On a bitter note, four young moviegoers were gunned down in a multiplex theater last night.
The invaders are also full of the character flaws young moviegoers understand to be unacceptable - self-centered, bigoted and environmentally incorrect.
With "Pokemon," certainly, the puzzled reactions of critics seemed to have little impact on young moviegoers.
Even young moviegoers drenched in American pop culture are reluctant to see films with subtitles.
Last year's "Aviator" introduced Hughes and his legend to many younger moviegoers.
Certainly, if the film succeeds in captivating young moviegoers when it is released late next spring, it will be because the puppet seems so human.
But many young moviegoers said they were driven more by peer pressure from classmates and the begging of friends.
Very young moviegoers may be forgiving of all the artificiality in return for a story about their 19th-century counterparts.
Nearly four decades have passed since this double dose of Ms. Mills entranced moviegoers young and old.
It had scant appeal to younger moviegoers.