Would you take a 3-year-old to see a 3D film?

themull1

There's nothing more annoying than a kid yakking on at the cinema. Three is far too young.

jackieb

I went to see Brave and there was a couple of children who screamed.

jackieb

themull1 wrote: »

There's nothing more annoying than a kid yakking on at the cinema. Three is far too young.

It depends on the child. I would have left if any of mine didn't behave (and I did after 10 minutes once).

delain

onlyroz wrote: »

I'm thinking of taking my 3-year-old to the cinema for the first time in a few days and I was wondering about going to see Brave 3D. I think if the film was entertaining enough she'd sit through the whole thing, but I'm not sure how well she'd get on with the 3D glasses (or if it's even safe for a child of that age).

Has anybody done this? Because on the day I want to go it's either Brave 3D or The Lorax, and I know which one I'd prefer to see...

I took DD1 to see brave 3D, not sure it'd hold a 3 year olds attention. It's a good film but the 3D was mainly used on the girls hair.

The ending had me blubbing though so be warned!

ETA my 8 year old would have cried her heart out all the way through. Maybe not suitable for a 3 year old.

GobbledyGook

I thought eyes were pretty much developed in full by the time a child was 3?

Anyway thanks for the links.

I, personally, think you should caveat your statements about 3D though. 3D isn't unsafe for children, it may not be safe in your opinion and there may be a lack of studies on the long-term use of it, but that is not the same thing as stating it IS unsafe for 3 year olds imo.

As far as I can see the big worry about the impact of 3D is about the regular home use (and over use) of it rather than the one-off effect of a trip to the cinema so I'd still take mine as a treat every now and again.

onlyroz

themull1 wrote: »

There's nothing more annoying than a kid yakking on at the cinema. Three is far too young.

I would have thought that if you go to a day-time viewing of a PG film during the school holidays then noisy kids would be the norm.

If you think Brave is unsuitable, what about The Lorax? That's on in regular boring 2D...

marisco_2

jackieb wrote: »

I went to see Brave and there was a couple of children who screamed.

Erm that may have been me actually. I saw that film last week and parts of it scared me sh!tless. I dont think it is ideal for a young child 3D or not.

chunkychocky

We saw Brave in 2D today. I wouldn't take them to see the 3D version, partly because my 4-year old wouldn't keep the glasses on, and partly because of the rumours around them adversely affecting their eyesight. Secondly, had I realised that it was a PG rather than a U I wouldn't have taken them. This is quite a scary film, and there were dozens of small children crying thoughout. My 4-year old was sobbing and asking to leave and my 6-year old didn't look happy and was clinging to his Dad. Someone who we know had their 7-year old clinging to them and she was visibly shaking through a lot of it too. So, really I wouldn't take anyone under at least 8 to see Brave regardless of format.

Own_My_Own

The first film I was taken to was Bambi. I lasted about 10 mins. Started crying (for obvious reasons). It turned me off going for quite a few years.
So I think 3 is a little to young.
I waited until my children were at school until I took them.

LannieDuck

kiss_me_now9 wrote: »

I'll see if I can find some of the papers I'm using, give me a mo. The trouble is we have no idea how the current 3d technology affects eyes as it's a different system to the previous ones that have been released. The current system works on converging two images that are very slightly misaligned - we have NO idea what the effect could be on a child, very little idea of the effect of it on an adult (but it's generally accepted that adult eyes are not massively affected it by it). For all we know 3d images could promote muscle weaknesses in the eyes, or change the shape of the eyes (as the muscles are working harder to pull the vision into focus). 3D stimuli do however, when used long term (for periods of longer than about 45 minutes we think) cause discomfort and visual fatigue in adults - what could that be doing to a developing eye?

http://www.journalofvision.org/content/11/8/11 is a good one to read if you can get into it

Personally since starting my dissertation I've not been to see anything in 3D, I used to but now I notice all the little irksome bits.

I agree. My OH is very into this as part of his work, and he's said that 3D technology isn't safe for childrens' eyes.