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Sun Sep-04-11 11:42 PM
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Most R17+ are suitable for 15 year olds. The MPAA rating system is seriously outmoded compared to the BBFC and OFLC (Australia)
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| -Are movies at all useful in a child's development? |
RandySF |
Sep-04-11 09:37 PM |
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What movies did you see growing up? |
Brickbat |
Sep-04-11 09:43 PM |
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Not many |
RandySF |
Sep-04-11 09:46 PM |
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Do you watch films now? We don't watch a lot of movies, but the kids manage to see a lot of |
Brickbat |
Sep-04-11 09:49 PM |
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I do plan to make him watch "Saving Private Ryan" when he's about 17. |
RandySF |
Sep-04-11 09:57 PM |
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What movies do you enjoy? |
Brickbat |
Sep-04-11 10:00 PM |
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Make it 15 |
Jkid |
Sep-04-11 11:42 PM |
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Again, five is a difficult age since not all kids can follow a long plot - |
hedgehog |
Sep-05-11 09:35 AM |
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he won't sleep till he's 18 |
lame54 |
Sep-05-11 03:36 PM |
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I think they're virtually inescapable, but can be useful, I would recommend... |
BNJMN |
Sep-04-11 09:45 PM |
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My girl loved Matilda around that age |
lunasun |
Sep-04-11 09:51 PM |
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Oh yes, Matilda is great! |
hedgehog |
Sep-04-11 09:59 PM |
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aaaalllllll the roald dahl movies. |
mopinko |
Sep-06-11 11:10 AM |
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. |
Zanzoobar |
Sep-04-11 09:53 PM |
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also Dirty Harry |
BOG PERSON |
Sep-05-11 03:47 PM |
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I'm having a hard time thinking of movies for a 5 year old - there are a lot of historical |
hedgehog |
Sep-04-11 09:58 PM |
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Not just at five. |
RandySF |
Sep-04-11 09:59 PM |
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Is Planes, trains and automobiles too harsh for a kid? |
hedgehog |
Sep-04-11 10:01 PM |
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My kid loved The Princess Bride when she was five. |
gkhouston |
Sep-04-11 11:03 PM |
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That story was priceless |
demwing |
Sep-05-11 02:41 AM |
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The Red Balloon, old Disney, Brian's Song, Born Free, The Miracle Worker, Charlotte's Web... |
WorseBeforeBetter |
Sep-04-11 10:12 PM |
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I used to think so, but I no longer do. If I had a child, which I don't, I wouldn't let him/her |
DrunkenBoat |
Sep-04-11 10:14 PM |
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I know a fellow |
blogslut |
Sep-04-11 10:23 PM |
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land before time, little bear, magic school bus, veggie tales. |
seabeyond |
Sep-04-11 10:35 PM |
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just talked to 3 teenage boys. ah, that was fun. the classic disneys stayed with them |
seabeyond |
Sep-04-11 10:45 PM |
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No Veggie Tales unless you are for religious indoctrination. |
MessiahRp |
Sep-05-11 02:56 AM |
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i disagree |
seabeyond |
Sep-05-11 09:23 AM |
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Telling kids that fairy tales are real life and that faith in such is somehow going to help them is |
MessiahRp |
Sep-05-11 02:10 PM |
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leave the religion out and have a discussion on confidence. the video |
seabeyond |
Sep-05-11 02:30 PM |
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Yes. Nemo, Fantasia, Wizard of Oz, Babe, Babe, Pig in the City, |
msanthrope |
Sep-04-11 10:38 PM |
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I just watched my two year old nephew see StarWars. It was an utter delight.. |
Itchinjim |
Sep-04-11 10:42 PM |
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Our three-year-old lives and breathes Star Wars. |
Codeine |
Sep-05-11 06:52 AM |
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I think so, absolutely. |
InvisibleTouch |
Sep-04-11 11:00 PM |
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maybe classic Disney stuff. |
aikoaiko |
Sep-04-11 11:08 PM |
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yes |
BOG PERSON |
Sep-05-11 04:05 PM |
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Dumbo is about bigotry and bullying. How to be happy being yourself instead. |
uppityperson |
Sep-05-11 04:18 PM |
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WallE is an amazing movie |
proud patriot |
Sep-05-11 07:09 PM |
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Yes. Definitely. |
wickerwoman |
Sep-04-11 11:18 PM |
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Rabbit Proof Fence and Billy Elliot -- excellent choices. |
WorseBeforeBetter |
Sep-04-11 11:39 PM |
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Billy Elliot is wonderful. You'll end up having to explain some, most likely, but it is just |
uppityperson |
Sep-05-11 04:19 PM |
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The Incredible Journey (1963) |
MilesColtrane |
Sep-04-11 11:47 PM |
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Star wars. |
MissB |
Sep-04-11 11:56 PM |
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My child's favorite movie from age 3 on |
bengalherder |
Sep-05-11 01:58 AM |
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some movies kick start the imagination |
demwing |
Sep-05-11 02:38 AM |
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I watched "Dementia 13", the first movie of Francis Ford Coppola at age 6. |
no_hypocrisy |
Sep-05-11 06:42 AM |
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I loved those goofy Supermarionette movies as a kid |
Codeine |
Sep-05-11 06:55 AM |
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I have two important points to add: |
surrealAmerican |
Sep-05-11 07:10 AM |
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Reading and conversations are a lot more useful. |
LWolf |
Sep-05-11 03:01 PM |
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I agree...books have been around |
pipi_k |
Sep-05-11 04:27 PM |
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Books are interactive. |
LWolf |
Sep-05-11 07:01 PM |
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Not much. nt |
bemildred |
Sep-05-11 03:37 PM |
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show your kid david lynch's The Straight Story |
BOG PERSON |
Sep-05-11 03:57 PM |
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this is just friendly advice, as i am no authority on parenting |
BOG PERSON |
Sep-05-11 04:12 PM |
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Can't agree at all with most of your first sentence. (Superman rules, though) |
AverageJoe90 |
Sep-05-11 04:26 PM |
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i guess x-men are okay |
BOG PERSON |
Sep-05-11 05:54 PM |
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That may be true to a point, in the case of the latter.......... |
AverageJoe90 |
Sep-06-11 11:08 AM |
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I saw Star Wars... |
a la izquierda |
Sep-05-11 04:29 PM |
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My 5 yr old son really got into the Jurassic Park trilogy. It kicked off a love affair w/dinosaurs |
aikoaiko |
Sep-05-11 06:27 PM |
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They do love Dino's at that age |
proud patriot |
Sep-05-11 07:07 PM |
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The childhood movies I remember are - Yellow Submarine, Bambi, Jungle Book |
haele |
Sep-05-11 07:05 PM |
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If timed correctly yes |
proud patriot |
Sep-05-11 07:05 PM |
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kids need stories. from wherever. faves- |
mopinko |
Sep-06-11 11:13 AM |
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I was a movie geek when I was a kid and led me to a career in film... |
Javaman |
Sep-06-11 11:18 AM |
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Musicals. |
Wait Wut |
Sep-06-11 11:21 AM |
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