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07-22-2006, 11:57 AM
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Monster House Previews Misleading
I'm not sure how good of a review I can give, since we walked out of the movie, so what I will post is our reasons for leaving.
I have been looking forward to this movie since I first heard about it. My girls have been looking forward to this movie since they first heard of it. So last night we took our girls to this movie. It was packed with families with kids of all ages.
The first 20 minutes of this movie are so intense. Waaaaay too intense for kids my girls ages (7 and 8 years old) and younger in my opinion.
Many younger kids in the theater began to cry. One behind us was sort of whimpering.
Then the next scene...
Then...
The child behind kept asking his mother if she would take him home. She just told him to sit still and be quiet. That pissed me off. th ekid obviously was uncomfortable.
This had my girls curled up and scared. The sound effects were really scary in that scene. The whole feel of the movie was just not kid appropriate. I finally took my girls and left and got a refund.
I was so disappointed because the previews we have watched show this to be a funny movie, not scary and intense like it really was. I hate this about previews lately. This happened with another movie recently as well. The previews make it seem kid friendly, but in reality it was so not.
Anyway, I'm sure the movie was good, but I went into kid protection mode so I couldn't really say.
Father: She didn't say, "I'm not in" She said, "We're not in" "We," you see, "we" Now what does "we" mean.
Bobby: I believe it's the plural form, indicating more than one. Do you want me to conjugate that for you, pop? Do you know what conjugate means, dad?
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07-22-2006, 02:06 PM
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Re: Monster House Reviews
interesting, lucia.
can i ask you what it was about the TV trailers that gave you the idea that it would be a kid-friendly show? i mean, i realize that it's animated and that there are humorous moments in the footage, but there's also all the scenes where the house seems to, i dunno, EAT people. a LOT of people. and the house itself looks horrifying...
i was in fact just commenting to a friend of mine the other day that i thought this show was being mis-marketed. or at least that the presentation was confusing.
perhaps it's just my over-sensitivity to being scared myself...i dunno.
thanks for the review, though - at least i know that i'll be right not letting my son see it.
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07-22-2006, 03:21 PM
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Re: Monster House Reviews
John,
The previews that we saw showed things like a car being pulled into the house by a carpet tongue, kids going up to the front door and being knocked off the porch, a kid walking on the sidwalk and it being pushed up to the door. I didn't think the house looked scary based on the commercials, but that is just me.
Honestly the previews I saw didn't have the feel the actual movie has. It seemed more light hearted in the trailers. The actual movie is anything but light hearted, dealing with death and revenge.... It's definitely a mature subject matter. Not for younger kids.
I agree that it is definitely being mis-marketed and I think it would be good if the trailers reflected the actual vibe of the movie instead of playing it off like it's a funny cartoon.
Father: She didn't say, "I'm not in" She said, "We're not in" "We," you see, "we" Now what does "we" mean.
Bobby: I believe it's the plural form, indicating more than one. Do you want me to conjugate that for you, pop? Do you know what conjugate means, dad?
Last edited by Lucia Duran : 07-22-2006 at 03:23 PM.
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07-23-2006, 05:48 PM
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Re: Monster House Previews Misleading
From mpaa.org:
Monster House: Rated PG for scary images and sequences, thematic elements, some crude humor and brief language.
That puts it on par with Jaws and Poltergeist (both "PG" films). I wouldn't take young kids to those films, either.
Last edited by Malcolm R : 07-23-2006 at 05:55 PM.
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07-23-2006, 07:23 PM
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Re: Monster House Previews Misleading
Ebert and Roeper gave two enthusiastic thumbs up for Monster House, but in their review they made it a point to mention that this film is NOT for viewers younger than 11-12.
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07-24-2006, 10:03 AM
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Re: Monster House Previews Misleading
Exactly. The film is rated PG; the MPAA website is always there to give parents more information, and just about every review mentioned the film was might be too much for very little kids. The information is out there for those who choose to find out about movies before they buy a ticket.
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07-24-2006, 10:35 AM
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Re: Monster House Previews Misleading
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Originally Posted by Malcolm R
From mpaa.org:
Monster House: Rated PG for scary images and sequences, thematic elements, some crude humor and brief language.
That puts it on par with Jaws and Poltergeist (both "PG" films). I wouldn't take young kids to those films, either.
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But, if those films were rated today, they would be PG-13. JAWS, in its day, had an additional discaimer that it may be too intense for younger audiences. When those films were released, the PG-13 was not available.
"If you write a story about a soldier going AWOL and kidnapping a pregnant woman and finally shooting her in the head, it's called searingly realistic, even though it's never happened in the history of mankind. Whereas if you write about two people falling in love, which happens about a million times a day all over the world, for some reason or another, you're accused of writing something unrealistic and sentimental."
-Richard Curtis, Screenwriter and Director
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07-24-2006, 11:08 AM
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Re: Monster House Previews Misleading
I find www.screenit.com and www.pluggedinonline.com invaluable tools for in depth reviews of films with material that parent's may want to watch out for.
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07-24-2006, 11:33 AM
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Re: Monster House Previews Misleading
Thanks for the post, I was prepared take my kids to see it when I pick them up from grandmas, 5 and 4 years of age. Scratching this one from the list.
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