"Old" movies for the kids - Page 5

JHS · 10-30-2009, 03:12 PM

Whit Stillman ought to be the official filmmaker of College Confidential, given the thoroughly Harvard-centric worldview of most of his (male) characters.

I wish he would make some more movies.

ucsd_ucla_dad · 10-30-2009, 03:26 PM

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Cabin in the Sky

I and my kids both enjoy that one - so much so that I bought it on DVD as a present for one D. For those who haven't seen it, it's a musical from 1943 with an all black (and great) cast.

garland · 10-30-2009, 03:29 PM

When they got a little older, Rocky Horror was a Halloween staple at our house, at least the somewhat tamer VH1 version.

And Little League/Softball season always meant another showing of Bull Durham, especially if someone had a bad day on the diamond.

musicamusica · 10-30-2009, 03:40 PM

JHS---FAVORITE scene from "Last Days of Disco": the deconstruction of Lady and the Tramp.

anyone interested...search youtube with the title above and "lady and the tramp"

musicamusica · 10-30-2009, 03:58 PM

"I wish he would make more movies"
Stillman says he has had trouble getting his films funded. It may be because his pictures do well on DVD, but poorly at the theaters. Also, he insists on using what are considered "unbankable" actors, like the hilarious Chris Eigeman.

Batllo · 10-30-2009, 04:22 PM

mathmom- Paper Chase for your law son

rrah · 10-30-2009, 05:05 PM

When my kids reached that "too old for Disney, too young for PG" stage I was always at a loss for appropriate movies.

Both of them love Ferris Bueller's Day Off
They've watched Blue Brothers (because it reminded me of home)
Husband encouraged them to watch some Stanley Kubrick films.
ET
All of the older Indiana Jones movies and the first Back to the Future.
DD is now a fan of the Godfather movies. She had to watch them for a class.
I'm sure there are others I'm forgetting.

Not a movie, but DS still regularly will watch "Seinfeld."

mathmom · 10-30-2009, 06:24 PM

The Right Stuff is great and so is Apollo 13. I love old westerns. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, High Noon, The Searchers...

JHS · 10-30-2009, 06:34 PM

No one in my family has ever been too old for Disney, too young for PG. (Too young for PG? When my kids were too young for PG, they were too young to sit still and watch something. And too old for Disney? I'm not too old for Disney! And see above re 20-somethings discussing Lady And The Tramp.)

thumper1 · 10-30-2009, 06:36 PM

Ruthless People....we actually own a copy of that one. I made my kids watch it and thought they just would NOT like it. BUT they did...thought Bette Midler and Danny Devito were hilarious.

What about Rocky, and Saturday Night Fever?

starbright · 10-30-2009, 07:14 PM

What a great idea for a thread! Thanks, I'm going to print this thread for good ideas!

We watch lots of movies together. Our multi-generational favorites of 'oldies' have been all the Monty Python ones (esp Life of Brian and the Holy Grail), Ferris Buller, the brat-pack movies (Breakfast Club, St. Elmo's Fire, Pretty in Pink), some classic horror films such as The Shining, and Poltergeist, classics like ET.

One that didn't seem to carry over well to this time period was Risky Business. And Amityville Horror was too scary.

A good place to look are the 'best of' lists from the 70s and 80s.

bluealien01 · 10-30-2009, 07:16 PM

Don't have any kids, but:

Young Frankenstein, Gone with the Wind, Breakfast at Tiffany's, any Alfred Hitchcock films, any Shirley Temple films, Marathon Man, Godfather movies, Scarface, the Sound of Music, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Seventh Seal, Planet of the Apes (with Charleton Heston), Wizard of Oz, The Trouble with Angels, 12 Angry Men, Gideon's Trumpet, Darby O' Gill and the Little People, The Elephant Man, Escape from Alcatraz, The Italian Job (Michael Caine), The Man in the Moon, Stand and Deliver, Wait Until Dark, To Sir With Love, Caddyshack, The Boys from Brazil, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Throw Mamma from the Train, Divorce Italian Style, Harry and the Hendersons, Hocus Pocus, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Mary Poppins, Mannequin, The Naked Gun, Nosferatu, Mr. Holland's Opus, Paperchase, Philadelphia, Rabbit-Proof Fence, Schindler's List, The Grey Zone, Rain Man, Quest for Fire, The Secret Garden, Phar Lap, Swiss Family Robinson, Where the Red Fern Grows

thumper1 · 10-30-2009, 07:19 PM

By the way...our kids have "shared" movie ideas with us too. DH and I have watched EVERY Adam Sandler movie that has been produced. Gotta say....some of them were a riot.

curiouser · 10-30-2009, 08:54 PM

THis one is for older kids, but "The Birdcage" with Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Diane Wiest and especially Hank Azaria as Agador.

Ranks up there as one of the best comedies ever, at least according to our family

2boysima · 10-30-2009, 08:56 PM

Most of my favorites have been listed...but didn't notice One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Also...my favorite chick flicks of recent times -- Pretty Woman and Working Girl

For those who like Mel Brooks....be sure to listen to the 2000 Year Old Man series of recordings. Great for listening to on road trips with older kids. Very funny comedy with no swearing until the last one (the 2000 Year old man in the year 2000.)