Thank you, Jessica.
And I myself will be wearing pink taffeta as chenille would not go with my complexion.
Giles ,'Touched'
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Atropa - Dec 07, 2012 9:19:14 am PST #23061 of 30000
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flea - Dec 07, 2012 11:44:48 am PST #23062 of 30000
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What's the 6 and/or 9 year old rating? How tense are the scary bits?
Jessica - Dec 07, 2012 11:54:04 am PST #23063 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'd say fine for a 9 year-old but probably too intense for 6. (There's nothing in here to match the emotional intensity of RotK, but the orcs and goblins are legitimately scary.)
The movie does cut down significantly on the number of dead ponies as compared to the book, so that's something.
I think a 6 year-old could probably handle this fine on DVD (if they're used to "grown-up" movies in general) but not in theaters.
Jessica - Dec 07, 2012 11:59:34 am PST #23064 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Oh, and wargs. Any kids who are even a little bit afraid of dogs should not see this movie.
flea - Dec 07, 2012 12:01:10 pm PST #23065 of 30000
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Thanks. Looking I see it is PG-13, and at 3 hours, I am tending to no for both of them. Casper is more sensitive to scary stuff than Dillo, and the only non-kids movies they've seen (all on DVD) are Galaxy Quest, the original Star Wars Trilogy, The Three Musketeers (with Gene Kelly!), and Ghostbusters.
The hard part will be dealing with the Tantrums of Disappointment.
flea - Dec 07, 2012 12:01:34 pm PST #23066 of 30000
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Aaand Dillo is afraid of dogs.
Jessica - Dec 07, 2012 12:10:32 pm PST #23067 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Yeah, I'd wait for DVD - if nothing else, it is REALLY long and on DVD you can pause for bathroom breaks.
flea - Dec 07, 2012 12:23:41 pm PST #23068 of 30000
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I'm sort of annoyed that Jackson has taken a children's book - Dillo happily listened to The Hobbit read aloud at age 4 - and turned it into movies that are not appropriate for children.
(Not nearly as annoyed as at the excuse for a human being who took the lovely book Mr. Popper's Penguins and turned it into a movie starring Jim Carrey that had no resemblance to the book except that there was a character named Mr. Popper and some penguins, though.)
§ ita § - Dec 07, 2012 12:42:52 pm PST #23069 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Are you annoyed by the length or the scariness of the monsters?
flea - Dec 07, 2012 12:49:50 pm PST #23070 of 30000
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Both, since both contribute to the film's inappropriateness for children. Why do you ask?