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485381, Help me out: Classic Family Movies for Kids Under Seven? Posted by imcvspl, Sun Nov-08-09 06:02 PM
I need some help. My daughter is super sensitive. She don't want no evil villains, nobody getting hurt. Basically nothing that's going to scare her even in the least. We pretty much stopped watching movies with her cause she just can't get with it. But man there are times we all really could stand to sit down and chill with a flick for an evening.
Suggestions?
Note:
She can't fuck with Nemo cause of the sharks and the humans. She actually likes the movie, but we end up just watching scenes.
I also have a two year old. He can't fuck with clowns (I don't blame him).
Right now the best thing we got is a whole grip of Dr. Seuss movies, and even some of those are iffy and they are all too short.
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485392, how about land before time? Posted by Oak27, Sun Nov-08-09 07:57 PM
but start it after little foot's mom dies after that its pretty tame from what i remember
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485394, didn't they have a ferocous Tyrannasaurus or something Posted by Nukkapedia, Sun Nov-08-09 08:11 PM
that was trying to eat all the baby dinosaurs and served as the "bad guy"?
I haven't seen the movie since it came out, but I remember a big scary evil dinosaur.
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485395, perhaps Shrek, but its appropriateness for a seven year old is questionable. Posted by Nukkapedia, Sun Nov-08-09 08:13 PM
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485406, my kid really likes WALL-E (no real bad guy)... Posted by slp_igneous1, Sun Nov-08-09 09:48 PM
and the jungle book (disney version, really great songs) since you have a girl maybe alice in wonderland (animated versions) maybe aladdin? stuart little mary poppins is great polly (remake of pollyanna w/ keisha knight-pulliam) matilda (the principal is scary, but she gets it in the end) 101 dalmations lady and the tramp avatar the last airbender isn't a movie, but all the seasons are on dvd. it's just freakin awesome
i'll try to think of some more. the rest of these movies all have bad guys, but they aren't too bad. my kid is a big scaredy cat. i wanted to take him to see where the wild things are, but didn't want that kinda drama
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485410, I was gonna say Aladdin, but that's got some scary parts. Posted by SpookyElectric, Sun Nov-08-09 10:21 PM
At least for a little girl. It's not all Robin Williams crackin' jokes and Magic Carpet Rides.
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485429, yeah, aladdin is a little dark, but is more on the side of adventurous? Posted by slp_igneous1, Sun Nov-08-09 11:47 PM
like the cave (which is pretty cool) scenes when they are surfing on the carpet to get out. jafar is completely balanced out by the parrot, imo. i think that the bad guy in aladdin is neutralized by his sidekick, while ursula from the little mermaid just goes unchecked.
and the songs during this disney animation period were so kick ass, i think kids have a hard time not liking these movies
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485428, Totoro, though it gets a little mind-fucky at parts Posted by Whiteout, Sun Nov-08-09 11:36 PM
Um, Bedknobs and Broomsticks is a good one, along with Mary Poppins like someone else suggested.
Milo and Otis might work, but I think there were nefarious humans in it.
I'll keep thinking on it. Kind of fun to find the more innocent of the childrens movies.
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485432, Strawberry Shortcake , and The Smurfs Posted by handle, Sun Nov-08-09 11:57 PM
Those have villains (Purple Pie man and Gargamel) but they are very ineffective.
But all the "story" based things will have villains - because drama requires a protagonist and an antagonist most of the time.
Barney, Teletubbies ,Yo Gabba Gabba, Doug, etc are good for small kids like that.
But even Disney has evil villains that cna be scary , althought the villains always defeat themselves.
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485439, since we're on that... Posted by slp_igneous1, Mon Nov-09-09 12:15 AM
care bears. i don't know what the care bears were fighting against, but all they did was stare at em.
rainbow brite was cool as hell, too.
fat albert should be good.
what about ice cube's family friendly movies? dr. doolittle?
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485752, It's wild how I didn't realize this until having kids Posted by imcvspl, Tue Nov-10-09 01:09 PM
>But all the "story" based things will have villains - because >drama requires a protagonist and an antagonist most of the >time.
Is life so riddled with conflict that we must indoctrinate the youth to believe there will ALWAYS be someone out to get you? You don't have to answer that.
>Barney, Teletubbies ,Yo Gabba Gabba, Doug, etc are good for >small kids like that.
Uhhhh I said family. I gotta watch that shit too!!! lol.
>But even Disney has evil villains that cna be scary , >althought the villains always defeat themselves.
I've been really debating the value of this lesson with the mrs. of late. It's really twisted when you thnk about it. ________ <- Big PEMFin H & z's █▆▇▅▇█▇▆▄▁▃ http://avanturb.com "& there was us & there was them" © no moor joker v robin - http://is.gd/4v14K ye bitch - http://is.gd/4EzMA
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485758, if you're talking TV shows, man Posted by lonesome_d, Tue Nov-10-09 01:40 PM
>>Barney, Teletubbies ,Yo Gabba Gabba, Doug, etc are good for >>small kids like that. > >Uhhhh I said family. I gotta watch that shit too!!! lol.
WORD GIRL is the best! Very very funny, good for kids' vocabulary (my boy just tld me what 'devouring' means yesterday.)
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485449, How 'bout Disney's Robin Hood? Posted by Wrongthink, Mon Nov-09-09 12:26 AM
Prince John is just goofy, not really scary at all.
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485457, good one... that's a fun time. N/M Posted by slp_igneous1, Mon Nov-09-09 01:09 AM
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485458, oodelally! Posted by Wrongthink, Mon Nov-09-09 01:21 AM
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485653, The Red Balloon Posted by Mr. Wednesday, Mon Nov-09-09 07:52 PM
http://www.netflix.com/Movie/The_Red_Balloon/70085455?strackid=15e4462e43add184_0_srl&strkid=434051551_0_0&trkid=222336
Also, second the Robin Hood nomination.
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485659, ^ TPTPR Posted by stravinskian, Mon Nov-09-09 08:22 PM
But a good one. I loved that movie as a kid.
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485754, Unfamiliar with that acronym. n/m Posted by Mr. Wednesday, Tue Nov-10-09 01:17 PM
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485655, Dumbo! n/m Posted by dgonsh, Mon Nov-09-09 07:54 PM
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485696, Lion King Posted by ILL FLOW, Tue Nov-10-09 06:29 AM
Always a classic...
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485750, the hyenas :( Posted by imcvspl, Tue Nov-10-09 01:04 PM
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485761, fuck they scare me NOW Posted by Oak27, Tue Nov-10-09 02:33 PM
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486252, hyenas, wildebeest stampede, death in the family, fights... Posted by Nukkapedia, Thu Nov-12-09 09:54 PM
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485717, Emmet Otters Jug Band Christmas Posted by cereffusion, Tue Nov-10-09 09:46 AM
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485757, not sure how you feel about Disney, but... The Aristocats Posted by lonesome_d, Tue Nov-10-09 01:39 PM
Everybody wants to be a cat, you know.
Mary Poppins is another one. Feed the birds, and all that. not many persons of non-Caucasian hue in that one, though.
You'd also like the Elmo 'Peter & the Wolf' and I think your kids would too... The Big Bad Wolf is a lil scary, but not too bad, and he doesn't eat the duck in this version. Plus there's the overarching theme of making music and working together to do so.
Wallace & Grommet... not the Were-Rabbit (which is great, but sort of silly-scary, probably too much so), but the shorts. You can get a DVD with the 3 main ones (A Grand Day Out, The Wrong Trousers, and the one about sheep though that's probably too scary too) and a bunch of very very silly ultra-shorts. My kids love 'em.
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485772, Home Alone? Posted by Innocent Criminal, Tue Nov-10-09 03:37 PM
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485780, Ponyo? Posted by stylez dainty, Tue Nov-10-09 03:58 PM
It has some elements that could be scary in a different context, I suppose, but in the movie they're not really presented as a threat.
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485782, Bugsy Malone - Still awesome Posted by cheap skeiht killa, Tue Nov-10-09 04:00 PM
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