My kids want to go see it, but the youngest is only 2. She's the main once screaming to see Spidy. She loves him, she has his slippers, pj's, sunglasses, toys, and to top it off she seen his pic in the garbage and I had to race her there before she pulled it out.

So what I'm wondering is, do you think she's to young to go to the theater to see it? Do you think she'll get scared from the loudness? She's not afraid of the dark so that's a plus. Also I know she'll start yelling "Spiderman," everytime he's on the screen. I don't want to bother others watching the movie. But she really wants to go. Just asked me yesterday in fact.

In UK they have showings for younger kids to attend check they don't have that where you are? Saying that though I took my daughter to cinema at the tender age of 18 months and she sat quietly watching everything going on....

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I have a 2yr old and a 4yr old. I use to take them to the theatres when they were younger but for some reason once my son (the youngest) hit his 2nd b-day it was too much of a struggle to take them. So now we go to the drive-ins and park in the back instead. That way when the kids get excited or scared it doesn't really disturb anyone else and we all get to see the new movies we want. btw ~ my 2yr old son loved spidy3 but my 4yr old daughter got really scared.

There's a few loud scenes, like when Flint becomes Sandman, all the fighting scenes (obviously), and when Peter tries to get rid of the black suit. I guess it'd depend on if she's gotten scared from loud noises before.

Venom is a bit scary looking, so maybe she'll freak about him if she doesn't like scary images.

I'd mainly be careful about the violence because there's a few scenes where it gets a bit brutal, especially for a 2 year old.

As for the yelling of "Spiderman", just don't go to an evening showing when all of the hardcore fans are there. They tend to get pissed and throw things if there are interruptions *whistles innocently* I totally didn't throw popcorn at a guy that started texting in the middle of the movie! *shifts eyes* Sometime in the morning tends to have less people.

Hope that helped a bit!

Saw it last night, and my suggestion is skip it entirely.  It is not a kids movie, and Spidey is not on screen all that much (except for the really long drawn out and violent, bloody fight scenes) and I don't think she'll get the Peter Parker/Spidey connection.  Stay home and wait for the video. Course I guess you can tell it wasn't my favorite film.  It's also long - over 2 hours.

*plays the bad guy here for a moment and puts in her two cents, but knows GB won't murder her for it, hehe* As another movie goer, a young adult, I personally hate it when little kids are near me... sometimes even in the theatre, but if they're away on the other side I can handle it if the parents know how to handle their kids. I work at Gap and omg, parents let their kids act like idiots -- my parents wouldn't stand for that, so I just don't get that. I mean, we didn't even TRY to misbehave in public. But anyway, I do go to kids films, too, and so yeah, I put up with kids then... but people will drag them to adult movies or at least something for older kids/teens, and thats when I get annoyed since I just assume it was because the parents wanted to see the movie and couldn't get a sitter and so were just selfish and dragged the kids along. (Hello, this happened at Underworld: Evolution for one, I mean, huh? Really.) And I understand some movies like Pirates, they do seem to market it to kids as well... but then I've seen them and I see all this darker stuff that I'm not sure kids would understand, you know? And to me, I would think that would scare small kids... the kraken and all that. Oh well.

You obviously don't sound like you're just trying to go so YOU can see it (though, you probably want to see it too, lol). So no worries on my accusing you of being one of those parents (and if you've ever done that, we'll just not go there and we can just ignore that :P ) And, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that your kids are wellbehaved. ^.^ But I haven't seen it, *BUT* I have seen the other two... and they don't seem like movies for little kids even if they seem to keep coming out with kiddy toys to market to the little ones (like you mentioned your kid having all that stuff) just like I said about Pirates. Yeah, but then that's just those movie people trying to squeeze out every last dime, hm? hehe

I actually like kids, if they are well behaved. And figured you might want the honest opinion of another moviegoer. And, you're probably used to looks from people like me, groaning as we hope you sit far, far away, lol *hugs GB*

LoL *points to the person who mentioned the hardcore fans and throwing stuff* Hey, I'm all with the Marvel comics and Spiderman and me and my roomie yelled STAN when we saw him, so even the hardcore fans yell *sticks out tongue*

It's rated PG-13 for a reason.

When we saw "We Were Soldiers" years ago, a family brought their kids - an infant, a 2-3 year old, and a 5 year old. The kids were traumatized, and crying, and both of us really wanted to smack those parents for not getting a babysitter.

You want Spiderman that you can put in front of kids - stick to the cartoons.

ROFL Marie, I'm not one to take my kids to the movies. In fact this would be the first time they would go instead of waiting for it on DVD. My 2 yr. old does know that Peter and Spiderman are the same person, I think after watching one and two about a billion times each she got the connection, lol. As for Pirates, I haven't let any of them see the first two so the third, I think I'll be going with a friend to see, lol.

Thanks for the ideas and info guys, I think we might sit this one out as well unless we go in the morning or late afternoon after the older kids get out of school. Maybe we'll just wait until Shrik comes out then take everyone to see that. Now that's geared to everyone. :)

Nah, my kids don't have a problem watching Spiderman, they've seen the other two.

They range in age from 2 yrs. to 9 yrs. I mean really if one has a problem with the violence that are in some movies, because not all movies I'd let my kids see, then we'd have to worry about what is contained in newer cartoons. I mean there is a lot of violence in them as well. Just like they saw Ghost Rider, for me and hubby there was nothign wrong with it for them to watch, besides the few curse words and since they know about them being "bad," they don't say them. Of course not all parents think like us, and some would gasp to even know that some parents let their kids watch certain movies. But I'm going off track, lol. Anywho, point is I have to make up my mind. We might just wait until it comes out on DVD.

I say take them all, but take them early on a weekday ( when a lot of people won't be there), just in case the little gets a little too excited at seeing Spidey ;) 

Also, in regards to it being PG-13... It's not that big a deal- I don't think that's something to "protect the kids from."  When I was... seven or eight, I saw "What's Love Got to Do With It" with my Aunt and Grandma.  Other movies I've seen when I was under twelve and were rated R?  Let's see:  "People Under the Stairs," "A Time to Kill," "Rosewood," "Friday," "A Nightmare on Elm Street," just to name a few.  I'm pretty well adjusted and stuff (though some might view this whole fan fic thing as being weird, in which case, I say to kiss my ass, lol).

Hi,

OK, seriously, listen to guest - this film is not worth your time or money. It is awful. Oh, and I liked the last two. In general, while I can't say I actually like young kids in the cinema, I also get that I don't own it. Also, I tend to go with my friend, who talks louder than any of the kids anyway (oh the shame)!

So, I say, so long as you try to keep them quiet, and explain before hand that kicking the seat infront of them is BAD, then you have every right to take them (all of which i'm sure you do anyway). Also, I guess this might be a good film as a test run, as the audience will be so bored by half way through, that they won't care about kids being there anymore.

I say if they want to go... take them!!

But, if it is so long (someone mentioned over two hours), be prepared to walk out halfway through.

I have a four year old and a six, when they were 2 and 4 respectively, we took them to some of the longer kiddie movies... they lasted just over the hour mark (never made them sit through the trailers as that was just another 30 minutes they would have to sit still).  I now check how long the movie is and only take them to the shorter ones, leave the longer ones for DVD!

Just saw it tonight-- loved it.  Didn't see a dull moment anywhere.  Also, in my personal opinion, I didn't see Spiderman as "bad" or "evil" when he was rocking the black suit...