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Ratatouille is GREAT! I loved how they did Remy's sensitivity to taste. Blue Planet is good, too.

Another is Gone with the Wind. I saw it for the first time when I was 8 and was enraptured.

I rewatched Wizard of Oz with Mr W a few weeks ago and he was spellbound and fell asleep on my lap watching it.

Anastasia (1997) is another well done animated film.

"The Abyss - Special Edition" is a great movie. Might not be appropriate for for kids under 12 (ie the drown & resurrection scene), but it is a good depiction of small group dynamics in a very technological setting while encountering Aliens, with a lot of little things in every scene that GT kids will pick up on.

Hi everyone

My family has really enjoyed boxed sets (series without commercials!). I personally LOVE the BBC series (Jane Austen type) but I usually don't have company watching those--my guys aren't too interested. My DH & I have enjoyed Canadian series "Intelligence" and "State of Play".

The ones we've watched as a family are:

LOST
Heroes
Firefly
Journeyman
Jericho
The Unit
My Own Worst Enemy
Terminator
Life

We just finished watching '50 Dates' - I reccomend it for kids who won't be upset by the very sad premise. There is some humerous vulgarity, but I was ok with it. I was sobbing aloud at the end. DS12 had a tear. DH was dry-eyed, but said the enjoyed the movie. The main character is a Marine Veterianarian, so there are lots of cute sea creatures to watch in the backround. The Hawaiian scenery is beautiful.

I had expected it to be a frivolous romance, somehow like Groundhog Day, given that it is a comedy, with Adam Sandler...It wasn't. Not sure what catagory it goes in. sort of:

Edward Scissorhands is to Monster Movie AS 50 Dates is to Comedy.

((shrug))

Grinity

DH took DD4 to Tales of Desperaux, she had been longing to see it. She really liked and has been enjoying the book.

Question. DD got Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little for her 4th bday. We (mostly us) read Charlotte's web (to her) and we watched the movie and it went OK, but Stuart Little got nixed early on by DD and I have to say I didn't care for it. It is kind of classic, but how many children like the story?

OK, my apologies for going on book tangent but books turn into movies...

Ren

Opps! movie that I refered to above as '50 Dates' is actually called: '50 First Dates.'

((red face))

Grins

We went to see Bedtime Stories last night. It was a little thin but our girls 5 & 7 loved it! My all time favorite kids movie is "Far From Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog" Things get a little scary for the boy and his dog so if your kids are extra sensitive it is a no go. It is great for the hardy 5 and up crowd!

We are almost finished reading Tales of Despereaux (ok - i admit, i read ahead just to make sure there was a happy ending to this dark tale). I hope my DS4 likes the movie too!

As for Stuart Little, DS didn't have any interest in it when we read it last year. I remember reading it when i was little because it was in my EB white book set, but i never cared about it much. (and I really disliked the more recent stuart little movies.)

Talk about a tear jerker, but a classic for a reason! For some reason (probably titles) this reminded me of another wonderful movie: Fly Away Home. If you (the group) have not seen it I would highly recommend renting it. It is based on a true story about some geese that were displaced do to construction and the girl that adopted them would not allowed their wings to be clipped so they taught the geese the flying path through interesting ways.

Another good movie based on a true story is October Sky. It starts with the Sputnik launch in the 'rocket boys' from a coal miner town who had no real avenue out of the town other than sports taking on the science fair with their creation of a rocket.

Just a few suggestions.

I love October Sky. Maybe for the 10 & up crowd though. There are some tense moments when a boy is beaten by his stepfather. Not sure I'm ready to explain that to my five year old. It is a fabulous movie for the older crowd though. It really does show how important great teachers are to our kids.

Ren, perhaps it's just author style. DD didn't care for most of those books either. Perhaps try Roald Dahl? DD8 started reading those books in K and re-reads them, she loves his writing style.