Movies with the Kids

Re:Something besides Disney - PLEASE!

csprague — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:36:17 GMT

hmmmmm. Some of my favorites were Flight of the Navigator (sorry, its disney), Milo and Otis, Benji, anything with horses in it such as The Black Stallion, The Black Stallion Returns, My Friend Flicka, National Velvet, and Black Beauty.

Re:Something besides Disney - PLEASE!

Risselada — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:26:07 GMT

SkyPilot:

Risselada:

I read the parts I want to.

I'm pretty similar, I only type the parts that I

I like that. The part I read at least.

Re:Something besides Disney - PLEASE!

mercurial — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:20:22 GMT

These are just some of my favorites that are kid-friendly and NOT Disney:

Babe - Brings the tears every time I watch it.

The Princess Bride - My favorite movie to watch when staying at home from school with a cold as a kid.

The Bear - A live-action version of Bambi, but with a bear.

Beetlejuice - I've always viewed this as a kid-friendly horror movie; a lurid sub-text to the film yet done without the bad language or overly horrific effects.

Big - Just plain fun for kids and parents.

Chicken Run - Not a favorite of mine, but know lots of friends with kids that love it.

E.T. - Again, always brings the tears.

Edward Scissorhands - Parents might want to exercise discretion with this one: there are some adult themes, but it is done in such a magical / fairy-tale manner that older kids can understand it.

The Iron Giant - LOVE this film and perfect for the whole family.

Jurassic Park - Might be a little too intense for the little kids, but definitely a great action flick for the junior cineastes.

Little Man Tate - Great flick about a boy-genius trying to overcome his immense intellect and make some friends.

A Little Princess - Spectacular cinematography envelopes every frame of this magical film.

The Secret Garden - Beautiful film.

The Wizard of Oz - No explanation since I'm sure most kids have already seen this classic, but just in case you needed a reminder.

Howl's Moving Castle - Not typically a fan of anime myself, this animated feature dubbed in English is just so captivating, loaded with interesting characters and a bizarre story line that is rather confusing but overall lots of fun. And the English dubbing was done by Disney but it's not technically a Disney film.

Hope that helps some.

Re:Something besides Disney - PLEASE!

SkyPilot — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:58:46 GMT

Risselada:

I read the parts I want to.

I'm pretty similar, I only type the parts that I

Re:Something besides Disney - PLEASE!

Risselada — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:06:52 GMT

SkyPilot:

SarahT:

Having a 5 and 8 year old...

Risselada:

It might help if you let us know exactly how old your child is. I could recommend some stuff I think is great, but maybe it would be too scary or confusing.

Rizzo, are you looking for their zodiac signs or something? "For an eight year old Libra, Crocodile Dundee. For an eight year old Leo, Crocodile Dundee 2 ."

I read the parts I want to.

Re:Something besides Disney - PLEASE!

leeroy711 — Sun, 25 May 2008 21:33:48 GMT

SarahT:

leeroy711:

I actually really liked the Fox Animation Studios stuff, much more than Disnet/Pixar and Dreamworks: Robots, Ice Age and Ice Age 2

Thanks leeroy711, we do own Robots and really like that one. We haven't seen the ice-age movies yet and will have to check them out. Appreciate the recommendations.

I've got a 4, 7, and an 8 year old. You also can't go wrong with muppets.

Muppet Treasure Island (1996)

Re:Something besides Disney - PLEASE!

SarahT — Sun, 25 May 2008 13:37:09 GMT

leeroy711:

I actually really liked the Fox Animation Studios stuff, much more than Disnet/Pixar and Dreamworks: Robots, Ice Age and Ice Age 2

Thanks leeroy711, we do own Robots and really like that one. We haven't seen the ice-age movies yet and will have to check them out. Appreciate the recommendations.

Re:Something besides Disney - PLEASE!

SkyPilot — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:30:54 GMT

SarahT:

Having a 5 and 8 year old...

Risselada:

It might help if you let us know exactly how old your child is. I could recommend some stuff I think is great, but maybe it would be too scary or confusing.

Rizzo, are you looking for their zodiac signs or something? "For an eight year old Libra, Crocodile Dundee. For an eight year old Leo, Crocodile Dundee 2 ."

Re:Something besides Disney - PLEASE!

lopezdash — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:15:51 GMT

leeroy711:

I actually really liked the Fox Animation Studios stuff, much more than Disnet/Pixar and Dreamworks: Robots, Ice Age and Ice Age 2

I was in my late teens when Robots came out (don't want to age myself too much here!), and I thoroughly enjoyed it!

Re:Something besides Disney - PLEASE!

lopezdash — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:13:34 GMT

Risselada:

lopezdash:

Flight of the Navigator is definitely one of my favorite childhood movies.

It wasn't so much the plot that makes the film so memorable to me now, it was the film's ability to bring me to a place where I believed that what was happening actually was possible. It wasn't only possibile, it actually happened. And it could happen to me.

Nice try Xavier, but Flight of the Navigator is definitely a Disney movie as well. Unless you didn't notice that she said she was looking for movies that were NOT from Disney.

It might help if you let us know exactly how old your child is. I could recommend some stuff I think is great, but maybe it would be too scary or confusing. Until I hear more, I'll just say Time Bandits is a lot of fun. Although some of my favorite parts are probably parts that the kids might not even understand.

In my haste to become an evangalist Flight, I completely forgot to ensure that it wasn't Disney... I guess that's why it aired on the Disney Channel, eh?

Re:Something besides Disney - PLEASE!

leeroy711 — Fri, 23 May 2008 18:05:57 GMT

I actually really liked the Fox Animation Studios stuff, much more than Disnet/Pixar and Dreamworks: Robots, Ice Age and Ice Age 2

Re:Something besides Disney - PLEASE!

Risselada — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:57:16 GMT

lopezdash:

Flight of the Navigator is definitely one of my favorite childhood movies.

It wasn't so much the plot that makes the film so memorable to me now, it was the film's ability to bring me to a place where I believed that what was happening actually was possible. It wasn't only possibile, it actually happened. And it could happen to me.

Nice try Xavier, but Flight of the Navigator is definitely a Disney movie as well. Unless you didn't notice that she said she was looking for movies that were NOT from Disney.

It might help if you let us know exactly how old your child is. I could recommend some stuff I think is great, but maybe it would be too scary or confusing. Until I hear more, I'll just say Time Bandits is a lot of fun. Although some of my favorite parts are probably parts that the kids might not even understand.

Re:Something besides Disney - PLEASE!

lopezdash — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:07:41 GMT

Flight of the Navigator is definitely one of my favorite childhood movies.

It wasn't so much the plot that makes the film so memorable to me now, it was the film's ability to bring me to a place where I believed that what was happening actually was possible. It wasn't only possibile, it actually happened. And it could happen to me.

Something besides Disney - PLEASE!

SarahT — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:17:02 GMT

I have nothing against Disney (although I know I have supressed the reasons that I should.) Having a 5 and 8 year old, I own most of the Disney collection. However, I would like to add more to our collection but don't know where to begin. I'm hoping folks will share some known and unknown English language (because my daughter doesn't read quite yet) films.