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I would like my son to see this movie. He can name off all the characters and knows them on site. He loves the Transformers.

It does not need to be pointed out to me that this movie is PG13. I understand that.

I have taken him to see Spiderman 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean. He was also at the Premier of Revenge of the Sith with no probelms.

My main concern is blood and violence done to fleshlings. Another concern is foul language. I am going to see the movie with some buddies tonight and will find some of this out for myself. I was just wondering what the people here thought.

he'll be fine.. no curse words that i can remember, and the casusulties of war are rarely shown

decepticonjon wrote:he'll be fine.. no curse words that i can remember, and the casusulties of war are rarely shown

I saw the 10 minute clip of the fight in the desert and some little kids were scared. There was also cussing and a guy got impaled by Skorpy's tail. It was scarier thatn I thought it would be, but I don't remember any blood.

Well, technically, the film's got mass murder....

The film has got 1 or two cursive language... but these words are all B****, so there are no F*** I am sure of it. There is hardly any blood in fact if I am sure there was no blood at all but there might be a few sightings here and there that is about it, like you know when people get dirty all over there face and have cuts yeh that sort of thing nothing big. There is not much violence mostly gun fires and screaming and shouting towards the end. There are some scenes where as I like to call it, sneak peaks, as Mikaela (Megan Fox) is checking out Sam's Camaro (Bumblebee) you can see her but crack a little bit and her stomach which isn't much, no sexual things or anything, however sexual language. I am sure your son could see it no problems he wouldn't understand those words anyway except for B**** of course. There are some scary bits though, well not for me but for your son maybe. Barricade talks a bit freaky and so does Megatron, their faces are made in a look to be Evil... no der. But that is the way it goes. Now that I have given you a hell of a lot of information... it is up to you now.

hey i took my son,he was in awe of all the action. He know who all the transformers are and He understands that Autobots are good guys and decepticons are bad guys. Really i think its no different than watching the cartoon;the transformers still kick the crap out of each other and the good guys win.......just watch out for 3-4 potty words and scene concerning Bumblebee and a sector seven agent.

I asked him if he had any questions aftre the movie and he said " Can we go to wal-mart and buy optimus prime and megatron so we could play the movie when we get home" so thats exactly what i did.
Now i get to play transformers with my best buddy any time i want again,how cool is that

......Damn i still love these things!!!!!!!!

Lol, what a good father you are ^_^

He sounds cute when he says "Can we go and buy toys so that we can play the movie at home" lol.

Yeh I must admit though, my brother - 6 years old. Loved it, he really likes Optimus Prime and Blackout because of their size lol, he also loves his Transformers because he loves robots, and the way the Transfomers Transform.

As one parent to another:


This movie is NOT appropriate for a 5 year old.

There are multiple usages of "****" that are extremely clear, and multiple uses of "Bitch", not to mention people being blown up and even someone getting skewered.

Id say see it your self first than decide. That way you have the call. In my opinion some parts arent for children but your kid will be looking more at the giant robots and not the people being inpaled by scorp or blown up by Blackout. So its up to you.

Barricade will scare the living **** out of any five year old. Depends on if he likes it or not.


I wouldn't take a 5 year old to it.

Canned Pasta wrote:As one parent to another:


This movie is NOT appropriate for a 5 year old.

There are multiple usages of "****" that are extremely clear, and multiple uses of "Bitch", not to mention people being blown up and even someone getting skewered.

No This movie is not approriate for your 5 year old,some kids understand more than others.
if you taught your child whats good language and bad then what do you have to worry about? Did you even watch the cartoon when you were a kid there were bots and people getting blown up all the time the only thig different here is there is some bad language

Ultimately it is up to us as parents to decide for ourselves
using this well of information to our advantage and make our decion for there.
telling anyone that its "NOT APPROPRIATE" for your children,i find pompous and rude,how abuot you tell them your expeiranceand facts and let them decide

Canned Pasta wrote:As one parent to another:


This movie is NOT appropriate for a 5 year old.

There are multiple usages of "****" that are extremely clear, and multiple uses of "Bitch", not to mention people being blown up and even someone getting skewered.

Thank you, I was going to say the same thing.

Dark Zarak wrote:Barricade will scare the living **** out of any five year old. Depends on if he likes it or not.


I wouldn't take a 5 year old to it.

Agreed.

Oh God! It depends on how you raise your child like anything in the world. I raise my son who will be five in august by truth. Meaning he has ask me several times about subjects on killing/cursing/ and the famous were do babies come from. With the help of my wife we explain to him the truth.

1. Killing = Never ok, and it goes against the will of God
2. Cursing = Never ok, some people use it because they didn't learn and use the right words when they were young.
3. Babies/Sex = Told him the truth, if he had any question come and talk to me or his mother and you don't talk about this stuff with people. Because it is rude and everybody knows this stuff so there is no point in discussing it with anybody beside us his parents.

Took him to see the movie and we both loved it and had a ball. In closing it is up to the parent.

It's funny how different this new generation of parents are. I was born in '81, I saw Freddy and Jason movies when I was in 1st grade, and while they were scary and some gave me nightmares, I did not regret seeing them and continued watching the sequels and other R-rated movies. I understood what was good and what was bad, what was right and what was wrong because of my parents. I knew I couldn't go out and emulate things I saw on TV because of my parents, and well common sense.

Also, I did not feel the need to swear incessantly, or become a serial killer because of what I saw on the screen. Now, Transformers has a lot of robot on robot violence, some deaths of humans that are shown off screen (except for the scorponok part), and a couple of S-Bombs. Yes it will be scary for a 5 year old, but I'm guessing that since he's already seen Pirates and Spiderman 3, he can sure as heck handle Transformers.

There is adult humor, but it will go over his head anyway. That's how I was when I was little, I laughed with the adults like I got the joke, but it wasn't until years later that I actually understood why it was funny.

My 4 year old niece was in the Sector 7 van with me, and saw that scene with Scorponok (which btw is one of the more scarier scenes). She was pretty scared, nothing spectacular but she was holding my hand, but she was glued to the screen. After the show was over, I asked her if she was scared. Here reply? "No, I don't get scared! I want to see Transformers now, can we go?"

If she can take it, your son certainly can. And he'll probably really enjoy himself.

I saw the movie last night. It was everything I wanted it to be and I left with a satisfied smile on my face. That being said, the only thing I would really not want him to see is the Skorponok skewering. I think the curse words are minor enough that he would not pick up on them, also we have been over the bad words thing with them and he clearly understands the concept. The movie is extremely intense and that is the only thing I am mulling over at this point.

I would say that the cursing and violence weren't too bad. The awkard part for you parents might be the seen where Sam's parents think he is masterbating.

HollyW00d wrote:It's funny how different this new generation of parents are. I was born in '81, I saw Freddy and Jason movies when I was in 1st grade, and while they were scary and some gave me nightmares, I did not regret seeing them and continued watching the sequels and other R-rated movies. I understood what was good and what was bad, what was right and what was wrong because of my parents. I knew I couldn't go out and emulate things I saw on TV because of my parents, and well common sense.

Also, I did not feel the need to swear incessantly, or become a serial killer because of what I saw on the screen. Now, Transformers has a lot of robot on robot violence, some deaths of humans that are shown off screen (except for the scorponok part), and a couple of S-Bombs. Yes it will be scary for a 5 year old, but I'm guessing that since he's already seen Pirates and Spiderman 3, he can sure as heck handle Transformers.

There is adult humor, but it will go over his head anyway. That's how I was when I was little, I laughed with the adults like I got the joke, but it wasn't until years later that I actually understood why it was funny.

My 4 year old niece was in the Sector 7 van with me, and saw that scene with Scorponok (which btw is one of the more scarier scenes). She was pretty scared, nothing spectacular but she was holding my hand, but she was glued to the screen. After the show was over, I asked her if she was scared. Here reply? "No, I don't get scared! I want to see Transformers now, can we go?"

If she can take it, your son certainly can. And he'll probably really enjoy himself.

I totally agree with you, I was the same way when I was young. Also I would rather my son see crazying things with me, then with anybody else.

HollyW00d wrote:It's funny how different this new generation of parents are. I was born in '81, I saw Freddy and Jason movies when I was in 1st grade, and while they were scary and some gave me nightmares, I did not regret seeing them and continued watching the sequels and other R-rated movies. I understood what was good and what was bad, what was right and what was wrong because of my parents. I knew I couldn't go out and emulate things I saw on TV because of my parents, and well common sense.

Also, I did not feel the need to swear incessantly, or become a serial killer because of what I saw on the screen. Now, Transformers has a lot of robot on robot violence, some deaths of humans that are shown off screen (except for the scorponok part), and a couple of S-Bombs. Yes it will be scary for a 5 year old, but I'm guessing that since he's already seen Pirates and Spiderman 3, he can sure as heck handle Transformers.

There is adult humor, but it will go over his head anyway. That's how I was when I was little, I laughed with the adults like I got the joke, but it wasn't until years later that I actually understood why it was funny.

My 4 year old niece was in the Sector 7 van with me, and saw that scene with Scorponok (which btw is one of the more scarier scenes). She was pretty scared, nothing spectacular but she was holding my hand, but she was glued to the screen. After the show was over, I asked her if she was scared. Here reply? "No, I don't get scared! I want to see Transformers now, can we go?"

If she can take it, your son certainly can. And he'll probably really enjoy himself.

The action can be somewhat intense for little ones.
I am bringing my 14 year old today and we are not bringing the 2 year old.
There was a boy about 5 or 6 in the theater last night and during one of the more "serious action orientated" scenes he started crying so his father took him out of the theater.
It all depends on the children and how they are raised.
It is intense and not all kids could handle that.
I like you am in the boat of growing up watching Freddy and Jason movies (born in 70) .