My husband wants to take the boys to see Guardians of the Galaxy. My oldest is nine, and the youngest is only four. i don't feel it is appropriate (plus he won't understand the plot, and it's just over two hours). thoughts?
thanks everybody, the hub ended up taking our nine year old and after researching more and reading the responses, i wouldn't have let him take him either, but he always tends to be way more lenient than i am (one of our major issues). I agree that they grow up too fast and this one is definitely not for young kids.
Sadly, not rated properly. Definitely not for anyone under I'd say 16. Just about every cuss in the book, even one of those "what the f..." but not actually. A lot of sexual inuendos. Quite violent. Nothing uplifting about it.
commonsensemedia.org is a great site to check because it will tell you EXACTLY what you may (or may not) find offensive and/or inappropriate, and there will be many reviews from other parents.
My husband has always taken our kids to more "mature" movies than I would have, but I let it go because that was his thing and our kids weren't traumatized by any of it, or not too much anyway :-)
They're both under 13. I would not take children under 13 by 4 years and more unless I first saw the movie. There are many appropriate movies available. I think we force our kids to grow up too fast.
Based on seeing the previews, I would say that it definitely does not seem like a movie for a 4 year old. It just seems too intense, and like you said, he probably won't follow the plot or last for the whole thing. Ask your husband what he will do if/when the four year old decides he is done and wants to leave half way through the movie! I suppose maybe you could find another lighter movie to watch with him (Planes and Trucks: Fire and Rescue would work, I think) and you take the younger one to it while Dad and older boy go to Guardians?
ETA: Following up on Marda's answer, I would add that when my 12 year old son watched the previews with me, he winced and said it looked a bit too violent for him, and he has watched plenty of action movies such as Divergent and the Hunger Games. So you might really want to consider whether even your 9 year old is ready for it.
I haven't seen it yet, but my 17 yo daughter and her bff are telling me that anything that would be considered inappropriate is more along the lines of adult innuendo that neither a 4 or 9 year old will catch on to. They said there is no nudity, some mild profanity, gun violence, swordplay, and spaceship war type fighting. They alos say if he has seen any of the Marvel movies like Iron Man, The Avengers etc...and he dealt with those OK then he should be fine, but if he didn't handle those well or your not ready to let him see those and he's not had that type of Sci-Fi exposure than to proceed with caution.
I'm surprised anyone who has seen the trailer would even ask.
I always use this website to help me determine what movies are appropriate for my 6 year old daughter....IMO there are just too many "children's" movies that aren't entirely appropriate for the intended audience. This website helps me a lot! Hope you find it as helpful. :-)
http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/moviemom/2014/07/guar...
My friend just took her boys to see it (ages 12, 10, 7). She's very liberal in what she allows the kids to watch(i.e. all the boys have seen hunger games) and she said that she was shocked that it only had a PG-13 rating and at times she thought it was inappropriate.
themoviespoiler.com
Any time I want to know if a movie is okay or not okay for "me" to see I read the synapses of it on the movie spoiler page. Now I will say some writers are better than others and give a much different picture so if there are 2 reviews of it read both.
My 13 year still keeps talking about all of the cussing plus the shooting the bird. There is no sex and the violence is not bad, just a lot of explosions. But I would not describe the cussing as 'mild profanity'.
Many of my friends have said no. I asked them about my almost 6 yr old and they said to take her to Planes or How To Tame Your Dragon 2 instead. Guardians is too intense for little kids. How about you each take a kid to an appropriate movie (or something else) and reconvene for dinner or something? Has the 4 yr old seen a theater movie before? If not, and if he's unlikely to sit for 2 hrs, then don't torture him or the older kid who might enjoy it.
I also want to recommend commonsensemedia.org for checking out movies before you take a child.
Our newspaper also does "family" reviews of films so parents know what's up, and the one for this movie (which my 13-year-old wants to see ) mentioned that the language includes "the s-word" a couple of times and that's nothing a four-year-old needs to hear. Tell dad that you'll take the young one to see the new Disney "Planes" movie instead. In fact, if you have real issues with certain things in films (cursing, sexual innuendo or sexy costumes on female characters etc.), you might want to chat with dad about why there's a rating system in the first place and maybe you and dad can agree to decide together on films, using commonsense media as a guide.
And in the end...this is a PG-13 movie and none of your kids is anywhere near 13. Yes, dad can indeed take them to see it, but the rating is there as a clear sign that it's not intended for kids this age.
Your nine year old would love the new "How to Train Your Dragon" movie and it's gorgeous to look at, for adults too!
Common Sense Media ranks it best for ages 12+. Take a look at their detailed categories to help make the determination for your own children.
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/guardians-...
I don't know the movie, but even the name sounds complicated. I would say no for a 4 year old.
My friend took her 3 and 6 year olds and they both enjoyed it. My husband and I agreed our 7 year old would love it and I'll probably take her at some point.
