Trek Movie Rating - Why PG-13?

Dan M · May 08, 2009, 03:25:38 PM

I haven't seen the movie yet. I wonder if my daughter or my nephews can handle it.

I don't care about violence, but gore and sexual situations are a concern.

Without spoiling anything, how gory and how racy is it?

Thanks.

moyer777 · May 08, 2009, 03:30:25 PM

I took my daughter who is 13. [spoiler]There was a brief scene with a ladies in their underwear, but no real gore... A few cuss words, but nothing over the top unless you consider bull**** over the top. Kirk is a womanizer, but that's Kirk. Other than that it wasn't too bad. [/spoiler] Anybody else see something I missed?

I don't recall anything else.

X · May 08, 2009, 03:32:51 PM

Quote from: moyer777 on May 08, 2009, 03:30:25 PM
I took my daughter who is 13. There was a brief scene with a ladies in their underwear, but no real gore... A few cuss words, but nothing over the top unless you consider bull**** over the top. Kirk is a womanizer, but that's Kirk. Other than that it wasn't too bad. Anybody else see something I missed?

I don't recall anything else.

In our prude culture, partial nudity, a sex scene, and profanity will get you a PG-13. Also the way that everyone beats Kirk in the beginning and Spock beats him again later only adds to it.

Geekyfanboy · May 08, 2009, 03:43:00 PM

Try and keep your answer as spoil free as possible please.. some of us haven't seen it yet. :)

Rico · May 08, 2009, 03:49:40 PM

How old are they? What types of movies do they watch and see? It depends on a lot of things. There is a fair amount of violence in it. And a few other things. If you have doubts, go see it yourself before you take them.

billybob476 · May 08, 2009, 03:58:56 PM

Come to Canada, it's PG here. :)

jedijeff · May 08, 2009, 04:20:35 PM

I don't have Kids, so I can't comment from a parents perspective, but to me, what I saw in the movie was no worse that what a person would see on Television. There was a little bit of foul language. Maybe the most frightening scene would have been the one they showed on LOST a few weeks back, that could scare younger kids.

Rico · May 08, 2009, 04:31:23 PM

Don't forget this scene....

[spoiler]Nero shoving that creature into Pike's mouth. Yuck!!![/spoiler]

X · May 08, 2009, 05:19:15 PM

When I left the theater, I wondered why I didn't bring my daughter if that helps. she's 4.

Dan M · May 08, 2009, 07:19:01 PM

Really?

My daughter's six, but she has seen all the Star Wars movies, Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Wrath of Khan. She's seen Raiders and Last Crusade, and last year she accompanied me to the theater to see Crystal Skull, and we had a great time.

Knowing her sensibilities, I shield her from gore. She hasn't yet seen Anakin's immolation in ROTS. I had her look away in Crystal Skull when the ants attacked. Same for when Vogel drinks from the wrong cup in Last Crusade.

I'm not sure I'd let her watch First Contact. It might be too scary.

Not being sure about Trek XI, I'll probably wait to decide until after her mom and I see it Sunday.

X · May 08, 2009, 08:09:07 PM

Quote from: Dan M on May 08, 2009, 07:19:01 PM
Really?

My daughter's six, but she has seen all the Star Wars movies, Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Wrath of Khan. She's seen Raiders and Last Crusade, and last year she accompanied me to the theater to see Crystal Skull, and we had a great time.

Knowing her sensibilities, I shield her from gore. She hasn't yet seen Anakin's immolation in ROTS. I had her look away in Crystal Skull when the ants attacked. Same for when Vogel drinks from the wrong cup in Last Crusade.

I'm not sure I'd let her watch First Contact. It might be too scary.

Not being sure about Trek XI, I'll probably wait to decide until after her mom and I see it Sunday.

I'm a wierd parent. When I was younger, I watched every horror movie I could find. I was supposed to be seeing some tame movie back in 85 but snuck into day of the dead and watch intently at the screen and at the people running out of the theater to puke. I was 10 at the time, but had seen Dawn of the dead early too. I think I like them because I knew they weren't real from an early age. My daughter hasn't seen those movies, but I have let her see some R rated ones in the past because she, like me at her age, realized it's all fake and that she can't do or say some of the things that she might see or hear.

Trek was nothing like the things I saw as a kid. I would have brought her earlier with me, but I didn't want her talking through the movie to ruin someone else's show. After seeing it, I think that she could watch it and stay with the whole movie without causing a problem.

Darrell · May 13, 2009, 03:23:27 PM

I would not take my 5 y/o son. He's seen the Star Wars movies half a billion times, but I have a problem with certain language (B.S.). A certain alien that chased a certain person was FAR too scary. He would have cried, freaked out, and had to be taken out of the theater.

I would have looked like a monster of a parent for bringing him. But that's just my situation. You must do what you think is right.

X · May 13, 2009, 03:40:47 PM

Quote from: Darrell on May 13, 2009, 03:23:27 PM
I would not take my 5 y/o son. He's seen the Star Wars movies half a billion times, but I have a problem with certain language (B.S.). A certain alien that chased a certain person was FAR too scary. He would have cried, freaked out, and had to be taken out of the theater.

I would have looked like a monster of a parent for bringing him. But that's just my situation. You must do what you think is right.

I can understand that. My daughter would think the monster is cool and ask can we get her one from the monster store. I also thought about shielding her from language, but decided against it. No matter how hard I tried in the past to keep her brain free of bad words, they are too present in our world. You can hear quite a bit of them just walking down a busy street. We decided the best way to deal with bad words were to tell her the bad words and that she was not allowed to use them. It actually worked. When she now hears someone saying an angry that she doesn't know, she'll ask for clarification on if it's a "D" word in her language. She decided that all dirty words should be called D words because you're not supposed to say dirty words and for some reason I have yet to understand, she put dirty on her list of D words.

I think in the end it, it's about the chidren. I wouldn't take my step son to a Pg-13 movie until he actually turned 13. He loved movies when he was younger, but unlike his little sister, he didn't differentiate movies from reality. I think it was because he was shielded a little too much, but everything has worked itself out now.

Rico · May 13, 2009, 03:41:18 PM

Darrell your 5 year old has seen people lose arms, legs, heads, half a body from a lightsaber? WOW?!?!

Darrell · May 13, 2009, 03:50:19 PM

Yep - the Star Wars universe is very comic bookish and there is never any real blood spilled. However we recently took him to Monsters vs. Aliens and he completely flipped out whenever there was roaring or that kind of scariness. Just depends on the kidlet & their personality. If we were to do it again, we would not take him to Monsters vs. Aliens.