Watership Down isn’t some cuddly cartoon that’s suitable for all ages, there are definitely scenes that could be quite upsetting to some children. I think that most parents would see a cartoon with a U certificate and assume that it’d be fine for anyone to watch.
Should be banned for ‘permanent psychological damage’
I saw it when I was 4 or 5 with a parent there, PG isn’t enough, it should be at least a 12.
I’ve not watched it myself, but considering that almost everyone who has always says it was traumatic and way too dark for kids I’m suprised it wasn’t PG alredy.
Are they trying to get people mad over this or somthing? Because PG still means kids can watch it, and when you consider how many 10 year olds play 18+ games it’s not like this film is unwatchable for kids all of a sudden.
Like the old pokemon games are 12+ now and nobody gives a shit about that.
Parents decide anyway. The earlier kids deal with these themes the better imo. If parents know their kids well, you end up finding what they can and can’t enjoy. But to each his own and peace to all!
I mean. Yah. “Piss Off!!”
Gorgeous movie, full classical score and watercolour backgrounds. Not a kind movie though, hooooly shit. Great book, I keep thinking in Lapine for a few days after I read it.
I set Watership Down as a PG on Plex, given my four-year-old is beginning to navigate her way around and when she (rarely) doesn’t want to watch her ‘must-watch-all-the-time’ obsession film (currently Sing 2) she’d click on anything if it had an interesting poster.
Films usually get downgraded these days, not the other way around.
I think another example was Fellowship of the Ring being upgraded from PG to 12, which also makes sense.
That film should be a 15.
It **seriously** fucked me up as a kid for a while.
I assume that by ‘mild violence’ they mean ‘pant shitting horror that will leave an indelible scar on your psyche’
I remember seeing the music video to Bright Eyes by Simon and Garfunkel on TOTP as a kid (5 or 6 I guess) and really wanted to go and see the film.
Thank fuck my folks never took me. I’d probably have been traumatised by it.
It should have a NSFL rating! It’s so so soooo dark and fucked up. One of the best films to come out of the UK though.
Not all cartoons are suitable for young children, some are not suitable for any children. TV Tropes has a great rabbit hole (if you’ll pardon the pun) on the animation age ghetto but just because cartoons were aimed at families and kids to begin with, does not mean that is the case these days. You cannot just assume that a show being animated means kids should see it, Bojack Horseman is a great example of that.
It was a bizarre U. Also Space 2001, it creeped the hell out of me and had murder in it, but that was U
It’s not that bad till the end when they start getting ripped to pieces
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That seems fairly sensible to me.
Watership Down isn’t some cuddly cartoon that’s suitable for all ages, there are definitely scenes that could be quite upsetting to some children. I think that most parents would see a cartoon with a U certificate and assume that it’d be fine for anyone to watch.
Should be banned for ‘permanent psychological damage’
I saw it when I was 4 or 5 with a parent there, PG isn’t enough, it should be at least a 12.
I’ve not watched it myself, but considering that almost everyone who has always says it was traumatic and way too dark for kids I’m suprised it wasn’t PG alredy.
Are they trying to get people mad over this or somthing? Because PG still means kids can watch it, and when you consider how many 10 year olds play 18+ games it’s not like this film is unwatchable for kids all of a sudden.
Like the old pokemon games are 12+ now and nobody gives a shit about that.
Parents decide anyway. The earlier kids deal with these themes the better imo. If parents know their kids well, you end up finding what they can and can’t enjoy. But to each his own and peace to all!
I mean. Yah. “Piss Off!!”
Gorgeous movie, full classical score and watercolour backgrounds. Not a kind movie though, hooooly shit. Great book, I keep thinking in Lapine for a few days after I read it.
I set Watership Down as a PG on Plex, given my four-year-old is beginning to navigate her way around and when she (rarely) doesn’t want to watch her ‘must-watch-all-the-time’ obsession film (currently Sing 2) she’d click on anything if it had an interesting poster.
Films usually get downgraded these days, not the other way around.
I think another example was Fellowship of the Ring being upgraded from PG to 12, which also makes sense.
That film should be a 15.
It **seriously** fucked me up as a kid for a while.
I assume that by ‘mild violence’ they mean ‘pant shitting horror that will leave an indelible scar on your psyche’
I remember seeing the music video to Bright Eyes by Simon and Garfunkel on TOTP as a kid (5 or 6 I guess) and really wanted to go and see the film.
Thank fuck my folks never took me. I’d probably have been traumatised by it.
It should have a NSFL rating! It’s so so soooo dark and fucked up. One of the best films to come out of the UK though.
Not all cartoons are suitable for young children, some are not suitable for any children. TV Tropes has a great rabbit hole (if you’ll pardon the pun) on the animation age ghetto but just because cartoons were aimed at families and kids to begin with, does not mean that is the case these days. You cannot just assume that a show being animated means kids should see it, Bojack Horseman is a great example of that.
It was a bizarre U. Also Space 2001, it creeped the hell out of me and had murder in it, but that was U
It’s not that bad till the end when they start getting ripped to pieces