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Not suitable for kids

posted 15 years ago by tobyrclark
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Did anyone else just feel like this wasn't a kids' movie the way the others were? I know the previous ones were scary, but I think it's kind of a big leap to go from "malfuntioning canine cyborg sheep-rustler" to "serial killer with a pathological hatred of bakers." There is no way the climactic scene would have got a G-rating in a live-action movie.
The only thing I can think of is that Nick was making it for those in the audience who were kids when the originals came out. Any thoughts on this?

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[–] jan_pans 15 years ago

Everyone gets something different from it- my 7 year old laughed the whole way through. Especially the bomb in the pants....

[–] BoultersCanary 14 years ago

Not for American kids, maybe.......

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[–] getthegold1 14 years ago

Haha! YES BoultersCanary, Nice

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[–] MetFanMac 14 years ago

Yes... it didn't always used to be this way... then PC and overprotective parenting took over...

Supermodels...spoiled stupid little stick figures mit poofy lips who sink only about zemselves.

[–] STEVE-1559 14 years ago

Didn't used to be this way. Remember the fuss about horror comics in the '50s? That was hardly a PC movement.

[–] takara1230 14 years ago

It's funny because even when we talk about something like this being a little violent and we ask, "Is this suitable for kids?" we forget that it is. Come on. When you were a kid do you think you could have handled this? Yes.

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[–] LCShackley 14 years ago

It's more likely to be the trendy lefties on the coasts who would be in horror of cartoon violence.

[–] JPfanatic93 13 years ago

The OP must be in bread himself. :)

[–] tobyrclark 13 years ago

"It's funny because even when we talk about something like this being a little violent and we ask, "Is this suitable for kids?" we forget that it is. Come on. When you were a kid do you think you could have handled this? Yes. "

At age 7 (when I first saw A Close Shave), would I have been able to handle the implications of a Baker's Dozen serial killer? I doubt it. Age 11-12? Maybe, which is why my complaint is based solely on the movie's marketing (ie, the G-rating on the DVD release. (Although to ABC's credit it does seem to have been rated PG when it was broadcast)).

For the record, I'm a 21-year-old Aussie who loved the movie but found it jarring when compared with Aardman's previous work.

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[–] BoultersCanary 10 years ago

found it jarring when compared with Aardman's previous work.

You haven't' seen Stage Fright then?

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[–] chicago85 9 years ago

Probably almost every kid has seen a transformer movie for the noise level and smashing things if nothing else.

I regard them as ten times worse than any Wallace & Gromit movie.

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[–] oystergirl94 12 years ago

Yeah, it was a bit too depressing for most children I think. Having grown up watching the more innocent earlier shows, this disturbed me mildly. It was more violent than the older ones and it just threw me off.

[–] EmmaCRB 12 years ago

I thought it was a little dark and was surprised that it did not have a PG rating

[–] AssetsonFire 8 years ago

Agreed. Keep this filth away from impressionable minds!

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