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PaperclipPerfector  2d ago (text post)   1409 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for December 27, 2024

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What are the all-time best movies / shows for kids to watch?

This Christmas, I watched the Home Alone series with my kids (6yo, 3yo, 2yo, 1yo). The movies are fantastic. They keep the kids engaged with humor, and they provide valuable lessons on family (you might think they're a pain, but they're still wonderful), independence (kids can accomplish a lot of things that adults can't and they should be encouraged to try), some seemingly bad people are good (the shovel guy/pigeon lady are scary at first but turn out to be great people in the end), and some seemingly good people are bad (the thieves dress up as cops and trick a lot of adults).

I want to find other similar movies to watch with my kids that are fun and full of great lessons. Does themotte have any recommendations?

Batman the animated series stands out above any other form of media for me, I could not have enjoyed at any other point besides my childhood but the effort taken to make it makes me appreciate watching it that young.

I also liked rugrats, the original xmen show and various nickelodeon ones but btas stands out.

Beyond Disney, Dreamworks, Pixar, and (Hayoa Miyazaki's) Studio Ghibli films...

The Sandlot, Karate Kid, The Princess Bride, School of Rock, The Iron Giant (maybe when older), Honey I Shrunk the Kids (ant ;_;), Elf, Charlie Brown movies, The Muppet movies, and Hugo.

I'd screen films you haven't seen first.

There’s also a bad message, though, that as a kid you can do things for yourself and not rely on adults, and that you can have heroic adventures doing things yourself. This is a good lesson for an 18-year-old, but probably not a child.

I never watched the sequels, but at least in the first movie he does call the police (albeit way later than he should), and his "doing things yourself" adventure ends with his enemies capturing him and gleefully discussing his torture, until he's rescued by an adult. The script is all about "heroic adventures doing things yourself", but they avoid blatantly teaching it as a bad lesson.

ben hur

charlie and the chocolate factory (potentially traumatizing)

20000 leagues under the sea (1954)

I think the raising of the cross scene from Ben Hur is my earliest memory!

The Shrek series?

Isn't it a surprising coincidence that both series have just two movies each?

Neverending Story is pretty good, but I'd recommend the kids be 6+ minimum with the younger ones having a parent next to them for a cuddle (wolf scenes).

And the scene when Artax gets stuck in quicksand, which utterly destroyed me and my brother as kids.

It's the way that the hero has to watch on powerless to save him that really decimates your childish optimism.

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