# AVATAR - it's rated pg13, but could an 8 yr old wow player go? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 26, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-its-rated-pg13-but-could-an-8-yr-old-wow-player-go/522636 "2009-12-26T17:11:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-its-rated-pg13-but-could-an-8-yr-old-wow-player-go/522636/1 "2009-12-26T17:11:41Z")
We’re going this afternoon, and I’d like to take the grandkids, but I don’t want to get teh little one over her head. I’ve been really careful to avoid spoilers so that’s why I made a new thread just for this question. Please don’t ruin the movie for me. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-its-rated-pg13-but-could-an-8-yr-old-wow-player-go/522636/2 "2009-12-26T17:22:44Z")
Yes. There is nothing truly objectionable in the film. A minor love scene that is not explicit in any meaningful way, and plenty of sci-fi violence. A few people die but not in a gory manner. The Na’vi do not wear much for clothing, but you never see anything. ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2009, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-its-rated-pg13-but-could-an-8-yr-old-wow-player-go/522636/3 "2009-12-26T17:27:04Z")
Thank you. I had a feeling it was going to be mild and eye-candy, and a real blast for gamers. It’s 3-d at the Imax, I can’t wait. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2009, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-its-rated-pg13-but-could-an-8-yr-old-wow-player-go/522636/4 "2009-12-26T17:27:05Z")
You won’t have a problem. The plot can be followed easily by an 8-year-old, the violence is no worse than in _Star Wars_, there’s one very brief scene of characters kissing passionately and waking up next to each other the following morning, and one character says “shit” once (and it’s a pretty funny moment, too). ---
**Author:** ![HorseloverFat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@HorseloverFat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HorseloverFat)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-its-rated-pg13-but-could-an-8-yr-old-wow-player-go/522636/5 "2009-12-26T21:09:11Z")
Probably. The really young kids parents brought to the showing I went to seemed bored and fidgeted a lot during the 2.5 hr runtime. Id advise against it. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2009, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-its-rated-pg13-but-could-an-8-yr-old-wow-player-go/522636/6 "2009-12-27T03:37:42Z")
I took my nearly 8 year old son to it today. I wish I didn’t have to take him to PG-13 films, but when the Happy Meals have Iron Man, et. al. on them, I’m trapped. My son loved the film. I was bored, but he liked it. Objectionable content noted above, plus some salty language (bitch, bastard, shit. No fucks.)