|Movies| "Family" Movies

QuickLearner · 10-07-2008

When a movie is advertised as a "family movie", usually it just means "A kid's movie that adults will sit through because they love their kids so much". I think that very few family movies are actually worthy of the "family movie" brand, because they all concentrate on a single kind of family; Two young parents and one or two seven year olds. When I was 14, I never watched any of these movies with my parents and younger brother.

So what movies are really "Fun for the Whole Family"? If I had to choose just one, I'd go with "Rocky", because it really does have something for everyone. There's a love story for drama fans, A few montages for musical people, a bloody fight at the end for action fans, and a small element of documentary on boxing and boxing training. Definitely a movie anyone can enjoy, unless they don't like it.

So what movies do you think really deserve to be called "Family Movies"?

Ratchetcomand · 10-07-2008

I would say Home Alone or How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) because I enjoy watching them during the Holidays with my Family.

Hawkesy · 10-07-2008

a Docu on boxing? you do realise that most boxers laugh at Rocky's training and fighting style, dismissing it as a joke.

Family Film? obv, anything by Disney/Pixar especially the disney golden age with snow white, hell, i could go and watch Aladdin or Lion King anytime and enjoi them

**Inu** · 10-07-2008

The Fox & The Hound is a good family movie, as are most Disney flicks.

Dupe of USSJed · 10-07-2008

On that note: Lion King 1, thats a marvelous movie and even adults should be able to enjoy it.

Anyway, I found Shrek to be quite hilarious. I think its the first of the childrens movies to have adults only jokes that children wouldn't understand.

QuickLearner · 10-07-2008

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Originally Posted by Hawkesy

a Docu on boxing? you do realise that most boxers laugh at Rocky's training and fighting style, dismissing it as a joke.

Well, it defininitely isn't the most important part of the appeal, but I don't know anything about boxing except what I learned from Rocky. I realize that movies don't usually capture really good athletes accurately, but if you don't know anything about boxing it can teach you how the rules of a match work, and convey the atmosphere of one as well.

But that's not what I want this thread to be about. It isn't a Rocky thread.

Ratchetcomand · 10-07-2008

I think any cartoon movie from Dinsey and Pixar for the Family. My dad is 50 and he still enjoy Disney.

Lord_Sloth · 10-07-2008

Sleeping Beauty is 1 I still like in truth.

thecoolest · 10-08-2008

The Shrek movies are defiantly family oriented. Superhero movies are also often said to be "fun for the whole family" and they usually are (not including movies like The Dark Knight")

vega123 · 10-08-2008

Most of all the disney movies/pixar are family movies. Classics such as christmas specials are too. Christmas classics like Rudolph and the Grinch really brings out the happy family feeling.

QuickLearner · 10-08-2008

I'll agree with anything by Pixar, except Shark Tale, which wasn't fun for anyone, let alone the whole family.

(EDIT)

Shark Tale was by DreamWorks? Sorry. I always get the two studios mixed up.

Ratchetcomand · 10-08-2008

I thought Shark Tale was a awful movie and it was not funny at all unlike the other Dreamworks movie. Another good family movie would be Back to the Future and Star Wars 4-6.

Lord_Sloth · 10-08-2008

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Originally Posted by vega123

Christmas classics like Rudolph and the Grinch really brings out the happy family feeling.

Even if I'd rather eat a moving chainsaw?

Ratchetcomand · 10-08-2008

Halloween nights I like to watch old classic horror movies with my Mom or my Sisters like The Wolf Man and Dracula (The 1931 movie not the 1992 remake).

QuickLearner · 10-13-2008

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Originally Posted by Ratchetcomand

I thought Shark Tale was a awful movie and it was not funny at all unlike the other Dreamworks movie. Another good family movie would be Back to the Future and Star Wars 4-6.

I don't know about Star Wars, but I agree with Back to the Future.

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QuickLearner (10) Saiyan Elite Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 160 Rep Power: 23	"Family" Movies When a movie is advertised as a "family movie", usually it just means "A kid's movie that adults will sit through because they love their kids so much". I think that very few family movies are actually worthy of the "family movie" brand, because they all concentrate on a single kind of family; Two young parents and one or two seven year olds. When I was 14, I never watched any of these movies with my parents and younger brother. So what movies are really "Fun for the Whole Family"? If I had to choose just one, I'd go with "Rocky", because it really does have something for everyone. There's a love story for drama fans, A few montages for musical people, a bloody fight at the end for action fans, and a small element of documentary on boxing and boxing training. Definitely a movie anyone can enjoy, unless they don't like it. So what movies do you think really deserve to be called "Family Movies"? __________________ /b/ is the forum from Satan. NEVER read it. Same goes for Encyclopedia Dramatica. It's written by the same idiots. I'll rep anyone who reps me. Or anyone who posts something I like, but that's a given.

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Ratchetcomand (20) Super Saiyan 2 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Maryland, USA Posts: 1,327 Blog Entries: 4 Rep Power: 78	Re: "Family" Movies I would say Home Alone or How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) because I enjoy watching them during the Holidays with my Family. __________________ Thanks to Raven for the Awesome Sig .

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Inu Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 3,026 Blog Entries: 5 Rep Power: 66	Re: "Family" Movies The Fox & The Hound is a good family movie, as are most Disney flicks.

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Ratchetcomand (20) Super Saiyan 2 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Maryland, USA Posts: 1,327 Blog Entries: 4 Rep Power: 78	Re: "Family" Movies I think any cartoon movie from Dinsey and Pixar for the Family. My dad is 50 and he still enjoy Disney. __________________ Thanks to Raven for the Awesome Sig .

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thecoolest (10) Saiyan Elite Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 143 Rep Power: 4	Re: "Family" Movies The Shrek movies are defiantly family oriented. Superhero movies are also often said to be "fun for the whole family" and they usually are (not including movies like The Dark Knight") __________________

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vega123 (19) Mastered Super Saiyan Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: New York Posts: 1,119 Rep Power: 34	Re: "Family" Movies Most of all the disney movies/pixar are family movies. Classics such as christmas specials are too. Christmas classics like Rudolph and the Grinch really brings out the happy family feeling. __________________

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QuickLearner (10) Saiyan Elite Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 160 Rep Power: 23	Re: "Family" Movies I'll agree with anything by Pixar, except Shark Tale, which wasn't fun for anyone, let alone the whole family. (EDIT) Shark Tale was by DreamWorks? Sorry. I always get the two studios mixed up. __________________ /b/ is the forum from Satan. NEVER read it. Same goes for Encyclopedia Dramatica. It's written by the same idiots. I'll rep anyone who reps me. Or anyone who posts something I like, but that's a given. Last edited by QuickLearner; 10-13-2008 at 08:30 PM.

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Ratchetcomand (20) Super Saiyan 2 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Maryland, USA Posts: 1,327 Blog Entries: 4 Rep Power: 78	Re: "Family" Movies I thought Shark Tale was a awful movie and it was not funny at all unlike the other Dreamworks movie. Another good family movie would be Back to the Future and Star Wars 4-6. __________________ Thanks to Raven for the Awesome Sig .

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Ratchetcomand (20) Super Saiyan 2 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Maryland, USA Posts: 1,327 Blog Entries: 4 Rep Power: 78	Re: "Family" Movies Halloween nights I like to watch old classic horror movies with my Mom or my Sisters like The Wolf Man and Dracula (The 1931 movie not the 1992 remake). __________________ Thanks to Raven for the Awesome Sig .