Family movie night: teen boy edition

Anonymous
Miracle, The Green Book, A Few Good Men, Master and Commander
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Seriously, I let my 12 and 14 year old watch anything, except basically straight up porn.

Yes some scenes are uncomfortable as a family but I just accept it.

All the good stories are basically R anyway. They are really old enough.


Agree with this.
Anonymous
Kill Bill
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Hateful 8
Inglorious Bastetds.
Anonymous
The Three Amigos
Coming to America
Ferris Bueller
My Cousin Vinny (this is still so great)
Men In Black
The Waterboy
October Sky
Miracle
Dead Poets Society
Avatar
Lord of the Rings
any Marvel movie but esp Black Panther and Guardians of the Galaxy
Knives Out
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Jeff, who Lives at Home (some cursing and a little pot smoking but otherwise perfect)
Hoosiers
Dead Poets Society
Shazam
Crazy, Stupid, Love
Not sure about OP, buy my teen boys hate RomComs so this would be a no.

Have you guys watched the old Rockie movies?

We all watched this movie recently and eveyrone liked it. My boys are 15 and 20.

Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Seriously, I let my 12 and 14 year old watch anything, except basically straight up porn.

Yes some scenes are uncomfortable as a family but I just accept it.

All the good stories are basically R anyway. They are really old enough.


Agree with this.


I have a 15-year-old girl and I got totally burned by this attitude last week. I thought Election with Reese Witherspoon would be a great idea because it’s about high school, and it’s based on a novel by one of my favorite writers. Some of the content was super squirmy, including a scene where Matthew Broderick‘s character is actually watching straight up porn. Oops.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Kill Bill
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Hateful 8
Inglorious Bastetds.


A 13 year old? I feel sorry for that kid. That's just negligent to show a 13 year old those movies.
Anonymous
Argo
Lawrence of Arabia
Mickey Blue Eyes
Inception
The Matrix
Batman Begins
Planet of the Apes (original)
The Bourne Trilogy
Apollo 13
First Man

I’ve watched all these with my 12 year old recently.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Seriously, I let my 12 and 14 year old watch anything, except basically straight up porn.

Yes some scenes are uncomfortable as a family but I just accept it.

All the good stories are basically R anyway. They are really old enough.


Well, you're an a$$.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Seriously, I let my 12 and 14 year old watch anything, except basically straight up porn.

Yes some scenes are uncomfortable as a family but I just accept it.

All the good stories are basically R anyway. They are really old enough.


Agree with this.


How about you actually try to be a parent instead of your kids' best buddy.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Kill Bill
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Hateful 8
Inglorious Bastetds.


A 13 year old? I feel sorry for that kid. That's just negligent to show a 13 year old those movies.


You think there is too much talking and not enough action? True to a degree, but there is some good action scenes between all the dialog. And no nudity although some bad language.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Seriously, I let my 12 and 14 year old watch anything, except basically straight up porn.

Yes some scenes are uncomfortable as a family but I just accept it.

All the good stories are basically R anyway. They are really old enough.


Agree with this.


How about you actually try to be a parent instead of your kids' best buddy.



I bust my ass parenting but I have a different philosophy than you. I simply don’t believe in censorship. I saw many R rated movies as a preteen and I don’t see any problem with it. I do not believe violence in film makes children violent and I do not believe sex in film makes children into sluts
Anonymous
Pp here who watches R movies.

I’m not the kids’ “best buddy”. They have great grades, normal relationships and friendships, and are respectful of me and my spouse and other people.

Just because they see something on TV or in a movie doesn’t mean they will be poisoned or start mimicking that behavior, in fact it off and provide a lesson for what not to do in life.

We have a good conversations about why it’s stupid to get 100,000 tattoos specially on your face, why it’s bad to do drugs because look, your teeth are falling out. Yes I have watched a few cringe moments during a movie especially about having sex. We don’t usually watch Quentin Tarantino movies either, because even though I like the plot sometimes the violence is insane.

But a lot of good stories that aren’t just superhero movies (which we also watch) are R rated, and have sex and violence or bad language in them. Until they start writing a LOT more of smart, funny or interesting G or PG movies, I’m not gonna be sitting there watching them with my family of teens.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Seriously, I let my 12 and 14 year old watch anything, except basically straight up porn.

Yes some scenes are uncomfortable as a family but I just accept it.

All the good stories are basically R anyway. They are really old enough.


Agree with this.


+1 If it's a good story and the R is because of language or sex/nudity, I don't have a problem with it. I don't like watching really violent movies. DH, however, will watch horror/thrillers with 15 yr old DD because she likes them but 16 yr old DS and I both don't like scary/violent movies.

Some recent movies my teens have liked (some R rated, some not):
Boyhood
Shawshank Redemption
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Throw Momma From the Train
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Seriously, I let my 12 and 14 year old watch anything, except basically straight up porn.

Yes some scenes are uncomfortable as a family but I just accept it.

All the good stories are basically R anyway. They are really old enough.


Well, you're an a$$.


Agree
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