woolybear Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 I'm looking for some good movie ideas. I thought it would be nice to have a one on one movie date (dvd at home) with my ds, 10 yo. I'm also hoping it will be a good motivation to handle the week well (I was thinking on his side, but I suppose I could use the motivation too.:001_smile:) I was thinking it would be just the two of us, big bowl of popcorn, and lots of other snacks too. I want it to be a movie that neither of us has seen. So, here are three I was thinking of. I'm looking for opinions on these three or other suggestions. 1. Inkheart 2. City of Ember 3. The Thief Lord Ds has listened to all of these on audio books and has liked them all. Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowperch Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 We had a big kid movie night recently and watched Jaws and Jurasic Park. so fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 We watched Megamind and it is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Cornelia Snook Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Loved Ember! DS and I went on a Mommy Date to see The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and we both thoroughly enjoyed it. I don't think it's on DVD yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 (edited) Have you seen: Fly Away Home The Sandlot Cool Runnings The Court Jester (old movie with Danny Kaye) Lassie Come Home Singing in the Rain (old movie with Debbie Reynolds & Gene Kelly) Princess Bride Homeward Bound Star Trek :The Journey Home (save the whales, save the world) Galaxy Quest Spy Kids James and the Giant Peach Babe Edited March 13, 2011 by LibraryLover Because it's Trek, not Wars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jen3kids Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 The Inkheart movie wasn't nearly as good as the book (imo, most movies aren't). In contrast, my sister and my hubby, who hadn't read the book, thought it was good and were annoyed by the 4 of us yelling, "That's not how it happened. That was never in the book." Honestly though, we hated it! The books were great. The movie was a huge disappointment. How about The Princess Bride? It's a family favourite here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tntgoodwin Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Have you seen: Fly Away Home The Sandlot Cool Runnings The Court Jester (old movie with Danny Kaye) Lassie Come Home Singing in the Rain (old movie with Debbie Reynolds & Gene Kelly) Princess Bride Homeward Bound Star Wars :The Journey Home (save the whales, save the world) Galaxy Quest Spy Kids James and the Giant Peach Babe Yikes ! I hope you meant Star Trek: The Journey Home! lol I might add the original Star Wars in there, though, if you haven't seen it. I would second The Princess Bride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda in VT Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 We watched City of Ember. It was pretty good. My then-10yo son and I watched Where the Wild Things Are this summer, just the two of us. Great movie for moms and sons to watch together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted March 13, 2011 Author Share Posted March 13, 2011 :bigear: Getting some great ideas here. And a few to maybe avoid (Inkheart--he loves the books too much to ruin it.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Yikes ! I hope you meant Star Trek: The Journey Home! lol I might add the original Star Wars in there, though, if you haven't seen it. I would second The Princess Bride. How funny I wrote that. lol yes, Trek. lol I also thought of Wild America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 I'm not familiar with the movies you mentioned but my dd10 and i have been watching a lot of movies after reading the related book. So far this year we've read and watched (or will soon watch)... Tuck Everlasting Sounder Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the first couple of Harry Potter movies Skellig Pinnochio (not the cartoon one) Because of Winn Dixie Nim's Island Alice in Wonderland The Indian In The Cupboard Treasure Island I also have a book called: Talking Pictures, A Parents Guide To Using Movies To Discuss Ethics, Values and Everyday Problems With Children. It's a neat book that suggests various titles broken down by age group and then by the types of issues it deals with. And then it offers conversation starters, specific discussion questions and so on. We're going to start working through some of those together, probably in the summer, perhaps inviting a few other kids my daughter's age to participate. We can do a movie club night once a week or once every other week over the summer or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renthead Mommy Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 We don't watch many kid/Disney movies :ack2:, but tend to find older adult movies. We're watching "Sprit of St. Louis" right now. I know it's not out yet, but we took our 8 1/2 yo to see "The King's Speech" a few weeks ago. I gave him a family tree, working backwards from William, who he's heard so much about lately. I also explained how the radio, being newer, was a an issue and why studdering was such an issue for a royal. With the backstory, he was able to follow it well and really seemed to enjoy it. He was able to get something out of struggle to overcome an issue, the friendship and the historical significance of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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