Pete's been begging to see the "Transformers" movie, but I was against the idea, since it's PG-13. I kept asking around but couldn't find a single person (adult or child) who'd seen it so that I could ask what it was like. Andy thought it would be OK, though, so he took Pete on Saturday. As it turned out, he was fine—he's OK with comic-book-style violence because he knows it's make-believe. However, he did find one of the trailers upsetting. It was for an R-rated movie called "We Own the Night," starring Mark Wahlberg. It's all about cops and drug dealers, and Andy felt that the trailer was inappropriate for a PG-13 audience. I called the theatre manager and she told me that the trailer is rated PG-13 even though the movie is R, but she agreed that it didn't sound like the best fit for a family movie. She asked me to send her an email that she could forward to corporate.
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August 13, 2007
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That used to be one of my pet peeves when my kids were younger. You go to see a PG or PG-13 movie, then they show all of these inappropriate previews! I took my kids, who are 13 and 15, to see The Bourne Ultimatum, which is PG-13, and they showed several previews for R-rated movies. I think it's just awful!
Posted by: Elena | August 13, 2007 at 12:39 PM
When we saw Ratatouille, rated G, they had previews for the Harry Potter flick, rated PG-13 (which we all thought was way too scary), and also for The Nanny Diaries (not sure what it is rated, but is that even considered a family movie?!?).
Posted by: Melanie | August 13, 2007 at 02:54 PM
It's not just at the theatres unfortunately. We can't sit through a Sox game on ESPN without numerous nightmare-inducing horror flick trailers. We've started keeping the remote at the ready between innings.
Posted by: Carolyn | August 13, 2007 at 03:39 PM