Pirates of the Caribbean, part Deux

[Occhidiangela]

My point of view on the issue is that kids should have fun, and adults should not project their idiotic hangups on their kids. All within reason of course... A PG13 movie about pirates is one thing... Some movie like Saw II or Hostel is a whole nother issue... It is not good to fence kids in. Warps them. Who knows, the movie may fire up their imagination and make them want to read books about pirates, which would be a good thing. (Or maybe a bad thing... Fundies don't like pirate books do they?) Classics like Treasure Island maybe... I plan on making a book list for them to check stuff out at the library.

That, and church sanctioned violence, for the lack of a better word, really bugs me. These are the same parents that bitch, piss, and moan about the frigging Power Rangers and violence on TV, but also dragged their five year olds and kids of of all ages to see the Jesus Chainsaw Massacre.

Of course, I was raised on the Three Stooges... So I know all about violence on tv. And I was around when the Muppets brough Sex and Violence to TV.

They are not your kids. Respect the parents's wishes or get out of the business of taking groups of kids anywhere.

That said, most 11 and up these days could easily handle the movie without too much trouble, unless gross monsters freak them out. My son hated Hulk, and Harry Potter II, due to the monster dogs and the spiders, when he first saw the films at 11.

Occhi