Am I out of touch ?

I think I would let my 14 year old see it. The film does not glorify war, I imagine that its as close as Hollywood has got to the reality of that day. The news today will probably show the men who were there visiting the graves of their friends, but does that really get across what these now old men did. My Dad was there (but not Omaha beach) he does not talk about it, I can only imagine what horror he has seen.

Year 11 is 15-16 year olds FWIW.

I was told that The Exorcist back in its day made people ill. I watched and laughed at how bad it was. I think like people say its just different generations.

The difference of generations is true but i still think that a a school should be more careful of age certificates, they are put there for a reason, also there are plenty of films which are very violent which i can remember watching at about 15 like the matrix and im not a mass murderer, however, saving private ryans opening sequence is more harrowing knowing that its all based on real fact and also knowing the reality was probably even more horrific than the film.

Originally Posted by G

The film has a certified age rating on it for a reason.

The school has broken the law by showing it, a law which infact carries a prison sentence and/or hefty fine of £2500.

Me, I would have loved to watch a film like that while I was at school and it would have kept me occupied in a history lesson.

But that doesnt make it right for the teacher to break the law and possibly psychologicaly damage a child.....kids now days are violent and sadistic enough without the need for it to be forced into them any earlier, if it was my child I would probably complain to the highest levels and demand an explanation/action to be taken out of principle.

are you for ****ing real??

I think the School were right to do it. Was it watched as part of History to highlight a particular topic of study?? If so good on them. That particular scene is about the Omaha landings as you all know, quite an important turning point in the second world war I think you will agree.
And something our young people should learn about TBH.

I can’t believe some of the small minded comments on here already, ohh they broke the law, boo hoo. Its not as though they sat them down to watch porn to explain biology is it??

Grow up, it a great bit of film that perfectly highlights the landings better than any text book. It also shows the horrors of war better than any text book.

It will also show kids that war is not fun nor are guns and bombs. They could well use Band of Brothers to highlight other important campaigns as well.

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If the film has an 18 cert then I think the school is out of line showing it to 14 year olds with specific parental consent. Without getting all the law books out I'm not sure if what they did is against the law, are certificates not all about public shows (schools could be deemed private) or the sale/supply of films? Whatever the legal aspect I'd be pretty annoyed if my kids were shown an 18 film without me knowing about it first.
Having said that i do think Saving Private Ryan is an excellent film and would have no problem letting my kids (13 and 15) watch it. Yes there's a bit of blood and gore in it but there is also a powerful personal story about the losses incurred through war....

^ ^ ^ Neio I mean. RH got in first.

Wot he said

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Originally Posted by neio79

are you for ****ing real??

I would have liked to watch it at that age, it doesnt bother me, I have seen worse stuff on the internet from that age that IS real.

Edit: Regardless of what the film is and what the teacher is trying to put across ignore that.

But purely on the basis that they legally arnt allowed to show it makes it very wrong and the repurcusions are great. Some parents go out of their way to protect their children from films like that, and stick religously to age restrcitions and even then wont let their kids watch certain stuff......

so why should the school be allowed to completely disregard that and show a film like that, with a legally binding certification that deems it unstuiable for the age of children it was shown to, without the consultation of the parents first.

[SoulKiss]

Films a 15, was wrong for the school to show to a 14yo

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Originally Posted by G

But purely on the basis that they legally arnt allowed to show it makes it very wrong and the repurcusions are great. Some parents go out of their way to protect their children from films like that, and stick religously to age restrcitions and even then wont let their kids watch certain stuff......

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Some parents need to get a life and relax abit not try and hide their kids from the truths of the worlds history. I can see the point yes it was illegal, but FFS it was shown to highlight a specific point in history and probably to highlight the horrors of war as well.

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Originally Posted by neio79

Some parents need to get a life and relax abit not try and hide their kids from the truths of the worlds history. I can see the point yes it was illegal, but FFS it was shown to highlight a specific point in history and probably to highlight the horrors of war as well.

Fair point, some parents do need to chill out.....but if a parent doesnt want their kids to see films like that, which are deemed to intense for their childs age.....then that should be respected regardless of what more relaxed individuals believe is OK.