View Full Version : What is Your Favorite Kids Movie ?
urgeok
12-06-2006, 07:58 AM
Old - from when you were a kid
New - anything you've seen in the last 5 - 10 years
mine are:
old - The Grinch That Stole Christmas. always loved this one - the narration, the music, the seuss animation..
New - Monsters Inc ... heads and shoulders above anything else i've ever seen. Except My Neighbour Totoro - which is a pretty close second.
The Flayed One
12-06-2006, 08:07 AM
Old - Disney's Robin Hood. I still think it's the best Disney movie made (although I love Hunchback of Notre Dame as well)
New - Either Spirited Away or Nightmare Before Christmas. I love both of those movies.
The Mothman
12-06-2006, 08:22 AM
Spirited Away .idk if one would consider this a kids movie necesarily, but if so its definetly on the top of my list. I usually HATE anime, but this was an absolutely incredible film.
crabapple
12-06-2006, 08:22 AM
That's a tough one but Disney's The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad has to be one of my very favorites.
urgeok
12-06-2006, 08:24 AM
New - Either Spirited Away ....
i love this movie - but for whatever reason i dont think of it as a kids movie - the way i do for totoro
Vodstok
12-06-2006, 08:25 AM
Hmmm...
Old: I loved the transformers movie when i was a kid
New: The Incredibles. I think it's an all-around great movie.
stubbornforgey
12-06-2006, 08:38 AM
ice ages 1 and 2
pinochio
shrek
lol...the muppets :o
The Flayed One
12-06-2006, 08:41 AM
idk if one would consider this a kids movie necesarily, but if so its definetly on the top of my list. I usually HATE anime, but this was an absolutely incredible film.
i love this movie - but for whatever reason i dont think of it as a kids movie - the way i do for totoro
Is it because it's so bizarre? If we have any Asian members it'd be interesting to hear their opinion on it.
urgeok
12-06-2006, 08:49 AM
Is it because it's so bizarre? If we have any Asian members it'd be interesting to hear their opinion on it.
not so much that it's bizarre, more because i find the theme of the film to be a bit too advanced for kids ..
a kid will love the way the film looks but they wont get a lot of what's going on ..
Haunted
12-06-2006, 08:59 AM
Both Shrek films
A Nightmare Before Christmas (was that a children's film or a more tweens film)?
and...that's it
As far as anime goes (loved Spirited Away), you know, many of them start out being children's films or at least young adult, but then...something happens...
The Flayed One
12-06-2006, 09:04 AM
Both Shrek films
A Nightmare Before Christmas (was that a children's film or a more tweens film)?
You know, I almost didn't post it for that reason. It definitely would have been my type of movie when I was young.
As far as anime goes (loved Spirited Away), you know, many of them start out being children's films or at least young adult, but then...something happens...
OH NOES! TENTACLE RAPE!
crabapple
12-06-2006, 09:11 AM
Ummm...The Secret of N.I.M.H., good movie.
Spy Kids.
Oooohhhh! Mad Monster Party, a classic.
I guess this would qualify as a kids movie......
You remind me of the babe
What babe?
The babe with the power
What power?
The power of voodoo
Who do?
You do!
Do what?
You remind me of the babe!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6a/Labyrinth_movie.jpg
ShankS
12-06-2006, 11:14 AM
The Sinbad films, with the stop-motion animation. Love watching them during bank holidays.
neverending
12-06-2006, 11:18 AM
I'll agree with Labyrinth- that's a great movie!
Also:
Disney's The Sword In the Stone - An amazingly good adaptation of one of the sections of The Once and Future King.
The NeverEnding Story
Princess Bride
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T - truly bizarre film adapted from a Dr. Seuss story.
I'll probably think of more as I go along...
urgeok
12-06-2006, 12:00 PM
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T - truly bizarre film adapted from a Dr. Seuss story.
having a tought time getting into that one ..
weird thing is - i bought the laserdisc on ebay - once i did this guy who's devoted his whole life to this movie started emailing me..
Roderick Usher
12-06-2006, 12:10 PM
Love My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle, The Incredibles
really dislike Labyrinth
But my favorites are Willy Wonka, The Dark Crystal and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
My Three year-old says: Totoro, Nightmare Before Christmas & Shaun of the Dead
urgeok
12-06-2006, 12:12 PM
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
how did i forget this one !! great movie.
wasnt very keen on Howl's Moving Castle though ..
Vodstok
12-06-2006, 12:14 PM
My Three year-old says: Totoro, Nightmare Before Christmas & Shaun of the Dead
Cute Kid :)
The Incredibles had a little bit of everything, plus some great voice acting.
I think it rode that fine line between being for kids and being for adults perfectly, like old Warner Bros cartoons.
urgeok
12-06-2006, 12:22 PM
Cute Kid :)
The Incredibles had a little bit of everything, plus some great voice acting.
I think it rode that fine line between being for kids and being for adults perfectly, like old Warner Bros cartoons.
it was a great movie ..
i like Monsters Inc more though because of the ingenuity of the way they handled the 'monster in the closet'
i dont much care for either billy crystal or john goodman so thats a fair testament for how much i really like the film.
The Flayed One
12-06-2006, 12:40 PM
i like Monsters Inc more though because of the ingenuity of the way they handled the 'monster in the closet'
i dont much care for either billy crystal or john goodman so thats a fair testament for how much i really like the film.
I agree. I thought Monsters, Inc. was ingenious. I share your thoughts on Billy Crystal. He annoys me to no end. I really like John Goodman, though.
POSSIBLE SPOILERS
The most amazing thing for me was the snow scene. The individual hair movement on Sully with the clinging snowflakes was just amazing. Pixar are definitely one of the best things to ever happen to animated movies.
urgeok
12-06-2006, 12:44 PM
yeah it was gorgeous ... and the door room sequence !
what i REALLY REALLY admired was that they made a touching movie (the end had me choked up) without killing off any parents, any brothers and sisters ...etc..
unusual for a disney-related film
The Flayed One
12-06-2006, 12:48 PM
yeah it was gorgeous ... and the door room sequence !
what i REALLY REALLY admired was that they made a touching movie (the end had me choked up) without killing off any parents, any brothers and sisters ...etc..
unusual for a disney-related film
I never really thought about it that way, but now that you mention it, I completely agree. It was an honest, funny movie with sentimental moments that no one died in. That really is an accomplishment for a Disney related affair.
Vodstok
12-06-2006, 12:49 PM
The Incredibles did a lot of the same things, showing a nice, close knit family unit without being cheesy, no awful Bami's mother getting killed moments...
I LOVE the animation at the end when they take out the robot and it falls into the lake, probably the most natural looking water i have ever seen in a CGI movie.
The Flayed One
12-06-2006, 12:52 PM
The Incredibles did a lot of the same things
Pshaw. You just have a fetish for hulking CGI men in tight spandex suits:D
the_real_linda
12-06-2006, 01:31 PM
labyrinth....hands down
http://webzoom.freewebs.com/s1mpsons2005/SARAH!.JPG
urgeok
12-06-2006, 01:32 PM
I LOVE the animation at the end when they take out the robot and it falls into the lake, probably the most natural looking water i have ever seen in a CGI movie.
i noticed the water .. and it was in night-light .. very impressive
fantastic bond-like score too
the_real_linda
12-06-2006, 01:38 PM
i felt let down by the incredibles.....dont get me wrong its a good film....i have the pez dispensers of it....with the alternate ones withoout the costumes on as well
PR3SSUR3
12-06-2006, 03:29 PM
Old:-
The Black Stallion
New:-
I don't think I've seen a kids movie in recent memory. Seen clips of the likes of Cars and Toy Story and the other new animations, but no whole films. Tell a lie I saw Shrek 2, but couldn't get away with it.
Haunted
12-06-2006, 03:39 PM
I totally forgot Labrynth and thus need to be punished (Holy Grail quotes allowed). I've always said that if I were Sara, by the end of the film, I'd have been like "Fuck the kid. Let's go back to the castle."
I remember bits and pieces of The Dark Crystal. I saw it first when I was really young, didn't get it. The last time I saw it was at uni, and was really really stoned. Wasn't paying attention, and didn't get, could have, but didn't.
Anyone care to explain...? (heheheh)
Marroe
12-06-2006, 04:46 PM
I guess this would qualify as a kids movie......
You remind me of the babe
What babe?
The babe with the power
What power?
The power of voodoo
Who do?
You do!
Do what?
You remind me of the babe!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6a/Labyrinth_movie.jpg
THAT was one of the only movies that would lock me in my seat when I was really little.
The best one I have seen this year (I haven't seen many kids movies this year) is Over The Hedge.
Monsters INC., as first posted is a great one, Robots was good...uhm, I'm drawing a blank now. Damnit.
urgeok
12-06-2006, 04:48 PM
Old:-
The Black Stallion
.
the one with mickey rooney ?
gorgeous movie ..
Elvis_Christ
12-06-2006, 05:37 PM
Hmmmm probably Gremlins, Back To The Future, Raiders of the Lost Arc, Star Wars...... stuff like that. Oh yeh and The Goonies!
I used to watch Jaws just about everyday when I was a gripper. Wore that tape out! Same deal with Commando.
Haunted
12-06-2006, 05:50 PM
Those weren't kids films!!! (I got to see them anyway, but still! Of course, my mum took me to see Fatal Attraction when I was nine, but still!) Goonies was great! Great film! However, the characters "Chunk" and "Mouth" were very vulgar children, not to mention those dastardly Fertelli's!
Anyway... I knew a lot of kids who were scared by the first Gremlins film. I hate pussy kids. I loved it though.
That remark about the "pussy kids" was unfair, I know.
The Mothman
12-06-2006, 06:00 PM
i loved robocop when i was a kid. not even close to a kids movie. disturbed the living fuck out of me when i was little. it was the first hardcore violence i had ever been exposed to.
Elvis_Christ
12-06-2006, 06:41 PM
My brother would let me watch the videos him and his friends got out when he was babysitting me. I didn't watch a hell of a lot of "kids" flicks growing up. I jumped straight into shit like The Terminator and Aliens.... all those Disney style movies didn't cut it after that! I watched a bunch of 80s gang movies too which there's a bunch of I haven't been able to find since (I've been looking for a copy of Savage Streets for years).
Invaders From Mars ('86) was a movie I loved too when I saw it on TV as a kid.
Amalthea_unicorn
12-07-2006, 12:21 AM
Brother Bear
Disney's Home on the Range
Disney's The Wild
Ice Age 1 and 2
Over The Hedge
The Black Stallion
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00003ETM9.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
ManchestrMorgue
12-07-2006, 04:07 AM
The Rescuers was a favourite as a kid
tcardenas
12-07-2006, 04:29 AM
i loved and still love the little mermaid. my friends and i, at the age of 20, have nicknames for each other based on disney princesses. i am ariel.. its pretty fun. basically, as a little kid, any disney movie was my thing. i loved the little mermaid, robin hood, toy story, peter pan, anything. all good in my book.
Haunted
12-07-2006, 06:54 AM
My brother would let me watch the videos him and his friends got out when he was babysitting me. I didn't watch a hell of a lot of "kids" flicks growing up. I jumped straight into shit like The Terminator and Aliens.... all those Disney style movies didn't cut it after that! I watched a bunch of 80s gang movies too which there's a bunch of I haven't been able to find since (I've been looking for a copy of Savage Streets for years).
Invaders From Mars ('86) was a movie I loved too when I saw it on TV as a kid.
I had the proud honor of having a brother five years old than me. It was because of him that I got to watch all of the horror flics as a child. I also got to watch Commando. One of my favorite movies as a kid that was not a "kid's movie" was the "classic" Conan the Barbarian (the second one was okay the first five times I watched it). If my bro said it was cool (and he'd lie so I could see it) my parents would let me see it a la Lost Boys.
I also loved Dune as a child. That movie blew me away when I saw it.
PhilnEdee
12-07-2006, 09:05 AM
I've enjoyed alot of them lately:
Ice Age 1 and 2
Incredibles
HoodWinked
Nightmare Before Christmas and the Corpse Bride-saw it last night
didn't like Over the Hedge or The Wild too much.
the_real_linda
12-07-2006, 10:37 AM
yeah and nightmare before christmas....i still remember going to see that at the cinema with my grandad
crabapple
12-07-2006, 10:49 AM
I can't tell ya how good Disney's "Peter Pan" was when I saw it in rerelease. I'm sure my younger mentality was more open to it, but it was quite the experience.
The Flayed One
12-07-2006, 11:03 AM
Ralph Bakshi's Wizards
Have you seen Fire & Ice? That's a great one, too!
neverending
12-07-2006, 12:34 PM
I can't tell ya how good Disney's "Peter Pan" was when I saw it in rerelease. I'm sure my younger mentality was more open to it, but it was quite the experience.
That made me remember seeing the REAL Peter Pan on TV when I was a kid- the one starring Mary Martin/Cyril Ritchard. They only showed it a few times, but what a wonderful experience it was each time.
urgeok
12-07-2006, 01:22 PM
Ralph Bakshi's Wizards
i loved that one - hardly a kids movie though
stygianwitch
12-07-2006, 01:43 PM
i remember when we went to the cinema to see Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the interval came right as the car drove off the cliff, the whole screen went black.... then after a minute the lights came up, they did replay the whole scene when it came back on though
and when we saw Bedknobs and Broomsticks, my youngest brother never cracked his face or made any sign he was enjoying it, but when he tried to tell my dad about it later he couldn't talk for laughing
but my favourite kiddies films will always be Mary Poppins.... and... The Wizard of Oz
crabapple
12-07-2006, 02:13 PM
Ralph Bakshi's "American Pop" ...that's a greeeeaaaat kids' film.
Haunted
12-07-2006, 04:22 PM
I got your kids' movie:
http://www.milkandcookies.com/links/54698/
1beastieibe
12-07-2006, 06:24 PM
My favorite movie was and still is The Neverending Story...Also as a kid I loved
The Wizard
Little Monsters
Ewok Adventure
Explorers
Cloak and Dagger
E.T.
The Karate Kid
Mac and Me ect.....
I still love all of them, but I would like to mention that Spy Kids is Awesome!
Spec7ral
12-07-2006, 09:46 PM
The Neverending Story
Explorers
Cloak and Dagger
The Karate Kid
Dark crystal
Fire and ice
ghostbusters
Caveman
Inframan
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00003CWQI.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
urgeok
12-08-2006, 05:15 AM
i've got that one :)
crabapple
12-08-2006, 05:49 AM
You want to hear a really funny story? Once I went into a video store and saw a tape of "Fritz the Cat" --in the children's section.
Roderick Usher
12-08-2006, 07:40 AM
I got your kids' movie:
http://www.milkandcookies.com/links/54698/
That's AWESOME!
I got your kids' movie:
http://www.milkandcookies.com/links/54698/
Very nice:D
Roderick Usher
12-08-2006, 08:07 AM
really loved The Secret of Roan Inish and Into the West
stygianwitch
12-08-2006, 08:56 AM
I got your kids' movie:
http://www.milkandcookies.com/links/54698/
that's awesome, and very funny