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Re: Princess Mononoke
Posted By: Kelly, on host 207.18.199.196
Date: Monday, October 18, 1999, at 15:12:32
In Reply To: Re: Princess Mononoke posted by Stephen on Monday, October 18, 1999, at 14:08:10:

> > > Do you know if it's appropriate to take kids to see? I know some people who take their kids to see any "cartoon movie", and regret it later.
> >
> > http://www.screenit.com/ is the definitive parent's guide to movies. On October 29th, I'm sure there will be a review of it there, with details about the strong content. I'm told, however, that it's fairly violent in spots.
>
>
> How old are the kids? It has some rather graphic violence in spots. I will say that most of the violence is realistic
> (no extreme gore), but let's face it, when you shoot somebody with an arrow or attack them with a sword there is
> going to be quite a bit of blood. There are several such battles, and some of them are fairly graphic. There are also parts that feature giant animals fighting and human armies with guns. Not to mention that it is a very dark movie and I could see it upsetting young
> children. I believe it's rated PG-13 and for good reason (if it was live action I think it'd get an R), but then again
> by the time kids are 13 or 14 they've probably already seen action or horror movies far more violent. But don't go
> expecting to see a Disney movie here.
>
> Stephen

Sounds good! But the kids are 10 and 8, so they'll go see their grandparents while I go see the movie!

Kelly