While I loved "war games" back in the day, it's more of a tween movie, and if you show it to a tween nowadays they'll think you're a moron.

I've seen 9 of those films. And I adore The Last Unicorn, but not even half as much as I adore the book (which I read first) And yeah, the animation is kinda crap, but it actually turned out a lot better than it could have been. Plus, they somehow managed to really follow the book. BUT I feel guilty watching it now because Peter Beagle got royally screwed in the deal. sigh.

Dev's seen Star Wars, of course, (eps 4, 5 and 6) Time Bandits, Back To The Future, and Howl's Moving Castle. He loves Indiana Jones. I keep meaning to make him watch Singing In The Rain.

I re-watched Chitty Chitty Bang Bang a few years ago, nostalgically, and it was very meh. I prefer Bedknobs and Broomsticks. I've been meaning to chuck The Goonies on the queue, just because I think he'll get a kick out of it.

i've seen 7 of the 10 listed ones. Never heard of "Time Bandits" or "The Last Starfighter."

i'd probably not show "The Dark Crystal" to A while he's very young; i personally found the Skeksis scary when i was a kid. I guess i could see how "Spirited Away" might be a little scary for a kid, too, with the parents being turned into pigs, and a big scary witch, and all.

i too loved the movie of "The Last Unicorn" as a kid - i didn't even know there was a book for years, and now i adore both.

I can't believe they left off Jaws, Poltergeist, Halloween and Alien ... *shakes head*

Not to mention The Wizard of OZ

(not me -- I didn't mention it, nope, never happened)

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Well, Hal, I loved The Last Unicorn as a kid, and I think Molly Grue is kinda geeky.
Please don't say a movie "sucks ass" because you don't like it. It's a matter of individual taste, so we are allowed to differ. You can say that you hate it for all I care, but please don't slate other people's taste just because they differ from yours.

ceri as syme said that was my opinion, i don't need to preface it, I wasn't saying you sucked ass just that the movie did

everyone has their own taste, I love chitty chitty bangbang which others have slagged, its the same thing. I don't get offended if someone disagrees with me.

I've seen nine of them, and for the one I've missed, My Neighbour Totoro, I've seen the other movies recommended to watch afterwards.

It's not a bad list, but I am glad it doesn't say it's comprehensive. I would take Time Bandits off and put in Search for the Holy Grail or even Robin Hood: Men in Tights if the goal is to get kids to laugh at people with British accents. Princess Bride is pretty much completely necessary in this house and will likely fill the funny guys with pretty accents category. And Graeme's ready for it, although getting him to actually watch it will be only slightly easier than getting Fred Savage's character to listen to it, I think.

And as far as it goes for kids and their ability to take scary stuff, it varies a LOT from kid to kid. I watched Halloween when I was nine and thought it was awesome but had no fear of it, even though we watched it the night before Halloween the first year we went trick-or-treating with direct adult supervision. Graeme, on the other hand, would be deeply scarred by Dark Crystal, most specifically the Skeksis and the Garthim.

And The Dark Crystal was pretty much my favourite fantasy world on film until Peter Jackson showed us Middle Earth. It hasn't aged well and it was a strange idea at the time, but, for me, it worked on every level.

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Originally posted by D M:
Where's Indiana Jones?

thats more tween, it's bloody scary in places, though so is jurassic park i guess

I was never as scared of Indiana Jones as I was of certian bits of the Neverending Story - kids are weird, and for me as a kid I could cope with the scary, but not with anyone I liked actually dying. Especially not animals - honestly, my parents used to have to tell me that the dead horse in Black Beauty wasn't actually Ginger, and I was SO upset when the monkey dies in Indiana Jones

Never liked Jurrassic Park, though - I still haven't watched that all the way through.

I've seen six of them - never heard of Last Starfighter or My Neighbour Totoro, and the first Harry Potter is the only one I've yet to see. And not seen War Games either, but I always thought it was more teeny too.

Time Bandits is ace - I've only seen it maybe twice, but the bit on the Titanic I thought was the funniest thing on earth when I was eight

As well as that I'd have Indiana Jones, Stardust and Labyrinth (kiddies don't notice the sexy unless they already know about it, in which case that horse has bolted, guys) as well as some James Bond, and I'd throw in Toy Story to show them how far the previous stuff has influenced popular culture!

Again, I'm not terribly enamoured with Harry Potter. I've yet to read any of the books, and I'm sure they're really good, but the subject matter just doesn't appeal - wizards in school.

And the movies are again overrated.

the more recent films are good - I haven't seen the first one but the rest improve as they go on. The most recent one I preferred to the book by a lot.

I've seen Philosopher's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, and Goblet of Fire.

Willow.

I've seen all the movies on that list, and I'd probably add a lot more. Like Ghostbusters?! Or Tron?! (I have to get them to watch Tron, I was all chocked up when I watched the Tr2n trailer!)

I don't know how much of a kid's movie Ghostbusters is, but definitely Tron.

I didn't even know there was a Tr2n.

oh yeah! Ghostbusters! cue: hundreds of children trying not to think about anything

Well, I'm going on the fact I watched Ghostbusters as a kid and it was my introduction to scary movies that actually scared me.

And yeah, Tr2n may not be that great, but it's all about the memories!

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The good news: George Lucas is not involved in this one

Heh, I wonder if Lucas knows how much of his reputation he's destroyed?

I just think Bill Murray's genius would be lost on small children. The scary bits, such as they are, are less of a problem.

Well, isn't it a joy to watch a movie and understand more of it the older you get?

I watched Ghostbusters a few years ago, the first time for years, and found a whole new layer in it I never remember! Same with a lot of really good children/adult movies. (And Calvin and Hobbes)

I think that's true, Pigeon, but that's why it's good to get kids watching films and reading books that are a little ahead of them - it brings them on a bit each time. They might not get it when they first watch it, but they don't have to.

Is Ghostbusters scary at all? I thought it was a comedy!

I was terrified at the whole 'hand over the mouth dragging her into the glowing cupboard' bit, that was scary.

And now, the "Are you, Alice, menstruating right now?" line stops being a weird line I knew but never understood, to being a silly line I get.