What i find amusing is how adults act when young kids see violence in a movie. Not anything gorey like beheading or guts but just violence. They have the need to say "ohhh thats kinda scary. What a bad man". I don't remember my parents constantly trying to explain or justify what was on the tube.
On Christmas the Spiderman movie was on and my "
just turned 5" year old nephew was watching the fight scene between
spiderman and the
green goblin. The adults in the room instantly react by trying to distract him with conversation. I smiled and sat back, remember exactly what it was like at his age to be totally into these kids of movies. Although he says he'll be a fireman when he grows up he's really into superheros: superman, spiderman, iron man. He even got a superhero cape for his birthday
So anyhow, there we are with Spider-man fighting the Green Goblin. He's completely immersed in the movie with his spiderman pajamas, paying no attention to anyone in the room. The green goblin is impaled against the wall, dying. The room falls quiet and suddenly we hear my nephew whisper to himself before the goblin even spoke....
"
peter, don't tell harry"
it was only the coolest thing ever! ;-)
I was glad I bought him that spiderman blanket for xmas