Eclipse, Being Human, True Blood, Alice in Wonderland
Eclipse comes out June 30th. I wasn’t aware the trailer had been released, but the kids were talking about it in GlitterGirl’s dance class.
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BBC America will begin airing season two of Being Human on July 25, they have a sneak peak clip up:
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And the one I really can’t wait for, True Blood, is tentatively scheduled to premier Season Three in June.
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We don’t get season five of Dexter until September, though.
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Oh, one more movie to talk about: Alice in Wonderland. I think I’m going to see if my parents will watch TwinkleToes while we take GlitterGirl to see it this weekend. Common Sense Media rates it as “iffy for 10 to 11″, but from what I’ve heard, the movie is fairly accurate to the book, and she’s read the book, so I think she should be okay with the movie. Maybe. She is sensitive to violence, and there are warnings about the violence, and that’s mainly what has me on the fence.
Here are two of the trailers for Alice.
Have you seen Alice in Wonderland? Did you take your kid(s)? How old were they, and how did they deal with it? What age range would you think would be appropriate?
March 12th, 2010 at 12:15 pm
I heard AW was great .I think it depends on the child.. My daughter would freak ! Hates anyone with a painted face …
March 12th, 2010 at 12:22 pm
We’re taking our 7 year old to see Alice In Wonderland this weekend. She can’t wait. She’s likes that kind of stuff though, and is a huge fan of Nightmare Before Christmas. Frankly, I’m more concerned about my own reaction. That chick Alice and her rabbit and cat, have always freaked me out.
March 12th, 2010 at 12:33 pm
I saw Alice last Friday and really enjoyed it. There were some children in the audience but it didn’t seem like anyone was crying or had to leave the theater. I think most 10- and 11-year-olds would be okay with it, but your daughter seems more aware of violence than most. It’s kinda hard for me to gauge since my younger cousins are boys who love gore and I don’t remember my own feelings when I was a little younger. Has she seen the trailers? You get a sense of the general atmosphere and tone of the movie. Has she seen the Disney version? The Red Queen still plays croquet with flamingos but since they’re people (although a bit oversized in parts) it seems more realistic. Do you think explaining that the animals are not real would help the situation? In the end, only the Jabberwocky is seriously harmed. Alice gets cut and it looks a little icky, but it’s not the worst thing and she keeps it covered most of the time. Some of the people are put into chains and yanked around though… However, since it’s just PG I likely wouldn’t hesitate to take someone I knew who was ten.
As a side note, they had a trailer for Toy Story 3 before Alice and I was so excited! I’m 20 and absolutely grew up with Toy Story! It’s bittersweet to have aged Andy properly and have him going off to college.
March 12th, 2010 at 12:47 pm
I can’t wait to see Eclipse. I see Disney movies for free because my husband works for Pixar. I took my nieces to watch Alice in Wonderland and both loved it. My nephew who is 6 yrs old was too afraid to watch the movie. Hope you guys will enjoy Toy Story 3 from Pixar!
March 12th, 2010 at 1:56 pm
I am taking two of our dd’s to see this movie. The 8 and 9 year olds.
My 8 year old loves ‘The Corpses Bride’ and all the other Tim Burton movies, so this one will be something she will love. Our youngest ds would be scared. Our older kids are not interested. Our oldest dd wants to see Shutter Island, she is 15 and I am not sure if it is rated R.
She loves any movie than involves vampires, werewovles. She does watch Being Human and some other sci fi show on BBC America about dinosaurs.
March 12th, 2010 at 2:41 pm
My husband took our almost six year old daughter to ALice in Wonderland last weekend and she loved it. This is the same child who we started bawling at Kung Fu Panda, so I was shocked that she liked it so much and wasn’t scared by any of it. I skipped it because Johnny Depp is like nails on a chalkboard for me!
March 12th, 2010 at 3:30 pm
OBaby (7) was invited to go see AW this weekend, but I am going to err on the side of caution and NOT allow her to see it. She is a sensitive child. For example, the fire scene in Bolt upset her. She never likes to think anyone (person or animal) is in danger. I just think it is too intense for her, based on the previews. It’s one of those bells you can’t unring, and I’d rather she NOT be having AW nightmares for the next month!
March 12th, 2010 at 3:42 pm
I saw Alice last weekend. LOVED IT!!!!! I’m a big fan of Tim Burton, Johny Depp, and Imaginism Studios so I have been triply waiting for this movie for over a year. LOL
It is a great “girl power” movie. It is the “Paper Bag Princess” at the next level. I think there is also a great secondary message about growing up and responsibility. My favorite quote is “This is my dream. I make the path.” – Alice
IMO, I think the average 10+ year old would be ok. I’m trying to come up with a movie that it compares to but I can’t. DH and I just watched Spiderwick Chronicles and it was scarier than that. I don’t think it was scarier story wise than either of the Narnia movies but many of the images are MUCH scarier.
My sister and BIL took their 3 and 5 year olds to see it. They all loved it! Now that being said…I probably would not have taken my kids of that age, but my sister is a lot more liberal with what she lets her kids watch than I would be. It works for them. Her kids are totally fine with all that kind of stuff though, no nightmares anything, so I think it really depends on the kids. Her kids were fine with Wolverine, which I would not have taken my kids to see at their age. The movie that gets the most repeat play at their house is ‘Howes Moving Castle”.
March 12th, 2010 at 6:00 pm
We went the four of us last week during our march break and the girls LOVED it..and so did we. Our girls are great fans of everything Tim Burton does, so they had already seen most of his recent films. (Charlie and the chocolate factory, Coraline). Our 12 year old is pretty sensitive but loves the artistic views of Tim Burton (she draws and paint herself) so she was very impressed by the film. We brought our 5 yo, tough cookie if I may say so myself, was not one bit scared, she loved the film and loved once again Johnny Depp (as in Charlie and ..). I would not have taken my niece a 6yo; she gets scared of films that are too loud or 3d movies, so it all depends on your children. (Personnally, I think movies are too loud too). My 12 yo had read the book and I had read the book to our 5yo. Both of them have seen art books from Tim Burton (we are great fans) so it was not a surprise. It it a wonderful film! Enjoy.
Marie-Claude
March 12th, 2010 at 6:37 pm
Hi RQ,
Second series of Being Human just finished here (UK), I think you’ll really enjoy it!!!! Other half say to get your tissues ready.
Funny thing is that I can’t watch the trailer that you posted.
Waiting on Season 2 True Blood to arrive at the moment!
Cheers,
Brian
March 12th, 2010 at 8:38 pm
Regarding Alice in Wonderland. I checked it out and it is a PG rating. I think it is too intense for my 7 yo. I think every parent knows from experience what tolerance level their kids have. I took my 7 and 4 yo to see Princess and the Frog. It has a G rating. I spent the next 3 weeks (and continuing) talking about how shadows cannot hurt you. That movie shows the “bad spirits” coming after the hero and bad guy as ghoulish shadows. Now the kids are freaked by their own shadows. Yeah, sooo not kidding. Live and learn. On the other hand YAY for Toy Story 3. They both can’t wait to see that! They also loved UP on DVD. Some movies just match certain kids/people better than others.
March 13th, 2010 at 12:46 am
Saw alice…it is NOT like the book. It is like HOOK…what happens after she grows up…she meets the same characters but the storyline is created. I liked it, 3 D was great fun, would not take the kids (age 8 and below)…dont think theyd enjoy it and some parts are scary….the red queens head is just disturbing! (and she speaks with a lisp…what message does that send?)
March 13th, 2010 at 1:20 am
Oooh…I would love to see AW, especially in 3D. But, my 5-year-old is not going to handle it well, and my 1-year-old is too young. So I probably won’t get the chance… oh well…
My daughter is funny with movies. I do know that she won’t like AW because she’s scared of the trailers, but typically she does better with live action than with cartoons. She was scared in Horton Hears a Who and Tales of Despereaux, but loved Beverly Hills Chihuahua and Bedtime Stories. She will watch Parent Trap (both versions) and Cheaper by the Dozen over and over again, but refused to go see Princess and the Frog and Kung Fu Panda. I guess there is a lot of action in cartoons because there CAN be…the characters aren’t real people so I suppose you can do anything you want to them.
March 13th, 2010 at 8:04 am
I took 2 10 year olds and an almost 8 year old to see Alice last week. All loved it. If your children have seen Narnia or any of the Harry Potter movies, then I don’t think that Alice will cause them too many problems. The only scene that had me worried involved Alice walking on decapitated heads (courtesy of the “off with their heads” Queen of hearts).
It was not strictly based on the book but uses the book as a basis for the plotline.
March 14th, 2010 at 6:09 am
I took my 8 year old daughter yesterday. She is a self censoring sort of girl but decided that she wanted to see this and loved it – didn’t think anything was too scary, only interesting. While there were battles and the jaberwocky was a snarling creature and finally Alice battles the dragon thing whose name I have forgotten there is no blood and guts. I agree with WaitingforAsh’s post about it being a girl power movie. We have had lots of discussion today about the dream vs reality aspect and which characters had parallel characters at the wedding
March 14th, 2010 at 10:37 am
We saw Alice last night and would not take a young child to see it. It was not outright violent but in some scenes animals and people do get hurt. There is lots of darkness and stress. We as adults loved it and was it in 3D but left our daughter with a sitter!
March 14th, 2010 at 8:39 pm
Well, we took dd, only 26 mos old, to see it today. I bought the tix for an event kind of long time ago and didn’t even think at the time that it might be scary. Reading others concerns I showed her a whole bunch of the trailers on the computer over a few days and she’d beg to watch them over and over and over again.
She loved it! Wasn’t frightened at all but I can see how lots of little kids would be. When the dragon and the snarly dog came on she just said “fake doggie mommy, not real” and actually really liked the dragon. However, it is pretty violent and the decapitated heads were kind of icky… I’m pretty sure my dd didn’t realize what they were.