When I went to see this movie, all of a sudden a couple comes in with a kid who couldn't have been more than eight years old! I am really curious as to what justifies parents bringing their eight year old to an R- rated movie, filled with violence like this one was...
I know. You have to wonder about some people.
shareI can see it justified, like they're refugees from a war zone and the kid have seen worse for real and is desensitized already especially to fake stuff like that.
Also, I was watching splatters on the VHS when I was like 10. Friday the 13th had this scene when someone is killed while lying on the bed from below, it scared and scaried me quite a lot and I was afraid to sleep, lol (same for the Elm Street flicks).
Try watching Bride of Chucky.. similar scene occurs with hotel guests. then some guy gets a knife through his back repeatedly with blood rushing everywhere
I dont think parents can read, otherwise anyone with an IQ above 70 wouldnt bring kids to an R rated movie.
they either thought it was a disney style fairy tale movie, couldn't get a baby sitter, or didn't care. My guess is 3.
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Did the kid act up in the theater?
If not then who are you to question a parent's judgement? First of all it's a fantasy movie, it's not in anyway portrayed as realistic. Secondly, most 8 year olds these days play videogames loaded with killing, death, etc. For all you know the kid is a seasoned Call of Duty vet headshotting realistic character models in a fake war for fun.
Seriously, not everyone wants to shelter their kids, and if we're being honest the main reasons the movie is rated R were the good witches tits and the cursing. I've seen more gore in a PG-13 movie a few times. Now if you personally want to shelter your own kids then fair enough, that's your call.
It's not a question of "sheltering" children. Exposing a young child to decapitations, heads being crushed, bodies exploding and such can be traumatic for many children. It could quite even fall under the category of child abuse to expose a child wilfully to such images. Saying children are already exposed to graphic violence doesn't make it any more acceptable either. There is a reason children have parents and or guardians. We are responsible for their physical and emotional safety and guidance. The movie clearly was never intended for children.
shareEvery individual child is different though. I was watching scary movies, and loving them, from a very young age. Got quite a few from my local library. I have my 9 year old nephew living with me for the last almost 2 years and he loves them too. Some of the sanctimommies at his school have opinions that they aren't shy about sharing either but this simple fact remains: they don't know Jack about what he is capable of seeing or handling. Like the fact that his mom/my sister died in front of us. Or that his therapist says his fascination with horror is not only perfectly healthy but can be beneficial for him in handling the reality of death. So the next time you feel like getting on your soapbox and judging the parenting of others keep in mind that you don't know anyone's story and it's simply not your place. Even Disney movies have violence and death in them, quite prominently in some cases...
When you're 17 a cow can seem dangerous and forbidden...am I alone here?
Maybe people/parents today are more sensitive than they used to be. When I was a kid, my favorite movies were The Terminator, Conan the Barbarian and Commando (I really liked Arnold).
So what if a parent took an 8 year old to Hansel & Gretel. Maybe he's seen dozens of R-rated movies at home and it's no big deal to him. It's not your kid, so why judge?
Exactly. The whole point of the rating system is to allow individual parents to choose which movies they allow their kids to see, not to take away that choice/responsibility from parents. Minors aren't banned from R-rated movies. They just need to be accompanied by an adult, as that kid was. Nothing out of the ordinary there.
There's nothing wrong with 3rd graders watching R-rated movies. That was quite normal when I was growing up as well. I remember watching Braveheart at a friend's house in 4th grade and Alien in 2nd or 3rd grade, and even before then we'd all seen R-rated movies on TV or on video.
So what if a parent took an 8 year old to Hansel & Gretel. Maybe he's seen dozens of R-rated movies at home and it's no big deal to him.
It's not your kid, so why judge?
you think it's nobody's business how some people treat their children? wow.
Just watched this and I can seriously say that I really enjoyed it but there is no way I would let my children watch it.
Even without all the violence and bloodshed I still wouldn't let my children watch it as the movie couldn't go 10 minutes without someone swearing. The script was peppered with the F word all over the place.
How could any responsible parent let a child watch this.
Just because some one knows how to make a baby doesn't mean they know how to raise a child. All parents make mistakes but letting a child watch something lie this is just bad parenting.
For the record, I am not talking about teenagers. A 14 year old watching this is one thing, an 8 year old is something else.
What part of R-rated are you missing here?
shareYou think that's bad, you should see all the kids who were brought into the theater to see "Ted" by unsuspecting parents.
shareHeck, I remember going to see SEED OF CHUCKY in the theater and someone walked in with about 8 or 9 toddlers in tow. Within the first ten minutes they were all crying and had to leave, thank heaven.
Facts need to come before certainty.
Sounds like when I went to the first "Transformers" movie and all I kept hearing from the parents was "Why are they cussing? I thought this was a children's movie!" Really, bitch? Just because it's based on a damn kid's toy doesn't mean it's going to be a Disney movie.
"If you are what you eat... I could be you by morning."
Well, it would be natural to assume that a movie made about a kid's toy would be suitable for kids. I mean, the only type of adult who goes to watch a movie about kids' toys (besides parents bringing their children) is one who hasn't grown up yet. Like grown men who still play computer games.
*Those without a sense of humour are at the mercy of the rest of us*
It could be that they didn't expect too much out of it, I'm 23 so I didn't get carded when buying my ticket but I was expecting a mild pg13 fairytale flick. When heads started rolling I was like "huh?!" and then quickly figured out it was rated R. I enjoyed it.
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That is irresponsible of parents bringing children to see gory R rated movies and exposing them to graphic violence and gore. Don't they realize Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters is an darker retelling of the famous fairy tale, that was made for adults.
shareI guess I can be considered one of those irresponsible parents. I didn't bring my 10 year old with me, it was date night with my husband, but I have already decided that when it comes out on DVD she can see it. The only part that worries me and I may fast forward through is the nude scene. Perhaps you don't realize that the original Brothers Grim Tales were overly violent and written for children. As an "irresponsible" parent, I don't believe in shielding my children from scary movies. Children need an element of horror or they grow up to be adults that can't handle when bad things happen. (My 3 year old beat up the monster in the closet.) Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters is scary, but not on the same level as, say, Chuckie, which I would not let a 10 year old watch. It's fun and shows that good does win out over evil and has, language aside, all the elements of a good fairy tale. Unlike some children of "responsible" parents, my daughter won't wuss out and cry during the movie and will probably even laugh when the witch is shoved into the oven.
shareAn American right ? Only thing that worries you is the nude scene ? hilarious.Please read some psychology analysis of how it has been proven for ages that nudity does not effect or scar a child as gore violence or even normal vengeance based violence does. Nudity is not sexuality, not the same thing. If someone wakes up nude and goes to the shower in the movie then it's not sexual. American public has been brainwashed by the media and ignorant parents to think that nudity effects the kid in any bad way. Nudity isn't hardcore porn where they show graphic S&M sexually explicit penetration and such. It's just breasts. USA is probably the only country in the world that is so prudish and ignorant of psychological effects on the child psyche. European and Asian cinema has always been balanced because they are aware of what traumatizes the childs' brain and can scar, such as vengeance fueled violence, where the kid MIGHT grow up thinking this is okay, to get revenge, because adults do it all the time, as a kid he might end up thinking it's fine, that it's ''heroic'' to avenge, rather than forgive.
In such a movie as this only thing to worry about is nudity ? Unbelievable, I am speechless. I don't judge, it's your kid, but it is ignorance at its finest, of what can traumatize a childs' psyche,and nudity does not, it is proven, unless a child has been brainwashed and conditioned to think that seeing breasts or full frontal(for ex like the film ''Shame'') is in any way inappropriate. Seeing someone naked is not scarring, it's not even sexual when it is just a guy waking up. And even in a love scene, seeing breasts is no big deal, making love is 2 people giving each other pleasure and comfort. Violence is people hurting and destroying each other.
America is probably the only country which sees nudity as such taboo.
Hear, hear, hear, hear. I find it shocking to think that a parent would let their child watch something filled with grotesque violence and skimp over a few boobies. Babies suckle at those things as instinctively. They're natural. They're just rounded bits of skin with dark bits in the middle at a basic level. When I have kids, I'll make a point of allowing them films with nudity (Three Colours, Walkabout), but be careful with the violence, as I think most parents should. Nudity is beautiful. Violence is ugly. Who wants their child to grow up with ugly things?
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wow,I was touched by this comment.Thank you for being so brave as to express yourself on this topic. If I ever have kids I will also allow them to see nudity in films,it is our natural state,nothing to be ashamed of or cringe at. I don't equate nudity to porn,not the same thing,but as controversial as I may sound,even porn is not usually as traumatizing as seeing a horror movie like Serbian Film or Hostel(neither of which I have seen,but a few clips I did), because those are gruesome things of people hurting each other,destroying ,torturing each other,with much pain and agony. Kids will find out that such things exist anyway,in the long run,they don't need to be traumatized by it early on as kids. Once their psyche is developed more and stable,they can choose to watch it on their own accord,as teens or whenever they choose to. Nudity is harmless,love is beautiful,people pleasuring each other is heartwarming,so what if they moan a bit from pleasure,I mean is it better to hear screaming and crying from being tortured? I dont think so.
I mean,maybe sadistical people might enjoy violence,but not many I would assume.
I mean,I am not a fanatic,I will not say to ban these films,one can watch such films as this one,given one is mature and developed enough for it,and take it as just video game ,knowing the difference from real life. But being 23 now,having been a movie buff for 7 years,I have sort of grown wary of films like this which make revenge a driving force. I like the series Supernatural because it deals with guilt,conscience and consideration for life,not just brainless slaughter all the time,not just revenge without conscience,but trying to save people from being hurt ultimately.
Django Unchained,well acted film,important topic,but the end of that movie was unnecessary,so much revenge.
No more shocking than anyone watching a film like this, it is a comedy, a farce, a spoof and as the mom said if you have not read Brothers Grimm, you would not know that the film was also a lightweight.
The worst part for a child to see would be the sub par acting of the lead, something like that could taint the child forever. Even small children could see that Renner was in over his head.
Brothers Grimm stories,originally, were from him gather actual first and secondhand accounts from people who had experienced or knew someone who had experienced such events/entities. He of course made his own adjustments to it,to make a readable story of it,added some characters to it,but the folklore of it, the witches and monsters - that was from accounts. And these stories were never originally meant as tales for kids, but adult stories that were shared of experiences they had or heard of, at camp fires etc. Alice in Wonderland,through the looking glass especially, for ex,a kids story, was never really meant as a kid story originally. It was a philosophical spiritual testimony to the illusory nature of this physical world and spirit consciousness. Over time it was watered down and adapted into a kids story,losing most of the deep meanings it had in it.
shareNah, fairy tales were just that - tales. Like today's urban legends.
shareWhen I was young our family was watching a horror at home, I was scared and crying and they wouldn't let me leave the room. I was 6 or 5 at the time. They even got irritated when I tried to close my ears and look away.
Iron Maiden posters on the wall, terrifying for a kid. And I had Skeletor toy but I never watched the show so I didn't know what a ****** he was. I was terrified of sleeping in the same room as him. I was convinced he was going to go Cat's Eye on me.
The first movie I remember watching is Alien i was about 4 years old, my parents sat me down and told me the movie we were going to watch was about a made up monster that changes from a little hand shaped puppet, to a guy in a giant rubber suit.
I sat through out the whole movie knowing they were all actors, the blood was fake no one was hurt and there are no such aliens.
I was scared and jumped at all the scare scenes, but I went to bed and slept like a baby.
Kids can understand the difference between whats real and whats not, its just that many without kids think that kids are all dumb as bricks from day 1.
I still enjoy a good horror flick, I also enjoy, action, sci-fi, drama, comedy, romance (But not romance comedy, that tends to suck), documentary, and sometimes porn.
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I play mature rated video games, there are so many children playing them it's astounding, parents got upset, causing Bioware to refrain from nude scenes in the Mass Effect continuation, the naked female behind toward the end was tragic, all the violence was OK.
Wasn't me
Thats what happens when morons run our politics. That goes for left right and center. All of them aren't worth the money we spend on them.
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nah, it's not the Americans, it's the hardcore Christians who believe sex is only okay to procreate
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Yes the original Grimm's Fairy Tales were dark and violent and they were German folktales that adults told to each other and were compiled by the brothers as part of a growing awareness of German culture at the time. They were not particularly intended as children's stories. I don't believe in shielding children from scary things either. Most children are self-censoring, however I would never put them into a theatre where they don't have the option to remove themselves from the environment easily. There is also a question of balance. It is important to expose children to ideas of empathy and compassion as well as allowing them outlets to deal with fear and anxiety. It's great you kid beat up the monster in the closet, but the fact remains, where did that "monster" come from?
shareHahahahahahahaha - you let your 10 year old watch the gore and cursing but fast forward the nude scenes...
You people are so *beep* up in your heads it's beyond my imagination.
and how exactly were they to know that. from the trailer, subject matter you would of guessed it was a family friendly action fantasy movie.
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