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Mouse Hunt is on Netflix and is pretty much tailor made for 7-9yr olds. It's also one of Christopher Walken's best roles, so there's that.
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:A lot of goons had hosed up childhoods and watched stuff like Alien at age 8 and think that's normal and healthy. Plenty of 8 year olds can handle Alien. That's not a "goon" thing, especially if you're over 30 and didn't have parents that were terrified of showing you anything but Thundercats.
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Jul 9, 2015 22:28
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Robocop was my first movie I truly remember loving, and I saw that when I was like 8. I was never able to get the image of the acid man exploding after getting hit by a van out of my head though.
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Jul 9, 2015 22:39
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When did Rocky get put back up on Netflix? If you haven't seen it, you should definitely watch it. It's a great drama, and more than lives up to its legacy as a classic.
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Jul 9, 2015 23:36
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The_Rob posted:Robocop was my first movie I truly remember loving, and I saw that when I was like 8. I was never able to get the image of the acid man exploding after getting hit by a van out of my head though. The Dark Crystal scared the poo poo out of me when I was little. I still don't like it. If you want some nostalgia check out old Disney stuff and the like, My Friend Flicka, Black Beauty, Old Yeller, Shane (yes I know they're not all kid movies or Disney)... If you can find Swamp Fox, you can teach them about the American Revolution for instance! And Tail-Spin. Force them to watch every episode.
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Jul 9, 2015 23:49
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Watch UHF. It's on Prime and it's $3 bucks on google and amazon etc. This movie was extremely formative to my entire sense of humor.
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Jul 10, 2015 01:11
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Gilok posted:Watch UHF. It's on Prime and it's $3 bucks on google and amazon etc. This movie was extremely formative to my entire sense of humor. Yeah great movie
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Jul 10, 2015 01:17
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Gilok posted:Watch UHF. It's on Prime and it's $3 bucks on google and amazon etc. This movie was extremely formative to my entire sense of humor. I love UHF but if you're planning on showing it to young kids they wouldn't get like 90% of the jokes since they're all parodies of 80s movies and TV shows.
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Sleeveless posted:I love UHF but if you're planning on showing it to young kids they wouldn't get like 90% of the jokes since they're all parodies of 80s movies and TV shows. When you're a kid a lot of that stuff goes over your head but it works anyway because you accept it as it is. The constant Peter Lorre caricatures in old Bugs Bunny cartoons just become "that creepy guy with the eyes." A kid watching UHF doesn't have to know Conan the Barbarian to find a big warrior working in a library funny. In fact, a kid watching UHF probably wouldn't even think to ask what the hell a UHF station is.
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Jul 10, 2015 02:06
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James and the Giant Peach was a great suggestion. I really liked Hook as a kid, which is on Netflix. Or, drink some cough syrup with them and watch Fantasia.
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Jul 10, 2015 02:25
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit is on netflix. The Iron Giant is only $3 on amazon as well.
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Alterian posted:The Iron Giant is only $3 on amazon as well. Yes, let's trade terror tears for genuine sadness tears.
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Jul 10, 2015 04:04
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Brad Bird wrote one of the textbooks I had to use in college and referenced the Iron Giant a lot in it so we watched it during class at the beginning of the semester. I knew it was coming and I had to stab myself in the leg with a pencil to keep myself from crying in front of the other students.
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Jul 10, 2015 04:12
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Brad Bird is pulling a George Lucas and re-releasing The Iron Giant in theaters this fall with some new scenes added so, uh, get hype?
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Jul 10, 2015 05:11
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How does The Rocketeer never get any love, ever? That movie ruled when I was a kid, and it rules now that I have my own kids.
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Jul 10, 2015 05:52
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The Wrath of Kahn is the movie that terrified me as a kid after seeing it in the theater. I'd flip out anytime a bug got near my ear thinking it would crawl into my ear and eat my brain. Buckaroo Banzai might be a good one for nostalgic purposes if it's still streaming. I loved that movie when I saw it in the theater.
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Jul 10, 2015 06:08
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Know How is an extremely ambitious, exceptionally staged adaptation of a musical written and performed by seven NYC teenagers in foster care. You should watch it. This is real independent cinema. The real down and out of living in the invisible margins of 'mainstream' society.
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Jul 10, 2015 06:47
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I'm not sure if the question's been asked, but I gotta know. Is there any real garbage I should check out? Every now and then I get in a mood to watch something terrible.
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Jul 10, 2015 06:49
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nerdman42 posted:I'm not sure if the question's been asked, but I gotta know. Is there any real garbage I should check out? Every now and then I get in a mood to watch something terrible. In order from "just kind of sad and awful" to "actually kind of endearingly bad" to "the type of bad that can only come from a singular vision, that then becomes actually quite good": - Mysterious Ways - Bad Hair Day - Parallels - Avengers Grimm - Bad Asses on the Bayou
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Jul 10, 2015 06:55
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I had my own copy of terminator 2 on vhs when I was 8 years old. I turned out....alright... I recommend Roger Rabbit
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Jul 10, 2015 07:12
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Aliens and Terminator 2 are great films to show nieces and nephews when they're about 12-13 if you want to cement your legacy as Coolest Uncle Ever.
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Jul 10, 2015 10:35
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In the same vein of Labyrinth and Dark Crystal, there's always The Neverending Story. I loved that movie as a child, even though the wolf monster scares me. It holds up very well, and it's themes have become more relevant than ever.
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Jul 10, 2015 13:04
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Brocktoon posted:The wife and I have our niece and nephew (7 and 9) coming over for a sleepover tomorrow night, and we're looking for something nostalgic to stream. The last couple times they were over we watched The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth. Everythign we've though of so far (Princess Bride, Back To The Future, Jurassic Park...) isn't available on Amazon or Netflix (for free, at least). Any good suggestions? Disney's Robin Hood! It's on Netflix.
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Jul 10, 2015 15:05
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precision posted:Plenty of 8 year olds can handle Alien. That's not a "goon" thing, especially if you're over 30 and didn't have parents that were terrified of showing you anything but Thundercats. Lol this is crazy talk. Yeah let's show our 7 & 9 year old niece and nephew one of the scariest horror films ever made, their parents will love us for the week of sleepless nights we've given them. stickyfngrdboy fucked around with this message at 16:24 on Jul 10, 2015 |
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Jul 10, 2015 16:22
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Yeah, your job as a parent probably isn't to toughen your kids up by having them watch poo poo burst out of people's chests.
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Jul 10, 2015 16:28
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I watched Alien as a kid and I turned out terrible.
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Jul 10, 2015 16:38
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If it's someone else's kids then it's not really your decision to make anyhow. Sand Monster posted:Disney's Robin Hood! It's on Netflix. This is a pretty good answer, I think.
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Jul 10, 2015 16:39
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I watched Alien with my 1 year old sitting on my lap, he thought it was funny.
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Jul 10, 2015 16:45
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Banshee Season 1 is on Amazon Prime and I heartily recommend it as better than the sum of its parts. B-television on a premium channel, over-the-top sex & violence, acting quality all over the place, but it's still awesome because you get the sense of the actors and film makers are having fun.
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Jul 10, 2015 17:10
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Snow on tha Bluff is interesting even though I can't understand more than one word in ten.
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Jul 10, 2015 17:17
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Erebus posted:A kid watching UHF doesn't have to know Conan the Barbarian to find a big warrior working in a library funny. DON'T YOU KNOW THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM?? I love UHF
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stickyfngrdboy posted:Lol this is crazy talk. Yeah let's show our 7 & 9 year old niece and nephew one of the scariest horror films ever made, their parents will love us for the week of sleepless nights we've given them. I didn't mean "show American Psycho to your toddler", I meant that it's not some bizarre unheard-of thing that there are kids who can watch sci-fi/horror movies at 8 years old. Like, most kids I knew growing up had watched poo poo like Alien, Friday the 13th, Halloween, etc. The only thing that scared me growing up was the dark corner of the basement. 
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Jul 10, 2015 19:21
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Horror movies are best when you're a kid as they're actually scary as poo poo.
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hemale in pain posted:Horror movies are best when you're a kid as they're actually scary as poo poo. Also when you're not supposed to be seeing them, not when Cool Dad sits you down to introduce you to Star Wars or what have you.
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Jul 10, 2015 19:50
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I swapped out our baby Beethoven tapes for the audio of Alien to play to our baby in-utero. Start them early, am I right? Although should I be concerned I'm encouraging a c-section? Actual relevant anecdote: saw Jaws at 6 at the friend's house whose parents had given up. That jump scare of the dude's floating eye gave me nightmares.
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Jul 10, 2015 20:00
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Joose Caboose posted:DON'T YOU KNOW THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM?? I watched it with my four year old last week, and he was amused. He wasn't in the room during the Rambo and Conan scenes though. He's got a big problem with watching violence and then acting it out on his friends, so I try to keep him away from that.
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Cocoa Ninja posted:I swapped out our baby Beethoven tapes for the audio of Alien to play to our baby in-utero. Start them early, am I right?  lost it at this.
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When I was 4 my grandparents took me to a drive-in double feature: Ghost Story and The Blue Lagoon In retrospect, this explains everything about me. edit: poo poo yes, WarGames is on Netflix precision fucked around with this message at 23:15 on Jul 10, 2015 |
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Jul 10, 2015 22:48
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knows a black guy posted:How does The Rocketeer never get any love, ever? That movie ruled when I was a kid, and it rules now that I have my own kids. I don't get it either. That movie rocks and just this weekend I uncovered my copy of the comics that were released around the same time. They really put a lot of effort into those as well.
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The Rocketeer is probably the film that I most lament never getting made into a franchise. Disney was apparently banking on it being their Indiana Jones until the box office results came in.
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