I Am Legend

[thisearthlyride]

So the movie was ok. Not something I'd necessarily recommend, because it's all been done before. But if you like viral apocalypse-type movies with un-dead thingies, by all means rush out to see it.

My real issue was the number of kids in the audience. We were sitting next to a few kids- best guess on ages are 10-12 years. Now, I watched a lot of PG-13 and even R movies when I was younger. Of course, many of those ratings were due to "adult content" (like seeing the naked breasts of a native woman in the South American jungles *gasp!*) and they were not horror genre.

A PG-13 rating doesn't mean a movie's not scary, it just means there isn't swearing or naked breasts or gore. I won't give out any spoilers, but I find it hard to believe that a small kid isn't going to have nightmares or insist on sleeping with the lights on after seeing this film. WTF, people?

Here are just a few examples of some PG-13 rated movies I would never let my 10 year old see:

1408
Boogeyman
Darkness Falls
One Missed Call
Stay Alive
The Grudge
The Messengers
The Ring

I could go on and on (and grrr about the kids at rated R movies, too) but I won't. Bottom line- I think people should be checking out these movies before dragging their 10 year old along with them. If nothing else, the parent/s will sleep better without their kid clinging to them all night...

Comments

[missannie.livejournal.com]

I totally agree with you.... I Am Legend had me wanting to crawl under the seats. I LOVE scary things and it really got me going. Some parents just don't care is what it comes down to. Sad but true.. :/

[thisearthlyride.livejournal.com]

I wanted to clarify that I'm not saying that kids couldn't ever see *any* PG-13 movies, just that parents should be watching them first to make sure the film is appropriate for their child. What might be fine for one 12 year old might not be fine for another, so it's really an individual thing in many cases.

That said, it's true that many parents just don't care. And that just makes me soooooo angry!

[karendammit.livejournal.com]

I agree. I don't think children need to be watching scary movies. I remember being scared to death as a child about all kinds of stuff. I was probably more of an anxious child than most because rides at Disney World had me having nightmares for years... LOL. That witch from Snow White was scary and so were haunted houses. Those things really did frighten me so I know that scary movies are quite capable of causing sleepness nights and nightmares. I've always thought if I had children, I would be very careful about not exposing them to horrific things.