Showing my little bro Dawn for the first time...

[MikePizzoff]

I'm showing my three year old brother Dawn Of The Dead for the first time. He's really into it. Watching his facial expressions during certain scenes is great. He's five years younger than I was when I first saw the movie.

Does anybody feel three years old is too young to be viewing this film?

[Mutineer]

You're letting your 3 year old brother watch Dawn of the Dead ?

You've great judgement. :confused:

Dude; come on man. use your head.

[capncnut]

I was 8 when I first saw it, my cousin was 5 when I showed it to him. I don't know, 3 is a little young.

I'm sure he'll let you know if he can handle it or not. :lol:

[DEAD BEAT]

ED GEIN.....circa "TODAY"!:rolleyes:

[MinionZombie]

3?! bloody hell ...

As long as you think he's capable of dealing and he's having fun and not fainting in shock ... still though ... three? ... Damn.

I was fifteen when I finally got to see it! (Started watching horror flicks aged 9)

[MikePizzoff]

He's handling it fine. If he were too scared he'd tell me to turn it off. I repeatedly ask him if he wants me to turn it off and he says "no!" in disbelief.

I've been watching horror movies since I was old enough to pay attention to the television (age 2). There is nothing psychologically wrong with me. I've always been able to decipher the difference between reality and fantasy. I don't feel the need to suck blood, murder camp counselers, or haunt people's dreams. I think some people are just too conservative/stuck-up to fathom anyone under 17 watching an "R" rated horror movie.

Keep your opinions coming; I like to see what everyone thinks.

[Chaos]

I'm showing my three year old brother Dawn Of The Dead for the first time. He's really into it. Watching his facial expressions during certain scenes is great. He's five years younger than I was when I first saw the movie.

Does anybody feel three years old is too young to be viewing this film?

I would rather see a three year old watching Dawn of the Dead than the mindless kiddy crap that most children seem to be weened on today. Let the kid watch what he wants. To a certain point, atleast.

Parental controls, censorship and public school indoctrination are all forms of tyranny anyway.

Teach your little bro to resist conformity at all costs. And after he finishes Dawn, make him watch Day!

[Mutineer]

To a certain point, atleast.

... whose point is the question.

I was 8 when I first watched DAWN (At the Drive-In).

But 3 ? Aye yae yae.

Tell me your parents aren't cool with this ?

[Chaos]

... whose point is the question.

I was 8 when I first watched DAWN (At the Drive-In).

But 3 ? Aye yae yae.

Tell me your parents aren't cool with this ?


When my parents were raising me, they had more pressing matters to deal with. Such as putting food on the table and paying the bills. My parental units never restricted me from watching horror movies. But that doesn't mean I was allowed to see Debbie Does Dallas either.

[Mutineer]

When my parents were raising me, they had more pressing matters to deal with. Such as putting food on the table and paying the bills. My parental units never restricted me from watching horror movies. But that doesn't mean I was allowed to see Debbie Does Dallas either.

LMAO! :elol: :D :lol:

I am a parent; I'm pretty flexible when it comes to letting my little man watch films; but not Dawn. NO effin way.

He has watched DAWN 04 and SHAUN however.

I find DAWN based more in reality with it's approach to gore. Just too much I think. Too gritty ?

IMO

[Chaos]

LMAO! :elol: :D :lol:

I am a parent; I'm pretty flexible when it comes to letting my little man watch films; but not Dawn. NO effin way.

He has watched DAWN 04 and SHAUN however.

I find DAWN based more in reality with it's approach to gore. Just too much I think. Too gritty ?

IMO

I'm just trying to be a hardass, and besides, i'm not a parent either. But honestly, I think three years old is a little too young to be watching Dawn.

[Philly_SWAT]

When my parents were raising me, they had more pressing matters to deal with. Such as putting food on the table and paying the bills. My parental units never restricted me from watching horror movies. But that doesn't mean I was allowed to see Debbie Does Dallas either.
As an aside, Debbie only "does" one person in "Debbie Does Dallas".

[coma]

He's handling it fine. If he were too scared he'd tell me to turn it off. I repeatedly ask him if he wants me to turn it off and he says "no!" in disbelief.

I've been watching horror movies since I was old enough to pay attention to the television (age 2). There is nothing psychologically wrong with me. I've always been able to decipher the difference between reality and fantasy. I don't feel the need to suck blood, murder camp counselers, or haunt people's dreams. I think some people are just too conservative/stuck-up to fathom anyone under 17 watching an "R" rated horror movie.

Keep your opinions coming; I like to see what everyone thinks.

I saw NOTLD when I was about 5. It scared the Hell out of me and I couldnt make it all the way through. A year later I saw it again and this time all the way through. From the first viewing it literally changed my life. NOTLD is waaay scarier than all the others. There is no humor relief in that at all.
Parents, schamrents. You are his older brother. My older brother turned me on to ill splatter and punk and stuff when I was really young and he was awesome to do me that favor.
As his older bro, it is your responsibility, nay, god given right to warp his little mind with the good sh!t.
Yeah 3 is young, but you are never too young for ART. He may not get it all, but he knows that it's awesome.
You aint showing him porn or crap like Illsa. you can't fvck with GAR. Perfect entertainment for any age!
So, yes, I think that is cool as hell.

[Griff]

3 year olds still believe in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny and that, if they swallow the seeds, watermelons will grow out of their ears. So, if you tell them that the boogie man will get them, they're likely to believe that, too.

Your brother might not be compelled to hurt people by watching violent movies at such an absurdly young age but there is the risk of him developing a 'scary world' outlook that may inhibit his ability to properly confront basic fears and trials in the future. You wanna sow the seeds of optimism before introducing the pessimism. To do otherwise can be traumatizing.

You learn to swim in shallow water - not by diving straight in the deep end. I'd try something a little milder than DAWN OF THE DEAD. Let the poor kid have some innocent fun while he's still just that - innocent.

[tju1973]

I'm showing my three year old brother Dawn Of The Dead for the first time. He's really into it. Watching his facial expressions during certain scenes is great. He's five years younger than I was when I first saw the movie.

Does anybody feel three years old is too young to be viewing this film?

While your intention may be noble, I think 3 is a little young--- as is 8. I won't tell others how to manage their kids/relatives, but know that none of mine will be shown movies like that by me until maybe their early teens---

to each their own...

:confused:


As an aside, Debbie only "does" one person in "Debbie Does Dallas".

I miss '70s porn...


bush and all...


:)

[joeharley666]

you are a RETARD.... don't mean to name call or anything but my daughter is 3 years old and i'll be dammed if she see's "Dawn" until she's at least 13 or 14 or until her sub-conscious can process it correctly.

you made a statement about watching his facial expressions and asking him if he wants you to turn it off, well of course he's going to say no, he's 3 years old, 3 year olds hate the word no.
the point i'm trying to make is that he may seem fine watching it, but in his sub-conscious he feels the images would be the norm and this will affect him in his sleep(terrible nightmares). everyone has nightmares even little children, but we as adults do not have to put them into situations to help them along to having them.

just for the record, my dad let me watch "night" when i was 10, had frightening nightmares for years which terrified me. i never wanted to go anywhere near the basement.
now it turned out to be a double edge sword because i became a huge fan-boy because of "night" and 'dawn"
but the movies were'nt going anywhere, i could have been spared a few years before seeing them!

[Danny]

err...can anyone here remember a film they say when they were 3 years old?

[kidgloves]

I think 3 is waaaaaaay too young for the lad. Remember at that age his mind is like a "sponge" and will absorb images everywhere that he will carry with him as he grows up. It will do him far more damage than good. 13 or 14 is a realistic age so he knows what he is looking at.

[MinionZombie]

3 year olds still believe in Santa Claus

Not in a certain primary school here in the UK. Some moronic teacher downloaded a "5 year teaching plan" from the internet, which included an exercise where the kid had to put themselves in the shoes of a postal worker writing a letter to a child explaining why their letter wasn't answered by Santa - the friggin' "lesson plan" then goes on to explain Santa doesn't exist! :eek::jaw on floor un-smiley:

I know, disgusting isn't it. These kids were only little - and the cheek of this plan was also, is that it insinuated if you were any older than say 4 there was something wrong with you to still believe in Santa! :eek::dead:

The paper said the kids were distraught, I'm not surprised. Talk about a Christmas Scrooge! :mad:

[dmbfanintn]

As a parent of a 13 and 11 y/o I will chime in a bit. There is NO WAY I would have ever let either one of my kids see Dawn at 3, no way, no how!!!

Obviously you can't put an exact age on when a kid can handle things of that nature as all kids mature at different speeds, but 3???? :eek: Come on!

My son first watched Dawn at about 11 and at 13 has now seen all of the horror films that I love.

Young kids minds are way too impressionable at that time to see images that Dawn presents, as another poster had wrote, so realistically and gritty.

Just my .02 as a parent.

[Marie]

You're gonna have some REAL fun when he draws bloody zombie pictures in preschool. I'd like to be there to see the teachers face, and I DON'T want to be there for the army of well meaning government issue head docs decend on you and publicily dissect your family life.

Just saying.... it's best to watch what kids see, because if they can handle it or not, some busybody will disagree.

M_

[MinionZombie]

At least you're watching it with the l'il chap, taking part and educating him in the difference between fact and fiction, reality and fantasy. That's a stronger influence and a good one too.

[kortick]

it is you who knows best

i was dating this girl and
she was babysitting this little kid
about 4 and i was watching dawn

he kept calling the zombies "lagzanas"
and wasnt bothered by it at all

my other friend had kids and
i was over when the night 90 came on tv
and we were watching it
as soon as the first zombie appaered on the screen
the little one freaked out and we had to shut it off

so in my experience some kids can handle
it and some cant

you know your kid best

[MikePizzoff]

Jesus christ some of you could create a diamond in two weeks if I stuck a lump of coal up your ass. haha

I'm not shoving the movie down his throat. He chooses what he wants to watch. He's a huge movie buff (yes, already) and has seen TONS of movies. He's gradually worked his way up. Started out with shiv like Land Before Time, which made him obsessed with dinosaurs, so he started watching Jurassic Park (his favorite) and Godzilla. Recently he fell in love with House II.

I constantly tell him that there is no such thing as zombies. It's just a movie. He understands. He's not an idiot (as it seems a lot of you tend to think anyone under the age of 13 is).

In his eyes it's not very scary.....

I was 8 years old when I saw both Dawn Of The Dead and Jurassic Park... and I will tell you right now that I looked at Dawn as an awesome action/horror that wasn't very scary.... but Jurassic Park nearly made me crap in my drawers. It was terrifying for me.

So if he can handle Jurassic Park with no problem, I figured he'd be fine with Dawn. And he was. No nightmares last night. No horrors of venturing into the outside world.

I'm not a bad guy. I didn't shove it down his throat. He picked it out and I wasn't going to say no to my favorite movie of all time.

[Mutineer]

We're all sure you're a responsible and level headed individual who has great judgement. Don't pay attention to 'Everyone else who says it isn't a good idea', especially the parent's (What the **** do they know ?).

Allowing the 3 year old too choose what he wants to watch is a fab idea ! Why not allow him to choose what kind of foods to eat, when his bedtime should be and whether or not he needs to go to school in a couple years.

I'm sure your parent's don't have any issues with the decisions you are making in helping raise your little brother, I mean, look how you turned out.

(Puts diamond back in ass and prays for coal)

:) :mad: :D :lol:

[joeharley666]

No-one said you were a bad guy, but DIDN'T YOU AK US FOR OUR OPINIONS HERE IN YOUR THREAD!!! You wanted to know what we thought,so why get all defensive?

Like i said before, my daughter is 3, i'm not going to let her watch anything that has people eating other people or animals eating people. and that goes for Jurassic Park, War Of The Worlds , Dawn or any other movie that has that kind of violence.
The scene in Jurassic when the t-rex shows up for the first time was an incredibly tense scene. While I was not scared as an adult watching it for the first time....I was still on the edge of my seat. Imagine a kid older than 3lets say 5 or 6, that will scene alone will leave images in their mind and they will have questions as to wether a dinosaur could knock their house down or come after them.
Now Jurassic is no-where near as violent as Dawn, so imagine some little kid trying to process the violence, limb tearing,gut munching, heads exploding,flesh eating,guns,knives,helicopter blades,intestine eating,blood splattering and machete ripping scenes.
Remember, Romero's zombie flicks have a very documentary feel to them, almost like it's really happening right now, especially with all the news reporting. I saw it in the movies with my friends when I was 13, still scared the piss out of me for months. The movie stayed with me long after that. I became a fan because of it, but I was 13....not 3,4,5,6, or 7.

Now I am in no way some right wing conservative, I tend to be be a little more liberal regarding the arts to some extent, but I have a problem with anyone under 10 years old trying to make sense of this stuff.

[Neil]

For goodness sake, you can't show a three year old Dawn of the Dead!

At that age, their little brains are just starting to make sense of the world...

[MikePizzoff]

No-one said you were a bad guy, but DIDN'T YOU AK US FOR OUR OPINIONS HERE IN YOUR THREAD!!! You wanted to know what we thought,so why get all defensive?


Right. I asked for opinions on the subject; didn't ask for a bunch of name-calling and flaming. That's the only reason I got defensive.

[joeharley666]

I will apologize for calling you a retard, you are right about flaming and name-calling, so I am sorry.

But, what did you expect when you post this kind of thread? What reactions did you think you were going to get from people here? You have to remember, most people here are probably parents like me(I'm 40 with a 3 year old,so I've been around the block a few times), so they are going to take extra measures protecting and shielding their children from this kind of stuff until they are old enough to understand what is right and what is wrong in the world.
When I told you my father scared the living **** out of me by having me watch "Night" when I was just 10 years old....I swore when I had children of my own, I would never expose them to that kind of stuff. Very bad judgement on my father.

Turned out to be a pretty good thread though, a little one-sided but good.

Anyway Mike, I caught Motley with Aero last september at Camden, i know you are a fan, were you there? Awesome show, Motley blew the doors off the place and off Aero as well.

[Neil]

Think of it this way... Why are you showing a three year old this film? For his benefit or YOUR benefit?

[MikePizzoff]

Anyway Mike, I caught Motley with Aero last september at Camden, i know you are a fan, were you there? Awesome show, Motley blew the doors off the place and off Aero as well.

Nah, I wanted to go but I couldn't afford it! I caught the Crue at Wachovia last winter though (an intimate evening with Motley Crue) and it was farking awesome. They had a set that was well over 2 hours long with the best stage show I've ever seen!


Think of it this way... Why are you showing a three year old this film? For his benefit or YOUR benefit?

Well... a little bit of both.

[Neil]

Think of it this way... Why are you showing a three year old this film? For his benefit or YOUR benefit?

Well... a little bit of both.

Show your little brother Finding Nemo or something... He'll enjoy more and it's far more suitable for his little mind...

Showing him Dawn will do him no good in comparison...

Don't show him such things..... He's got plenty of time!

[coma]

Well... a little bit of both.I think he is a bit youn, but I said it was OK becasue some, if not most, of my fond childhood memories are of my older brothers turning me on to a lot of cool stuff. They used to take pleasure in scaring me half to death (in fun, not mean). They forgot that I was much younger than them so they exposed me to (non sexual) stuff that I was maybe too young for. Rather than warp me, it gave me food for a lifetime of enriching interests. If a kid is surrounded by love and acceptence no amount of nasty art is going to change him into a bad guy. Thats just crap.
Though some of the nightmares were pretty bad. But I thought Godzilla was just as scary as NOTLD:D
So, on second thought, maybe you should be a little patient and wait a couple of years. But "Kids" stuff like Charlots web (the old one) ,Willie Wonka, or Watership Down can be way scarier to a kid than zombies.
Usually kids get more scared if it has a "kids in trouble" element ala Jurassic Park. They cant really relate to adults but they can relate to a child.

[joeharley666]

I saw the same show you did last winter also, but it was not at Wachovia it was in the spectrum. AWESOME show though, I have the DVD of that show also.

[coma]

Anyway Mike, I caught Motley with Aero last september at Camden, i know you are a fan, were you there? Awesome show, Motley blew the doors off the place and off Aero as well.
If by Aero you mean Aerosmith they are really excellent live, even their new ultar commercial junk. I cannot stand them and I even dislike their 70s material but boy was I surprised at them live. They are a seriously kick ass band. If they can make garbage like Love in an elevator good live, they are really talented. Still hate their records but live they are at least an 8 of 10. MAybe higher.

Dont like too much Crue, but I suspect it may be a similar situation.

[MikePizzoff]

I saw the same show you did last winter also, but it was not at Wachovia it was in the spectrum. AWESOME show though, I have the DVD of that show also.

The Wachovia is The Spectrum. Remember it was Corestate's Spectrum.... until Wachovia bought them out!

[joeharley666]

Aerosmith is a great live band, I hate "love in an elevator" nothing but noise to me, as a matter of fact I hate anything they did after the 70's, their 70's stuff was great.But a very good live band all the same.

But Motley is an unbelievable band live, they throw the kitchen sink right at you, you walk out of the show and you are literally wiped out.I've been listening to them since 1981 when I was 15 years old and no-one never knew who they were back then. I've seen them live since 81 about 20 to 25 times. Once you see them live you are just hooked by their energy.




If by Aero you mean Aerosmith they are really excellent live, even their new ultar commercial junk. I cannot stand them and I even dislike their 70s material but boy was I surprised at them live. They are a seriously kick ass band. If they can make garbage like Love in an elevator good live, they are really talented. Still hate their records but live they are at least an 8 of 10. MAybe higher.

Dont like too much Crue, but I suspect it may be a similar situation.

[OddDNA]

When he was about 6 months old...he didnt mind.


I dont think anything is wrong with them watching dawn at 3 honestly.

[HLS]

3?! bloody hell ...

As long as you think he's capable of dealing and he's having fun and not fainting in shock ... still though ... three? ... Damn.

I was fifteen when I finally got to see it! (Started watching horror flicks aged 9)

I do not think a child that age will understand what he is seeing anyways at that age

[MinionZombie]

When he was about 6 months old...he didnt mind.


I dont think anything is wrong with them watching dawn at 3 honestly.
:eek:

First one to show their kid Dawn of the Dead while they're still in the womb wins the collective floored jaws of the HPOTD community! :)

[MikePizzoff]

:eek:

First one to show their kid Dawn of the Dead while they're still in the womb wins the collective floored jaws of the HPOTD community! :)

:lol: :lol: :lol: And they're off!

[slickwilly13]

I'm showing my three year old brother Dawn Of The Dead for the first time. He's really into it. Watching his facial expressions during certain scenes is great. He's five years younger than I was when I first saw the movie.

Does anybody feel three years old is too young to be viewing this film?

Don't sweat it. I was 4 when I watched Creepshow and I turned out fine. Well, the roach story screwed me up for many years.

[Danny]

yeah i was 4 when i saw the shining and that didnt creep me out, the howling did though, only film i saw were i needed the hall light on when i whent to bed.:lol:

[Neil]

Don't sweat it. I was 4 when I watched Creepshow and I turned out fine. Well, the roach story screwed me up for many years.


yeah i was 4 when i saw the shining and that didnt creep me out, the howling did though, only film i saw were i needed the hall light on when i whent to bed.:lol:

And was it your peers or parents who performed this excellent example of nurchering?

[slickwilly13]

My dad actually. Creepshow was making its debut on Showtime back around '82 or '83. Neither one of us knew anything about it other than it was a horror movie. So, we watched it together. But that movie is pretty tame compared to a number of other movies around that time and much later.

[Neil]

My dad actually. Creepshow was making its debut on Showtime back around '82 or '83. Neither one of us knew anything about it other than it was a horror movie. So, we watched it together. But that movie is pretty tame compared to a number of other movies around that time and much later.


Unbelievable!!! So your dad showed you a film which was rated for something live FOUR times your age? Sheesh!

[slickwilly13]

Yeah, but he was watching it with me. So, if it was a movie that was too extreme such as nudity, etc, he would have not allowed me to watch it. Most R rated movies I watched as a kid was after my dad checked them out before. He would never allow me to watch any movie that had sexual scenes, graphic language and extreme violence *ex. Evil Dead*. Creepshow was a rare exception that was made. And that movie didn't become disturbing until towards the end.

[Paradigm]

My only gripe? Could he possibly hold his attention, at the age of 3, for that long? I doubt I ever could. Scared? I doubt it. Bored? A certainty!

[capncnut]

I have a 3 year old nephew who is an avid fan of Top Gear. Whenever the show comes on, he is quiet and always tells everybody to "shhh" when they talk. He knows almost every brand of car on the market and it's because of this show. I would say that if a 3 year old boy likes what he sees then yeah, it'll hold his attention - BIG time!

[MinionZombie]

Agreed, if they're into something - they're friggin' well into it in a big way. I was the same as a kid with a select few movies when I was a nipper. My Mum would always be like "geez, not this one again?!" as I'd just watch these movies over and over and over again, to the point where the entire films are now ingrained onto my subconscious.

You're nephew sounds rather cool, Top Gear's awesome! I too have learnt so much about cars and such from that show...and had many a giggle in the process.

[Danny]

And was it your peers or parents who performed this excellent example of nurchering?

me grandad at that big f1 rac ethingy down near london, i cant remember the name but if your a gearhead youll know the name of the event, probably.