Good movies to watch with your kids?
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That got me good, too. Close Encounters also, the scene where the little kid gets abducted, who was about my age when I watched it.
Man, Steven Speilberg fucked me up.
i remember seeing some sort of B movie, and at the end the zomebies, or whatever they were, were in a jail or something and were standing in a small amount of water, then the good guys electrocuted them for what seemed to be an inordinate amount of time. anybody got anything on this one?
Call me a delicate flower or whatever, but I was 13 when Jurassic Park came out and saw it in theatres.
The realism of it way back then and as a kid, was something new. Was definitely freaked out for a while, about having to turn off the lights in the basement and make it up the stairs before the raptors got me...
And again Mr Jeff almost being eaten.
by the time that movie came out (I was 9) I had already seen enough fucked up shit that movie didn't faze me. (edit - i seem to recall reading the book prior to seeing the movie)Call me a delicate flower or whatever, but I was 13 when Jurassic Park came out and saw it in theatres.
The realism of it way back then and as a kid, was something new. Was definitely freaked out for a while, about having to turn off the lights in the basement and make it up the stairs before the raptors got me...
And again Mr Jeff almost being eaten.
my dad took me to see die hard with a vengenance in the theater when it came out. i was 11.
"it's a Christmas movie!"
Yeah - my first R movie was Conan the Barbarian when I was 11.
gremlin on the wing was scary, but the one that i remember really tripping me out was the mysterious house with the faceless people.Jeezus. That sketch with John Lithgow and the little demon on the wing of the plane.
pops took me to see Jaws and The Shining as a wee lad. both fucked me up pretty good. first naked lady i saw was dead in a tub, and as a grown man i know there is a shark in the river or lake somewhere...
someone mentioned the Indiana Jones series... started watching them with my kids last year. They would have been 7 and 10. I think it's in The Temple of Doom where they perform human sacrifice and rip some dude's heart out while he's still alive. Both kids freaked the fuck out. I paid for that one with many sleepless nights.
That's why I was hoping for recommendations that are less violent, or where the violence has actual consequences...
That's why I was hoping for recommendations that are less violent, or where the violence has actual consequences...
Mola Ram didn't face consequences? Dude got eaten by gators.
Also the face melting scene in raiders I couldn't watch for years, until I learned it was basically melting jello
we didn't get that far...
This thread is awesome!
What kills me is every time I look up animated kids movies, and for some reason "sausage party" is there too
i remember sneak-watching faces of death at a friends house...probably around age 12...lol
@slyfink something the wife and i have realized is how downright awful/inappropriate most of the movies we watched in the 80s are.
i've seen clips of faces of death. honestly i've seen more unsettling patient cases for my job.
If you're on a time crunch and your kids like more tech type of stuff, the Smarter Everyday channel on YouTube is pretty good. Good variety of interesting content.
My youngest keeps asking to watch Family Guy, Archer and Big Mouth. I tell him no, they're not appropriate for kids, to which he answers "but they're cartoons. cartoons are for kids".What kills me is every time I look up animated kids movies, and for some reason "sausage party" is there too
cartoons are for grownups too.
I used to like watching his channel. but so much of it is in support of the military industrial complex. and when he got to meet Obama, he said he swallowed his principles to meet him "even though" he is a Democrat...
Now, I'm not proposing to "cancel" his channel or anything, but I don't feel the need to support him with likes, subscribes and page hits...
I really like the Mark Rober channel though. We binge watch that one from time to time. There's also a pretty good old kids show from France called "C'est pas sorcier". It's great for kids, but I learn a lot from it too,
a former co-worker had a "danger zone" sign on her cubicle. i would also frequently respond "phrasing" to her comments.My favorite show ever.
DEFINITELY not for kids.
Tom Scott is another good channel, but even more technical. Though his videos are very short.
Happy Gilmore is a classic family movie.
Hah I remember when the Exorcist came out. It scared the crap out of a lot of people I knew so I wen and saw it. By that time of my life I was a confirmed Atheist at age 16. I was laughing my ass off in the theater at some of the stuff. Staff told me to tone it down or leave. Movies never freaked me out. Coming out of a coma finding myself unable to move from the neck down in a hospital bed from a head on bike vs car crash in 3rd grade did all the emotional fuck my head up for life that I would ever need
RAD
Wargames
Sandlot
Bill & Teds Excellent Adventure
Better Off Dead
October Sky
Three O'Clock High
The Outsiders
Pump up the Volume
Wargames
Sandlot
Bill & Teds Excellent Adventure
Better Off Dead
October Sky
Three O'Clock High
The Outsiders
Pump up the Volume
I love Archer.
I actually managed to find a Netflix Original that wasn't complete shit, I reckon 'Love and Monsters' is worth a watch with some maybe 10+YO kids.
Depends how easily frightened the kids are I guess.
Depends how easily frightened the kids are I guess.
Not sure we are the best parental figures but we watched the whole Harry Potter Series; Napoleon Dynomite; The Princess Bride; The NeverEnding Story; all of the Ghostbusters movies (not the newest in theaters);Jurassic Park movies; all 3 Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring (so far...we will finish the series soon); the Percy Jackson movies, The Chronicles of Narnia movies and Goonies with our girls (almost 10 and 16).
Also, not a movie, but Netflix A Series of Unfortunate Events and Lost in Space were both hits with our kids
Also, not a movie, but Netflix A Series of Unfortunate Events and Lost in Space were both hits with our kids
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Scary movies never bothered me as a kid. I think The Fox And The Hound had me straight up crying my face off when I saw it as a 5 year old. Googling it to see when it came out and this is literally the first description of the movie.
we watched "his dark materials" after reading the golden compass series with the kids. it was pretty good.
My kids watched the new Pixar movie turning red probably 3 times this past weekend