Friday, September 5, 2008

Indiana Jones 4 - Safe For Kids

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Indiana Jones 4 "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull " is rated PG 13 and one site was talking about if this movie is safe for kids. Well the writer breaks the movie into different parts which are deemed not a good thing for children. Well here they are :-


Nudity: No naughty bits. Indy is shown bare-chested, being scrubbed down in a decontamination chamber.


Sexual Content: Practically non-existent. Indy and Marion kiss near the end of the film.


Adult Language: Not many epithets are used. A BS is exclaimed, plus an SOB and a few other mild obscenities.


Alcohol: Not much. A friend of Indy’s drinks a glass of wine. Beer is shown being served in a diner. A character holds a half empty bottle and appears to be slightly intoxicated for one brief scene.


Smoking: One man has a cigar in several scenes.


Violence: Aww, yeah! There are lots of guns fired and lots of punches thrown. A rocket launcher is used and there are fights with swords. And if that wasn’t enough, an atomic bomb is detonated at a Nevada test site. All of it is in the grand Indiana Jones tradition without being terribly gratuitous.


Gore: Soldiers are consumed by flames coming out of a rocket engine. Test mannequins burn up when the aforementioned atomic bomb goes off. The ickiest scene is when a Russian soldier is completely swarmed over by giant ants and dragged head-first into an anthill, presumably to be consumed.


Other Scary Stuff: Of course there are have to be snakes. The ants mentioned above are kind of gross, mostly due to the clicky sounds they make. And there are the obligatory crypts with bones and spider webs and mummys.


And The Bottom Line is


Bottom Line: As always, you know your child best. This movie is rated PG-13 for a reason. If your kids have seen the other Indiana Jones films, and have not awakened you in the middle of the night talking about "the creepy bald guy who can pull your heart out of your chest" (that’s just cinematic gold, in my humble opinion) then you should be fine taking them to this film.


Courtesy of http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2008/05/indiana-jones-4.html