A 3-year-old at Casino Royale!?

[Chaldfont]

My viewing of this awesome movie was nearly ruined by the fact that someone had brought their little daughter, no older than three years old. The father and mother passed her back and forth, trying to cover her eyes during the violence and torture scenes.

I was enraged! I wanted to say something, even though I HATE it when people try to tell other people how to raise their children.

I have a three-year-old and a four-month old. Someday, I hope to play violent video games with them. I hope to discuss edgy literature with them. I'm sure someday they will listen and laugh at Dad's hip-hop collection with its foul language.

But not when they are little kids! Damn, people! Be responsible parents!

Am I over-reacting?

 

[megamania]

nope.


What I am hoping is the parents didn't listen to the reviews beyond "Best new Bond."

This Bond is not campy and goofy. It is a solid in your face movie. I am guessing they brought the kid expecting the campy bond vs the new more true to Fleming bond.


Bum luck for you.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Is the film rated "R"? If so, toddlers really shouldn't be taken to see it.

I'm sympathetic in that the parents may have wanted a night out, but that wasn't the night out they should have chosen. Either rent the DVD later, or get a babysitter.

 

[waterdhavian]

Parents who bring their infant children to theaters expecting them to sit quietly for more than 2 hours are most likely missing a portion of their brain. I have not seen a movie on opening night in ages. I can't do it anymore, it seems that either people don't mind their kids crying/screaming/running around or they can't control them. I don't blame the kids, they're kids. Thats what they do.

The hordes of young teens that are dropped off by their parents and see movies on opening night just cause its opening night is another story all together. Last time I think I saw a film opening night was "Kingdom of Heaven" and the crowd there must have thought that it was going to be a date movie and couples sat there chatting through the entire film. I saw atleast 6 people get up and leave during the film.

I say research what your seeing before you shell out $10.00 a ticket, and if you got young kids who won't enjoy themselves in the theater drop em off at the grandparents or get a babysitter.

 

[Tewligan]

Maybe the parents are trying to teach their daughter to be a spy.

 

[kenobi65]

You're not overreacting; those people are EEDEEOTS.

Danny's likely right; odds are that the parents were not thinking that the child would enjoy the movie, but that this was a cheaper / easier alternative than getting a babysitter.

I frequently see itty-bitties at PG-13 and R movies; it's really sad. I remember being at the premiere of Revenge of the Sith last year, and seeing lots of 3- and 4-year-olds in the audience. In that case, I suspect the parents were assuming the movie would be as kid-friendly as other SW movies had been, and had not read (or cared about) the reviews or the MPAA rating that said otherwise.

 

[Tewligan]

Last time I think I saw a film opening night was "Kingdom of Heaven" and the crowd there must have thought that it was going to be a date movie and couples sat there chatting through the entire film. I saw atleast 6 people get up and leave during the film.

Maybe they left because the movie sucked? I know that's why I wanted to leave when I saw it...

 

[Ranger REG]

Am I over-reacting?

As a parent, no.

HOWEVER, the movie's R rating only suggest (strongly) that no one under 17 is allowed to watch the film without parent or adult supervision. The theater personnel can't forbid paying customers, especially when they want them to go in and buy their expensive snacks.

Just because you're a parent, doesn't mean you have gain greater wisdom. Remember, the child doesn't come with an owner's manual.

 

[Olaf the Stout]

I don't know what I would be more pissed at:

- The fact that 2 parents thought it was suitable to take their toddler to a movie like that.

- The fact that they were so inconsiderate of the other people that wanted to see the movie.

Did they really think that their toddler would sit still for 2 hours? Does any toddler sit still for 2 hours? It sounds like they were just too cheap to hire a babysitter.

Olaf the Stout

 

[bento]

I have the same problem with kids and PG-13. Last year my wife and I went to see "The Fantastic Four" and there was a birthday party in the theater for a child that must have been around 8 or 9. When the previews came on and the first two were for horror/slasher movies, you can bet that some of the kids probably saw some things that would give them nightmares for a night or two.

Anything we want to see nowadays we wait for NetFlix to get it, or make sure its so boring/ adult that people would make sure to leave the kids at home!

I say you should have left early and demanded your money back.