Some lady brought her 5 year old to this flick - The Change-Up (2011) Discussion

[–] rosek102 13 years ago

There's no excuse for that. I know it's more and more common for kids to be seeing adult movies, but I don't know who in their right mind would take a little kid to something this vulgar. Oh well...not my kid, not my problem.

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[–] bthr 13 years ago

i saw plenty R rated movies (im not american so what is rated R in USA is rated lower here many times) and i turned out just fine.
at the age of six i saw movies with extreme violence, nudity, sex and basically everything. of course i also watched cartoons and children channel.
im not a violent sex maniac who would cut someone's face just because he looked at me and the only reason i know how to use weapons is because i served in the military...

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[–] mayorny 13 years ago

who told you that you're fine?

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[–] ingenmening69 10 years ago

Who told you he or she isn't?

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[–] siobanphotogirl 13 years ago

Well I had no idea it would be so vulgar, I didn't even realize it was an R movie, hopefully she didn't either. If she knew it was rated R she shouldn't have brought the kid.

I thought it would be a cheesy comedy and that I might chuckle a few times.

I don't think I laughed once. I had to leave at the porno scene (30 minutes in?) because I couldn't take anymore of the pathetic and disgusting attempts at comedy.

Did the mother at least leave when she realized there were way too many Fbombs?

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[–] Lucky777s 13 years ago

Nope. They sat through the whole movie. And we caught the 9:30 showing so that kid was probably home and (maybe) in bed at midnight.

"Ruprect! Do you want me to get the genital cuff?"

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[–] Pumpkin_Man 13 years ago

When I was 8, I wanted to see R-rated movies at the theater.

http://www.youtube.com/user/pumpkinman4ever?feature=mhum

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[–] butterflycrazy 13 years ago

This is a form of child abuse... stupid parents and their selfishness. Either get someone to watch your child or guess what? DONT GO! And true its not my kid, so shouldnt be my problem.. but these kids grow up someday, the world already is bad enough, wonder why? This sure isnt helping.

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[–] siobanphotogirl 13 years ago

totally agree...

and hello... what were the theater employees doing when this child was heading into that screen?? Maybe they paid for Winnie the Pooh and went into 'Poo in the mouth' instead? Classy. :P

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[–] Lucky777s 13 years ago

If the child is accompanied by a parent or legal guardian then the theatre employees can't do anything about it. And they're NOT going to do anything about it for the piddly hourly wage that they make anyway. After they tear your ticket they don't care which theatre you walk into (at least they don't here (30 screens)).

"Ruprect! Do you want me to get the genital cuff?"

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[–] kpddukpoki 12 years ago

"There is no evidence that exposure to an R-rated film at a young age will cause a child to grow up to be a serial killer, a rapist, a juvenile, or a thug. None. I actually think it benefits the child, because he or she will become desensitized to movie violence/cursing at a young age, and will learn to handle it better during adulthood. "

this is actually a misconception. Why? because there's also no evidence for the reverse i.e. there's no evidence that exposure to an R-rated film at a young age will NOT cause a child to grow up to be a serial killer, etc.

In my opinion why take the risk? Just do what common sense tells you. You know let kids be kids and watch kid movies and save that adult stuff later, when you know.. they are actually adults. and this is coming from someone who grew up watching bad stuff. While i'm not a serial kiler, etc. and turned out pretty normal, i do think my life would of been better if i was raised slightly more properly. Love my parents to death either way but i'm definitely going to raise my kids more positively than i was raised.

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[–] siobanphotogirl 13 years ago

You gotta have a license to drive a car but any lunatic can become a parent. It's scary.

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[–] qwertyKeys 13 years ago

I know you had strong opinions about this film, but on the subject of eight year olds and Fbombs... is that really a qualifier to take a kid out of a theater for you?

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[–] siobanphotogirl 13 years ago

I'll take that as a rhetorical question, as it should be.

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[–] qwertyKeys 13 years ago

It wasn't. I was just a little shocked to hear that is all.

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[–] siobanphotogirl 13 years ago

No child or even teenager should be allowed to see a movie like this. It bothers me that it's even made for 'adults' to see. It's disgusting and it's a fail in parenting 101. Any decent, mature adult would know better.

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[–] siobanphotogirl 13 years ago

wow. mature. and like father/mother like son/daughter. we're going to need bigger prisons.

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[–] KrAv3 13 years ago

3 meals a day, looking forward to it!

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[–] mayorny 13 years ago

We need meaner prisons.

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[–] Swacs-Man 13 years ago

First off, I haven't seen this film.

"No child or even teenager should be allowed to see a movie like this"

Come on, teenager? Meaning 13-19. In Denmark this film is allowed from age 11 and up. Not to turn this into an Europe vs. America thing, but if the parents discuss these things with their children, swear words and nudity aren't really that much of a problem. I agree that 5 year-olds are way too young to understand the situations and contexts in these films, but any sane teenager shouldn't have any problem viewing these films.

R-rated films like American Pie are A-classified in Denmark, meaning allowed for all (but dis advised for children younger than 7), which I truly believe is fair. Same rating as Disney flicks get. In my mind, if you can handle Bambi's mom getting killed and the evil humans burning down the forest, you can easily handle some geeky guy having fun time with a pie.

From my point of view the R-rating should be used mainly for horror/action films with carnal destruction (gore) and explicit adult films. Not a little nudity, which is fairly natural and a part of our lives. And NC-17 shouldn't exist.

But again, I do agree with OP that younger children (under 10) shouldn't see adult-themed films.

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[–] msyndergaard 13 years ago

LoL, great post. I especially liked the comparison to Bambi. Americans, as you know, are odd when it comes to sexuality or even simply nudity in a nonsexual scene. That's all this is about.

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[–] brynet 13 years ago

You can't handle some senseless humour, so you troll on IMDb to make yourself feel superior?

Why can't you not appreciating the movie for what it is? It's a comedy, featuring two grown men, which obviously will include crude humour.

You're not the target audience, but there are other people that can sit down and watch a movie without over-analyzing it.

Do everyone a huge favour and go be a killjoy somewhere else.

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[–] siobanphotogirl 13 years ago

Being a 'grown man' does not mean liking crude humour.

Unfortunately many men do like that crap, but many others find it tasteless.

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[–] iwishuponaddiestar 13 years ago

That is stupid of her. When I was in elementary school, I was so jealous that my parents wouldn't let me see R rated movies like some other kid's parents. Now, I appreciate that they didn't let me see them. When they took me to see the Notebook when it came out (I guess as a test to see if I could handle more adult movies) I hated it. All the stuff about sex and adult relationships, was too much. I was 9 (I think, I forgot when the movie came out) and I wasn't ready for adult dramas. That poor kid doesn't understand what Parenting fail. *Facepalms*
Now I'm 16 and allowed to see these types of movies but I understand more and I see and hear a lot of sex jokes and immaturity in high school anyway. A ton of the kids who saw these movies as little kids are now f'ed up in the head. No joke. My best friend used to watch these types of movie as a little kid and now she regrets it.

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[–] qwertyKeys 13 years ago

What exactly about watching adult issues that a child can't quite comprehend yet does your friend regret? Like, how do you feel it f's people's heads up?

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[–] iwishuponaddiestar 13 years ago

Well, I mean the kids I don't keep in contact with anymore are f'ed up because from a young age, they would go around using the vulgar language found in adult movies. (I'm not against cussing...but I do think it should be said at the appropriate times and when people are older, not like 6 or 7). Plus, these kids had far too mcuh sex knowledge. Yes, some of them did have people who weren't afraid to explain it to them so they knew way too much for their age group. Anyway, I can't really cite specific examples but I know that scientific studies have even proved these movies f-up a young child's mind. I mean unless you deny science?
As for my friend, she regrets being too mature so young. She realizes now they weren't appropriate for her. The things you think when watching a movie at 5 or 6 and then watching it as an adult are dramatically different. The movie might make you laugh as a kid and then make you cry as an adult, all due to changing perspective or because you have more life experience. Plus she was a person who went around saying all the bad words she learned from those movies and nobody was very happy about it. Now she only uses those words when pissed off or something. I don't know, I can't speak for her; about her reasoning for regret. But she has told me she wishes she would have waited to watch 'r' rated movies.

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[–] siobanphotogirl 13 years ago

Wow... I'm very surprised to know all this, that someone regrets having watched these movies.

I do agree that watching these types of movies f's people up.

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[–] EmeryDoyle 12 years ago

oh wow shut the f up. cause you were too wimpy to handle THE NOTEBOOK that means every kid has to suffer? i watched valentine and scary movie back when i was 7 and 8 and loved it. although looking back i didn't get many of the jokes in scary movie. i watched a lot of movies like this as a kid and i turned out normal. no drug/sex/criminal habit or history. keep your damn nose at out of other people's lives. and fyi maybe your ''friend'' was a abused in real life

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[–] pinkywhitefluffypoop 13 years ago

Lucky777s, I'm you in the future! Last night I saw a 9:45 showing of The Change-Up at the cheap theater and some kid was saying random nonsense during the movie. There would be some sex scene or something vulgar and than you'd hear some high pitched kid voice. How WRONG is it that they're even there to begin with? Bad parenting, some selfish parents want to see an R-rated movie and don't care about their kid. It took me away from the movie but kept making me laugh at the ridiculousness of it.

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[–] emuboy 13 years ago

I remember seeing The Butterfly Effect in the cinema, and quite a lot of parents brought children in to watch the movie.

The Butterfly Effect included strong violence, animal cruelty, incest, pedophilia, bullying, prison brutality, homicide and suicide, none of which are suitable for children.

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[–] krasny 13 years ago

I think only a five year old would laugh at this sorry movie.

Don't Care What The Governments Say
They're All Bought And Paid For Anyway

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[–] dylangod 13 years ago

I remember seeing The Butterfly Effect in the cinema, and quite a lot of parents brought children in to watch the movie.

But five-year-olds?

I wouldn't even limit it to swear words and violence. It's stuff that's just not meant for children. Some adult contents may not affect a child, but that's not necessarily relevant. It never did me; at 7 I knew better than to emulate cursing gangsters and by 14 I had seen plenty more in magazines than what Sharon Stone and Michael Douglass were showing, but at 9 none of us at school had any clue about what Porky's was about, just a random example.

Kids should be kids. Some stuff may seem funny or scary or cool, but they don't actually get it. And eventually they'll get there, what's the rush?

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[–] Tequila_Eclipse 13 years ago

Yeah, some lady brought her two kids to see Harold and Kumar Escape Guantanamo Bay...

and someone brought a retard as well. I hate that word, but honestly, that is what he was. Screaming out to the audience that he has to go for a pee. retard.

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[–] RefurbishedBrain 13 years ago

Big *beep* deal a kid watched a movie with tits and a few bad words... OMG!!! Call the Police. Yeah that's surely what ruins kids nowadays.. give me a freaking break!

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[–] Swordsaint 13 years ago

But.. but! The leftard socialist would just LOVE to see governments telling parents what movies their kids can or cannot see, even under their legal guardian observation!

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[–] Lucky777s 13 years ago

***Yeah, some lady brought her two kids to see Harold and Kumar Escape Guantanamo Bay... ***

"Daddy, what's c*ck meat sandwich?"

LOL

"Ruprect! Do you want me to get the genital cuff?"

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[–] imdb12347 13 years ago

wow this thread is full of no funs im glad you werent my parent

im 28 and my parents took me to see nightmare on elm street when i was younger among other r rated films. they did a good job explaining fantasy from reality and i ended up just fine .

if any thing you're all naive to think you could shield your children from everyday pop culture

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[–] struggle67 13 years ago

You guys are looking at this all wrong. Maybe the kid made his parents take him to this movie. Maybe it was his make a wish, maybe it was his birthday wish, maybe it was a punishment, maybe it's none of our business.

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[–] glare48 13 years ago

It's funny how we don't care that we're watching R rated movies as kids but we wouldn't want our future children doing it.

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