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underpants

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Sun Nov 5, 2017, 05:50 PM Nov 2017

PG-13 ain't what it used to be. [View all]

This has to do with Thor Ragnarok. No real spoilers but stop reading if you don't want any info.











Okay so we just went to see the new Thor movie with my pre-teen (barely) daughter.
Good movie. 2 hours 10 minutes. Stay after the credits for more Jeff Goldblum.
VERY funny. It actually opens with a joke.






The parts that were completely unnecessary to the plot:
Thor, the hero, downing a liter sized mug of beer that continually refills. Won't explain how that is - cameo
The second female lead (yes this is a diverse cast) is basically an alcoholic. "Drink to forget" type thing. Her intro into the film, she is literally fall down drunk for a joke but they keep with it throughout.
"Orgies". Mentioned and then repeated for one joke.

There was also a scene with fully automatic weapon fire (earth weapons) that caused me to take my eyes off the screen to look at the exits near the screen and behind us. The times we live in.

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PG-13 ain't what it used to be. [View all] underpants Nov 2017 OP
Going to see it tomorrow....Please mark Spoilers please.. HipChick Nov 2017 #1
Yes we're all a bit older these days. Next time make sure there's an adult with you. unblock Nov 2017 #2
My wife was there underpants Nov 2017 #4
There was a surprising amount of good guy with a gun in Thor Not Ruth Nov 2017 #3
Lots of butt jokes. Aurora Colorado underpants Nov 2017 #5
It was a PG-13 m ovie and you took your pre-teen daughter. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2017 #6
We've seen many PG-13's that had almost nothing in them. underpants Nov 2017 #7
PG-13. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2017 #9
Our decision rested on descriptions of content Ms. Toad Nov 2017 #10
That's how the ratings should be used. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2017 #11
I had the same frustration with our daughter's cousins, though Ms. Toad Nov 2017 #12
I would not let my kids watch R-rated movies PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2017 #13
I started taking my kids to PG-13 movies when they hit 8 Blue_Adept Nov 2017 #16
You took your 8 year old kids to PG-13 movies? PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2017 #27
Not every PG-13 movie is the same Blue_Adept Nov 2017 #28
No I agree with you. 10 or 11 is not the same as over 13 and that's when they could go to see PG-13 lunasun Nov 2017 #26
Seems pretty standard PG-13 fare. Ms. Toad Nov 2017 #8
The times we live in? C'mon Blue_Adept Nov 2017 #14
My times comment was about guns. underpants Nov 2017 #18
Don't forget the orgy joke Egnever Nov 2017 #15
Yeah. There was no reason for that. underpants Nov 2017 #17
Seriously, a 13 year old doesn't know the word 'orgy'? muriel_volestrangler Nov 2017 #20
Yeah, that cracked me up to. Blue_Adept Nov 2017 #22
peddlers in the music industry profit by selling worse to children nt msongs Nov 2017 #19
If you are evaluating a movie for your kids, Sailor65x1 Nov 2017 #21
Drinking copious amounts of alcohol has always been part of Thors character phleshdef Nov 2017 #23
The first film had quite the scene with them engaging in lots of drinking and food Blue_Adept Nov 2017 #25
So you've never read a Thor comic. Cuthbert Allgood Nov 2017 #24
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