What Movie did you take your parents to and regret?

[BRu-LAy]

Folks,

Did you ever take your parents to see film that you later regret? Maybe because it was too violent/scary/sexual/etc and maybe you didn't realize it?

When I was a kid I can think of two: Child's Play 2 and Terminator 2. I knew I had to take them because they were rated R (and I was underage at the time). Yeah, I didn't realize they were both going to be so violent.

How about u guys?

[imsounoriginal]

The Matrix Reloaded.

I had a good report card so my dad took me to see it. When that rave scene came on and them boobies came out, cutting away only to Neo and Trinity in the throes of intense passion, I was scared for my life until I looked cautiously at my dad, who was deep asleep. Dodged a bullet there.



EDIT: Not really my story, but a couple years ago my buddy took his very conservative parents to.... The Wolf of Wall Street. All he'd tell me was it was the last time he'd ever go to a movie with them.

[Impossible]

A friend of mine went to visit her elderly strict Catholic parents one day and they were having a massive argument so she calmed them down and said c'mon lets go and see a movie.

So she got to the cinema and asked the guy at the desk what was good and he gave her the name of the movie that was really popular and she hadn't heard of it and asked what it was about and he said it's about this European guy that loses his job and moves to America to makes it big.

So she thought the sounds alright, took her Mum and Dad into the packed theatre and found a good seat and the movie was

[Show spoiler]Bruno

[dr. wai]

My parents took me to see alot of movies, but I never had any regrets about any of them. I saw stuff they wanted to see and vice versa.

[chris_sc77]

8mm was really awkward.
And the way of the gun

[MechaGodzilla]

Originally Posted by Impossible

A friend of mine went to visit her elderly strict Catholic parents one day and they were having a massive argument so she calmed them down and said c'mon lets go and see a movie.

So she got to the cinema and asked the guy at the desk what was good and he gave her the name of the movie that was really popular and she hadn't heard of it and asked what it was about and he said it's about this European guy that loses his job and moves to America to makes it big.

So she thought the sounds alright, took her Mum and Dad into the packed theatre and found a good seat and the movie was

[Show spoiler]Bruno

So... what did they think of it?

[Michael24]

Hmmm. Not much, actually. My parents are generally pretty cool about a lot of stuff, especially my mom. I saw quite a few movies with her growing up that ended up having nudity or a big surprise (the Jamie Lee Curtis striptease in True Lies, for example, when we also had my 9-year-old brother with us), but it wasn't a big deal. On the flip side, nudity or extreme swearing could make things a little more awkward to watch with my dad than with my mom.

With my mom, the most awkward thing was probably Kevin Bacon's Superman/Invisible Man joke in Hollow Man, although she laughed at it. And the most awkward I felt with my dad in the theater was when we saw Mulholland Falls, and it opens with the black-and-white hidden film footage of John Malkovich and Jennifer Connelly having sex in the hotel room.

[Yeti4928]

Mortal Kombat 2.

[DanTheMan]

Brought my dad to see Birdman last year. He fell asleep throughout the entire 2nd act. Didn't bother to wake him up as I was too invested in the film and the performances.

[schan1269]

I grew up "Sun loving hippie"...

My mother fell asleep watching The Notebook.

[NP13]

Two stories, one of which isn't mine, but a friend's, and both involving grandmothers.

First: It was Summer 2008, and I was age 11, desperate to see The Dark Knight. Neither of my parents were able to take me, so my grandmother gave in and agreed to take me (though she asked the person at the desk for "The Black Knight"). We took our seats (right under a speaker), and of course, the film opens with a loud, violent bank heist, scaring the life out of my poor gran. She spent the next 2 and a half hours watching in horror as the loud and violent events occurred on the screen in front of her. I think that was the last film we saw at the cinema together (maybe it was Mamma Mia!)

The second story is short and sweet: age 13, my friend went to see Kick-Ass with his gran. I really wish I could have seen her reaction to that.

[Santa Barbara]

Right off I can't think of any. My parents are pretty open to most stuff so I've never had an awkward situation in that regard.

[Kill Bren]

As a kid, I dragged my mom to Batman & Robin, Lost in Space (1998), George of the Jungle, Godzilla (1998) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3, and dragged my dad to Super Mario Bros., Thir13en Ghosts, Eight Crazy Nights, Planet of the Apes (2001), Spawn, and Reign of Fire, I was a monster as a kid

[Michael24]

Oh, speaking of grandmothers, how could I forget? I experienced the two most awkward moments with mine.

The first was Mrs. Doubtfire. I was 14, almost 15. I wanted to see it a second time, so I went back with my grandma, and I'd forgotten about the part at the restaurant where Robin Williams is embarrassing Pierce Brosnan with all the sexual innuendos. Awk-ward!

The second was when I was 16 and we saw Apollo 13, and Kevin Bacon is describing to a girl how the command/service module docks with the lunar module, using some very suggestive language. (Damn you, Kevin, and your penchant for awkward movie moments. Haha!)

Those were undoubtedly my most awkward experiences, even more than the previous ones I mentioned, just because I happened to be with my sweet little church-going grandmother.

[WhatALovelyDay]

My parents are divorced. I stopped going to the movies with my parents around age 10. My dad would drop me off at the theatre though by age 8 and buy my R-rated tickets for me. My mom doesn't like movies in general unless it's background TV noise like the Lifetime channel.

[wonkavision]

Originally Posted by Michael24

With my mom, the most awkward thing was probably Kevin Bacon's Superman/Invisible Man joke in Hollow Man, although she laughed at it.

Yikes...Bacon's character

[Show spoiler]raping that girl would have made me squirm if I watched it with my Mom. That scene is so offensive and all but one character in the film had any redeeming quality. But that's Paul Verhoeven for you.

[Buscemi]

Love Actually
Hostel

[sandman slim]

So, way back in the 80's, we finally got cable. Mom didn't want "those dirty movies" in her house, Dad assures her it won't be anything like that. As soon as its hooked up, me & Dad are watching The Terminator on HBO... and Mom comes back in from grocery shopping right as Arnold cuts loose with "F*** you, ***hole". She says "I thought so", takes her groceries to the kitchen and shuts the door. I don't think Dad watched HBO for a few months afterwards...

[AnimalChin]

Jurassic World because they talked the whole time

Yes I think it'd be expensive to go
I don't know if airfare would be included in the price
I don't know if they could really domesticate a triceratops enough for kids to ride them
Yes I think it'd be tough to shoot a pterodactyl out of the air
please just watch!

[Jasonic]

My mom has such prudish moral standards that I'm scared to take her to anything. Animated films are basically the only thing I even try. I never know with her though. She enjoyed both Avatar and Man of Steel when we watched them at home. But she did get offended and left when we saw Get Smart in theaters. Any kind of sexual jokes and she is basically out of there. Can't really remember the movie, but I think it was the part where Anne Hathaway was bending over to get through the security system or something and Steve Carell's character was looking at her butt, and it was meant to be funny.