Ok, so I went to see Watchmen this weekend. I've never read the comic before, so I wasn't really familiar with the storyline. However it looked like a good action flick... so me and the hubby decided to have a night out.
So the 1st thing I noticed when I sat down at the theater is how many parents were there with their kids. And I'm not talking teens, I'm talking 5-10 yr. olds! I was SHOCKED. I knew this was an R-rated movie with lots of graphic violence, nudity and sex. What the heck were they THINKING?!
So the movie begins and my husband and I were mildly entertained. It turned out to be a tad longer than we would have liked. Either that, or it was too drawn out to really capture our attention. But I think the main thing that really took away our enjoyment of the movie was seeing all the kids sitting around us watching the graphic violence, gore, a rape scene, nudity and pornographic sex. I was horrified. It really made me think about why a lot of children are out of control in our society. Little kids can NOT process adult movies like this one. I just can't understand what parents are thinking when they do these types of things. I have a 6 yr. old, and I would NEVER NEVER take her to anything like this in my wildest dreams.
So in sum, the movie was OK - but I would have much rather watched Paul Blart Mall Cop or something similar that made me laugh and feel better after walking out of the theater instead of depressed and worried about America's children. :( Anyone else relate?
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Well, normally I don't go to R rated movies so I didn't realize the amount of children that get taken to them! o_0 HOLY CRAP! That is a total outrage!
Giving them the benefit of the doubt, perhaps the parents didn't pay attention to the reasons why it was rated R and thought they were going to see a spider man-like comic hero movie with maybe lots of gore. Still...that's nothing to take a child to. Still, if it were me I would have high-tailed it out of that theater with my child in tow at the first sign of nudity, sex, or gore.
People are so desensitized now days it's scary.
I agree, I thought that maaaybe they didn't realize how bad it was going to be. But c'mon - R rated?? No one under 17 should go to those, even with a parent. Aaand, as you said - I too would have beat a quick trip to the exit dragging my children as soon as I saw any of that! Ack!! But they all just sat there like nothing unusual was going on. Scary!
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