What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

Some of the IMDb Top 250 is awful - a lot of newer 'flavour of the month' films tend to creep into that, unfortunately. Still, there are some great films in there too.

I'm going to attempt to complete the BFI films to see before you're 14 list and the Sight & Sound Critics' Top 250 lists over the coming years.

I know you mean about the IMDB Top 250 as you have a new release (I think The Dark Knight did this) jumps up to the no. 2 spot before dropping back down so there are often new releases which are in a really odd positions. However, a while ago I went through it and deleted the films on the list I'd seen and bought or rented those I hadn't.

Since then, I've gone through all the AFI's 100 Years… lists and watched all the films I hadn't ready seen on those.

[J Harker]

Good films to start breaking my two year old boy into the world of movies anyone?

[Prince_Vajda]

Originally Posted by J Harker

Good films to start breaking my two year old boy into the world of movies anyone?

None. He's too young.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Dark Crystal (1982)

A couple of rejects from The Muppet Show set out on a quest to find the missing piece of the Dark Crystal whilst trying desperately to avoid capture at the hands of a bunch of half plucked turkeys.

The Dark Crystal is a fantastic looking film brilliantly brought to life by Jim Henson. However for me thats where it ends. It holds little interest for adults on a first viewing and lacks much of the wit that made the Muppets popular with all generations.

I presume it must be a childhood thing with films such as this. Coming into cinemas in 1982, it bypassed me and i was never interested in films like this. The first films i remember seeing on the big screen in the seventies were The Adventures of the Wilderness Family, Star Wars, The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, The Black Hole, Clash of the Titans and Star Trek The Motion Picture. So i was never really brought up on kid friendly puppet fare, which may account for my lack of interest in it now.

[J Harker]

Originally Posted by Prince_Vajda

None. He's too young.

Noooooo!!!

[bdc]

Maybe things like

Nemo
Cars
Pinocchio
Bambi
Wall-E
Monsters Inc
Nemo
Toy Story (1,2, and 3)
Aladdin
Lion King
101 Dalmatians
Peter Pan
Wall-E
Ratatoullie
Fox and the Hound
Beauty and the Beast
?

[Rik]

Can't go wrong with the films Bruno's listed above

[Prince_Vajda]

Originally Posted by J Harker

Noooooo!!!

I'm serious. No movies at all at that age.

I recommend you wait till he's four or five.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Rik

Can't go wrong with the films Bruno's listed above

Completely agree – you can't really go wrong with Disney. Also, something based on a TV show he likes such as SpongeBob SquarePants, Lilo and Stitch etc.

[Prince_Vajda]

I agree, all films on bdc's list are pretty harmless.

My point is: I think that a two-year-old should not watch any movies / TV / ... at all. He's simply too young, and that's what everybody who knows a little bit about neurology and brain research will be able to confirm. There are already so many stimuli in the child's surrounding the child's brain has to deal with - there's no need to add more.

Do your child and yourself a favour, and wait some time, J Harker. That's, of course, not an order - it's totally up to you to decide.

It's nothing more than a well-meant advice.