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List of the top 100 movies for children (AP)
azcentral ^ | Jan. 19, 2004 | AP

Posted on 01/21/2004 12:18:05 PM PST by stainlessbanner

Edited on 05/07/2004 5:22:08 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]


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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: kids; list; moviereview; movies; topten
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To: kidd
"Dumbo"

81 posted on 01/21/2004 1:09:58 PM PST by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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To: Beelzebubba
The list looks like the best-selling movies list, culled to exclude R-rated films.

Jayson Blair is doing movie lists now?

If anyone spent more than a minute compiling this list The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980).

82 posted on 01/21/2004 1:10:46 PM PST by Oztrich Boy (It is always tempting to impute unlikely virtues to the cute)
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To: discostu
Ah, but you have to admit that the football scene with the watermelon to feed a hungry human infant with Sid doing the moonwalk followed by the last female gooneybird jumping off the cliff to the lament of the male gooneybirds and the snowboard scene with the skis made out of treebark with Sid yelling "slalom baby slolam" and afterwards Sid the Sloth pounding on the bad tiger's butt yelling "survival of the fittest" was good.
83 posted on 01/21/2004 1:11:40 PM PST by lilylangtree
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To: lilylangtree
Dang, you can read and read and re-read something you post and still miss the errors in spelling. Sorry about that!
84 posted on 01/21/2004 1:13:27 PM PST by lilylangtree
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To: lilylangtree
Hmmmmm... no. At best they were momentary respit from a bad story. It was really well animated though, I'll give them that.
85 posted on 01/21/2004 1:13:41 PM PST by discostu (are you in the pocket of the moment)
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To: lilylangtree
Lily, you've got to get out more. LOL. How many children do you have?
86 posted on 01/21/2004 1:13:52 PM PST by Quilla
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To: stainlessbanner
My kids are a bit younger than eight, but I can't imagine allowing them to watch Dr. Strangelove, Groundhog Day or Beetlejuice anytime soon. Other shows like Iron Giant and Fly Away Home, need a mature enough child to reject the "guns/military/corporations are bad" message.
87 posted on 01/21/2004 1:16:12 PM PST by FourPeas
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To: Oztrich Boy
Bogus list, where's "Dude, Where's My Car?"
88 posted on 01/21/2004 1:16:15 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: stainlessbanner
What? No Three Stooges? How do they expect young boys to become he-men?
89 posted on 01/21/2004 1:17:32 PM PST by Gman
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To: dfwgator
Dude Where's My Car is one of the best stupid movies ever. Instant classic.
90 posted on 01/21/2004 1:17:35 PM PST by discostu (are you in the pocket of the moment)
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To: stainlessbanner
Oddly enough, one of my five year-old son's favorite is a version of The Pirates of Penzance.
91 posted on 01/21/2004 1:19:56 PM PST by FourPeas
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To: discostu
Dude Where's My Car is one of the best stupid movies ever. Instant classic.

Right up there with "Baseketball." Stupid, yet funny.

92 posted on 01/21/2004 1:22:32 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: stainlessbanner
hey I just noticed Fantasia isn't on this list. My introduction to good animation and classical music. This list gets worse every time I look at it.
93 posted on 01/21/2004 1:22:37 PM PST by discostu (are you in the pocket of the moment)
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To: stainlessbanner
You would think "Big" would be a kids movie...but then they've got that scene where Tom Hanks touches the girl's breast...
94 posted on 01/21/2004 1:25:09 PM PST by what's up
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To: Lizavetta
Yes, this is a strange list for kids' films.

That said, I would add 'Rudy' w/Sean Astin. What a great film, and I don't even care for football. He struggles, he struggles, he struggles some more, and then he triumphs! It is a great American film, a great lesson in trying hard to reach your goals, etc. I think every 8th grader should be shown this film so they can get that victim mindset out of their heads before they go off to high school.

For those who like football, that's another plus to the movie. However, Rudy played at Notre Dame and I'm a Wolverine, so I couldn't get as excited about watching ND as some people might. : )
95 posted on 01/21/2004 1:25:39 PM PST by radiohead
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To: dfwgator
I didn't really dig Basketball, too much something. But I really like the concept for Dude, it's basically the day after Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, and joining the heros the day after they did something really interesting but are too stoned to remember and need to piece it all back together again is a very original idea.
96 posted on 01/21/2004 1:26:28 PM PST by discostu (are you in the pocket of the moment)
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To: Quilla
One, a male but I'm still a kid at heart.
97 posted on 01/21/2004 1:27:13 PM PST by lilylangtree
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To: Pietro
23. "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951)


Barrada Nicto!

98 posted on 01/21/2004 1:32:07 PM PST by Ignatz (Scribe of the Unwritten Law)
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To: stainlessbanner
Walkabout is a great movie for kids, if you get rid of all of the nudity and the suicide by the Bushman at the end. I always liked Jenny Augutter though.
99 posted on 01/21/2004 1:35:10 PM PST by socal_parrot (http://www.campbellforsenate.com)
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To: stainlessbanner
No Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?

No Mrs. Miniver?

Strongly recommended for teenagers (watching with parents): Hope and Glory, a wonderful tale of a family during the Blitz.
100 posted on 01/21/2004 1:51:44 PM PST by apollo11
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