Movie Theater Need some recommendations: films for young boys 1st - 3rd grade
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Asked my two youngest (16 & 14) to help with the task:
Captain Ron
Overboard
Uncle Buck
Tommy Boy
Ferris Bueller
Shooter
Odd Thomas
Holy Grail
Naked Gun
Indiana Jones 1-4
Captain Ron
Overboard
Uncle Buck
Tommy Boy
Ferris Bueller
Shooter
Odd Thomas
Holy Grail
Naked Gun
Indiana Jones 1-4
I just want them to see cool movies that will help add value and entertainment.
Stuff that makes them want to go on their own adventures. They really are the coolest dudes.
Just re watched the trailer. Might have to grab my bro and the kids to watch it, he’s their funcle too.
Already hit purchase on Amazon
Bolt
Bolt is a funny animated film about a dog who thinks he has superpowers. It is also a movie about friendship, perseverance, and the power of believing in oneself. Everyone knows that superheroes on television are not real, but super-dog Bolt (John Travolta) is a canine star who has been carefully raised to believe that he really possesses superpowers. Bolt is completely devoted to his human co-star Penny (Miley Cyrus), so when Penny is captured by the evil Dr. Calico (Malcolm McDowell) in their latest television episode and then Bolt accidentally gets loose in the real world, Bolt sets off on a journey to save her. Bolt is confounded when his super powers are suddenly ineffective, but inspiration strikes and Bolt quickly discovers the mysterious, power-stealing effects of Styrofoam packing peanuts. An encounter with alley cat Mittens (Susie Essman) gives Bolt some eye-opening lessons about being a real dog in the real world, while star-struck, ball-enclosed hamster Rhino (Mark Walton) revels in the opportunity to serve as Bolt's sidekick in the quest to rescue Penny. The trio traverses the United States from waffle house to waffle house on a hysterical quest to find Penny and prove that the relationship between Penny and Bolt is real. In the end, Bolt, Mittens, and Rhino learn that everyone is special in their own way and they discover the true power of believing in oneself and one's friends. Select theaters showed Bolt in Real-D 3-D which features some nice effects, but the film is probably equally enjoyable in the traditional format. A fun film with a nice message and a huge dose of cute, Bolt is good entertainment for the entire family. --Tami Horiuchi
Bolt is a funny animated film about a dog who thinks he has superpowers. It is also a movie about friendship, perseverance, and the power of believing in oneself. Everyone knows that superheroes on television are not real, but super-dog Bolt (John Travolta) is a canine star who has been carefully raised to believe that he really possesses superpowers. Bolt is completely devoted to his human co-star Penny (Miley Cyrus), so when Penny is captured by the evil Dr. Calico (Malcolm McDowell) in their latest television episode and then Bolt accidentally gets loose in the real world, Bolt sets off on a journey to save her. Bolt is confounded when his super powers are suddenly ineffective, but inspiration strikes and Bolt quickly discovers the mysterious, power-stealing effects of Styrofoam packing peanuts. An encounter with alley cat Mittens (Susie Essman) gives Bolt some eye-opening lessons about being a real dog in the real world, while star-struck, ball-enclosed hamster Rhino (Mark Walton) revels in the opportunity to serve as Bolt's sidekick in the quest to rescue Penny. The trio traverses the United States from waffle house to waffle house on a hysterical quest to find Penny and prove that the relationship between Penny and Bolt is real. In the end, Bolt, Mittens, and Rhino learn that everyone is special in their own way and they discover the true power of believing in oneself and one's friends. Select theaters showed Bolt in Real-D 3-D which features some nice effects, but the film is probably equally enjoyable in the traditional format. A fun film with a nice message and a huge dose of cute, Bolt is good entertainment for the entire family. --Tami Horiuchi
Secondhand Lions is a great film.
Uncle Buck
The Goonies
The Great Outdoors. When the bear breaks into the cabin is hilarious.
Uncle Buck
The Goonies
The Great Outdoors. When the bear breaks into the cabin is hilarious.
Second Hand Lions is a great choice. Robert Duvall, Michael Caine, and Haley Joel Osment. Stellar cast, and the storyline of two has-been, real-life former bad-a$$ heroes (that no one really believes, but they were) struggling to figure out how to deal with this kid that's been dropped-off into their laps to take care of without their actual consent, neither having any experience in dealing with kids. Awesome movie.
The Princess Bride - it seems like I find something nearly every day to apply a quote from that movie to. No kids in the story, but it's a Fairy Tale as being told to a kid (Fred Savage) by his Grandfather (Peter Falk, aka Columbo). We were sitting around the table tonight and quotes from that movie were being thrown out. "Inconthievable!" "Bye! Have a good time storming the castle!" "He's only mostly dead." And who could ever forget, "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
The Goonies - I had low expectations when I went to see it at the theater. I was pleasantly surprised. Ultimate kid adventure movie.
The Princess Bride - it seems like I find something nearly every day to apply a quote from that movie to. No kids in the story, but it's a Fairy Tale as being told to a kid (Fred Savage) by his Grandfather (Peter Falk, aka Columbo). We were sitting around the table tonight and quotes from that movie were being thrown out. "Inconthievable!" "Bye! Have a good time storming the castle!" "He's only mostly dead." And who could ever forget, "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
The Goonies - I had low expectations when I went to see it at the theater. I was pleasantly surprised. Ultimate kid adventure movie.
The Princess Bride was a great film.
Great scene from Secondhand Lions:
Great scene from Secondhand Lions:
Ben Hurr (1959)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) followed immediately by either Disney's 1973 Robin Hood or .......Robin Hood: Men in Tights.
The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) followed immediately by either Disney's 1973 Robin Hood or .......Robin Hood: Men in Tights.
You all made me want to watch the last starfighter. And go back to 1984. I was 9
Johnny Tremaine
The swamp Fox
The shot heard round the World
Tugger, the Jeep who wanted to Fly.
Chitty chitty bang bang
Herbie the Love Bug
Cars
Rattatoulli
Max the Mouse (cartoons… but all about history)
Lots of good old Disney before they went all pedo… you can generally find on DVD
Sirhr
The swamp Fox
The shot heard round the World
Tugger, the Jeep who wanted to Fly.
Chitty chitty bang bang
Herbie the Love Bug
Cars
Rattatoulli
Max the Mouse (cartoons… but all about history)
Lots of good old Disney before they went all pedo… you can generally find on DVD
Sirhr
And definitely second the Right Stuff, The Man from Snowy River.
The Natural is also excellent but may be for older.
Cheers!!
The Natural is also excellent but may be for older.
Cheers!!
Ben Hurr. One of my dad's favorites. Watched that one several times in my childhood. That, and Jeremiah Johnson.Ben Hurr (1959)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) followed immediately by either Disney's 1973 Robin Hood or .......Robin Hood: Men in Tights.
What was the movie with Dennis Quaid where he played the high school teacher from Texas that went to professional baseball ? That was a good one also.
My son watched the man from snowy river a few weeks ago at deer camp. He loved it. I probably haven't seen that movie since my own childhood. That movie was responsible for my entire family getting into horses. Lol.
One of my favorites that my girls used to watch when they were younger was Spirit.
This one. Absolutely awesome B movie.
Second on Flight of the Navigator and The Last Starfighter
I took my twin boys (aged 10) to see The Wild Robot this weekend and it was quite good. No craziness, positive male characters, a good message about the importance of being a parent.
It is the type of movie that could have been made 30 years ago.
I took my twin boys (aged 10) to see The Wild Robot this weekend and it was quite good. No craziness, positive male characters, a good message about the importance of being a parent.
It is the type of movie that could have been made 30 years ago.
300 and Team America: World Police... show them how to be tough and then how to have a sense of humor! You're welcome!
My youngest was terrified that I was going to send him to the agoge at 7yrs old.
My youngest was terrified that I was going to send him to the agoge at 7yrs old.
How about a double feature with the afore mentioned The Cowboys with John Wayne and the movie Dunkirk?
I’ve seen many favorites here:
John Wayne; Rio Lobo, Eldorado, Mc Clintock, Rio Bravo, Donovan’s Reef, and Hatari. Fun as a child, and as I grew up, I got more and more depth with each watching.
The Conan the Barbarian movies
Princess Bride
The Thunderbirds (70’s Japanese animatronics)
James Bond, esp the older ones (Sean Connery)
John Wayne; Rio Lobo, Eldorado, Mc Clintock, Rio Bravo, Donovan’s Reef, and Hatari. Fun as a child, and as I grew up, I got more and more depth with each watching.
The Conan the Barbarian movies
Princess Bride
The Thunderbirds (70’s Japanese animatronics)
James Bond, esp the older ones (Sean Connery)
On that front... Born Free is always amazing.
And they may be a bit young for it... but the original 'Flight of the Phoenix' with Jimmy Stewart and Hardy Kreuger is one of the best movies ever!
Sirhr
The Cowboys and The Shootist double feature...
And can't go wrong with Rooster Cogburn or The War Wagon!
Get them interested in Gatling Guns early!
Cheers,
Sirhr
And while we're at it... I know they are too young for books. But start them reading as soon as you can and get them great books...
Because if they grow up attached to screens... then they will never know the magic of printed words on paper...
Sirhr
Because if they grow up attached to screens... then they will never know the magic of printed words on paper...
Sirhr
DAAyumm, dude! You're older than dirt... Hal somebody, Sebastion Cabot, and Leslie Nielsen when they were young?!? and so was I.
"Swamp Fox, Swamp Fox, hidin' in the glen, nobody knows where the Swamp Fox been... " I can still hear the theme music.
I'll add 'Seabiscuit' (from ~2002?).
I was 11 when we celebrated the Bicentennial... so probably saw Johnny Tremain when I was about 6... It affected me!
Oh and back then the "Bi" Centennial did not involve chopping your dick off or dating a 'dude' from Thailand.
Back then it meant 200 years of Awesome!! Despite that weasel Jimmy Carter...
Cheers,
Sirhr
PS. And I'm about to ride across another Continent... I'm not even close to old!
I love many of the older movies recommended here.
I recommendusing the parents' guide on IMDB.com to review any movies and applying adult critical judgment. As an example here's the page for John Wayne's The Cowboys which IMDB says might get a PG-13 these days (I'm not recommending against it, just providing an example). Only you can decide how much innocence to squish at a time, or how the kids will react. Also, most modern movies promote the modernist agenda too, one of which is the elevation of animals to human status by anthropomorphism, which supports the anti-hunting crowd.
I also second @sirhrmechanic in post #93 regarding books. Almost all movies, even from a long time ago have very short scenes and condition(ed) us towards instant gratification and require very little intellectualeffort. Brains raised on video have very real difficulty slowing down to comprehend written adventures (and written text books and written history and written law ... ).
The book The Death of Christian Culture by John Senior (1978) has an appendix of the "Thousand Good Books" that provide a childhood foundation that allows adults to appreciate the Great Books. It's organized by age, beginning at age 2 (listening and viewing incredible illustrations of course). Examples:
The Nursery: Kipling (Jungle Book), Hans Christian Anderson, Aesop Fables, Belloc, Caldecott
School Days: Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Robert Browning, Edgar Rice Burroughs (Tarzan +), James Fenimore Cooper, Defoe (Crusoe), Kipling again (Captains Courageous), Jules Verne, Mark Twain
Adolescence: Wilkie Collins, Dickens, Sir Arthur Doyle, Zane Grey, Marco Polo, Edgar Wallace, HG Wells
Youth: Chekhov, Chesterton, Joseph Conrad, WH Hudson, Tolstoy
etc.
PM and I'll email your age specific section or buy Senior's book.
I recommendusing the parents' guide on IMDB.com to review any movies and applying adult critical judgment. As an example here's the page for John Wayne's The Cowboys which IMDB says might get a PG-13 these days (I'm not recommending against it, just providing an example). Only you can decide how much innocence to squish at a time, or how the kids will react. Also, most modern movies promote the modernist agenda too, one of which is the elevation of animals to human status by anthropomorphism, which supports the anti-hunting crowd.
I also second @sirhrmechanic in post #93 regarding books. Almost all movies, even from a long time ago have very short scenes and condition(ed) us towards instant gratification and require very little intellectualeffort. Brains raised on video have very real difficulty slowing down to comprehend written adventures (and written text books and written history and written law ... ).
The book The Death of Christian Culture by John Senior (1978) has an appendix of the "Thousand Good Books" that provide a childhood foundation that allows adults to appreciate the Great Books. It's organized by age, beginning at age 2 (listening and viewing incredible illustrations of course). Examples:
The Nursery: Kipling (Jungle Book), Hans Christian Anderson, Aesop Fables, Belloc, Caldecott
School Days: Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Robert Browning, Edgar Rice Burroughs (Tarzan +), James Fenimore Cooper, Defoe (Crusoe), Kipling again (Captains Courageous), Jules Verne, Mark Twain
Adolescence: Wilkie Collins, Dickens, Sir Arthur Doyle, Zane Grey, Marco Polo, Edgar Wallace, HG Wells
Youth: Chekhov, Chesterton, Joseph Conrad, WH Hudson, Tolstoy
etc.
PM and I'll email your age specific section or buy Senior's book.
If you're trying to keep it somewhat age-appropriate and mostly wholesome...
Secondhand Lions
Swiss Family Robinson (personal favorite)
The Goonies
October Sky
Karate Kid
Sergeant York... It's a war movie but not excessively graphic. Good story too.
And believe it or not... Leave it to Beaver. I watched several episodes a few years back. I was literally shocked at how men were positively portrayed compared to the bumbling morons that pass for TV fathers today.
Mike
Secondhand Lions
Swiss Family Robinson (personal favorite)
The Goonies
October Sky
Karate Kid
Sergeant York... It's a war movie but not excessively graphic. Good story too.
And believe it or not... Leave it to Beaver. I watched several episodes a few years back. I was literally shocked at how men were positively portrayed compared to the bumbling morons that pass for TV fathers today.
Mike
My wife just recommended that one... Been so long since I saw it I don't remember much about it.
Mike
Randolph Scott westerns
John Wayne westerns and war movies
The old Disey movies, Made in 50's and 60's
The Love Bug Original version
Any old Henry Fonda or Jimmy Stewart movies
TV series: Laramie, Tales of Wells Fargo, Rawhide, Wagon Train, Bonanza, The Virginian, Daniel Boone, Davey Crocket, original Mission Impossibe series, Dragnet, Adam 12, Emergency, Lassie, Flipper, Sea Hunt, Gilligan's Island, Jaques Cousteau dive shows, MASH, Magnum PI, Incredible Hulk, Quincy, 6 million dollar man, wonder woman, Charlie's angels
My Dog Skip
Old Yeller
20000 leagues under the sea
Journey to the center of the earth
The fantastic voyage
10 commandments
Treasure island
The 7th voyage of Sinbad
Around the world in 80 days
It's a mad mad world
Pink panther series
Swiss family Robinson
Run silent run deep
Flabber
Son of flubber
Captain Blood and all Errol Flynn stuff
Superman
Bob Hope movies
Absent minded professor
Blackbeards ghost
Jurassic Park
Honey I shrunk the kids
ET
Home alone
Hook
Elf
Homeward bound
Cars
Princess bride
Free willy
Willy Wonka
Back to the future
Marry Poppins
Snow white
Beauty and the beast
Finding Nemo
Stuart little
Fly away home
Karate kid
Little rascals
101 Dalmatians
Jungle book
A bug's life
Pinocchio
Kung Foo panda
Rin tin tin
Star wars
Indiana Jones
Hugo
Chicken run
Dr Doolittle
Mighty ducks
Ferris buellers day off
School of Rock
Ghostbusters
The sandlot
Cool running
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Big
Brewsters millions
Old Christmas movies
John Wayne westerns and war movies
The old Disey movies, Made in 50's and 60's
The Love Bug Original version
Any old Henry Fonda or Jimmy Stewart movies
TV series: Laramie, Tales of Wells Fargo, Rawhide, Wagon Train, Bonanza, The Virginian, Daniel Boone, Davey Crocket, original Mission Impossibe series, Dragnet, Adam 12, Emergency, Lassie, Flipper, Sea Hunt, Gilligan's Island, Jaques Cousteau dive shows, MASH, Magnum PI, Incredible Hulk, Quincy, 6 million dollar man, wonder woman, Charlie's angels
My Dog Skip
Old Yeller
20000 leagues under the sea
Journey to the center of the earth
The fantastic voyage
10 commandments
Treasure island
The 7th voyage of Sinbad
Around the world in 80 days
It's a mad mad world
Pink panther series
Swiss family Robinson
Run silent run deep
Flabber
Son of flubber
Captain Blood and all Errol Flynn stuff
Superman
Bob Hope movies
Absent minded professor
Blackbeards ghost
Jurassic Park
Honey I shrunk the kids
ET
Home alone
Hook
Elf
Homeward bound
Cars
Princess bride
Free willy
Willy Wonka
Back to the future
Marry Poppins
Snow white
Beauty and the beast
Finding Nemo
Stuart little
Fly away home
Karate kid
Little rascals
101 Dalmatians
Jungle book
A bug's life
Pinocchio
Kung Foo panda
Rin tin tin
Star wars
Indiana Jones
Hugo
Chicken run
Dr Doolittle
Mighty ducks
Ferris buellers day off
School of Rock
Ghostbusters
The sandlot
Cool running
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Big
Brewsters millions
Old Christmas movies
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