6 years old too young for Terminator 2?
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As a kid I actually found Jurassic Park scarier than T2 in a few scenes, and I saw both around the same age.
Sixth Sense ruined me as a mid teen, couldn't sleep for a week.
It's all about the child in question, the only person that can answer a question of what's appropriate in terms of movies is a (good) parent.
If you're easily confused or unsure stick to the age ratings, they'll watch stuff at their own pace eventually anyway if it interests them.
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He stabs a guy in the face through his mouth and then proceeds to kill a security guard the same way through the eyeball. On numerous occasions he attempts to kill a kid with giant knife arms. There's a tremendous amount of machine guns and swearing from the mum including her stabbing a guy in the neck with a needle and the black dude bleeding out from numerous gun shot wounds.
It's really not anything like a super hero movie.
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Lets agree to disagree, given the mass death and destruction in movies like Endgame.
It very much depends on the child and how they perceive things, some think more deeply than others. I also stated that outside of kill scenes and that there was an argument for tonality, I'm a big Terminator fan so rewatch the first two movies pretty frequently. They're not that bad beyond the first, there's a few modern big money movies which are arguably worse.
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In fairness I wouldn't let a 6 year old watch The Avengers either.
There was always one kid at school that you heard his parents made him watch horror movies and probably smoked fags right next to them. They were always the weird kid, quiet, thousand yard stare.
6 years olds should be watching A Bugs Life or Honey I shrunk the kids, Frozen etc etc. Not 18 cert horror/action flicks.
There was always one kid at school that you heard his parents made him watch horror movies and probably smoked fags right next to them. They were always the weird kid, quiet, thousand yard stare.
6 years olds should be watching A Bugs Life or Honey I shrunk the kids, Frozen etc etc. Not 18 cert horror/action flicks.
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Wanted to come back to this.
I've never played it.. and I was a lot older then 18 when it was released.
I think people forget this used not be an issue. People didn't have any access to games like that. Same with movies.
Totally fair.
I do think that six is probably pushing it unless the kid is very self aware and smart, I was 8-9 or so when I saw T2 and other similar movies.
That said, I do think kids will find a way if there's a trend or interest. Especially with the modern equipment they have access to, I saw Robocop, T1, Alien-Aliens etc due to the fact I had a hand me down VHS player and TV. I was the only person in the house that knew how to set a timed record session. I often spent my pocket money buying blank tapes to record stuff that came up on TV secretly, then watched it in my bedroom.
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End game is PG-13. We've all become immune to what we are watching.
Like all such systems is scored on the lowest common age rating. It not based on a best case scenario.
There's certainly an argument for desensitisation over time, I don't disagree.
It's half my point, there's a lot of 80's 15 rated movies that would probably get a PG or PG-13 if they were re-evaluated. The murder-porn of the 60's and 70's absolutely not as it was much more blatant.
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Soldato
Indeed.
The trans-activists coming after you with their pitchforks because you dared to watch or read Harry Potter or play Hogwarts Legacy.
I agree, they probably have answered it already, but I think if they wanted a discussion specifically around Age Ratings and their suitability, then the question should be phrased more akin to "Should video age ratings be revised after so many years?" or "Would a previous PG rated films from the 1990's be suited to today's 6 year olds?" - that kinda thing.
Hard to pull a list.
Top Rated PG Movies of the 1990's
www.imdb.com
Jurassic Park
Dances with Wolves
Mission: Impossible
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Caporegime
I think you are massively in a minority here. I was 10 years old when the original GTA came out. Near enough everyone in my school was playing it. It came for free as a Demo disc on a kids Playstation magazine in the mid 90's!
Maybe you lived a very sheltered life but movies and such were always getting shared at school. Kids recording off TV on VHS. Swapping all sorts of computer games about. I came from a very middle class family and did well at school but it didn't really matter whether you lived in the suburbs or from an estate the kids were all very similar at the time.
After monitoring what my daughter watches on her phone it really hasn't changed at all. They have even easier access now. Unless you home school your child and not let them have any friends that will not change either but brings even more implications.
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Soldato
I watched Salem's Lot when I was about 10, and I pooed myself at bedtime for months.
I slept with the duvet up around my neck to protect against vampires
I did a running jump onto the bed to avoid something grabbing my ankles
I had to have the curtains completely shut with an overlap in the middle, in case a vampire floating around outside saw me.
I slept with the duvet up around my neck to protect against vampires
I did a running jump onto the bed to avoid something grabbing my ankles
I had to have the curtains completely shut with an overlap in the middle, in case a vampire floating around outside saw me.
Soldato
‘You get desensitised to it’: how social media fuels fear of violence
Young people in Birmingham attest that violent content on apps is having a real-world impact
www.theguardian.com
Don't watch violence on your screens and have a happy life.
Caporegime
‘You get desensitised to it’: how social media fuels fear of violence
Young people in Birmingham attest that violent content on apps is having a real-world impact
Don't watch violence on your screens and have a happy life.
That is pretty obvious but at the same time popular culture is a massive thing during childhood and it can also go the other way and the child becomes a social outcast which is where you end up with serial killers and other bad things. It is all a balancing act. No one said parenting is easy.
Education is more important than restriction.
Fortnite is a game played by all kids and the premise of that is to kill each other. I am sure plenty of the older generation played "army" as kids too. Knowing the rights and wrongs and educating the children is more important than just blanket banning them from everything. When they become teenagers and have the brains to access whatever they want then it will be more difficult to teach good habits.
Don
What about Star-Wars Episode 3? We get to see Anakin get his arms and legs chopped off. No one has issues with that being shown to kids.
The film that freaked me out the most as a kid was Raiders of the Lost Ark.
The film that freaked me out the most as a kid was Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Soldato
Terminator 2...I'm not sure
However, I'd love to let my 9 year old watch The Matrix. Given he has watched Harry Potter etc - I'd argue that is a much darker story line.
Years ago, I used to watch Blood Sport and Universal Soldier at my grandparents - those were the days
However, I'd love to let my 9 year old watch The Matrix. Given he has watched Harry Potter etc - I'd argue that is a much darker story line.
Years ago, I used to watch Blood Sport and Universal Soldier at my grandparents - those were the days