The Dark Knight What did kids think of The Dark Knight?

[Steyin]

My three cousins saw it in camp over the summer (ages 11M/11F/13F) and loved it for the most part. They thought the Joker was creepy and TF was disturbing, but they enjoyed the film.

 

[soulonsale]

my seven year-old stepbrother saw it and he liked it. though, he was REALLY scared of twoface the first time.

 

[I Am The Knight]

I have a 7 year old brother. Loves Spider-Man.

 

[Jay#1]

was that supposed to be funny??

 

[iDannyR]

Funny how someone brought this up.

I was watching TDK with my younger relatives

Their Ages , 11, 9, 6, 5 and 3.

the 11 & 9 year olds loved the movie, the 6 year likes it alot but gets a lil scared, the 5 year old (who was a girl) had no interest in it.

the 3 yr old, seemed interested in movie, he didn't watch the whole movie.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

Yea I don't think the proper young 'uns will like it. There isn't that much action in it and there is a lot of dialogue. If I was 5 I would just skip it to all the Joker scenes.

 

[I Am The Knight]

was that supposed to be funny??

No, just awful. Now, describe in DETAIL, if you will, what your proposed ideas are for a Logan cameo in Batman III.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

No, just awful. Now, describe in DETAIL, if you will, what your proposed ideas are for a Logan cameo in Batman III.

Did he really say that? HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA

 

[Jay#1]

No i didn't say that. but hey why not right!!!!

 

[Ace of Knaves]

Yea that would be really cool...

 

[I Am The Knight]

No i didn't say that. but hey why not right!!!!

Yes you DID. Unless I'm mixing up my trolls again. You see, I happen to be a troll magnet.

 

[Jay#1]

i said logan cameo in spiderman bro

 

[I Am The Knight]

You know what a cameo is? Same thing.

 

[Paste Pot Pete]

Don't know any kids really, but from experience, I was too scared of the Penguin to see BR in the theater. I was seven. A year later, by the time it came out on video, my mom got me the video and I loved it, though I couldn't look when he bites the guy's nose off, or at Shreck's crispy corpse.

But I don't even think it's the characters and images themselves that scared me, but the dark tone, the mysteriousness of it. Hell, even movie Shredder kinda scared me, while I had no problem with the cartoon.

And The Crow bored the hell out of me. I was a stupid kid.

 

[Boom]

They googoo'ed in their gagas.

 

[Terminator]

My six year old nephew kept saying "I just want my phone call". He likes it but he fell asleep in the theater.

 

[Jick]

My sister was eleven when she watched. She said it was the best comic-book based movie.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

*Harvey Dent voice*

"And she was right..."

 

[I Am The Knight]

 

[Ace of Knaves]

So yea, there is a lot of trolls in this new batch that came along ain't there?

 

[Figs]

Out of the ten times I saw it in the theatre there were never really any young kids with their parents.

Only time I can recall seeing any was one of the times I saw it on Imax. It was beautiful, this guy sitting behind me had his son with him and the kid had to have been younger than 10, I'm guessing 7-8yrs old. He was fine during just about the whole film and didn't talk or act annoying but when it came to the last scene in the film...LOL(yeah I know I can be an *******, but part of it has to do with showing non comic readers how dark, serious and mature comics have gotten over the years).

Basically, due to the dark twisted nature of the scene with Two Face threatening Gordon's son and yelling as well as that awesome chilling score in the background this kid just starts crying in that scared ****less manner. I could hear his Dad consoling him telling him it's ok.

That was the only time I can recall seeing any young kids in the theatre for TDK, but it was well worth it.

 

[Silverglade]

On the flip side, in several viewings I was surprised at how many elderly were in the theater. Of course all ages enjoy it but for old couples to consider going to sit in a movie theater to see something near opening night.. I was surprised. One older woman was so into it she yelled "hush!" to some kid making noise in the aisle.

 

[terry78]

I think you tend to see more younger kids when the showing is earlier as opposed to later ones. Every one that I went to back in July had kids about 7-10 years old with the parents or older siblings or whatever. They didn't talk, and didn't constantly ask, though there's always that one little boy in every single showing of every superhero movie that asks at the beginning, "where's *insert superhero here*?" because they can't comprehend that the guy on screen is his alter ego until they see him put on the costume.

 

[nickyg641]

I think we've pretty much determined from this that kids of all ages liked it. My own younger sisters enjoyed it. One, a very intelligent eleven year old (at the time, she's twelve now) liked it a lot. The other, eight, also liked it, though some went over her head.

 

[lakatmar]

There wasn't a lot of kids at the cinema any time I went, but at one afternoon showing, there were a few kids there (around age 8 or so) with their parents, and they all really got into it.
Cheering for Batman, egging him on to "get the Joker" etc. in the way that only small kids can - trying to stay quiet but not able to contain themselves with glee.
Normally I hate any kind of audience noise at the cinema but this was too cute, spent most of that viewing grinning at the enthusiasm of the kids