Posted by Scott in Geeks on Movies | 10 comments
Kids in rated ‘R’ movies …
Its a common occurrence that I am seeing more and more of, and that is children in rated ‘R’ movies. What parent would think that this is acceptable? A 2-5 year old in a movie that you need to be 17 or older to get into?
My first example was a few months ago we were at a special screening of ‘The Strangers’ which is rated ‘R’, and there were multiple times someone had to get up and take their small child to the bathroom. Several kids started crying at the really scary scenes, and being a parent I just cant fathom taking my young child to see something like this. Not only is it not good for your child, but its also disrespectful to all the other moviegoers. No one wants to be disrupted during the movie because you couldn’t find a babysitter and you decided to just bring little johnny along with you. So let this be a notice to all of you would be parents that decide to bring your kids to the movie theater with you to a non children’s movie… DONT DO IT!
What do you guys think? Chime in on the comments below…
I totally agree….I can’t believe the amount of ignoramuses, who are too CHEAP to pay for a sitter, bringing their children into an ‘R’ rated movie. It’s not a matter of not finding a sitter. If you dont have the money for a sitter…you dont have the money for a movie either.
I agree totally, but my biggest pet peeve is the cheapo’s (that’s what I call them) that bring the whole family..including infants. Babys have no business at a movie..R, PG-13,PG none of them. But people bring them out to a free movie ..sometimes in the dead of winter and subject the crowd to the disturbance. If the theaters would man-up and tell them to take the babies out the same way they do with the cell phones Everyone would enjoy the movie going experience a lot more! Jeez People get a sitter already. Ok I’m off the soapbox..thanks Scott for throwing gas on that smoldering fire…hey all we need now is to bash Michelle on M. Night and rip charles for sleeping in the movies and my week is complete!
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I couldn’t agree more… even late night screenings of PG-13 films. I saw a 12:00 screening of the Hell Boy 2 on a Sunday, and there were four of those fuckers there with their shitty parents screaming through the whole thing. The theaters need to step up and shitty parents need to die.
That would boost attendance! Have a public execution of anyone who brings an infant to the theater! Yeah then the kid can go to a deserving family that has some common sense and doesn’t bring babys to screenings! “I like that! I’m going to leave this up for all my bloggers to see..I Like That!” (Mr. Hand reference). Maybe the theater managers can borrow Wil Ferrells nuts from Step Brothers..I think he’s finished with them and it is perfectly clear that they don’t have one between all of them!
Totally with you. One of my biggest pet peeves are parents who allow their children to behave badly in public and/or parents who bring children to places that are not appropriate at that time (so that it’s really not the kid behaving badly, as much as being scared or tired or whiny – I would be too).
I find it offensive when parents allow children to behave poorly and rudely throughout a film, regardless of rating. I don’t care if I’m watching the latest Pixar – if a child is running up and down the aisle, throwing food, or speaking loudly enough for me not to be able to concentrate on the movie and the parent is doing NOTHING to stop this behavior – it drives me insane.
To some degree, some of this is expected when seeing movies geared towards young audiences and so I sincerely try to stay out of theaters for early showings in those instances. But when it’s an R rated film AND/or a film being shown at 11pm or later – there is just. no. excuse. for children being there.
I wish my parents were still alive so they could take me to r-rated movies…..
I wished they had theatere that does not allow Children under 13!
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There should be some kind of exception. I rarely get to go on a date with the hubby. And just because I have a 3 month old baby I was turned away from purchasing tickets to a R rated film. Are you kidding me?! I breastfeed him and sorry but I’m not going to let him starve for refusing a bottle. He only takes it from his dad. I’m pissed!