Someone just tried to tell me that Cars 2 IS inappropriate...

[tlbwriter]

Kids this young flock to see Harry Potter. There will be quite a bit of violence and death in this last movie and there was in the book.

Yes, but if the first Harry Potter had been completely free of violence and death, one would hopefully understand why parents were confused and upset if the second one had both. As far as I can tell, the issue is not "Cars 2 is a violent movie." The issue is "Cars 2 is potentially more violent and scary than Cars was."

I mean this as a nice and helpful comment and I hope you take it that way--if you do not want people focusing on your age and a perceived attitude from you--then get that out of your signature

This. I'm afraid your sig is turning people against you. If you don't want to be perceived as a smart-alec kid, don't advertise it in your signature. You're as well-spoken as many of the adults here and no one would know you were 15 if you didn't choose to include it in everything you post.

 

[luvsJack]

I consider 6 to be the high end of the target demographic. I'm think of the 3 and 4 year olds as the main target. Additionally, I'd never let a 6 year old in my care see any of the Potter films beyond number 2. They grow in intensity and that would be my absolute cut off for a 6 year old.

Ahhh. Ok. I take back my "disagree" 3's and 4's may have a harder time with it, but there may still be some at that age that would be fine. Just gotta know your own kid, I guess.

Either of my sons would have loved Harry Potter at the age of 6 and I would have taken them to see all of them. DD is a different story and I never tried to get her to watch them until she finally asked to see one of the movies and we bought the DVD and she loved it! Its all dependent on the child.

 

[luvsJack]

Yes, but if the first Harry Potter had been completely free of violence and death, one would hopefully understand why parents were confused and upset if the second one had both. As far as I can tell, the issue is not "Cars 2 is a violent movie." The issue is "Cars 2 is potentially more violent and scary than Cars was."



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I was comparing the voilent/fear factor. Its not usually a good idea to base what you expect from one movie to what the first of the series was. Maybe they were aiming for an older audiance base?

 

[Jaime4004]

I fell asleep during Cars 2 so I wouldn't know.

So did my mother. And I was close myself. I loved Cars, but thought Cars 2 was terrible. We all waited years for this to come out. DD7, DS6 and DS3 all loved it. All four of the adults with us hated it. One of my friends described the movie at "violent" on facebook and I laughed at the comment before I saw the movie. After all, it was Cars and Disney, couldn't be that bad. Now I agree with her. I saw the trailers many, many times (DS6 liked to watch them over and over, he was so excited) and still never thought the entire story would revolve around shooting cars. To me, gun/bomb violence is way different than scary sea monsters, witches, parents dying, etc (not really looking for a debate on this, just my opinion).
That being said, my kids are all obsessed with Cars, and we'll own it and watch it 23982458 times when it comes out on DVD. Sigh.

 

[Conservative Hippie]

Your age matters because it dictates that you are treated a certain way. Even though you may feel bullied, believe me, the adults in here did not go as far as they would have if you were an adult. I find you to be mature and intelligent, but that is in comparison to other 15 year olds. A little advice...........Don't take the words that you read personally. Don't be afraid to be 15 either. You WILL make mistakes, it's ok. At times, you will come across as immature. That's ok, also. You can't grow if you know it all and if you're at your maturity peak at 15. Most adults on here will treat you as a 15 year old and regardless of your maturity, they will not view you as an adult because you're not.

I agree with everything, esp. part in red.

ETA: Oops, hit reply before I was done!

Regarding the original topic, I haven't seen Cars 2, but I can understand both sides. On one hand, my best friend is one of the biggest "helicopters" I know, and she took her three kids (8, 6, and 3) to see it and they loved it. On the other hand, IF it is as violent as I am reading (and animated violence is still violence), it may have been better with a PG rating. Then parents can decide for themselves without being blindsided.

I saw POTC4 while onboard the Disney Dream, and several parents with small children walked out after the first 45 or so minutes. I guess they either missed that it was rated PG-13 or didn't think it would be "that bad," but that is one movie I would not take my own 3 year old to, although I can't say what magic age I think it would be appropriate for (10 sounds about right, but even then, I don't have a 10 year old so I don't know).

 

[akhenaten]

I mean this as a nice and helpful comment and I hope you take it that way--if you do not want people focusing on your age and a perceived attitude from you--then get that out of your signature

True...

OP I was not in any way calling you immature... i was responding to another poster who said your signature was immature...

My point was just that if you are going to be immature at any time in your life ... the time before you are 18 is when you should do it...

 

[tlbwriter]

Its not usually a good idea to base what you expect from one movie to what the first of the series was.

I don't know why you'd say that. That's the whole point of a sequel - to give you more of the same thing. I don't know of any other franchise where you'd say the first film shouldn't give you any expectation of what the second film would be like (other than things like the Harry Potter series where there's a story arc for the whole series that gets darker and darker and the characters themselves age quite a bit).

 

[princessmom29]

I do believe that six is too young to see a PG film, .

I would like to see what you think once you have a 6 year old of your own. MY DD was certianly old enough to handle ANY PG film at 6. She is almost 8, and in the last year or so we have started allowing more PG-13 that we have prescreened. I find that most action adventure type movies that are PG-13 seem to be fine for her. As I said she has seen all the piratesd movies, LOTR, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, ect. Comedy, not so much. Too much unnecessary raunchy humor. Of course, we don't much care for that either, so it isn't really an issue. No one in the house goes in much for horror films so I cannot really make a judgement about them. She has never had a nighmare from or been scared of a movie. She doesn't reenact what she sees, ect, so I don't see a problem??

 

[jodifla]

I don't know why you'd say that. That's the whole point of a sequel - to give you more of the same thing. I don't know of any other franchise where you'd say the first film shouldn't give you any expectation of what the second film would be like (other than things like the Harry Potter series where there's a story arc for the whole series that gets darker and darker and the characters themselves age quite a bit).

I think it's a parent's responsibility to look at some reviews before they take their kids.....Cars 2 had plenty of reviews before it opened, and almost all of them mentioned the violence on some level. I was well aware of it before I walked into the theater.

 

[Lanshark]

Cars 2 may be inappropriate for some children and not for others. There is an expectation for a movie marketed to young children. That expectation is that it won't scare them or expose them to inappropriate content

 

[tlbwriter]

I think it's a parent's responsibility to look at some reviews before they take their kids.....Cars 2 had plenty of reviews before it opened, and almost all of them mentioned the violence on some level. I was well aware of it before I walked into the theater.

Fine, but that's not the point. After all, I read plenty of completely opposing reviews. The point is that people expect Cars 2 to be a lot like Cars, just like they expected the sequels to Shrek, Toy Story, PoTC, etc. to be a lot like the originals. It's not wrong to expect that.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

Fine, but that's not the point. After all, I read plenty of completely opposing reviews. The point is that people expect Cars 2 to be a lot like Cars, just like they expected the sequels to Shrek, Toy Story, PoTC, etc. to be a lot like the originals. It's not wrong to expect that.

I would have expected it too, until I started seeing previews. There was no reason for me to assume that "Cars 2" was going to be a spy movie.

My kids are old enough that it wouldn't have bothered me. But if they were younger, I probably would have been ticked. I probably wouldn't have bothered reading reviews first, which I know makes me lazy. But if it was rated G, how bad could it be?

In any case, we haven't seen it, and don't plan on it. Maybe my kids will but it on their Netflix queue or something eventually. But I didn't even like the first one.

 

[Anjelica]

Fine, but that's not the point. After all, I read plenty of completely opposing reviews. The point is that people expect Cars 2 to be a lot like Cars, just like they expected the sequels to Shrek, Toy Story, PoTC, etc. to be a lot like the originals. It's not wrong to expect that.

I agree with this.

The whole backstory of Harry Potter is based on a tragedy - his parents were killed. It kind of sets the undertone of the entire series. Yes Harry Potter 1 and 2 are dramatically less scary than its sequels but at the same time they reference his parents death from almost the beginning of the movie.

With Cars - it is not based on a tragedy but more of a light hearted story. I didn't find it necessary for them to show the first caught spy smashed in a cube nor to see the second caught spy blowing up. My son (4.5) has a perception of death based on us having to put our dog to sleep. He knows its "permanent" and he's not coming back. It's reasonable to assume that when he saw the Cars in Cars 2 killed/die he would ask the questions of "did he die", etc. (Enter in mom's white lie).

Again - I enjoyed the movie but be warned it really is almost a 180 from the original Cars.

 

[aprilgail2]

We have some uber Christian neighbors that get a publication that tells them all the inappropriate things that are in movies and kids programs. They pointed out to me 3 instances where the first Cars movie was inappropriate. I just smiled at them and went on my way.

My daughters friends parents are really religious and were horrified that I let her watch Harry Potter from the time she was little. I don't know what they would say if they knew that Satuday night at Midnight we were are a midnight showing of Rocky Horror Picture Show-- which my daughter thought was the weirdest movie she ever saw LOL (which she said as she got hit in the head with a roll of toilet paper LOL)

 

[Aisling]

Point taken. When I wrote it, I was probably celebrating the fact that I finished the last classroom assignment for my degree and am about to start the internship portion. It was wrong.

I could cop out and say that I did it to make a point-but I didn't. It was just as bad as the signature...

In that case, my sincere congratulations to you!

 

[bombygriz]

My daughters friends parents are really religious and were horrified that I let her watch Harry Potter from the time she was little. I don't know what they would say if they knew that Satuday night at Midnight we were are a midnight showing of Rocky Horror Picture Show-- which my daughter thought was the weirdest movie she ever saw LOL (which she said as she got hit in the head with a roll of toilet paper LOL)

Wow, I'm STILL not allowed to watch that. Doesn't mean I haven't, though.

 

[goofy!]

All kids are so different in what bothers them.

I am over half a century old and the movie that freaked me out the most:

Thomasina

I could handle about anything as a child, but that movie just unnerved me. And the uneasy feeling lasted into my 30's when it came out on video and I watched it again.

Of course, my generation was scarred for life by the violence of a coyote and a road runner; TNT, Anvils, Knives

 

[Poohforyou]

As a 17 year old, I'm embarrassed. I hope no one here finds me that condescending in any of my posts.

Wow, I go off to work and miss all the fun. Cinderella94, I honestly wouldn't have known you were 17 if you hadn't said anything. You come across as someone much older. I don't pay alot of attention to people's usernames so I didn't catch on that you were born in 1994.

To respond to a few other posts, I don't baby my child but she just doesn't like any movies with the least bit of violence/action. Mr. Popper's Penguins is much more her speed. I grew up on Road Runner so I have no problem with kids seeing that kind of thing. However I also know that there are young children and even older ones who can't handle it and shouldn't be forced to.

 

[luvmy3]

Right now my almost 8 year old is watching Terminator 2. He wanted to fast foward to the part where, and I quote "Sarah Conner pumps the magnum shotgun with one hand". Cars 2 wouldn't be inappropriate for him at all, but I can see where someone may think it is for their own child. We aren't planning on seeing it, but I would have assumed that it was more like the first one. Of course I have seen the trailers so if the woman the OP is talking about did too, then she really should have not taken her child