The Princess Bride
If you have seen it. You are happy to watch again. If you haven’t, you will love it.
Is there kissing?
Some day you may not mind so much.
It’s got romance, action, comedy, fantasy, safe for kids and families… Covers most groups
The fire swamp is a little intense for the little ones, but for teens and up it’s a great choice.
I think it’s fine for kids younger than teenagers. Maybe around 8 and up. By the time they are teenagers, most kids are watching anything and everything, included R-rated movies.
I wonder how I would have turned out if more sheltered growing up. I think I was around 7 when i watched Childs play and Nightmare on Elm Street. Then here you are saying some flames killing a fake looking big rat might be too scary for kids.
I watched The Neverending Story in my 30’s and realized the Artax scene had caused me decades of nightmares.
I just heard an interesting fan theory, that the scene with Artax and the swamp represents being unable to help a friend or family member through depression. That for the friend it can be perplexing (move or you’ll die!), but it’s so hard to do anything for a depressed person in a slump.
Even funnier since I ended up being metaphorical Artax.
My husband has a close friend who’s currently going through a rough patch. We know our Artax will pull through, but it’s going to be hard going for a while. Meanwhile my husband is trying to at least keep in touch.
It’s all you can do sometimes. When the darkness sets in for me I can’t recognize the light. I’m starting to break out of it somewhat, but there’s a lot of self hate still etched in. It does kind of improve once you’re on the other side.
Oh yeah. Nothing like a painful death by drowning in a swamp pit that you led your horse/pet/friend into. Did not expect that to go down.
I watched all that stuff as a kid too, I remember having nightmares for weeks over Children of the Corn. I want to avoid that with my kid and let her choose when to watch that stuff.
Oh, I chose to watch it all. It’s just that my parents allowed it. Lol
Oddly enough, the only thing that I ever remember getting nightmares about was an alien abduction movie called “fire in the Sky” that said it was based on a true story. That one kept me up at night.
Fifth Element
It has the multi pass to everyone’s heart.
Super green.
Korben my man. I-I-I-I have no fire.
That’s what I was thinking
The largest indoor explosion ever recorded on camera, I believe.
Princess bride
I can’t believe how far down this is.
Jokes on you. Right now it’s the number one and number 3 spot on the list.
Almost as if the list changes…
If kids are around, probably Howl’s Moving Castle or another Studio Ghibli movie.
If I am gearing for adults, a comedy like Chef where the premise is lighthearted but not a total snooze fest.
another Studio Ghibli
Grave of the Fireflies it is!
Sadness entered the chat…
Chef actually made me want to go to culinary school, and what drove me to pursue food service work in general.
Those movies are so great. Probably stick with the G and PG options if there’s a young kid in the mix (thinking of Princess Mononoke, which is PG-13, IIRC). The PG ones often have just the right amount of “safe-scary” elements that it absolutely grabs their attention. Great movies for grown-up/kid conversation-starters to boot, just due to the deep, rich, human themes they explore.
My two year old daughter loves My Neighbor Totoro, we even got her a giant Totoro stuffy for Christmas.
Human centipede.
You just said “vibes”, not “good vibes”.
Costume design was a highlight
This comment is such a Red Flag :-)
Is that a line from the Tom Cardy’s song? I definitely heard that before, somewhere.
Red flags
This reminds me of one definition of art: that it creates an emotion or reaction in the viewer.
Not that this movie in particular is art lol. Feels like a fetish film, if anything.
Art as an experience by John Dewey (not that one, or the other one) would probably agree it is art
But not the tame first one. Sandpaper wanking baby squisher or bust!
Sandpaper wanking baby squisher or bust!
…is not a good sign to hold up while hitchhiking.
Back To the Future
Watched recently with my 8 year old and while it’s certainly still a justifiable classic, there’s still some things that are pretty problematic in this movie that made it a challenging watch with a kid…
Like incest, sexual assault, voyeurism, terrorism, and time paradoxes?
And machine-gunning the Doc.
Nope. Leaded gas
Right BTTF is well known for glorifying all of these things
Still have to explain them.
Papa, what’s “making out”? Eww, kissing.
Just made plans to go to a drive in theatre near me to watch all 3 movies
The Incredibles or Megamind
Got Superheros? Check.
Got Supervillain? Check.
For kids? Check.
Fun for adult as well? Check.
Non-marvel/DC? Check.
It’s perfect.
Megamind. Just Megamind. The Incredibles is good, but Megamind is first class.
Megamind is far more rewatchable than Incredibles
I politely disrespect your opinion
Correct. In my opinion, Megamind relies a bit too much on the humor, which is still pretty great and holds up however many years later.
But Incredibles relies more on the story and dynamics of the family, and imo will hold up through time a bit better for that.
I love both though.
Hell, I’m always down to watch Incredibles just for the soundtrack and Edna Mode.
I came to say the Incredibles as well! Heartwarming, funny, quotable, great music, good for kids and adults. A real masterpiece
Monty Python’s Life of Brian.
Whoever doesn’t like it can leave.I prefer the holy grail but life of Brian is also a top movie
My personal favorite is The Meaning Of Life. Not sure where that puts me.
Clue - it’s got a little bit for everyone.
Plenty of adult jokes and themes that toe the line, but subtle enough to go over the head of any kid that doesn’t already get it.
Honestly, the most objectionable thing for hyper-conservatives would probably be Yvette’s cleavage.
Where tf are all my The Mummy (1999) stans???
Saw it on the big screen last night at the drive in. Flawless as always.
Is playing this weekend in a local theatre
Hook. It’s always Hook.
That movie has a 29% rotten tomato rating…
How the fuck?
Rotten Tomatoes is, and always has been, an absolutely abysmal place to go to find out if a movie is good.
Plex uses it other than that I don’t give them a click
Aren’t those tomato meter scores the aggregate of critic reviews? On cult classics, low-brow, or franchises with baggage, the user reviews are way more likely to match the vibe of a movie.
Funnily enough, it’s almost the complete opposite for independent movies made for “film people”. Or plots that require critical thinking or deep attention (the latter is my own Achilles’ heel)–where the user score is garbage, but the critic score (and thus, the tomato meter) is more likely to match your own (if you’re into movies like that).
Hook! Hook! Give us the Hook! Hook! Hook! Show us the Hook!
Young Frankenstein.
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It’s Frankenstein!
Blücher!
horse whinnies in the distance
Recently had a movie night where we watched Oscar. Only one person (the person that wanted to watch it) had seen it before, but it was their birthday, so we all sat down to watch. It is a fantastic comedy of errors movie with Sylvester Stallone. None of us could believe that we had never even heard of it before, because we all loved it so much, and laughed so frequently. Fantastic movie night movie. I can’t recommend it enough.
I watched that when it was released, and I can’t remember that much about it. But I do remember everyone in the theater just laughing our asses off. For some reason I always kind of put in the same basket as Men at Work.
Golf clap?
Excellent suggestion. One of my favorites.
I love finding those excellent movies that have somehow floated just below the surface of the consciousness of my sphere of community.
3 nominations for the Razzie?
Wildly undeserved IMO.
Kung fu hustle
Kung Pow.
I once forgot the name of this movie, but remembered the “one clean chunk” line and immediately found it again.
I’ve used this movie for movie night multiple times and people who come always love it!
What the F?
Where!?
Probably pornhub.
