Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Kids and movies/Jurassic Park
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In a message dated 10/26/2002 11:42:48 PM Eastern Standard Time,
blali@... writes:
My ds just turned 5 and is intensely into dinosaurs. He's also a little
scared of monsters, etc....and will sometimes have bad dreams about them.
I've thought about getting him Jurassic Park to watch but I've never seen it.
How scary/violent are the dinosaur scenes?
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blali@... writes:
>Beth,
>
> Well, my son is 4 and so far some of his favorite movies are the Jurassic
> Park movies and star wars episode 1 (saw it for the 1st time yesterday and
> loved it).
My ds just turned 5 and is intensely into dinosaurs. He's also a little
scared of monsters, etc....and will sometimes have bad dreams about them.
I've thought about getting him Jurassic Park to watch but I've never seen it.
How scary/violent are the dinosaur scenes?
Amy Kagey
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on 10/27/02 4:53 AM, amycats2@... at amycats2@... wrote:
with it at that age. She loved the dinosaurs but wished the movie were less
intense. I think the threat of death is scarier than the dinosaurs
themselves. There are a few scenes where people are basically prey being
tensely chased and stalked by the dinosaurs for loooong minutes. 3 of them
die.
I think there might be a Making of Jurassic Park video which might be good
enough or would at least give him the knowledge of what the dinosaurs really
are: images generated by computers. If he does want to watch the movie,
perhaps watch it with a technical eye. Point out various times (particulary
the tense scenes!) when the actors are "reacting" to the dinosaus that there
wasn't anything there for them to react to. They're being chased by nothing,
threatened by empty air. They had to imagine what the dinosaur was going to
look like. And perhaps pause the video occasionally to marvel at how real
the dinosaurs look and try to figure out when they're using a model and when
it's CGI.
There's also Prehisteria (or Prehysteria?) for kids which looks like a
boring, cheesy movie of the week but was actually pretty good. There are
sequels. I assume he's seen all the Land Before Time movies.
If he likes books on tape, he might enjoy Raptor Red. It's a story told from
the point of view of a Utah raptor. It's an adult book but my daughter
listened enraptured (literally as well as punnily ;-) to it at about that
age or even younger.
There's also Odds Bodkin's Little Proto stories. There are 3 of them. (And
if anyone has a chance to see him in person, he's *fabulous*.)
Joyce
> My ds just turned 5 and is intensely into dinosaurs. He's also a littleIt's pretty intense. I think Kathryn had a sort of love/hate relationship
> scared of monsters, etc....and will sometimes have bad dreams about them.
> I've thought about getting him Jurassic Park to watch but I've never seen it.
> How scary/violent are the dinosaur scenes?
with it at that age. She loved the dinosaurs but wished the movie were less
intense. I think the threat of death is scarier than the dinosaurs
themselves. There are a few scenes where people are basically prey being
tensely chased and stalked by the dinosaurs for loooong minutes. 3 of them
die.
I think there might be a Making of Jurassic Park video which might be good
enough or would at least give him the knowledge of what the dinosaurs really
are: images generated by computers. If he does want to watch the movie,
perhaps watch it with a technical eye. Point out various times (particulary
the tense scenes!) when the actors are "reacting" to the dinosaus that there
wasn't anything there for them to react to. They're being chased by nothing,
threatened by empty air. They had to imagine what the dinosaur was going to
look like. And perhaps pause the video occasionally to marvel at how real
the dinosaurs look and try to figure out when they're using a model and when
it's CGI.
There's also Prehisteria (or Prehysteria?) for kids which looks like a
boring, cheesy movie of the week but was actually pretty good. There are
sequels. I assume he's seen all the Land Before Time movies.
If he likes books on tape, he might enjoy Raptor Red. It's a story told from
the point of view of a Utah raptor. It's an adult book but my daughter
listened enraptured (literally as well as punnily ;-) to it at about that
age or even younger.
There's also Odds Bodkin's Little Proto stories. There are 3 of them. (And
if anyone has a chance to see him in person, he's *fabulous*.)
Joyce
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In a message dated 10/27/2002 5:24:44 AM Eastern Standard Time,
fetteroll@... writes:
series, as well as several DK and National Geographic documentaries which had
a few graphic scenes of dinosaurs feasting on others. Jurassic Park sounds
like it has some scenes of dinosaurs against humans which might be the stuff
that would scare him.
Amy Kagey
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fetteroll@... writes:
> It's pretty intense. I think Kathryn had a sort of love/hate relationshipThanks, Joyce! We've seen Disney's Dinosaur and the Walking With Dinosaurs
> with it at that age.
series, as well as several DK and National Geographic documentaries which had
a few graphic scenes of dinosaurs feasting on others. Jurassic Park sounds
like it has some scenes of dinosaurs against humans which might be the stuff
that would scare him.
Amy Kagey
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Kelli Traaseth
Hey Amy,
I was just looking into Dinotopia and they will be rebroadcasting the miniseries on The Hallmark Channel, starting Nov 10 and then the new TV series will start on ABC on Thanksgiving Day, Maybe he would like these. My kids loved the miniseries and my son read Dinotopia at about age 6/7. There are 3 Dinotopia books now and the pictures in them are awesome, the illustrator is wonderful. He was featured in August 2002 Smithsonian.
My son watched Jurassic park at about 8. I was very uptight about those things then, I was worried about the violence, then when he was 8 he bought it with his own money. He was fine with it, my daughter who is 19 months younger than him watched it at about 7 and she wanted to know what my problem was with it. They seem to handle things better than me. It is so true that often they seem to know themselves better than I know them. My daughter self regulates herself wonderfully! She wanted to watch Lord of the Rings and again I was a little apprehensive, but as soon as I talked with her about it she said she was glad she hadn't gone with us to the theater and now she'll watch it on small screen.
She hasn't decided if she'll watch the new one on screen or not. I was a bundle of nerves after the first one. Very stressful to me!! But I still loved the adventure.
Take Care,
Kelli
amycats2@... wrote:In a message dated 10/27/2002 5:24:44 AM Eastern Standard Time,
fetteroll@... writes:
series, as well as several DK and National Geographic documentaries which had
a few graphic scenes of dinosaurs feasting on others. Jurassic Park sounds
like it has some scenes of dinosaurs against humans which might be the stuff
that would scare him.
Amy Kagey
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I was just looking into Dinotopia and they will be rebroadcasting the miniseries on The Hallmark Channel, starting Nov 10 and then the new TV series will start on ABC on Thanksgiving Day, Maybe he would like these. My kids loved the miniseries and my son read Dinotopia at about age 6/7. There are 3 Dinotopia books now and the pictures in them are awesome, the illustrator is wonderful. He was featured in August 2002 Smithsonian.
My son watched Jurassic park at about 8. I was very uptight about those things then, I was worried about the violence, then when he was 8 he bought it with his own money. He was fine with it, my daughter who is 19 months younger than him watched it at about 7 and she wanted to know what my problem was with it. They seem to handle things better than me. It is so true that often they seem to know themselves better than I know them. My daughter self regulates herself wonderfully! She wanted to watch Lord of the Rings and again I was a little apprehensive, but as soon as I talked with her about it she said she was glad she hadn't gone with us to the theater and now she'll watch it on small screen.
She hasn't decided if she'll watch the new one on screen or not. I was a bundle of nerves after the first one. Very stressful to me!! But I still loved the adventure.
Take Care,
Kelli
amycats2@... wrote:In a message dated 10/27/2002 5:24:44 AM Eastern Standard Time,
fetteroll@... writes:
> It's pretty intense. I think Kathryn had a sort of love/hate relationshipThanks, Joyce! We've seen Disney's Dinosaur and the Walking With Dinosaurs
> with it at that age.
series, as well as several DK and National Geographic documentaries which had
a few graphic scenes of dinosaurs feasting on others. Jurassic Park sounds
like it has some scenes of dinosaurs against humans which might be the stuff
that would scare him.
Amy Kagey
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Beth Ali
--- He was fine with it, my daughter who is 19 months younger than him watched it at about 7 and she wanted to know what my problem was with it. They seem to handle things better than me. It is so true that often they seem to know themselves better than I know them. My daughter self regulates herself wonderfully! ---
I think this is the key...knowing your child(ren) and trusting that they know themselves.Some children are very sensitive...mine don't seem to be AT ALL! Then again I think for my son the love of aliens and lots of cool special effects drowns out the violence to some degree, and again we talk ALOT about real vs. pretend.
Beth in GA
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I think this is the key...knowing your child(ren) and trusting that they know themselves.Some children are very sensitive...mine don't seem to be AT ALL! Then again I think for my son the love of aliens and lots of cool special effects drowns out the violence to some degree, and again we talk ALOT about real vs. pretend.
Beth in GA
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Mary Bianco
>From: amycats2@...<<My ds just turned 5 and is intensely into dinosaurs. He's also a little
scared of monsters, etc....and will sometimes have bad dreams about them.
I've thought about getting him Jurassic Park to watch but I've never seen
it. How scary/violent are the dinosaur scenes?>>
My kids love the Jurassic Park movies. I think they first saw it when they
were like 2 and 3. They loved it right away and weren't scared at all. My
niece and nephew watched it at the same time and were 12 and 13, and they
were scared. Of course their mom was very restrictive as to what she thought
they should see or not. Probably the first time they saw anything with
suspense in it.
I would imagine it's scary for some kids, especially if they are prone to
bad dreams and such. Watching it during the day, far away from bedtime I
think would help. Also, keeping the tone light during the movie will help
too. You know, laugh and talk a lot during the scenes so the kids don't get
all into thinking how scary it is. That's how we dealt with other kids
watching and possibly being scared. Seemed to work well.
(my kids love Godzilla too, the new one.)
Mary B
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Genevieve Labonté
It's in the DVD version, don't remember if it's 1, 2 or 3 though... There's a lot of fun stuff... My 5yo AND 3 yo love those movies, but chicken me can't watch the whole thing ;-)
Genevieve,
Felix *June 4th 1997*
Jonathan *February 21st 1999*
Xavier and Robin **November 27th 2001 **
fihz@...
I think there might be a Making of Jurassic Park video which might be good
enough or would at least give him the knowledge of what the dinosaurs really
are: images generated by computers. If he does want to watch the movie,
perhaps watch it with a technical eye. Point out various times (particulary
the tense scenes!) when the actors are "reacting" to the dinosaus that there
wasn't anything there for them to react to. They're being chased by nothing,
threatened by empty air. They had to imagine what the dinosaur was going to
look like. And perhaps pause the video occasionally to marvel at how real
the dinosaurs look and try to figure out when they're using a model and when
it's CGI.
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Genevieve,
Felix *June 4th 1997*
Jonathan *February 21st 1999*
Xavier and Robin **November 27th 2001 **
fihz@...
I think there might be a Making of Jurassic Park video which might be good
enough or would at least give him the knowledge of what the dinosaurs really
are: images generated by computers. If he does want to watch the movie,
perhaps watch it with a technical eye. Point out various times (particulary
the tense scenes!) when the actors are "reacting" to the dinosaus that there
wasn't anything there for them to react to. They're being chased by nothing,
threatened by empty air. They had to imagine what the dinosaur was going to
look like. And perhaps pause the video occasionally to marvel at how real
the dinosaurs look and try to figure out when they're using a model and when
it's CGI.
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