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Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I reckon, but I’m not a parent. It might be a bit awkward viewing it en famille though
The actor, sorry. But clearly, the writer too. Didn't half take me back, to my own youth and to my daughter's.
Yes, I think so
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Is there anything specific? Sexy time? Rude words?
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Just awkward chats between father and daughter - it’s quite endearing though cos the dad is doing his best but just can’t seem to connect with her as she’s of that age when talking to your parents about your feelings is unconscionable.
I suspect she will in some ways identify with the protagonist, and you may see yourself in the film too. I certainly did.
As for sexy time, no, not really. There's one main scene that I can think of that may make you a little uncomfortable but no full on sex.
Rude words - sorry, I don't hear them anymore. I punctuate my speech with them so often I don't really notice them in others.
Yeah, I was just thinking that. But maybe a chance to have a discussion about stuff..? (Pressure to do things you don't want to, it's absolutely okay to say no, that kind of thing.)
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Ha ha, ok that sounds soooo right up our current ally.
I think we will enjoy this. . . .or hate it.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Blowjobs are discussed and her dad catches her practicing on a banana
From what i remember (and it is a couple of years since I saw it) an older boy she's just met pretends he likes her and tries to pressure her into sex. She rejects him and gets away.
I suspect you may think your daughter's too young for this and obviously i don't know her but...this isn't an uncommon scenario round your daughter's age so...
I suspect you may think your daughter's too young for this and obviously i don't know her but...this isn't an uncommon scenario round your daughter's age so...
Oh. I'd forgotten about that. That wasn't the bit i thought was potentially an issue.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
OK we started watching it. Lot's of discussion all the way through, but ultimately my daughter was incredibly embarrassed by almost everything the girl did. As a quiet girl at school but much more outgoing at home and with friends, my daughter found it unrealistic. I imagine the embarrassment might be lessened if I had not been in the room, but ultimately, it wasn't clicking with my daughter. . . . then the blow jobs bit came up and we decided to call it quits.
What did you think of it? And was the discussion good?
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Oops, thought you’d check it out before watching it with her. Soz
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
I don't 'think' we really liked it. We both agreed the way both the dad and daughter acted was unrealistic, at least from our own perspectives. The dad appeared supportive but somehow got his daughter to go to the party. Did she actually want to go to the party? He certainly didn't listen to her concerns about it. It was like the plot had to have her going to the party, no other reason. . . Anyway we gave up at blow jobs, pretty sure we wont be back unless you guys have a compelling argument for the rest of the flick, (or my daughter says she would like to see more).
Interesting, it felt pretty realistic to me -- especially making her go to the party -- and the teenagers I know who saw it thought it was too. Horses for courses though.
It's not a film about blowjobsHonestly I would find it deeply embarrassing to sit with my dad and watch a film that mentioned blowjobs now and I'm in my 50s
I didn't find the film that interesting tbh but I don't think I am the target audience.
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Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
It's not a film about blowjobs
Yeah check the edit (I feel like we keep having this same repeated scenario over and over, I have some communication issues, give me a minute to read my post over and edit rather than quoting me the second I hit post, tyvm!)
EDIT: It does sometimes feel like you are sitting waiting to jump on me tbf - probably not the case, but it does seem like that sometimes! No harm intended
Jesus. I'm out.Yeah check the edit (I feel like we keep having this same repeated scenario over and over, I have some communication issues, give me a minute to read my post over and edit rather than quoting me the second I hit post, tyvm!)
EDIT: It does sometimes feel like you are sitting waiting to jump on me tbf - probably not the case, but it does seem like that sometimes! No harm intended
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
I have some neurological based communication issues, it starts to grate when one person keeps calling me on them in an overly pedantic fashion.
EDIT TO ADD: (I steer clear of the politics forums because I know I cannot always express myself very well and will get pulled up on it, fair enough in discussions that are often about nuance of meaning. But I don't expect to be constantly under the same scrutiny when I am doing my best to express my feelings about films/tv/books or in suburban, which is why I stay mostly in those areas. I expect people to be a little more forgiving here and I don't appreciate being pulled up regularly by certain posters - if you want to argue semantics and focus on mistakes in sentence construction etc the politics forums are up there ^^
And yes to anyone coming in on this, there is some history here, I thought she already put me on ignore after huffing and puffing about me in a similar vein on another thread)
EDIT TO ADD: (I steer clear of the politics forums because I know I cannot always express myself very well and will get pulled up on it, fair enough in discussions that are often about nuance of meaning. But I don't expect to be constantly under the same scrutiny when I am doing my best to express my feelings about films/tv/books or in suburban, which is why I stay mostly in those areas. I expect people to be a little more forgiving here and I don't appreciate being pulled up regularly by certain posters - if you want to argue semantics and focus on mistakes in sentence construction etc the politics forums are up there ^^
And yes to anyone coming in on this, there is some history here, I thought she already put me on ignore after huffing and puffing about me in a similar vein on another thread)
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krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
During early teens, was usually left alone to watch whatever, so it wasn't embarassing if sex came up. Didn't do family film watching. Although mom did force me to watch classics like Casablanca, The Wages of Fear, Now Voyager etc and decades on, am grateful she did.
Dammit. Tearing up just typing this.
Dammit. Tearing up just typing this.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
I think I have a bit of a skewed view because ok I am just going to come out and say it, my family was odd. If there was any nudity in anything we weren't allowed to watch it and my parents (I think mostly my mum, but my dad goes along with it) does not want to watch anything that is not 100% family viewing. Topless is not ok, suggestion of sexual encounter is not ok, it is 100% kiddies viewing for my parents. (And this persists to this day, I make sure to have some Marvel or Disney movies to show if they come round for Xmas)
I do think this has skewed my view a bit on what is acceptable family viewing (different to what I will watch myself as an individual). In some ways it means I absolutely relish as an adult the occasional filthy sex scene in films or on TV. And it sometimes feels very naughty as a result (yes Sens8, I am looking at you).
I mean my god there would have been no talk of blow jobs in films - that would have been banned without them even watching it.
They did let my brother watch Salem's Lot when he was 6 though - there was no nudity in it but he was terrified that vampires were going to scratch at his window and couldn't sleep properly for months.
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kittyP
Pluviophile
I think I have a bit of a skewed view because ok I am just going to come out and say it, my family was odd. If there was any nudity in anything we weren't allowed to watch it and my parents (I think mostly my mum, but my dad goes along with it) does not want to watch anything that is not 100% family viewing. Topless is not ok, suggestion of sexual encounter is not ok, it is 100% kiddies viewing for my parents. (And this persists to this day, I make sure to have some Marvel or Disney movies to show if they come round for Xmas)
I do think this has skewed my view a bit on what is acceptable family viewing (different to what I will watch myself as an individual). In some ways it means I absolutely relish as an adult the occasional filthy sex scene in films or on TV. And it sometimes feels very naughty as a result (yes Sens8, I am looking at you).
I mean my god there would have been no talk of blow jobs in films - that would have been banned without them even watching it.
They did let my brother watch Salem's Lot when he was 6 though - there was no nudity in it but he was terrified that vampires were going to scratch at his window and couldn't sleep properly for months.
Sens8 was proper fucking
with the sex scenes imho but they were also fucking beautiful too Sens8 along with Orphan Black are the things I have watched in the last 10 odd years that I felt tapped in to my psyche and my soul on an unexpected level
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Sens8 was proper fucking
Sens8 along with Orphan Black are the things I have watched in the last 10 odd years that I felt tapped in to my psyche and my soul on an unexpected level
Oh yeah and I didn't mean that as any sort of downer on Sense8, it is one of the best things I have ever watched but the 8 way sensory sex scenes were a bit "I don't know where I would put all my limbs" and most definitely "would not watch this with the parents!"
But it was absolutely great, and I loved Freema Agyeman in it (when I thought she was quite wooden in Doctor Who, Sense8 really gave her room if that makes sense). And the whole thing was beautifully done.
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ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
In what way was it realistic? I think the party itself would have played out in a 'similar' way had my daughter or I ever found ourselves in that situation, but that situation would simply not age happened. Would never have pushed my daughter to go, and if I had she would have probably put up more resistance. Double odd in the context of film because the daughter has more alpha control over the dad than my daughter has on me. There was an undertone of the two single parents being interested in each other, which I feel could have justified a unwarranted push for the father overstating the benefits of the party.
Maybe I should watch the rest. I can't properly comment on such a small section.
I did watch a bit of Bo Burnham on you tube later, and though largely thought he wasn't for me, he did a couple of good zingers that I really liked. The only joke I remember was . . .
"Who likes impressions?"
Audience - yeah
"Why?"
Audience - !!!!???
"That was Socrates"
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