Movies with my son

Some really good suggestions so far...

Ghostbusters
Indiana Jones Trilogy
Goonies is good for kids (though not strictly a kid's movie) and is worth seeing.
Dragonslayer is excellent. (and has one of the best-ever cinematic dragons)
Highlander (My mom got this one for me when I was 10 or so and home sick from school. I thought it was pretty strange at first but once they started cutting people's heads off, I liked it)
The adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai across the 8th dimension
Bladerunner might be a bit mature.
True Lies
I saw Jaws at that age, and wasn't too freaked out. Might not want to watch this one if you live near the sea, though. :D
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
ET
Gremlins
Back to the Future series
Predator?
Twilight Zone, the movie
Creepshow

Oh, and fwiw, "Leon" is the title of the european cut of "The Professional". If you like the latter, you'll most likely like the former better.
 
FoxholeAtheist said:
Some really good suggestions so far...

Ghostbusters
Indiana Jones Trilogy
Goonies is good for kids (though not strictly a kid's movie) and is worth seeing.
Dragonslayer is excellent. (and has one of the best-ever cinematic dragons)
Highlander (My mom got this one for me when I was 10 or so and home sick from school. I thought it was pretty strange at first but once they started cutting people's heads off, I liked it)
The adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai across the 8th dimension
Bladerunner might be a bit mature.
True Lies
I saw Jaws at that age, and wasn't too freaked out. Might not want to watch this one if you live near the sea, though. :D
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
ET
Gremlins
Back to the Future series
Predator?
Twilight Zone, the movie
Creepshow

Oh, and fwiw, "Leon" is the title of the european cut of "The Professional". If you like the latter, you'll most likely like the former better.
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I agree with the above movies, except for Highlander, Blade Runner, True Lies, Jaws, Predator, Twilight Zone and Creepshow. All of these movies are geared to a pg13 audience, 12 years and older.
 
FullerH said:
Either of the Shrek films are just funny as can be for parents and kids, the adult humor being pretty subtle goes over the kids' heads. "Shrek 2" is just about the funniest film that I have ever seen.* Another one that is similarly funny is "The Incredibles". And all of that pust me in mind of seeing "Men In Black" on its openning day. The theater was, as you can imagine, mobbed, and there was this little kid, perhaps 7 or 8 years old abot 2 rows back from me who would shriek loudly at each one of the alien monsters and them burst out into laughter. It would have been irritating as Hell except that he was so obviously having the time of his life. Try him on the two "MiB" films, but I suggest you be there to support him if they get too much.

* The assassin as drawn and then voiced by Antonio Banderas was an absolute stitch!
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We've loved the Shrek movies and already own a copy of the Incredibles. Almost anything animated is good, but there's a pretty good chance we've already seen it (I collect comics, so I'm a fan of animated as well). We've watched Iron Giant and Nightmare Before Christmas too many times to count.
I found the first MIB boring and have never seen the second. Since my work deals with MIB, I'm burnt out on that (We make slot machines with that theme)

FoxholeAtheist said:
Oh, and fwiw, "Leon" is the title of the european cut of "The Professional". If you like the latter, you'll most likely like the former better.
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Which version has the young Natalie Portman? That's the only one I've seen.

Really liked the Pink Panther suggestion. I don't think I've ever heard my father laugh as hard as when his Seller's assistant jumped out of the fridge to attack him. Gremlins was an interesting suggestion; I may try him on that. I liked Critters much better, but they do have a bit of blood/gore in them.

Thanks all; great ideas so far!
 
Grim/Don said:
I liked Critters much better, but they do have a bit of blood/gore in them.

Thanks all; great ideas so far!
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Critters was the first movie i saw which i read the F-word and asked my dad about it (i think one of the critters said it and it had a translation). I watched it alone so he was quite shocked to suddenly hear me asking about it. He just told me it's a bad word and not to repeat it. I still remember that moment and his reaction. hehehe...

If you like martial arts comedy there are new kung fu movies by Stephen Chow. Kung Fu Hustle (Gong Fu in the US i think) and Shaolin Soccer are funny.

Also, you must make sure that one day he sees Die Hard. It's not that gory by today's standards but a lot of swearing so maybe a couple of years time.

Also, let him watch Halloween or Friday the Thirteenth. Just so he knows that when he does naughty things with girls Michael Myers or Jason Vorhees will come after him.
 
I would not suggest "Starship Troopers", mostly because it is such a terrible distortion of the classic Heinlein novel.
 
Planterz said:
"Stand by Me" is a bit vulgar for a 7 IMO.

I reccomend "The Princess Bride" and "Labyrinth".
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I'm a big Princess Bride fan. I highly recommend it. Andre the Giant is it in as, well, the Giant. Lots of swordfighting, action and comedy.
 
Yah, some of the movies are beyond what I would normally think appropriate for a 7-year-old, but so is Big Trouble in Little China. I'm assuming Grim will be probably watching them prior to showing his son, or given that his taste seems similar to mine, he's likely already seen them.

Grim, "Leon" is the same movie as "The Professional", only with about 20 minutes more footage that wasn't shown in the US version. Also, if you get the DVD of Leon, it won't be that ass-tastic pan&scan travesty that they did on "The Professional". (i.e. it's letterboxed)

Details are here.. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110413/alternateversions And, btw, if you are a movie buff and haven't flipped around IMDB before, do so... it's like nirvana with a monitor.
 
Since you like animated films, try "The Last Unicorn", an animated version of the Peter S. Beagle story. It is delightfully whimsical, something of a trademark of Beagle stories. Mia Farrow plays the Unicorn, Alan Arkin plays Schmendrick the Magician, Angela Lansbury plays Mommy Fortuna the witch, and Jeff Bridges plays price Lir the hero. Amazon has the DVD for $11.24.

Another pair of classic animations are "Charlotte's Web" with big name cast and a really good job of being true to this classic children's story, and "Riki-Tiki-Tavi", a version of the Rudyard Kipling tale from his Second Jungle Book. It is a story about a mongoose that saves a Victorian era English family in India from a pair of especially nasty cobras. The great thing about the film is that it does not "Disneyfy" Riki. When Riki goes cobra hunting, there is absolutely no question but that he is a killer. And that is what mongeese are where snakes are concerned.

Finally, there are two versions of the classic Oscar Wilde story, The Canterville Ghost that I recommend. The first, from 1991, starring Richard Kiley, is a bit more gentle and easier on small children, but farther from the original story. The second, from 1996, starring Patrick Stewart, is truer to the original and a bit scarier, but neither are beyond what a 7 year old should be able to see with his parents. They are both very good films but the pity is that the 1970s version, made for TV and starring David Niven, is not available. It was, I think, the best of all. Avoid the cartoon versions like the plague as you will die of saccharine overdose.
 
I remember the Last Unicorn, not too bad. As for Starship Troopers, theres a nude scene in the shower that, while I think it's fine for a 13 yr old, your kid isn't 13, he's 7.
 
The movie version of Starship Troopers is so bad in so many ways that the famous (or infamous) nude scene is only a small part of the problem. This is one of s-f's classic stories and Hollywood screwed it three ways to Sunday. :barf: :grumpy: :mad:
 
10th Kingdom
The Last Dragon
Murder by Death
StoryTeller
Enemy Mine


as also mentioned above,
The Princess Bride

Enjoy,
G2
 
I don't know why, I enjoyed Tenth Kingdom, might've been because of the lead character, I'd had a thing for her since I saw Father of the Bride (don't ask). She wasn't too bad looking, some more honeys that caught my attention were the wee "shepard-asses". Personally, I think it needed more battle. If they make a sequel series, I would like to see the Wolf throw down. I think it is a great movie for kids.
 
i am not a fan of jackie chan you wanna show him some good martial arts, get bruce lee. i dont know if this is too violent for him but "kill bill" was good. and "crouching tiger hidden dragon". just any of those old japanese/chinese fighting movies (most you wont understand) but they are still good. hope you enjoy the surround sound.
 
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