Quote Originally Posted by OldState View Post
My 11 and 8 year old have taken an interest to military history. Is the violence and gore over the too over the top? Would you take boys that age?

After getting questions about DDay during the anniversary I showed them Saving Private Ryan. Meant to show a clip hear and there but ended up letting the movie play. My wife was not happy. The 8 year old was perfectly fine but my 11 year old was a bit freaked out for a couple hours.

I also let them see the final scene of Zero Dark 30. Again, the little one thought it was cool but the older one was a little bit unsettled (nothing crazy).

My Dad always let me see stuff like this and I showed them thinking it’s a lesson in reality vs the video games they play.
The definitive movie for D-Day is The Longest Day- more than blood and gore and is true to history. If you want to get them into WW1 then watch All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) and
The Lost Battalion.