great_badir
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Thirded. Mother and baby screenings aside (and I've TOLD my wife that she's going to one of those without me if she wants to take our little lady to the flicks), I'm not even thinking of taking ours to the cinema until she's 4 at the very earliest.
Nearly every Pixar film has been ruined for me by out of control little shits running around and talking, with the worst being Cars - I've never seen so many disruptive children in one place. Fortunately Cars was shit, so it wasn't a huge problem.
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Thirded. Mother and baby screenings aside (and I've TOLD my wife that she's going to one of those without me if she wants to take our little lady to the flicks), I'm not even thinking of taking ours to the cinema until she's 4 at the very earliest.
Nearly every Pixar film has been ruined for me by out of control little shits running around and talking, with the worst being Cars - I've never seen so many disruptive children in one place. Fortunately Cars was shit, so it wasn't a huge problem.
The age of your child won't change other kids running about, great badir. The only way to avoid that is to go to screenings later in the day or the evening. I know that might not always be possible, but such is life.
It's silly to complain about kids being at a movie like a Pixar one.
The majority of kids just like to overdose on popcorn and watch the movie.
I've been at movies where some kids have been disruptive, but it is usually obvious that the kid just isn't interested in being in a cinema - and they've not always been under the age of 4. That you can blame on their parents who should know whether they're kids will enjoy the cinema.
Can't say as it bothers me - I'm only interested the kids with me and in the movie.
My nieces and nephews are plenty rowdy most of the time, but they've never acted up in a cinema like that.
I'm NOT complaining about kids being at a Pixar film, I'm complaining about irresponsible people taking a child to the cinema when they know (or, they MUST know, surely) that that child is not yet suitable for a cinema experience.
The point is I know my daughter will NOT sit through anything for that long. Her attention/concentration span is currently about 20-30 minutes before she gets bored (I'm told this is very common in kids of 2 and 3 and nothing to worry about, however I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't concerned that there might be another underlying issue...we shall see), and if she doesn't move onto something that she wants to do at that point (usually either going to the park or drawing/painting), she will let the whole world know her displeasure. So I don't want to subject other people to that, cos I know how much it annoys the shit out of me when other peoples' kids are being disruptive and the parents aren't doing anything about it. And you can go to as late or as early a showing of a kids film as you want, there will ALWAYS be kids in there. Mother and baby showings - fine, you expect noise, crying, constant fidgeting and trips to the toilet. That's one of the reasons they are much cheaper than standard showings.
In my (long) experience of going to the cinema, quiet kids of toddler age are the exception, possibly even a rare exception, rather than the rule, and nine times out of ten there is nothing the parents can do about it except leave the screen with child in tow. Sadly that hardly ever happens. I also completely disagree with your comment that most kids, at least those under the age of 4 or 5, just want to overdose on popcorn and watch the film - as I said, exception, not rule (in my experience).
I personally don't see the point of taking a child that young to a regular screening when you know that they will kick off at some point, or never settle in the first place, nor do I see the point of subjecting yourself (without a child) to any sensibly timed showing of any film that might attract kids.
Also, there is a HUGE difference between kids vocally enjoying the film, and running up and down the stairs, playing hide and seek with their mates, asking their parent(s) what's going on every two minutes cos they've been too busy fucking around with something else, kicking my seat, having conversations completely unrelated to the film or, if they're VERY young, endlessly screaming because they are tired and/or hungry, etc etc etc.
A 3D film adds all sorts of other worms in cans.
You're very lucky that the kids in question from your point of view do not cause any of these problems. Otherwise, 90% of other kids do.
And, as grucl said, young adults can be far more annoying than kids, but in a completely different way and, in those cases, you can at least complain and hope that they will be ejected by cinema staff. You can't do that with children accompanied by parents/guardians and, unfortunately, most parents/guardians do sod all about their child kicking off. There is a time and a place to have that kind of attitude. The cinema is not it.
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3D and kids under 3??? - 
) and one of the arms broke so I had to rush out and get another pair halfway through the film. Otherwise he was as happy as larry. 
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