A post was merged into an existing topic: Miscellaneous Politics and War Posts
Watched the original Jurassic Park with the kids (15 & 11) today. CGI looks a little rough, but it’s definitely still got the jump scares when it counts.
5 Likes
Been bingeing this one. If you like Leverage or Leverage: Redemption, you’ll like this one, too.
2 Likes
Today’s “Mom & Dad’s Classics” selection was Back to the Future. Started a little rough (the setup isn’t terribly exciting for an 11 year old), but they all loved it by the end. Next up is probably Beetlejuice, as Daughter 15.4 has been asking to see it since she saw the trailer for the sequel.
Looking for a few more to add to the list. So far, I’ve got these…feel free to add to the list (its for a 15 year old and 11 year old twins):
- Three Amigos
- Spaceballs (they’re all big Star Wars fans)
- Ferris Bueller (maybe just for the older one…I don’t think the 11 year olds would like it much)
- ET
- Goonies
- Blues Brothers
- (original) Karate Kid
- Airplane
- Back to the Future 2 (and maybe 3)
- Mrs. Doubtfire
They’ve seen
- All the Star Wars (of course)
- Labyrinth (forever my guilty pleasure favorite as a Bowie fan)
- Princess Bride
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Young Frankenstein
- Back to the Future
- Jurassic Park
- Nightmare Before Christmas
- The Sandlot (they all thought this was boring)
3 Likes
How about a couple of Spielberg classics:
Indiana Jones (the original)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Poltergiest
4 Likes
I agree. Raiders of the Lost Ark is good fun. Close Encounters as well.
The issue I have is that the movies I thought were really cool when I was 11 probably wouldn’t pass muster with today’s 11 year olds. I remember really liking the Disney movie In Search of the Castaways, but the special effects of that time wouldn’t look good. One movie that I think they would like, and the special effects are amazing, especially given the year (1963) is Jason and the Argonauts.
2 Likes
A couple of John Wayne movies I liked as a kid:
The Cowboys
True Grit
A couple from the 80s
Uncle Buck
Big
3 Likes
I know there was some adult content, but I took my daughters to see A League of Their Own when they were teens.
2 Likes
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Blazing Saddles
Jaws
The Bad News Bears
Freaky Friday (Jodie Foster version)
Oh God
Grease
The Life of Brian
The Muppet Movie
The Warriors
Caddyshack
My Bodyguard
9 to 5
Superman I and II
Stripes
Time Bandits
The Man From Snowy River
Tootsie
A Christmas Story
Mr. Mom
The Outsiders
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Trading Places
National Lampoon’s Vacation
WarGames
All of Me
Beverly Hills Cop
Footloose
Romancing the Stone
The Terminator (I and II)
The Breakfast Club
Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
Real Genius
Remo Williams
Spies Like Us
Weird Science
Aliens
Big Trouble in Little China
Crocodile Dundee
Hoosiers
Little Shop of Horrors
Pretty in Pink
Ruthless People
Stand By Me
Wildcats
Can’t Buy Me Love
The Lost Boys
Raising Arizona
Big
Coming to America
A Fish Called Wanda
Heathers
I’m Gonna Get You Sucker
License to Drive
The Naked Gun
My Neighbor Totoro (and other Miyazaki films)
Stand and Deliver
They Live
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Willow
Batman (Michael Keaton version)
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Do the Right Thing
Glory
Lean on Me
Major League
Edward Scissorhands
Pump Up the Volume
Tremors
The Addams Family
City Slickers
What About Bob?
A League of Their Own
Groundhog Day
Jurassic Park
Rudy
Dumb and Dumber
This is between 1970 and 1994. I could come up with more…
4 Likes
Thanks, definitely some good ones on that list. A few I missed that they’ve already seen (Raiders, Christmas Story, Muppet Movie, Superman 1, Willy Wonka, nearly all of the Miyazaki films). Will definitely be adding Roger Rabbit and Big to my list. Big Trouble in Little China will get there eventually as well, as it’s probably my favorite 80’s adventure film.
I saw Poltergeist and Jaws at about that age (11) and they both scarred me for life. As in, I literally refuse to step foot in the ocean nearly 40 years later and still get freaked out about tree branches outside my windows. I think both of those can wait. Close Encounters gave me awful nightmares as well, so I’ll probably skip that one.
I’ve actually been quite surprised at how positively they’ve reacted to the cheesiness of some of the older films. I wanted to add Clash of the Titans to the list (one of my faves as a kid) but there’s a bit of nudity in that one that Mrs. SkinyUte wouldn’t approve of.
All great movies, but…I mentioned that they’re ELEVEN, right? 
3 Likes
Excellent choices.
How about:
Dreams, by Kurosawa
Moonrise Kingdom (coming of age movie, but appropriate - maybe not 11yo, but…otherwise quite touching)
Finding Forester
Master and Commander
Win Win
The Princess Bride
This is Spinal Tap
It’s a Mad Mad Mad World
13 Days
Apollo 13
School of Rock
Around Cape Horn (Amazing Documentary)
It’s a Wonderful Life
On The Waterfront
Tombstone
Original Planet of the Apes
The Caine Mutiny
Tora Tora Tora!
Stop Making Sense
King Richard
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (the Original)
So much to see and experience
3 Likes
It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World is outstanding.
6 Likes
Movies for bingeing…from a different tack.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Hairspray
Serial Mom
Heavy Metal
Bladerunner
My Girl
Lucas
2 Likes
Marley & Me
1 Like
The original Ninja Scroll movie from 1993 was one of the most violent, gory, and insane shows I had ever seen. A friend had a VHS copy that got passed around over and over because everyone was obsessed with it.
Its licensing rights have been in streaming hell for the past decade, but I found my old DVD copy in a box downstairs today. Happy to report that it’s still as gloriously depraved now as it was 30 years ago. lol
Today’s retro movie with the kids was “The Mask”. Yep, still hilarious. One of the twins literally fell of the couch because he was laughing so hard 
Never realized how much smoking there was. Nearly every scene has someone with a cigarette. Funny how that never even used to register and now it just looks so…weird.
4 Likes
As our whole family came down with the summer cold, we ended up watching “The Princess Bride.”
3 Likes
The change in smoking protocol and acceptability over my lifetime is astonishing.
When I was young in the late 50’s early sixties, it FELT like everyone smoked everywhere. Now, I do not recall the last time I actually saw anyone smoke (I see occasional vapers, but never anyone actually smoking.)
The first time I took a commercial airlines flight (SLC to Denver) was 1974 (I was 18), and I’m certain, I was the only person NOT smoking on the flight. I coughed for a week afterward.
6 Likes
Final climb in today’s Stage 15 of le Tour de France | Live stream
final climb is Hors catégorie (HC ) | Live Tracker
With today’s 1’12" (1’08"+04"bonus), Pogacar leads the Dane by a massive 3’09" in the GC
2 Likes