Brigitte Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Would you let your 10 y.o. girl watch it? If not, why? I'll post my reason for asking later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danybug Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Yes. My ds (11) and dd (4) have both seen the movie. I was not concerned that both had watched it. My ds has read most all the comics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 My 9 and 12 yr old dds watched it and really enjoyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in KY Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Yep, I did. Blistering Barnacles! She survived the experience pretty well. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolamum Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Yes! Absolutely. I took my 8 & 11 year old boys to see it. We all loved it, including dh. We're all pretty big TinTin fans though. Yes, the movie has guns, it has a drunken man in it, but it's all very typical TinTin stuff so if you are familiar with Tintin you shouldn't be surprised. We're eagerly counting down until it's out on video here {25th}. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 This made me curious so I googled. It seems some think it is sexist, and were upset at the lack of female characters. Is this what bothered you, OP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraciWA Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 We let our nine year old watch it. I saw no issue that bothered me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Absolutely! It was great fun. I have tomboy tendencies, myself. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 I plan on letting my 10yo and 7yo see it. There's not much there they haven't read in the books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greta Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Would you let your 10 y.o. girl watch it? If not, why? I'll post my reason for asking later. Well my 12 yo dd and I both felt like that was a total waste of two hours of our lives, but YMMV. So let her watch? Yes, obviously I did. But recommend that she watch? No! :ack2: FWIW, I had no prior experience with the story, the movie was my first exposure to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessReplanted Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 We watched it first and then let our 9 year old son watch it. He LOVED it, and my husband also enjoyed it. I really wasn't into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negin Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Nothing inappropriate about it as far as I recall. We just found it rather dull to say the least. The animation was superb, but the actual movie was lame, we thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear23 Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 DD7, DS8 and DD12 watched the movie. My DS enjoyed the movie the most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazakaal Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 9yo dd and 8yo ds are watching it right now (rented from library this morning). They've read all the books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 All of my boys have seen it. I watched it out of the corner of my eye the first time (my older 3 were gone with dh, so I was "watching" with the younger 2 while I was working on the computer). Now I'm curious about what I might've missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigitte Posted April 21, 2012 Author Share Posted April 21, 2012 So here is why I ask the questions: My twins were invited to a birthday party yesterday. It was a slumber party, but we don't do those yet, so we picked them up around 9:40 (40 minutes after I said we would pick them up, but dh wanted to go along - a long story - but couldn't pull himself away from watching a baseball game). When we got there, the kids had just started to watch the movie Tintin. DH is very angry that the parents, good friends of mine from church, did not ask if it was okay for our girls to watch the movie and the movie is PG. I agree that the parents probably should have asked before showing the movie, but I assume that they felt the movie content was okay, especially since my girls have read about half of the Tintin books. I asked here about the movie because I am not familiar with it, and I knew most of the group here would be able to give me a pretty good take on it. I am not upset over the whole thing, and dh desn't want our girls going to this family's house ever again. ***sigh*** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnitWit Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 My kids have loved the books so they have all seen the movie. My youngest is 6. We actually own it. :) Don't let others make decisions for your family. Watch it yourself and YOU decide for your daughter. :grouphug: Edited to say that I didn't see your explanation before I posted. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnitWit Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 So here is why I ask the questions: My twins were invited to a birthday party yesterday. It was a slumber party, but we don't do those yet, so we picked them up around 9:40 (40 minutes after I said we would pick them up, but dh wanted to go along - a long story - but couldn't pull himself away from watching a baseball game). When we got there, the kids had just started to watch the movie Tintin. DH is very angry that the parents, good friends of mine from church, did not ask if it was okay for our girls to watch the movie and the movie is PG. I agree that the parents probably should have asked before showing the movie, but I assume that they felt the movie content was okay, especially since my girls have read about half of the Tintin books. I asked here about the movie because I am not familiar with it, and I knew most of the group here would be able to give me a pretty good take on it. I am not upset over the whole thing, and dh desn't want our girls going to this family's house ever again. ***sigh*** :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: Maybe you can point out to dh that they *were* invited to a *sleepover* party. It would be expected that there would be plans for the evening. You told the hostess you would pick them up at 9pm. It appears that THAT is the time they planned for the movie, so if you had been on time, your girls would NOT have seen the movie. Maybe you can help your dh understand that it is not the hostess' fault, but his, for enjoying his baseball and making you late. :) He really cannot expect the hostess to put her party plans on hold for something like that...in my opinion. I might have let the parents know up front what was going to be viewed and if parents were late, I would have had the kids sitting in another room with me while the party plans moved forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 We watched it last night as a family movie. I cannot understand what about it would be particularly offensive to just girls. It is lots of action and such like a kid Indiana Jones and everyone enjoyed it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 I am not upset over the whole thing, and dh desn't want our girls going to this family's house ever again. ***sigh*** Because they showed a PG move to 10 year olds? Unless I am missing something ... holy overreaction, Batman! Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnMama Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 My 5 yo loved that movie. I thought it was completely appropriate for his age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigitte Posted April 21, 2012 Author Share Posted April 21, 2012 :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: Maybe you can point out to dh that they *were* invited to a *sleepover* party. It would be expected that there would be plans for the evening. You told the hostess you would pick them up at 9pm. It appears that THAT is the time they planned for the movie, so if you had been on time, your girls would NOT have seen the movie. Maybe you can help your dh understand that it is not the hostess' fault, but his, for enjoying his baseball and making you late. :) He really cannot expect the hostess to put her party plans on hold for something like that...in my opinion. I did mention that very fact to him, but he is still mad. Honestly, the more I think about it, the more I think his outrage has more to do with the family than the movie. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigitte Posted April 21, 2012 Author Share Posted April 21, 2012 All of my boys have seen it. I watched it out of the corner of my eye the first time (my older 3 were gone with dh, so I was "watching" with the younger 2 while I was working on the computer). Now I'm curious about what I might've missed. From everything I have been able to find out about the movie, you didn't miss much, if anything. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigitte Posted April 21, 2012 Author Share Posted April 21, 2012 Because they showed a PG move to 10 year olds? Unless I am missing something ... holy overreaction, Batman! Tara :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Because they showed a PG move to 10 year olds? Unless I am missing something ... holy overreaction, Batman! Tara :iagree: Especially since you were late in picking them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomatHWTK Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Yeah, I'm going to vote for something else going on and he's just not ready/comfortable with either the setting or the going to parties in general. :grouphug: Let it settle for awhile and then try to get to the bottom of it. I would definitely let it settle for awhile though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnitWit Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Yeah, I'm going to vote for something else going on and he's just not ready/comfortable with either the setting or the going to parties in general. :grouphug: Let it settle for awhile and then try to get to the bottom of it. I would definitely let it settle for awhile though. :grouphug::grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessReplanted Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 So here is why I ask the questions: My twins were invited to a birthday party yesterday. It was a slumber party, but we don't do those yet, so we picked them up around 9:40 (40 minutes after I said we would pick them up, but dh wanted to go along - a long story - but couldn't pull himself away from watching a baseball game). When we got there, the kids had just started to watch the movie Tintin. DH is very angry that the parents, good friends of mine from church, did not ask if it was okay for our girls to watch the movie and the movie is PG. I agree that the parents probably should have asked before showing the movie, but I assume that they felt the movie content was okay, especially since my girls have read about half of the Tintin books. I asked here about the movie because I am not familiar with it, and I knew most of the group here would be able to give me a pretty good take on it. I am not upset over the whole thing, and dh desn't want our girls going to this family's house ever again. ***sigh*** Honestly, I am very concerned about what my kids watch, and even I could see why they would think that TinTin is completely acceptable for 10 year olds. There was 'violence', but a 10 year old would be able to know that it's a cartoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 All of my children have seen it - our youngest being a 5yo girl. We own the movie now, too. Fwiw, I enjoyed the movie - I think Speilberg did a great job with it. I think your hubs is overreacting, especially since your dds have read the books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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