The Dark Knight - Take the kids or not????

[megoscott]

To each his own, I guess. I wouldn't let my kid see this until he can write me a 2 page essay about why psychotic violence is not a good thing, however entertaining it may be.

[spaceace35]

i think it should be up to the parent
some kids can handle much more than other kids

[joshvox]

I'm with the "no" crowd. Way too intense and dark--but of course you know your child better than all of us.

[jemboy2004]

At 8 years old I'd consider taking him after I've seen it but I have not and my first thoughts when I think about taking a kid is NO.

My godson wants to see the New Batman as he's seen previews and I said No Way! but his father's says He loves batman but I've convinced him this batman is too intense for his age. He's almost 4 and a half.

[kingdom warrior]

NO!!!!! It's a Great movie but not for the kiddies!

[jw1991]

WAY too violent. I'd say over 13 it's ok.

I agree over 13, but see it yourself first before making the decision.

[Goblin19]

Depending on the kid, I think 8 or 9 is about the youngest. I've ssen a lot of younger kids who come out to the lobby with their parents.

[twilitezoner]

Here is a good test. If the Burton-Schumacher films scared them, then do not take them to see this movie.

[MIB41]

Just got back from seeing it. No problem whatsoever. Very little gore, just some implied scenes. Masterpiece of a film and very tastefully done. Any kid that has any access to seeing standard cable-style television can handle this. As a matter of fact, I think television is more graphic than this film. No concerns.

[number 6]

As others have already mentioned, it would depend on your kids although I more in the "NO" crowd.

I guess someone could argue that if your kids could handle make-up effects in the Mummy movies that they would be O.K. I don't know, while the mummy looked icky, it didn't bother me at all to look at him. I found myself having a hard time looking at Harvey. Part of that I think is the context. Harvey is treated much more realisticly than the mummy.

Granted, I don't like gorey R-rated/"director-cut" horror movies and as a rule don't watch them so I'm probably a little more sensative to this kind of stuff. But then again, most young kids (hopefully) aren't watching the latest Rob Zombie movie either. So take it for what it's worth.

All I know is, I saw several grown adults cringing during parts of this movie.

[JDeRouen]

I wouldn't, and was amazed at how many children I saw in the theater.

Perhaps the reason kids are so desensitized by violence is because they're constantly exposed to it in situations like this?