Thanks for the additional information, Hec and Jessica.
How old is Matilda now, Hec? I want to say she's a year older than Mattias (he just turned 7) but my tracking of time isn't the greatest these days. (Side note, congratulations to Emmett on the high school graduation.)
While I hate to give the kid spoilers, the better half thinks he may be okay with it if we explain it to him ahead of time. He still asks us from time to time why characters do certain things, so he may not completely understand the context of the scene, even if it's blatant.
She's 7 now, Kal, going on 8 in September. She's super sensitive to sad stuff so she's your canary in a coal mine for this stuff.
OK. Thank you. I thought they were fairly close in age. We'll probably take him to see it, but play it safe by warning him beforehand. As I said, he doesn't always grok the why in things.
Kal, there's a visual cue
to when any of the dragons fall under the Alpha Dragon's spell. Their eyes narrow to slits. That might be something to have him watch for.
I just saw
Metropolis.
It was the version with the Buenos Aires footage added back, and very coherent. I found it really engaging and interesting.
A friend mentioned this evening that her 9, 7 and 6 year olds (the last a boy) were all okay with HtTYDragon 2.
When I mentioned the bit in question, she seemed confused. "Oh, they were fine with that. Since it was paired with something else that happens, they were unfazed."
Good to know, bonny.
Where I initially saw the spoiler, it was presented as "OMG, this is the most traumatic scene in a kids movie ever. The theaters will be flooded by the tears of anguished children." but without any actual context.
It's sounding like the writer took it harder than the actual intended audience.
We'll still probably talk to my son about it beforehand, though.
It's sounding like the writer took it harder than the actual intended audience.
I think this happens a lot.
I think this happens a lot.
Totally. Disney movie deaths off the top of my head which, IME, only upset adults:
- Pre-credits massacre of 500 babies in Finding Nemo
- Parents drowning in Frozen
- Mufasa murdered in The Lion King
- Bambi's mom
Honestly, I think if I'd warned D ahead of time that there would be a traumatic scene, it would have just primed him to be traumatized by it.
