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

meer53

I love anything Dr Seuss but it's lost on my daughter. I want to see The Lorax but she refuses to go with me ! She relented when we went to Florida and had her photo taken with Thing One and Thing Two.

Our favourite film at the moment is Despicable Me. Complicated plot but i always end up in tears at the end !

Tiddlywinks

daska wrote: »

we take DS2 to the autism friendly screening and they are wonderful, not as loud, lights on dim and full of kids walking around, making animal noises and shouting at the films And everyone is tolerant.

But it raises the question: why should disabled children and adults not be able to go to the cinema on a normal showing just because you want everyone to be quiet?

Eh? Because if everyone just did their own thing and made as much noise as they wanted to then it would be a living hell and impossible to actually enjoy the movie.

It's great that some cinemas have showings for those with different needs; however, in a 'normal' showing, I would still want the norm to be that everyone is expected to sit quietly and watch the film. If that is not possible then wait for it to get to video or Sky... sorry, but the cinema should be seen as a quiet environment for the sake of the vast majority of patrons.

onlyroz

Tiddlywinks wrote: »

but the cinema should be seen as a quiet environment for the sake of the vast majority of patrons.

Even at a day-time viewing of a U or PG film during the school holidays? Methinks you might be expecting a bit too much of your average pre-teen.

kingfisherblue

I don't like 3D films - they hurt my eyes. I wear glasses for distance (I can never remember whether that means I'm short sighted or long sighted ). In reality this means I wear my glasses virtually all the time, as everything is so fuzzy without them.

I also don't like 3D films for my 14 year old son. He loves the cinema, but he has astigmatism and wears glasses for this. I don't know enough about 3D films to know whether his eyes will be affected. In addition, he has learning difficulties and various other disabilities, and I don't know if he finds 3D films painful, as it is hard for him to tell me about pain.

daska

Tiddlywinks wrote: »

Eh? Because if everyone just did their own thing and made as much noise as they wanted to then it would be a living hell and impossible to actually enjoy the movie.

It's great that some cinemas have showings for those with different needs; however, in a 'normal' showing, I would still want the norm to be that everyone is expected to sit quietly and watch the film. If that is not possible then wait for it to get to video or Sky... sorry, but the cinema should be seen as a quiet environment for the sake of the vast majority of patrons.

I think that's a highly unreasonable expectation of a day time showing of a kids film. Perhaps you should wait for the children's films to come out on DVD if you don't want to watch them with the 'normal' behaviour of their target audience.

jackomdj

We don't go to 3D viewings as we still don't know if DD can see in 3D! She goes to the hospital every 6 months but has never "passed" the 3D test!

Took DD1 to see brave and she loved it (she is almost 8) but she did hold my hand a few times! She was petrified during UP though, although she has see. It since and enjoyed it.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

daveyjp wrote: »

Brave is not a Shrek style movie and a three year old wouldn't understand it. It is quite dark in places and as it has a 3D version needs elements to make use of the 3D i.e. things jumping out if the screen when you least expect it, not all pleasant for a small child, hence its PG rating.

Our daughter who is six drove me mad to see it. I took her to see it in 2D and she ended up in tears and had bad dreams for a couple of nights.

And I've heard twelve year olds cry at Monsters Inc - and ill mannered brats of all ages, especially over 18, talk and moan and whine through every movie I've ever seen at the cinema. In a midnight showing of The Artist, with only 3 other adults in the cinema, there was one complaining he was bored and hungry, and there were more seemingly incontinent men needing to go for a wee than there were ever children.

My 10 year old hated Eight Below on DVD - that one she would have been scared by in a cinema situation (and I found it quite unpleasant with few redeeming features), considering she watched such films as The Mummy and others with glee - but perhaps there's somebody somewhere that actually liked it?



I was taken to see Lady and the Tramp and Bambi at 3 years old by my big brother. Apparently, I was going to be brought home if I couldn't handle it - but I sat there in silence, no pathetic sobbing at the sad bits, no hysterical screaming at scary bits. It's silly to say that no child can cope with it at that age. The only child you can comment upon is your own.

But, having said that, if you sit halfway back, the size of the image, sound and distance make it the most absorbing but least overwhelming an experience. I noticed the majority of the infant wailers were located right at the front in cinemas - the quieter ones that actually watched and enjoyed the movies sat further back. If nothing else, you aren't hurting your neck looking up all the time. And I would take a cushion/booster seat with you to put her on.


As far as I see, the story is perfectly understandable - the princess is rescuing her mum from a magic spell - no worse than being dead herself, as per Snow White - and is expected to choose a husband out of those who want the job - not much difference from Cinderella there - and both of those have the heroine's mother dying, after all. That's worse.

Edwardia

No. They won't understand it, they won't remember it and they don't have the attention span.

Janepig

building_with_lego wrote: »

I pretty much refuse to take my children to anything other than Kids' Club- bargain :beer:! This means that we see slightly older films (but paying £5 for four of us to go to the cinema makes up for it ) and sometimes we see films which may not particularly appeal.

Tintin was brilliant- it's not a film I would have chosen but we went because it was the holidays and it was raining. Wonderful little film and highly enjoyable- there were a couple of scary bits but it was an unexpected pleasure.

Tintin is on in Kids Club in our local Vue this week so we might well end up going to see that. DH says he fancied taking the kids to see it when it first came out although I don't remember. Now that we're used to paying £6 for the four of us to go to see a kids club film (we stock up on sweeties and pop in Home Bargains before we go), I really can't pay full price! DH took the kids to see Brave in our local flea pit and paid £12 for the three of them which is about as much as I think is acceptable!

meer53 wrote: »

Our favourite film at the moment is Despicable Me. Complicated plot but i always end up in tears at the end !

Despicable Me is brilliant. DH (again) took the kids to see it in the cinema (I think it's me with the sitting still issues!) and then we got it on DVD. I nearly fell off the settee laughing at the roller coaster bit!! Really excellent film.

Jx

Charlie23

Edwardia wrote: »

No. They won't understand it, they won't remember it and they don't have the attention span.

really!!!!???? and you know this how??????
we go regularly (never 3d) and my two love it, remember it and behave during it. Maybe you're used to badly behaved children hence your opinion.