http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/sunnica/6020 So, my husband and I went to the movies yesterday.&nbsp; It was a rainy afternoon, and for some reason, he still thinks &quot;movies!&quot; when it rains.&nbsp; It stems from when he worked as a laborer for a construction company.&nbsp; Whenever it rained, he had to come home for the day.&nbsp; We would always go see a movie.&nbsp; Although he isn't a laborer anymore and has been a salaried employee for so many years I can't remember, the rain still makes him lust for the theater, popcorn, and Redvines. We went to see Ghost Rider with Nicholas Cage.&nbsp; For those of you unfamiliar with the plot, it's rated R for violence and, I'm guessing, satanic themes.&nbsp; The movie has a comic book&nbsp;appeal in the way Robocop did.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For adults, it was pretty good...if you like movies like Robocop, Mad Max, etc.&nbsp; The satanic twist might turn away some people, though. An &quot;R&quot; rating means that no one under the age of 17 can see the movie without a parent/guardian.&nbsp; The motion picture industry&nbsp;does this to ensure that people know what their kids are watching. In our theater yesterday, there were no teenagers.&nbsp; However, there were two children under the age of 6 and about&nbsp;three under the age of 10. Parents: what are you thinking?&nbsp; It's RATED R!&nbsp; Doesn't that MEAN anything to anybody?&nbsp; These babies (what I consider a child under the age of 5) have innocent minds.&nbsp; Their dreams consist of Disneyland and neighborhood games.&nbsp; Children are the cotton candy of life -- sweet, amazingly sweet.&nbsp; Why replace the good images in their minds with images of death, murder, soul stealing, burning skulls, and satan? This isn't a religious issue to me; this is a parenting issue. Please someone help me understand why a parent would take a child that young into an R-rated movie.&nbsp; The movie didn't really&nbsp;frighten me, but the images of the devil and all of the satanic imagery and characters made me cringe a number of times.&nbsp; Regardless what religion one practices, these images were horrifying.&nbsp; In spite of this, I think older teens and adults might enjoy it.&nbsp; But please, parents.... leave the little ones at home. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; So, my husband and I went to the movies yesterday.&nbsp; It was a rainy afternoon, and for some reason, he still thinks &quot;movies!&quot; when it rains.&nbsp; It stems from when he worked as a laborer for a construction company.&nbsp; Whenever it rained, he had to come home for the day.&nbsp; We would always go see a movie.&nbsp; Although he isn't a laborer anymore and has been a salaried employee for so many years I can't remember, the rain still makes him lust for the theater, popcorn, and Redvines. We went to see Ghost Rider with Nicholas Cage.&nbsp; For those of you unfamiliar with the plot, it's rated R for violence and, I'm guessing, satanic themes.&nbsp; The movie has a comic book&nbsp;appeal in the way Robocop did.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For adults, it was pretty good...if you like movies like Robocop, Mad Max, etc.&nbsp; The satanic twist might turn away some people, though. An &quot;R&quot; rating means that no one under the age of 17 can see the movie without a parent/guardian.&nbsp; The motion picture industry&nbsp;does this to ensure that people know what their kids are watching. In our theater yesterday, there were no teenagers.&nbsp; However, there were two children under the age of 6 and about&nbsp;three under the age of 10. Parents: what are you thinking?&nbsp; It's RATED R!&nbsp; Doesn't that MEAN anything to anybody?&nbsp; These babies (what I consider a child under the age of 5) have innocent minds.&nbsp; Their dreams consist of Disneyland and neighborhood games.&nbsp; Children are the cotton candy of life -- sweet, amazingly sweet.&nbsp; Why replace the good images in their minds with images of death, murder, soul stealing, burning skulls, and satan? This isn't a religious issue to me; this is a parenting issue. Please someone help me understand why a parent would take a child that young into an R-rated movie.&nbsp; The movie didn't really&nbsp;frighten me, but the images of the devil and all of the satanic imagery and characters made me cringe a number of times.&nbsp; Regardless what religion one practices, these images were horrifying.&nbsp; In spite of this, I think older teens and adults might enjoy it.&nbsp; But please, parents.... leave the little ones at home. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; en-us Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:13:37 PST Couldn't agree more. It almost makes movies not enjoyable to me when I'm there and there are little kids soaking in adult content. <br /> <br /> However, as far as Disney movies are concerned... during our vacation in Park City a couple weeks ago we were all sitting around with a bunch of two year olds watching them. Some of those movies are pretty darn scary! You have to wonder if they are exposing children to evil far too early... <br /> <br /> I remember as a child some of my nightmares revolving around Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty and some of the scary dream characters from Dumbo.<br /> <br /> I guess it is up to every parent to choose what they will expose their kids to, but sometimes I wish they'd think things through a little better! http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/sunnica/6020/#c_61441 http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/sunnica/6020/#c_61441 Couldn't agree more. It almost makes movies not enjoyable to me when I'm there and there are little kids soaking in adult content. <br /> <br /> However, as far as Disney movies are concerned... during our vacation in Park City a couple weeks ago we were all sitting around with a bunch of two year olds watching them. Some of those movies are pretty darn scary! You have to wonder if they are exposing children to evil far too early... <br /> <br /> I remember as a child some of my nightmares revolving around Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty and some of the scary dream characters from Dumbo.<br /> <br /> I guess it is up to every parent to choose what they will expose their kids to, but sometimes I wish they'd think things through a little better! Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty?&nbsp; Darth Vader for me. http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/sunnica/6020/#c_61515 http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/sunnica/6020/#c_61515 Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty?&nbsp; Darth Vader for me. I didn't see Star Wars until I was a teen... so yeah childhood nightmares came from Disney movies... http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/sunnica/6020/#c_61554 http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/sunnica/6020/#c_61554 I didn't see Star Wars until I was a teen... so yeah childhood nightmares came from Disney movies... <p>Oh, man...the memories!  For me, it was those old, black & white movies on T.V. about Dracula and vampires.  Oh, and Godzilla.  What was my mother thinking???  hahaha!  </p> <p>Hey, at least parents taking kids to Disney cartoons can claim that they didn't know it would scare the kids -- the people in an R-rated movie are perfectly informed.  </p> http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/sunnica/6020/#c_61591 http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/sunnica/6020/#c_61591 <p>Oh, man...the memories!  For me, it was those old, black & white movies on T.V. about Dracula and vampires.  Oh, and Godzilla.  What was my mother thinking???  hahaha!  </p> <p>Hey, at least parents taking kids to Disney cartoons can claim that they didn't know it would scare the kids -- the people in an R-rated movie are perfectly informed.  </p> Yeah, car loads of us used to sneak into the drive ins (remember those) and watch all of those. http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/sunnica/6020/#c_61799 http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/sunnica/6020/#c_61799 Yeah, car loads of us used to sneak into the drive ins (remember those) and watch all of those.