All these referenced movies are rated PG-13. No rating system is perfect, but I think there's at least a very reasonable case to be made that they're not age appropriate for 7 year olds
A quick, clean decapitation of a bad guy is hardly going to set a permanent mark. Nobody cared when Scar also died at the end of said movie.
Then there's Spec Ops: The Line. Yikes.
It wasn't until I watched it again when I was 17 or so and I realized how completely dark that actually was.
What is the case? What is the bad outcome that happens to a 7 year old who watches a PG-13 movie? (Or more generally, a population of 7 year olds who watch PG-13 movies)
Like, what’s the bad “thing” that we should be able to see?
Yes, these can happen without the movie. Yes, some children will be fine with them. No, you won't always realize what the child is having a hard time processing.
The counsel for "parental guidance" is literal.
The next 2 years, I was terrified of any doors that would open to dark rooms.
[1] https://marvballrutodc.quora.com/When-the-Joker-shoots-Barba...
The PG-13 movies are optimized for an older audience, and that leaves children with fewer, lower quality options for entertainment.
This. There’s enough adult content in these films that even my 12-year-old nephew gets bored.
> The PG-13 movies are optimized for an older audience, and that leaves children with fewer, lower quality options for entertainment.
I think there’s still plenty decent kid-focused content, you might just need to go back some years for the more wholesome non-big budget stuff.
That's what we do. It works great. I know our kids and what they can handle. Some PG-13 movies are fine for our 5-6 yr olds, some are not.
But yes, the rating shelters children from women's nipples, everyone's genitals, and naughty words.