animated Clone Wars series with me. Vogon asked yesterday if I wanted to see Revenge of the Sith in the theater (are you kidding?) and Laurel's been lit up ever since.
We saw the afternoon matinee at our local multiplex today with a bunch of Vogon's coworkers. (Only two sat with us, but being near the front is important with a semi-potty-trained kid.) Even that late in the day, we saw two guys dressed as Jedi knights, one dressed as Darth Vader, and one dressed as a storm trooper, which delighted Laurel.
While we were waiting for the movie to start, she colored in a coloring page of Yoda printed from the Galactic Color-Bot and was thrilled when Vogon let her 'hold' the popcorn tub since she was sitting between us. She did pretty well but asked to go to the potty every time she got bored, which made for *six* trips although she only actually needed to go once. I didn't miss any major plot points, but I started to really dislike motion-sensor hand dryers.
Verdict: Well worth seeing.
Laurel's been gently but consistently exposed to Star Wars all her life. When she outgrew the mobile on her crib, we hung up my X-wing Estes rocket. She's played with my light saber since she could lift it. She's seen the entire original trilogy and The Phantom Menace, and has been watching the We saw the afternoon matinee at our local multiplex today with a bunch of Vogon's coworkers. (Only two sat with us, but being near the front is important with a semi-potty-trained kid.) Even that late in the day, we saw two guys dressed as Jedi knights, one dressed as Darth Vader, and one dressed as a storm trooper, which delighted Laurel.
While we were waiting for the movie to start, she colored in a coloring page of Yoda printed from the Galactic Color-Bot and was thrilled when Vogon let her 'hold' the popcorn tub since she was sitting between us. She did pretty well but asked to go to the potty every time she got bored, which made for *six* trips although she only actually needed to go once. I didn't miss any major plot points, but I started to really dislike motion-sensor hand dryers.
Verdict: Well worth seeing.
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I'd say it'd depend on how old/mature your kids are. Like, if they're young and squeamish about stuff, they might want to wait. If they don't really blanche at anything, go for it. (There is one or two scenes that might be Nightmare Fodder -- won't say what it is, spoiler -- but for the most part it's pretty OK.)
You might want to go see it before-hand, but that could also be seen as sorta taunting the kid if you decide it's Too Much for them, heh.
Movie-wise, though, it's very good. Recommended! (Feel free to email me if you want me to actually mention what the particular spoilers are -- I think my email's in my profile... if not, let me know and I'll give you the address. Or you can probably figure it out, since I'm all a paid LJ user, and so I've got the username at livejournal.com forwarder thing.)
But yeah -- it sounds to me that you'll probably want to pass on this for a while. The violence could be much worse (most of it does take place off screen), but there is still a bit, including one or two bits that are kind of disturbing, especially for younger viewers. It's not nearly as kid-friendly as the other films. (And as I was talking about last night, it'll be kind of odd for kids who saw Episode I (and to a lesser extent II) and really identified with Anakin, heh.)
I agree with