Thanks, The Secret Life of Pets! You couldn't have kept that part a secret? Jesus. I'm sure the parents who brought their 4 year old to the movie really appreciated having that conversation on the ride home.
I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them or my daughters.
Life's harsh, get over it. If you can't discuss death with your kids, you're weak, your kids are weak, in which case, you should probably be discussing death with them sooner rather than later because you'll be dead much sooner than the rest of us, due to your extreme weakness.
(Disclaimer: Not meant to be taken entirely seriously, or per rectum.)
My kids are older and already know about death. And I do my best to always avoid speaking with them. But there was a younger kid in the audience whose parents may or may not have been explaining a few new things that night. It could have been handled better.
I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them or my daughters.
Really? As if death is such a strange occurence in animated films. Characters have been dying for decades and not only the villains.
God I miss the 80's. WTF is wrong with people theses days?
shareTell me about it. In the 80s people were allowed to say things other people didn't agree with and they weren't ridiculed or insulted for it.
I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them or my daughters.
We're raising a nation of pu**ies, that's what. Every kid gets to swing at bat, until they hit the ball, because there are no strikes. They all get the same trophies, because we're ALL winners. Please, give me a break. Death is a part of life. Children are tougher than we give them credit for. We need to stop wrapping these kids in bubble wrap, and let them be kids.
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shareGo watch Bambi and shut the hell up. This movie had one of the weakest death plots in animated history. Bambi was traumatizing, Up was sad as hell, this was just meh.
shareMan, I remember being about maybe four years old, and when Bambi's mother died, I yelled out "oh no mama, that you". It was traumatic, but afterwards, my mother explained it to me. It was my first "experience" with death, and I turned out ok. Duke's owner being dead was such an insignificant part of the movie. It wasn't even a plot twist. I'm sure kids are just fine.
shareThat's it. Everyone *beep* OFF Seriously just *beep* OFF RiGHT NOW
I want to be special. So *beep* special. But I'm a creep. I'm a weirdo.
Right. Because this is an entirely new concept in children's movies.
http://www.hopesandfears.com/hopes/culture/film/216573-disney-single-parents-dead-mothers
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I'd argue that it shouldn't even be classified as a children's movie if a primary caregiver in the protagonist's life didn't die.
I hope they do, because if by 4 years old the kid still does not understand what death is the parents clearly were negligent.
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The movie is rated PG for a reason. PG means Parental Guidance Suggested. G rating means go ahead and let a 4 year old watch it by themselves and everything will be hunky dorky. If they let a 4 year old see The Secret Life of Pets and it caused the pre-schooler to freak out, they have nobody to blame but themselves for not checking the MPAA rating first. PG is not G.