Anonymous
09/19/2012 11:33
Subject: What movies from your youth have you introduced your kids to?
My now-6 year old watched A Christmas Story last Christmas because she had to stay home from a family gathering with a fever. She LOVED it!
She liked Milo and Otis for a while. And both the Princess Diaries (OK, I wasn't a kid, but I saw both of them in the theater way before she was born...)
Oh, and the Muppet movies from when I was around her age - Muppets Take Manhattan and The Great Muppet Caper.
She still mostly watches Disney cartoon movies, so a lot of movies we are still waiting on.
She liked Milo and Otis for a while. And both the Princess Diaries (OK, I wasn't a kid, but I saw both of them in the theater way before she was born...)
Oh, and the Muppet movies from when I was around her age - Muppets Take Manhattan and The Great Muppet Caper.
She still mostly watches Disney cartoon movies, so a lot of movies we are still waiting on.
Anonymous
09/19/2012 10:55
Subject: What movies from your youth have you introduced your kids to?
My boys are big Star Wars fans.
My older son loves Coming to America.
They both have seen Goonies, Planet of the Apes, The Toy (Richard Pryor movie),
My youngest really likes Honey I shrunk the kids.
We dont celebrate Christmas but we all watch A Christmas Story every year. We love it. Did you know they made a part 2 to this movie? It's pretty bad.
My older son loves Coming to America.
They both have seen Goonies, Planet of the Apes, The Toy (Richard Pryor movie),
My youngest really likes Honey I shrunk the kids.
We dont celebrate Christmas but we all watch A Christmas Story every year. We love it. Did you know they made a part 2 to this movie? It's pretty bad.
Anonymous
09/19/2012 10:48
Subject: What movies from your youth have you introduced your kids to?
old Shirley Temple movies
Anonymous
09/19/2012 10:46
Subject: Re:What movies from your youth have you introduced your kids to?
Anne of Green Gables
Anonymous
09/19/2012 10:29
Subject: What movies from your youth have you introduced your kids to?
Honey I shrunk the kids
Anonymous
09/19/2012 10:22
Subject: What movies from your youth have you introduced your kids to?
Breakfast Club
Sixteen Candles
(I have a teen now, but had previously introduced all the above movies)
Sixteen Candles
(I have a teen now, but had previously introduced all the above movies)
Anonymous
09/19/2012 10:16
Subject: Re:What movies from your youth have you introduced your kids to?
Karate Kid (the original with Ralph Macchio)
Goonies (although DS didn't like it as well as I thought he would)
The Bad News Bears (original with Walter Matthau - crass and racist but it gave us a good jumping-off point to discuss those issues + it's much, much funnier than the remake)
Rudy (I was in college when it came out but it is a classic to DS!)
And, of course, the Star Wars trilogy
Looking forward to getting to show him Poltergeist soon!
Goonies (although DS didn't like it as well as I thought he would)
The Bad News Bears (original with Walter Matthau - crass and racist but it gave us a good jumping-off point to discuss those issues + it's much, much funnier than the remake)
Rudy (I was in college when it came out but it is a classic to DS!)
And, of course, the Star Wars trilogy
Looking forward to getting to show him Poltergeist soon!
Anonymous
09/19/2012 08:48
Subject: What movies from your youth have you introduced your kids to?
The Sound of Music. DH had not seen it either. (He isn't from the US.) They all loved it! It is such a great story.
Anonymous
09/19/2012 08:41
Subject: What movies from your youth have you introduced your kids to?
Anonymous wrote:Here are others not mentioned yet, including old classics - some of these we found on Netflix Instant when we've had nothing else to do on a Friday or Saturday night (my kids are 10, 12, 13 & 15):
Romancing the Stone
Close Encounters
Star Trek movies (especially 2, 3 & 4)
Planet of the Apes (original w/Charlton Heston)
Rocky
Time Bandits
The Black Stallion
Pride of the Yankees
African Queen
Shane
To Kill a Mockingbird
Dial M for Murder
Strangers on a Train
The Great Race
Superman (w/Christopher Reeve)
Ferris Bueller
and we've been watching the Sean Connery James Bond movies lately
Loving that your kids dig Hitchcock - we can't WAIT to introduce our young son to those some day!
Anonymous
09/19/2012 08:40
Subject: What movies from your youth have you introduced your kids to?
My son is 3.5, so Disney classics like Dumbo and Lady and the Tramp and things like the Muppets. Loves them.
Anonymous
09/19/2012 08:39
Subject: What movies from your youth have you introduced your kids to?
Goonies
Annie
Muppet Movies
A Christmas Story
Annie
Muppet Movies
A Christmas Story
Anonymous
09/19/2012 08:01
Subject: What movies from your youth have you introduced your kids to?
Here are others not mentioned yet, including old classics - some of these we found on Netflix Instant when we've had nothing else to do on a Friday or Saturday night (my kids are 10, 12, 13 & 15):
Romancing the Stone
Close Encounters
Star Trek movies (especially 2, 3 & 4)
Planet of the Apes (original w/Charlton Heston)
Rocky
Time Bandits
The Black Stallion
Pride of the Yankees
African Queen
Shane
To Kill a Mockingbird
Dial M for Murder
Strangers on a Train
The Great Race
Superman (w/Christopher Reeve)
Ferris Bueller
and we've been watching the Sean Connery James Bond movies lately
Romancing the Stone
Close Encounters
Star Trek movies (especially 2, 3 & 4)
Planet of the Apes (original w/Charlton Heston)
Rocky
Time Bandits
The Black Stallion
Pride of the Yankees
African Queen
Shane
To Kill a Mockingbird
Dial M for Murder
Strangers on a Train
The Great Race
Superman (w/Christopher Reeve)
Ferris Bueller
and we've been watching the Sean Connery James Bond movies lately
Anonymous
09/19/2012 07:58
Subject: Re:What movies from your youth have you introduced your kids to?
Anonymous wrote:Star Wars
A Christmas Story
Muppet Movie
Back to the Future
Black Stallion
Secret of NIMH
The Court Jester (Danny Kaye)
We also used to watch Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton, and Marx brothers movies.
Loved the original Freaky Friday, Escape to Witch Mountain, and the Parent Trap, but not sure who well they've aged since it's been a while since I've seen them
Didn't grow up with these, but they're great:
Matilda, Secret Garden (1993) & Little Princess (1995) versions
The remake with Lindsay Lohan I actually really good. It's such a shame that she ended up such a train wreck.
Anonymous
09/19/2012 07:49
Subject: Re:What movies from your youth have you introduced your kids to?
Forgot the 2003 version of Peter Pan. Didn't grow up with it but it's so well done.
Anonymous
09/19/2012 07:48
Subject: What movies from your youth have you introduced your kids to?
Willow