“We watched that movie last weekend with the boys and one of their friends. I had to laugh when the movie opened with kissing and all three boys were like “Kissing? Already? UGH!” Then it cuts to 10 year old Fred Savage’s character saying the exact same thing.
Good times…
They still think kissing is gross.
They loved the movie, of course. What’s not to love. Andre the Giant. A six fingered man. Plenty of slapstick humor. The only part the six year old, Bang, was unsure of was the torturing of Wesley in the secret room under the tree. He had TONS of questions about that after the movie.
How did it make electricity?
Did it really hurt him?
How did all those gears turn?
Was it metal?
Why did he have to get electrocuted?
Some of them he asked multiple times just to make sure he understood it. I had to explain about generators and water wheels and electrical currents. I also explained acting that stuff in movies isn’t real. He was good after that. His favorite character was Andrew Andre the Giant. His favorite part was when Buttercup pushed Wesley down the giant hill then she rolled down after him.
We have also watched “Gremlins”, “The Neverending Story” and “The Goonies”. The Goonies was far more crude than I remember it. There weren’t any words in the movie they haven’t heard before. Naturally, the boys loved it. What’s not to love, though? Now they know why we don’t feed them after midnight. They also know why we sometimes call them Goonies and where their mother and I get the line “HEEEEY YOOOU GUUUUYS!”
What old classics have your kids watched? Was their reaction what you expected?
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Ooh. Never heard of that one. We’ll check it out. Thanks!
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I love the Princess Bride. I am trying to think of films that are appropriate for children, Blazing Saddles, Robin hood men in tights, I must admit, I haven’t watched them recently and monkey is getting to that stage of maybe wanting to watch them, so I may have to give them a quick watch. I can’t think of anything bad, but I was thinking of letting him watch Gremlins, gave that a quick watch and was glad I did, there is nothing to bad in it, till they come to talk about Santa
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Oh yeah! Gremlins. We watched that one too. The boys thought that one was hilarious as well. I’ll have to go back and edit that one in. There’s only one swear word in Princess Bride (the “B” word) and the torture table doesn’t last long.
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I dont remember it being that bad and he has watched tremors as well,
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Nah, it wasn’t bad. They hear and see worse on cable TV.
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I really want to introduce him to clue, but I think am going to have to wait a few years
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How old is he? I’ve played with my 10 and 6 year old. The 6er just need a good bit of help.
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I mean the film, if you haven’t seen it, you should.
Also he is 6, I tried doing the game with him, not doing it for another year
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I’ll definitely check out the movie Clue! As you can tell, I didn’t even know there was one as I thought you were talking about the game 🙂
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Its a great film, probably not one for a 6 year old, though, its got Tim Curry in it, Doc from back to the future and some other fantastic people in it, and if you like that have a look for murder by death, it takes the mickey out of the 80’s detectives, very funny
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E.T., for sure. I want to show the Cujo next.
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YES! Poor E.T. I forgot all about him. Let me know what they think of Cujo!
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I’m going to have to add this to the list to watch. We have watched quite a few movies that I grew up watching, including ET, The Goonies, Uncle Buck and Cool Runnings. They loved them all.
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My kids love slapstick comedy so Princess Bride was right up their alley. Same with the Goonies. I’m adding ET to my list for sure!
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I liked Princess Bride when I was a kid too!
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It’s even funnier as an adult because now we get all the adult jokes, too 🙂
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Yes. I need to watch it again!
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Their reaction over kissing just kills me. Little Man yelled in the theater during the last movie we saw because of a quick kiss. Won’t be much longer…
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I will make sure to have the same reaction should I ever see him kiss a girl. You’re right… it probably won’t be much longer… EEK!
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Princess bride is one of my all time faves! I can’t wait to show Dee these old films when she gets a bit older. #BlogCrush
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The Neverending Story is a favorite. I prefer the book.
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I didn’t know the movie is only half of the book. Isn’t the book always better? We love that movie, too. Wouldn’t it be great to get to school on Falcore?
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Why, yes. Yes, it would. 😉
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