Is Ice Age: The Meltdown okay for ASD...

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Is Ice Age: The Meltdown okay for ASD...
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Thu, 04-13-2006 - 11:36am

Is Ice Age: The Meltdown okay for ASD 4.5 year old?



  • yes!
  • No, violence is glorified
  • No, bad language for echoers
  • No, too loud
  • No, poor social skills are glorified
  • Maybe (please explain)


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Thu, 04-13-2006 - 3:00pm

I think it's okay. We saw the first Ice Age. I personally liked it a lot, Duncan LOVED it (4.5 years old, PDD). Ian, 8, AS, didn't like it much. He loves the Chronicles of Narnia and fantasy. Duncan likes slapstick. We haven't seen Ice Age 2, but we plan to.

I asked Duncan if he thinks the stuff in the movie really happened and he said, "No, it's just a story." So maybe that would be the deciding factor. Does your child understand that what happens on TV is not necessarily real life? If they do, I think the movie is fine. If not, it may not be the genre for them.

JMO, I'm a lot more relaxed about this than some people, maybe because my kids don't seem to have bad reactions to it.

Kelly

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Thu, 04-13-2006 - 5:17pm

I voted maybe because I haven't seen it yet, but I would assume it is like all current movies, really depends on your aspie or autie if it is appropriate for them. It takes on a whole new mindset with ASD kids and it depends alot on thier particular issues as well as thier age and interests.

We had a very bad time with "Shark Tale" because it was overstimulating and caused big meltdowns later. When Mike was little "Fox and the Hound" actually had to be outlawed in our house because of Mike constantly copying the guy with the gun. It was the the point of obsession and not good when shooting other kids.

We did well with the first ice age and I enjoyed that. We will likely see Ice Age 2, the kids and DH are looking forward to that one.

Mike loves fantasy too (chronicles of Narnia, Harry Potter, etc) and Cait loves anything about animals (Spirit, Sea Biscuit, etc) but all of the kids love that stupid slapstick humor. So does DH so that is where they get that from.

We will likely have trouble with lines being copied later but that happens regardless so I just kind of shrug it off as long as it isn't innappropriate words we are usually ok.

Renee

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Thu, 04-13-2006 - 7:49pm

I did not see it (yet) but my parents took my 7.5 yr old (with AS) to see it....all of them loved it. He talked a little about it but not much.....I did not get the frame-by-frame description that I have received after son has seen something that peaks his interests/obsessions - like the Polar Express.....I knew the movie word-by-word before I even watched it.....LOL!

Christie

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Thu, 04-13-2006 - 10:47pm

Here is the review that I read, and it helped me make my decision to stay home from the theatre.

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Fri, 04-14-2006 - 4:45pm

Thanks for the replies. I told the baby-sitter yes; I hope he doesn't pick up the name calling etc. We'll see.

I really liked the plugged in link. It really was explicit. Good stuff to know.

My little guy does know that things are pretend, but it doesn't stop him from well-timed, delayed echolalia. For example, he certainly knows that Sponge-Bob is pretend. In fact, the absurdity of the things that they do under water, like take a bath, is what has him rolling on the floor with each repeated DVD viewing.

Yesterday, when he wanted help getting his watch off he yelled, "Get this thing off of me!" I was taken aback and answered, "I don't think I like the way you are asking." he responded, "Oh, Patrick no doesn't ask with nice words?*" (Patrick is a character in Sponge-Bob.) My little guy almost needs his echoing skills to communicate. (*Did you notice the awkward grammer in his original sentence?)

I begrudgingly allow Sponge-Bob. I miss the Thomas and Maisy Mouse days- better library of echoing phrases. Oh, and he still is watching Polar Express. He says he will pretend that there is no snow while he is watching it, since it is Spring.

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Fri, 04-14-2006 - 7:16pm

I voted "maybe" because it depends on the kid.

To be honest, I fully expected to hate this movie. I never took the kids to see the first one, because I thought it would be unsuitable. However they are more 'connected' now, and Peter knew about it and really wanted to see it.

I wasn't surprised that they enjoyed it. I was surprsed that I did! I thought there were some very positive messages in the movie, friendship, loyalty and fitting if even though you are different.

I thought my DD would cry at the scary scenes, but she didn't. She was riveted (she cried buckets through that darn Pengiun movie).

DD is almost 6 and we don't know her DX yet and Peter (HFA) will be 8 in summer.

Here is a link to the Movie Moms review.

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808751386/parentsguide

HTH
-Paula

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"Mmovie moms"rate it at 8yo BTW http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808751386/parentsguide

-Paula

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