I've been meaning to blog about this but kept forgetting.
With my daughter having to spend so much time at home lately we've ended up resorting to hiring a couple of movies for us to watch.
Some time ago, I found the Young Media Australia's Movie Reviews website. They review old and new films and I love how they review them in regards to a movie's impact on children. They talk about:
- the synopsis and rating of the movie,
- particular scenes that may scare/disturb/confuse children below a certain age (eg. children at 5yrs, children at 8 yrs etc), AND
- they also talk about product placement(s).
I also love how they provide some helpful hints about things we can talk about after the movie. Its nice for someone to point out some things that may be obvious to me (eg sarcasm in a particular scene) may not be so obvious at my children's developmental stage.
Anyway, my daughter is much better now and I hope she'll be able to attend the last few days of school before end of term.
In the meantime, have you seen any good movies lately?
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I recently rewatched "Enchanted" (with Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey), and laughed so much! It was great for Little Miss M too (almost 4) who liked the singing, dancing and costumes, and the little chipmunk, of course!
Oops, just noticed the ratings on that website say that movie is best for kids over 5! Guess Little Miss M is mature in some ways, as she gets alot of explaining and conversing with mummy about these things!!
We love Enchanted here! I got a copy for my birthday last year.
My favourite movie review site is http://www.kids-in-mind.com/
I find it very in depth. I think it helps to first read a review on a movie you thought was okay, and see what they picked up on it. Otherwise every movie will sound awful, as they go over it with such a fine tooth comb. But, it tells you every little thing in there.
Fantastic site, thank you!! I've been looking things up on kidsinmind.com, but I think the site you've referenced is going to be more useful in many ways.`
I've just looked closer at that site and must say that while I appreciate knowing what bad language there is in a film, I don't like seeing it there in black and white. I prefer kidsinmind's way of categorising language so that you know what they mean, without having to fill your head with the specifics.
It surprised me not to long ago when I sang the praises of sites like this to a group of people, and several of them reacted by saying how perverted they thought it was that anyone would look this closely into a movie before watching it. What?! I thought - yes it's true, they would rather sit with their children and discuss whatever comes up on the screen, in the name of avoiding censorship. Each to their own I guess, but that doesn't make sense to me.
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