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Thanks all. I'm well aware of the level of violence in Fight Club, and I'm a bit concerned about that as well.

Posted by JaxSean (aka JaxSean) Apr 28 '10, 11:57

She's fairly grounded, and a friend of hers is going through a list of movies he thinks she should see.

This weekend we watched Forrest Gump.

He wanted to give her Full Metal Jacket next. I nixed that one for now.

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Yeah, good call. FMJ isn't really a film for a 14 year old. - Krusty Apr 28, 12:02 4
- the g/f and I watched Predator with the 12 year old son. We skipped the two 'jokes' that Shane Black had. -- nm - Remlik Apr 28, 12:19 1
  - now he wants to watch Band of Brothers and The Pacific...but I'm putting him off of those. -- nm - Remlik Apr 28, 12:24
- Yeah, I think our decision is "No," but I was waivering. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 28, 12:04 1
  - Tough call with so many films. My parents had no clue what I watched when I was a teenager. - Krusty Apr 28, 12:09
Curiousity: Why are you (if I'm reading correctly here) less concerned about the violence than the sex? - ty97 Apr 28, 12:00 12
- I know she understands the violence is fictional, and sees a lot of 'violent' images in video games and Anime that she watches. - JaxSean Apr 28, 12:03 1
  - Thanks. - ty97 Apr 28, 12:04
- have you watched network television recently? nm -- nm - groiny Apr 28, 12:01
- It's the American way! -- nm - Shaun Apr 28, 12:00 8
  - this. America is nothing if not falsely prudish. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 28, 12:03 7
    - (And I definitely don't mean this about JaxSean or his concerns. Just the broadcast and MPAA regulations of the country as a whole.) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 28, 12:04 6
      - I agree. We try to be fairly lenient, but I guess it comes down to the depiction of the sex involved. - JaxSean Apr 28, 12:07 4
        
        I hear ya - I had to ban Wild Things when Lil Pip was 14/15 - I think it sends the wrong message - Epiphany Apr 28, 12:15 1
        
        chose a better champagne to pour over nakedness? -- nm - Remlik Apr 28, 12:20
        
        so ... has she seen Love Actually? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 28, 12:08 1
        
        Hmm...I think so. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 28, 12:12
      - That's what I meant too. Movie show a bus load of people being violently blown up: PG-13. One booby: R. -- nm - Shaun Apr 28, 12:05
I like the premise, but some movies should be off limits. - Mop (223 lbs) Apr 28, 11:58 4
- Yeah, there's some that I'm just telling her she'll get more out of when she's older. - JaxSean Apr 28, 12:00
- If I had seen Fight Club at age 14... my life might have taken a very... different path. -- nm - Spawn Apr 28, 12:00
- my daughter always picks movies that there is no way I would let her watch. - groiny Apr 28, 11:59 1
  - heh. We just watched Silence of the Lambs the other day actually. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 28, 12:01

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Thanks all. I'm well aware of the level of violence in Fight Club, and I'm a bit concerned about that as well.

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