Family saw "Lilo and Stitch" tonight...

[3girls1boy]

I think the kids liked it alright, but DH, my dad and I all thought it was kind of strange.

I didn't really care about any of the characters and there weren't even any good jokes.

Curious to hear what anyone else thought of it.

[khrisday]

We're not going to see it, partly for those reasons- it just looks dumb, and doesn't peak my interest at all.

[kama'aina mama]

hmmm.. I'm not sure but I believe I have two weeks to see it or get run off the island.

[Mommy2ZaGirls]

Bad, violent movie

Well, we hated it. It was very violent all the way through, not just at key parts or during the climax scenes like other Disney movies. I was really mad because my daughter was scared much of the movie and the trailer I saw on a rented DVD showed only the few warm fuzzy parts, none of the violence. I felt truly duped as I am generally MUCH more careful about what my children see (we don't have a TV anymore). We were just very eager to take the kids to a drive-in movie and in my zest I didn't check it out. Normally, I am the kind of person who calls 10 people and asks them questions about a movie.

I'm thinking about writing a letter to Disney.

[merpk]

Even with video Disney has to be watched with a finger on the fast-forward button. Too much hassle. Don't bother with it anymore. And to pay $10 per ticket at the box office for it? No thanks.

- Amy

[woldkill]

We had our 11 year old nephew visiting. He WANTED to see it an had never been to a drive-in. He loved the drive-in; I am not sure how much he liked the movie, just mentioned it was strange. Poor boy, now he goes back to FL and has no drive-ins to visit.

PS drive-ins rule when you have a 10 month old!!!!!!!!!!

[realramona]

I agree about the violence, I wish this thread woul dhave been here before we saw it...my ds was actually crying and wanted to leave....what a waste of money!!!!!!

[Jish]

What kind of violence? What is the premise of the movie? My dh saw a review of it by Joe Morganstern on CNBC and he loved it. We were actually considering taking the kids to it, but that isn't going to happen now.

[lorrielink]

wow really?? im so glad i saw this thread, i was so planning to take my ds to see it becuase it looked like it had no violence in it and hes never been to a theater before i was hoping to make this his first experiance, hes three and i just wanted to see if he could do it, im not sure if its too early but before now there hasnt been ne movies to go see without violence.

can you be more specific about the violence, my exp in disney movies has been that there all way too violent but i thought this one was different

[glad2bemama]

Yuck! Boy, do I wish that I had seen this thread BEFORE I had taken my kids to see it!!!

It was terrible! My almost five year old was crying in the theater and tried to run out of the theater.

I agree-- very violent and no real story line...

If you want to see a good childrens movie see " Spirit ". We all loved that movie!!!

[Mommy2ZaGirls]

So Spirit was good ? We might have to try that one.


Lilo & Stitch was violent all through the movie. It is far more violent than any other Disney movie I've seen. An alien poses as a dog and it is violent from the beginning as the alien escapes and the other aliens follow him. They hurt him throughout the movie and Stitch is violent too. The older sister who takes care of Lilo can be a bit violent in her interactions with her sister also. There are few parts where there isn't violence, yet Disney shows only the few warm fuzzy parts in the previews that I saw. Storyline is very weak. Nice message about family but it is completely overshadowed by the violence. My 3 year old cried and was scared several times.


I agree drive-ins are wonderful for kids!

[khrisday]

Just be forewarned that Spirit raises issues of human rights and animal rights (there are scenes where both the horse and an Indian are tied up and left without food and water, and an Indian village is burned- a horse is shot, and people are shot at) I thought it was a good movie, buty I would have liked to discuss some of these issues before the kids saw it- if you have a no violence policy this is NOT a movie for you.

[faeriemom]

please don't flame me for saying this!!

Wow! I can't believe no one liked Lilo and Stitch. I loved it. Dh loved it. Ds loved it (and is now really into Elvis music ). I think we must see things a little differently than most other families on this board -- at least when it comes to our taste in movies and cartoons.

With Lilo and Stitch, Dh and I really appreciated that it didn't have the usual sappy Disney soundtrack; the main characters were more interesting than most recent, Disney characters (not all sugary, but not all bad either); and the pacing was perfect. We also loved the fact that it was hand drawn/painted rather than done all CGI...which gave the movie (the backgrounds in particular) a real light and airy feeling. Plus I think Stitch is just cute!

I guess I can understand your concerns about the violence. Stitch starts off as a rather nasty little guy, and the end was a bit dramatic. But "space violence" with laserguns and spaceships doesn't really bother us, we feel like it's just so removed from reality. We do draw the line at movies/games/cartoons that depict images of "real violence." That's something we choose not to watch or let dh watch. But, you know, I think old Bugs Bunny and Road Runner cartoons are way more violent than Lilo and Stitch....just my opinion.

I totally respect what you other moms are saying here (and I'm not at all trying to change anyone's mind about the movie). I just wanted to add my 2 cents to the discussion -- give a different viewpoint and share our experience of the movie.

I'm sorry to hear that so many kids were scared of the movie. That's really hard -- you try to take them to see something you think will be ok and it ends up making them cry. The same thing happened to us with ds when he saw Tarzan. The whole thing with Tarzan's parents getting killed....that was way too much....too scary and too real. We left during that scene, and it took a good twenty minutes to calm him down. We've been careful about what we take him to see since then, but as he's gotten older it's gotten a little easier to figure out what he'll be ok with.

faeriemom

[Ksquared]

Spirit and Lilo and Stitch

I was just talking to my best girlfriend, Michelle, mother of my daughter Taryn's best friend, about wanting to find out more about Spirit...about being frustrated at not finding the info I really want about movies before I take my 4 year old!!! Taryn has seen a few movies with her dad...that's one of their things...but she and I have not gone together before. I used to ride horses all the time and really want to take her. Trying to find out about it from the everyday sources is a joke! Anyone else have any input? Taryn does not like even slightly unsettling stuff, so this really sounds like I shouldn't take her.

This is my first posting...I enjoyed what everyone else had to say and the variety of opinions!!!!

[amy mama]

Hey, Florida has drive-ins!!!! Or dp and I wouldn't have seen any movies the last two years.

[woldkill]

Amy mama... actually there is one in Ocala about 40 min from him, h/e his parents would not drive that far. They live in Gainesville and anything on the otherside of down is too long a drive. Unlike where I live, where the closest large grocery store is 35 minutes away. We drive 50 min to the drive-in.

[glad2bemama]

Hi there Ksquared! Welcome!!!

There was a thread on " Spirit " in the June archives if you look for it. This might help you with your decision as to whether it is appropriate for her to see or not.

Hope to see you around

[Parthenia]

All hail the drive-in! The one near us shows double features. Last time we went we saw Spirit, which dd liked (even with our running commentary trying to explain the "mean people's" actions), but fell asleep about 1/2 hour into it.
Then came Lord of the Rings, with the new previews of The Two Towers! Yayyyy!

We were trying to decide if we could endure Lilo & Stitch, just so we could stay for the adult movie. I guess we'll pass.