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Star Wars - Watch in what order? (For a kid)
Level42:
Weird. I was thinking about when I could show my son (just 6) the SW films.
Of course he played the cockpit and asked a lot of questions about who was who and who was bad and good etc. etc. So I told him most stuff.
Personally, I think 6 or 7 is still too young for a lot of scenes. Maybe I'm old-fashioned or over protective ?
My nephew was playing the really bloody killing games at age 9 I believe. I don't approve of that. Sorry, but I just don't think it can be good for a young kid like that. You need a certain age to be able to handle the difference between real and fake.
I remember seeing Doctor Who as a kid (secretly) and it scared me a lot. As stupid as it may sound now with all the phoney suits and special effects in those days (late 70s) it looked real to me at the time.
It must be funny when I say this, but I'm glad my son still prefers his Lego over any videogame....I do allow him to play all my cabs, but he's just not that interested in it (yet ?) (He liked the pin better :S)
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: Level42 on April 07, 2008, 03:08:21 pm ---Personally, I think 6 or 7 is still too young for a lot of scenes. Maybe I'm old-fashioned or over protective ?
--- End quote ---
I agree with you. I'm not sure either of my kids has made it through any of the originals yet. I tried with Star Wars a year or two ago but they didn't want to finish - said it was a bit too scary for them and when that happens I let them turn if off. I haven't tried with the first three and won't for a while now. It really depends on the kids themselves. We tried Ghostbusters a month ago and they didn't get through that either - one kid wasn't interested and the younger one didn't make it past the ballroom scene.
Level42:
Damn.
I just found out I was 10 when the first SW movie was released..... :D
Also remember that the re-makes include much better (scary) special effects !
I'd really like to see the original versions again some day. I think someone once mailed me a link to a bit torrent that was running the original and remake together at one screen so you could easily see the differences....
somunny:
True, every kid is different. I saw Star Wars (aka Ep. 4) in '77 when I was seven so that's my point of reference.
Chad, out of curoisity, how old are your kids?
Moose13:
I was five when the original came out, and my father took me to see it (along with my 2 older brothers, 7 and 10 at the time). Nothing scary about it for me, I expected the same for my kid.
Another problem is that I have a soon to be 5 YO, who will want to watch it too. He watched the first 1/2 hour or so of Revenge of teh Sith, and he wasn't phased by it. I don't know if I can let him watch any of the movies, although I was about the same age when I saw the 1st one.
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