Please recommend movies for young kids without scary villains

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Anonymous wrote:My ds4 and 6 got The Aristocats for xmas and have watched endlessly.

I read that "My ds4 and 6 got The Aristocrats for xmas and have watched endlessly."

LOL!

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Anonymous wrote:I have two very sensitive boys (3.5 and 5) who scare easily, and haven't been exposed to a lot of violence/conflict. Here are my recommendations:

1) Be careful with Miyazaki. Some of his movies (like Kiki's Delivery Service) have absolutely nothing objectionable in them. No villain, no scariness, just a great story. But some (like Ponyo) are very very creative, and almost surreal. I think some of it is him and some of it is Japanese culture. Ponyo has a bit where there is a big ocean storm, and the waves have eyes, and it was really creepy, and can be just as scary as any villain.

2) I think the mildest Disney movies I've seen are: Mary Poppins, The Aristocats, The Sword in the Stone, Cars, and Cinderella. Toy Story and Nemo are also pretty innocuous (although my kids got scared at the deep dark part of Nemo), and my kids liked Peter Pan, which has some sword play, but not too many really scary moments. I also think Robin Hood is pretty tame.

3) Some of the scariest, in my opinion, are Sleeping Beauty, Pinnochio, 101 Dalmations, Snow White, Beauty and the Beast. My kids have seen Pinnochio, but it was too scary for them. Lots of evil strangers abducting kids, violent whales, drinking, smoking... it was too much for them. I'm sorry I showed it.

The nervous tension in Toy Story was too much for my DD! She loves her toys and the idea of any permanent separation was too much for her!

Oh-- my 4 year old boy is the same way as the other posters boys! He won't watch CARS because the night scene when the cars are pushing Mack around was too scary for him. Grandparents took him to see UP and wanted to leave teh theater immediately. He is pretty much scared of everything,,,but you wouldn't know it by looking at him or the way he acts. But---if he sees the slightest thing scary he'll be up walking the halls and coming into our bedroom at night. He always asks to watch Scooby Doo but i know what that will mean later in the night. I will look into some of the suggestions.....hopefully there will be something he can make it through. Ha!

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I am actually glad to have read this thread. My son is 5 and won't watch most movies. We have been okay with it, and figure many movies were meant for older children anyway. He can handle more scary subjects in books, but not on film. But sometimes we worry that he is too sensitive or that he is the ONLY child that hasn't seen every Disney movie (and even Star Wars) by age 5. It is comforting to know he (and we) are not alone!

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Stuart Little is great. The only villains are the cats, but they're funny-bad, not scary-bad.

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Anonymous wrote:I am actually glad to have read this thread. My son is 5 and won't watch most movies. We have been okay with it, and figure many movies were meant for older children anyway. He can handle more scary subjects in books, but not on film. But sometimes we worry that he is too sensitive or that he is the ONLY child that hasn't seen every Disney movie (and even Star Wars) by age 5. It is comforting to know he (and we) are not alone!

I am the pp with the 4-year old boy...glad to hear I am not alone. He has no desire to go to the movies ever again...and he won't watch movies on TV. Alll of his little preschool friends tell him about the movies they went to see this or that weekend and he likes to hear about them, but when I ask if he wants to see one of them (even on dvd)- he doesn't. He does love his TV though-ha!

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DD is 5 and hasn't watched any of these movies, either. She's sensitive and gets scared easily. It sounds as though we're not the only ones out there!

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Ponyo's dad creeped out my dd when she was 4. He glided around instead of walking and that put her off.

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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and The Music Man

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Totoro!

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Anonymous wrote:Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and The Music Man

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang? No. Two words for you: Child Catcher.

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Chitty Chitty is not scary - and OP said her kids liked Mary Poppins (or maybe you think no one should watch MP either, as it's about neglectful parents and kids being grabbed by a chimney sweep in a dark alley).

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mouse and the motorcycle

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My Neighbor Totoro is so good. One of my all time favorites. Seriously, go get that for your kids.

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Polar Express - just skip the part with the puppets. The part when they are going down the mountain and slide on the ice may be a little suspenseful, but doesn't seem to be too scary.

Cars is pretty light.

They may like Wall-E as well. Some kids like it, some kids have a hard time paying attention to it. UP does have the dogs and the crazy scientist, but overall isn't bad. I haven't watched either with our kids yet.

Sometimes if you're watching a movie with them you can help explain what is going on, help them see silly twists to it (ie: Nemo and the light, Dory's absentmindness, the silliness among the dogs in UP, etc) and make it more lighthearted. But if you've prewatched it and know that something is too much you can just skip over it.

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I love Up, but the first 30 minutes of the movie are about him loosing his wife. Kind of depressing.
Love Homeward Bound. I don't think its that sad. There's also the original Homeward Bound thats good too.
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