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Topic: Christmas Carol scared kid walkouts?
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Randy Stankey
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Posts: 6539
From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 11-15-2009 10:53 PM
I really don't understand this.
If you have ever read the original Dickins manuscript of "A Christmas Carol" you would know that the very first sentence reads:
Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that.
Even if you have never read the original manuscript (I find this entirely unconscionable!) you should know that Jacob Marley comes back from the dead to haunt Ebenezer Scrooge. Thus, even a complete moron should know that there are ghosts, dead people and other scary things in "A Christmas Carol."
Now, I suppose there are some people who think only in terms of the sanitized version of the tale and would not consider that ghosts and apparitions are, in reality, a rather gruesome sight. (If it was actually possible to see a ghost.) In rebuttal to this idea of sanitization of the original story, simply look at the rating on the movie. It is rated "PG." (Parental Guidance Suggested.)
This would tell a reasonably intelligent parent that there MIGHT be some things in the aforementioned movie that could be troubling to their kids. It would be the parent's responsibility to check into this BEFORE one actually took a kid to the theater to see the movie. Regardless of how funny the trailer looks when you see it on TV, it is still the parent's responsibility to check the rating of the movie beforehand.
Even if you have never read the original "A Christmas Carol"; even if you only know the sanitized version of the story; even if you only watched the television ads and trailers but did not notice the "PG" rating; even if you did see the rating but ignored it there is STILL one overriding piece of information that every parent should tell their kids. It's a very simple sentence. It's got four little words:
"IT'S ONLY A MOVIE!"
When did parents stop teaching kids that the things they see on the movie screen and on TV aren't real?
Regardless of the myriad whiny, relativistic excuses people may dream up, there is no substitute for parental responsibility!
I can't believe that people are so fucking stupid!
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Dick Vaughan
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1032
From: Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK
Registered: Jul 2000
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posted 11-17-2009 03:08 AM
Here's the extended classification from the BBFC in the UK
A Christmas Carol 2009
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL is the IMAX 3D version of a new CGI animated re-telling of Charles Dickens’ classic tale. Starring the vocal talents of Jim Carey and Colin Firth, it was passed ‘PG’ for mild threat, scary scenes and mild language.
The BBFC Guidelines at ‘U’ state that there should be ‘occasional mild threat and menace only’ and that ‘scary sequences should be mild, brief and unlikely to cause undue anxiety to young children’. In A CHRISTMAS CAROL however there are some scenes where Scrooge appears to be in danger for longer periods than are generally acceptable at ‘U’ and others which it was thought may frighten very small children. The ‘PG’ was therefore felt to be more appropriate, where frightening scenes do not have to be as mild. One example is the appearance of Marley’s ghost, who looms over Scrooge menacingly, his lower jaw almost appearing to fall off as he lets out a miserable wail. With A CHRISTMAS CAROL such a well known story, however, and with fantasy elements a mitigating factor at ‘PG’, this scene and others similar were not considered inappropriately placed there.
With the BBFC Guidelines at ‘U’ also stating that only very mild language is acceptable, infrequent mild language including uses of ‘bugger’ and 'arse' also required the ‘PG’ certificate.
Parents really do need to check out what the film is about before they take their kids to see a film.
But that implies thay they can read words in smaller type than the title!
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