If you're planning to take a child under age 8 to see, "Finding Nemo"...(my title)

Kids-In-Mind ^ | Opens in theaters: May 30, 2003

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

Thanks! I'd never been there before.

Looking back through the posts from late last night, let me make clear to everyone that I am not knocking "Finding Nemo," at all. I'm just relieved that circumstances warranted such that my 4 year old did not come along. In my opinion, the scary scenes were very scary if looking at this movie through a small child's eyes.

[LJPenney]

www.screenit.com is really good. I see that you also found it!

~L

[honeygrl]

It's a Disney movie right? You should expect by now to have tear-jerking moments in a Disney cartoon and bit of violence between animals. Remember Bambi?

[honeygrl]

Hope you don't let your kids watch the Coyote and Road Runner.. next thing you know they'll be jumping off cliffs ;-)

[honeygrl]

I love the recent trend of making the childrens cartoons with jokes the adults will get so that everyone is entertained.

[Moonmad27]

Thanks for posting this. Looking forward to seeing the film after the crowds have died down. It's funny to read this review just as the TV in the next room has the Bugs Bunny cartoons I grew up with - complete with rifles blazing, a wolf after an adorable little baby rabbit, etc. None of that ever hurt me a bit. (However, seeing Hitchcock's Psycho when I was a kid - THAT had an effect!)

[pajamasam]

My 3 year old niece and 1 year old nephew loved Finding Nemo. it's a little scary at times, and they might get frightened, but you can't spend your whole life (and theirs) wondering what's going to happen to them. just live your lift, and let them live theirs. if they like it, good, if not, then don't watch it again. Simple as that

[pajamasam]

By Nemo saying "I hate you" to Marlin, it symbolized the fact that there was something wrong with their relationship. Marlin saw that, and that was why he was so gung-ho about seeing Nemo again. it left this space between them. didn't you see how at the end Nemo says "Dad, I don't hate you"? I can remember thinking things about my parents like that all of the time when i was younger. But in the end, I knew I loved them and that they loved me. You and your hubby may not use language like that, but the fact is that some people do.

[cardinal4]

It has turned out to be our favorite as well. My two year old will sit in front of the TV and not move. He has a Nemo stuffed animal, as well as a shirt and other toys. The shark scene, while a little scary, he got over quick. He now has an interest in whales from the movie.

[HungarianGypsy]

I was more worried about me in the first five minutes of the movie. I get silly and oversensitive about movies and felt tears in my eyes. My husband leaned over and whispered, "Cheerful way to start a kid's movie."

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

Dear pjsam,

Not too sure if you plan to hang around here or not, since you joined posting to this Nemo movie thread, and not to something political or current, but whatever...

Welcome to FR nevertheless :)

Regarding your post - all I can say is that I stick by my original thoughts. My intent was simply to address certain aspects of this movie which were not mentioned in the mainstream press for others with little children. Ultimately, parents are responsible for their own children. In this case, I just wish I was better prepared for what was going to be presented in the theater.

Other than the few things I mentioned, it was a great movie.

[RnMomof7]

Sounds like Bambi, Dumbo, Barbar to me. I'll be taking my 6 year old daughter Saturday.

Exactly there is little more violent than Mother Goose.

At five my family took me to wakes and funerals.. Death is a natural as birth . A movie like this might bring a discussion that would never have occurred before ...such as having compassion for the child in school that's mom died. We live in a real world !

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

"At five my family took me to wakes and funerals.. Death is a natural as birth . A movie like this might bring a discussion that would never have occurred before ...such as having compassion for the child in school that's mom died. We live in a real world !"

And if this works for you and yours, then what's wrong with my feeling that it's not acceptable for me?

I agree with you - we live in a real world. And I think, in the real world, too many parents apparently feel it is acceptable to allow children to "grow up" way too fast. IMO, exposing young children to things which they are not mature enough to understand is wrong and cruel. In my house, things are filtered and monitored.

Oh, there are those who enjoy making a point to remind me, "look at what *we* watched as kids." Oh, and the, "we turned out okay."

Yes, that's right...we are all here. What do many also say? Ahh yes, that "we survived."

Survived? Surviving isn't active parenting, to me.

I want to preserve the innocence of my children for as long as possible. They are the Lord's pride and joy. And here on earth, they will have the rest of their lives, God-willing, maybe decades, to experience & understand stress and fear and sadness.

How about going to Sunday services at a Church or place of worship to facilitate discussions with children about life and death? Leaving things to Pixar to hopefully prompt a chat with the kids? "Good enough" isn't good enough for this parent.