, and she said that they couldn't go in because it was rated R. And they needed a "responsible parent or adult" to chaperone them in order to see the movie. I didn't think the responsibility should shall on me, it didn't sound like a movie they should be seeing, even if they've got "Puff Daddy's girlfriend" in it. So I paid for my ticket to go in, and a few minutes later, sure enough, a man came in with the kids to be their "guardian"--all this for a movie with very morbid, surreal scenes of sex and violence that were too intense and disturbing for children. Smart move, people. Even though it says "R"--no one under 17 without parent and guardian, some adults should really think about the content of the movie BEFORE letting the kids in! :mad: :rolleyes:
Brian Damage 02-17-2008, 06:00 PM Haha, i hope not. Thats one way to get your kid saying those adult words in public or at preschool (cause they never say them at home, LOL). Like i said, i personally wouldn't try to bring my kids to the movies (to a movie that may have a lot of sex and bad words i dont want them to hear just yet), but that is MY choice to make, not the movie theater's. I agree that parents dont need to be dragging their 4 year olds to movies at night time, but i dont like the fact the movie theater tells them they CAN'T.
In case you didn't know, there are PLENTY of places where a 4 year old can't go. It isn't just for the benefit of the child, (Which it is)it is also for the benefit of the other PAYING customers.
It's borderline child abuse to bring a 4 year old to a movie that is rated higher than G, past 10 pm.
Augustus McCrae 02-17-2008, 08:29 PM The movie theater has every right to make whatever rules they want to. It is their place of business. If a person doesn't like how that place operate then they can go down the street to the next place.
Personally I wouldn't bring a 4 year old into a movie at 10:00pm. The odds of the child, let alone me, enjoying the movie would be very slim. There probably are some kids that would do just fine but a 4 year old needs to be in bed at that time of the night in my opinion.
junecleaver 02-18-2008, 01:28 AM Well then i must have been a victim of child abuse, because i went to plenty movies with my parents past 10. I love my parents and they love me so i dont know. But whatever. I'm not saying it's right to bring your kids out that late, but its just kinda a dumb rule to have.
Brian Damage 02-18-2008, 01:38 AM Well then i must have been a victim of child abuse, because i went to plenty movies with my parents past 10. I love my parents and they love me so i dont know. But whatever. I'm not saying it's right to bring your kids out that late, but its just kinda a dumb rule to have.
Why is it a dumb rule to have? I don't get that part.
Dean Winchester 02-18-2008, 01:59 AM Why is it a dumb rule to have? I don't get that part.
that's how I feel
I think a lot of people will go to a late show to get away from the kids
Brian Damage 02-18-2008, 02:02 AM that's how I feel
I think a lot of people will go to a late show to get away from the kids
Exactly
When you are paying up the whazoo for tickets, there should be a time limit for when kids can go to the theater.
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