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IS THE 1ST PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN SUITABLE FOR MY 4/5 YEAR OLDS???

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mumandlovingit · 13/10/2006 12:48

Please can anyone help me without me having to watch it all the way through!

ive got a 4 year old and a 5 year old.

they both want to watch it and ive finally got hold of it and i dont know whether to risk letting them watch it incase they have nightmares for weeks!

are there any bad bits i should watch out for?

are there too lifelike skeletons etc?

no idea really but they want to watch it tonight and i havent got time to watch it all first.

anyone got it at home?

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Blandmum · 13/10/2006 12:51

It is IMHO very scary for little ones.

I wouldn't show it to a 4/5 year old, and my kids are quite 'scareproof'

The computer animations of the skeletons are quite realistic

Flamebat · 13/10/2006 12:52

The skeletons are fairly lifelike. My DD didn't like the box...

HowwwlidaymumsMurderWeekend · 13/10/2006 12:53

Nope! Too scary my dd was 8 when she first saw it wouldn't let her go to the cinema when it came out.

BloodyTenaLady · 13/10/2006 12:54

No, I saw a few clips of it and that was enough for me to decide on avoiding showing my ds5 it.

suzywong · 13/10/2006 12:55

Absolutely not
far too scary

mumandlovingit · 13/10/2006 13:08

thankyou for your responses.my five year old is obsessed wth jack sparrow but he's only seen pictures and toys of him, not the films.

alot of his classmates have seen it but he's only just five so maybe i'll wait a bit.

dont want anymore reasons for sleepless nights!

thanks

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Spanna · 13/10/2006 13:23

My 4 year old liked it and I assume the 2 year old also watched it. They must have a gruesome streak. We were having a pirate party though, so it was relevant. You obviously wouldn't let them watch it by themselves though!

Cassoulet · 13/10/2006 13:23

Endorse what everyone's said already. My dd's 7 and she'd have nightmares forever!

pupuce · 13/10/2006 13:25

My 4 and 6 yo loved it... watched it several times though the 1st 2 times WITH a grown up. They begged to see the number 2 but we felt it might be too scary so we have said no and at the moment they have forgotten all about it.
And I am usually one to have answered -- YES TOO YOUNG!!! but it was DH who watched it with them and they were fine!

TwigTwoolett · 13/10/2006 13:27

I would have adamantly said no too but DS saw it at a friend's house and absolutely no fear .. he finds the skeletons funny

I actually think it would probably be scarier for an emotionally intelligent older child who understands the nuances than a 4 or 5 year old who just sees skeletons and pirates tbh

scarymaryme · 13/10/2006 13:29

Mine love it!.... the only really scay bits are when the Pirates on the black pearl turn into skeletons, but my two take it in their stride (3 and 5) They love Dr Who too, which can be far scarier than Pirates of the Carribean!

pupuce · 13/10/2006 13:29

I agree with Twig... I was quite surprised at how unscared they were !

scarymaryme · 13/10/2006 13:30

must point out though... my 3 year old is a fearless little boy... he finds it all very amusing....my dd is 5 and hides abit when they turn into skeletons

mumandlovingit · 13/10/2006 17:20

i might watch a bit of it wth them when i can and see what its like and see their reactions.i normally only let them watch a dvd when im busy doing other things though so i dont know when that will be.

my five year old knows that people die and their bones are the skeletons and their feelings etc all go up to the sky so i dont know how he'll be with them.

he's seen one of the harry potters wth te flying car and it doesnt bother him.it worried me more than him but then he watched casper the ghost cartoons and didnt like it because it was scary!

i'll have to wait and see.i havent let him watch king kong either that he wants to watch as i dont like the tribal people on the island.i think itd scare him when they attack the other people and chop heads off etc.

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roisin · 13/10/2006 17:36

Not for 4 and 5 yr-olds I would think. Having said that I banned ds1 (9) from seeing it, then didn't see it myself until this summer. It wasn't as "bad" as I expected, and I immediately allowed ds1 to watch it on DVD.

cupsnakes · 13/10/2006 17:40

my ds is 6 and has had dreadful nightmares for a year since watching the first 20 mins - and this is a boy who likes pirates and skeletons.

mumandlovingit · 13/10/2006 20:44

i think id better watch this film

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mumandlovingit · 14/10/2006 07:00

ive now watched the film.

the skeleton parts on the ship and where they battle as skeletons isnt very suitable i dont think but the majority of it should be ok.

he's watching it now with me waiting in the wings to fast forward the parts i dont want him seeing.

he's not too bad with letting me do that as he gets to watch some of it.

thankyou for your comments

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curlew · 14/10/2006 07:29

What rating is it? Call me old fashioned but I really think there are so many brilliant kids films around that I can't see why young children ever have to see films intended for older ones, teenagers and sdults. What are they going to watch when they are 11 and 12 if they watch this sort of thing at 4 and 5?

venusinfurs · 14/10/2006 08:19

at little ones watching it!
Three and four!! I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to do another one And 'I assume the two year old watched it' Spanna!!! again!

mumandlovingit · 14/10/2006 08:32

my son is watching it now but ive fast forwarded the bits with the skeletons and he's just watching the other bits.

i wish they'd do edited versions so that i didnt have to keep popping in.

he's happy with only watching bits of it.i know alot of children wouldnt be

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Stargazer · 14/10/2006 08:32

I don't think so. My DD is now 5 and I wouldn't let her watch it (despite being asked). In fact we took DS to see it at the cinema when he was 8 - he was a bit scared.

The skeletons made me jump too

Hope this helps.

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BudaBeast · 14/10/2006 08:39

I agree with curlew - what will they watch when they are older if they have already watched these films.

But I suppose we all know our own children and monitor their viewing appropriately.

I would love to see Narnia but I know DS (5) isn't ready for it so we'll wait. Ditto Harry Potter. Although he has watched all the Star Wars movies and loved them! Is totally obsessed by anything Star Wars.

emkana · 14/10/2006 20:29

I am GOBSMACKED that you would even contemplate letting children this young watch films like that.

My dd's are still scared when they watch Sleeping Beauty.

EnidVorhees · 14/10/2006 20:29

dd1 begged to watch it (6) and then got bored

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