Comments on: Ten Movies To Actually Watch WITH Your Kid

By: Sitting Duck

Sitting Duck — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:10:26 +0000

Then she can finish it off with some tom servo for dessert.

By: James

James — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:40:26 +0000

Nice list. I would have taken the lazy way out and just done a top 10 Pixar list. It’s interesting to see how kids respond to different movies, though. Our just-turned 3 year old LOVES Ratatouille, which has surprised me. We also have avoided the death scene in Lion King (but not the movie itself), and try to give her a hand with other scary scenes so she doesn’t get too sucked in (i.e. the Sleeping Beauty showdown, for example). We keep it light, and it seems to have worked for her (we’ll see what her therapist says in 30 years, though…)

By: Sue

Sue — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:58:01 +0000

Mmmmmm, crow. Hope you used some soy sauce on that!

Good list, Lissa!

By: Tremorsfan89

Tremorsfan89 — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:41:01 +0000

I could not believe that the original sesame street episodes from seasons 1 and 2 were released with a parental warning. I never remember the show being like that.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/magazine/18wwln-medium-t.html?_r=1

By: starwenn

starwenn — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:17:14 +0000

Though I have no children, I did grow up as the oldest in a four-kid family (two other younger sisters and a much-younger brother). However, I do have at least five kid cousins and two nephews, three of whom are of toddler age. Both the older nephew (one is still of the “no TV at all” age) and my youngest cousin adore “Cars,” and I can’t blame them there. I don’t even like real cars, but “Cars” is one of my favorite movies. And heck, I still get a kick out of Sesame Street. I’ll even tolerate Elmo, though my favorite will always be Bert.

Classic, smashic; save the earliest Disney movies for the kids when they’re a little older and the princess stuff for really girlie girls. And as I much as I enjoy it too, good call on “The Lion King”. I know adults who had problems with Mufasa’s death, much less kids…and unlike the infamous death of Bambi’s mother, it DOESN’T happen off-screen. (Other older Disney films that may work for little boys include the very funny “Robin Hood” and Mom’s childhood favorite, “The Sword and the Stone.”)

Actually, of todder-oriented shows, my favorite is “The Backyardigans.” Five animal (or animal-like) kids have wacky adventures that often spoof favorite adult movies or genres (there was a “Star Trek” spoof and a very funny homage to “Night at the Museum”), to the tune of a specific genre of music. Hilarious and well-written, with many jokes that’ll go over kids’ heads but tickle adults, and lots of action.

By: Sitting Duck

Sitting Duck — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:27:34 +0000

Where’s Rocky and Bullwinkle? Any kid who hasn’t been exposed to that classic is truly deprived. The only issue I can see is that the fourth and fifth seasons (which have the bulk of the shorter storylines as well as the infamous Wossamotta U. story) are currently in Development Limbo as far as DVD releases go and some kiddies might not have the patience for the longer ones. But at least it won’t rot their brains.