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[cstu]

Coriolanus - Swing and a miss. There is a reason I prefer to read Shakespeare rather than see his plays performed and that is because, unless it is a regular part of your life, the poetic dialogue is all but incomprehensible unless you have time to sit down and digest it. Cramming a ton of iambic pentameter into a semi-fast paced war film serves little purpose but to make it inaccessible and ultimately boring. It took me a good 1/2-2/3 of the film before I had adjusted enough to the dialogue to really start to pick up the nuance of the exchanges and at that point I wasn't about to rewind the whole thing and start over.

However I must acknowledge that despite the fact that I followed only about half of what was spoken Ralph Fiennes is a freaking tremendous actor. After this I am convinced that he could stand up and read the phone book for ten hours and I would be riveted. A couple of the other actors did well with the dialogue, Brian Cox and Vanessa Redgrave, but Fiennes was the only one who was truly convincing in his delivery...even if I wasn't always sure what he was delivering Does that make sense?

Did you have subtitles on? I did and loved the movie.

What a grrrreat idea! Never thought of doing that with Bard movies. Excellent.

I was able to find a copy on the Pirate Bay of Orson Welles 'Chimes at Midnight', which is considered the best the best film adaptation of Shakespeare, and I'm going to try to find time to watch it this weekend.

 

[El Floppo]

Before the Rain - This one if for El Floppo. Three connected stories folded around the backdrop of the building ethnic tensions in the Balkans between Christians and ethnic Albanians of the 90s. The stories are very interesting and really self contained until the third act begins to connect them. It is a pretty sad and poignant statement on the incomprehensible nature of the underlying hatred that drives these conflicts. Low production values but interesting characters, well built crafted tension and a compelling storyline.

Not sure I would watch it again but I am glad I watched it once.

I'm really glad you watched this, Chaka. Also glad you enjoyed it- I wondered whether it held up.What I remember particularly liking was that the three story lines kind of circled around the same events (right?) but the chonology and events of the story vary subtly depending on which plot line it is... ala Rashoman, kinda. Or am I remembering this wrong?

Ok... so now watch another movie from roughly the same period that I just can't remember the details of- Dreamlife of Angels- and tell me if I'm wrong for remembering that I really liked that one too.

 

[Apple Jack]

Just noticed that in the original Karate Kid from the time the crane kick lands to the time credits roll is only 28 seconds. Its a 2 hour+ movie.Worst abuse of three act structure ever?

they were saving what happened next for the beginning of Karate Kid II. "HONK!!!"

The only thing I remember about the 2nd one was that it sucks. The third one is where they rescue the bonzai tree, right? That one was good.And don't even bring up the "jacket on, jacket off" crap.

It's incredible to me that people actually watch sequels for films like the Karate Kid. It would never, ever in my entire life occur to me that that is a movie I might enjoy.

 

[Socrates11]

Just noticed that in the original Karate Kid from the time the crane kick lands to the time credits roll is only 28 seconds. Its a 2 hour+ movie.Worst abuse of three act structure ever?

Negative, everyone knows the "You're the best around" montage is the highlight of the 3rd act, not the crane kick.

 

[El Floppo]

btw... watched about a minute of The Bounty with Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins, and either didn't remember or just didn't realize that he was in it- DD Lewis. Makes me want to watch the whole thing just to see what he does (as a pretty young guy... IIRC, before he had hit it big at all... what was his breakout role- My Beautiful Launderette?)

 

[El Floppo]

And since I'm waxing nostalgic... Betty Blue. Anyone?

 

[hooter311]

Just noticed that in the original Karate Kid from the time the crane kick lands to the time credits roll is only 28 seconds. Its a 2 hour+ movie.Worst abuse of three act structure ever?

they were saving what happened next for the beginning of Karate Kid II. "HONK!!!"

The only thing I remember about the 2nd one was that it sucks. The third one is where they rescue the bonzai tree, right? That one was good.And don't even bring up the "jacket on, jacket off" crap.

It's incredible to me that people actually watch sequels for films like the Karate Kid. It would never, ever in my entire life occur to me that that is a movie I might enjoy.

You saying you couldn't enjoy a sequel to something so awesome, so why bother? or are you going to sit there and tell me you've never seen or wanted to see Karate Kid?

 

[hooter311]

Just noticed that in the original Karate Kid from the time the crane kick lands to the time credits roll is only 28 seconds. Its a 2 hour+ movie.Worst abuse of three act structure ever?

Negative, everyone knows the "You're the best around" montage is the highlight of the 3rd act, not the crane kick.

Just seems like an awful lot of build up to get to the tourney after talking about it the whole time, then having Myagi tell Daniel that he has no idea what the rules are, the montage, and then the final showdown. Guess the theme was life sucks until you're the champ.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

I just want to know why Daniel has to bolt from Miyagi's surprise birthday party because he has to get to the one his mom is throwing...but then after Miyagi gives him the car he doesn't go to the party at all, but rather heads off to get some strange...errr...balance.

 

[cstu]

And since I'm waxing nostalgic... Betty Blue. Anyone?

I'm waxing nostalgic too...she needed the money!

 

[hooter311]

I just want to know why Daniel has to bolt from Miyagi's surprise birthday party because he has to get to the one his mom is throwing...but then after Miyagi gives him the car he doesn't go to the party at all, but rather heads off to get some strange...errr...balance.

Never caught this. Rack up another 2 hours of my life to Karate Kid.

 

[Socrates11]

I just want to know why Daniel has to bolt from Miyagi's surprise birthday party because he has to get to the one his mom is throwing...but then after Miyagi gives him the car he doesn't go to the party at all, but rather heads off to get some strange...errr...balance.

Because he knew that the car would increase his odds of getting 'waxed on, waxed off'.

 

[Kenny Powers]

Moonrise Kingdom tonight. I've yet to hear from somebody who didn't love it. Haven't been this psyched for a film since There Will Be Blood.

To be fair, Wes Anderson fans sort of eat up anything he puts out, no?

 

[El Floppo]

Moonrise Kingdom tonight. I've yet to hear from somebody who didn't love it. Haven't been this psyched for a film since There Will Be Blood.

To be fair, Wes Anderson fans sort of eat up anything he puts out, no?

Even that Throw Adrian Brody from a Train movie?

 

[Chaka]

Before the Rain - This one if for El Floppo. Three connected stories folded around the backdrop of the building ethnic tensions in the Balkans between Christians and ethnic Albanians of the 90s. The stories are very interesting and really self contained until the third act begins to connect them. It is a pretty sad and poignant statement on the incomprehensible nature of the underlying hatred that drives these conflicts. Low production values but interesting characters, well built crafted tension and a compelling storyline.

Not sure I would watch it again but I am glad I watched it once.

I'm really glad you watched this, Chaka. Also glad you enjoyed it- I wondered whether it held up.What I remember particularly liking was that the three story lines kind of circled around the same events (right?) but the chonology and events of the story vary subtly depending on which plot line it is... ala Rashoman, kinda. Or am I remembering this wrong?

Ok... so now watch another movie from roughly the same period that I just can't remember the details of- Dreamlife of Angels- and tell me if I'm wrong for remembering that I really liked that one too.

Watch it your darn self. What am I, your movie lackey?CHAKA! WATCH!!!

Yessssssss master.

 

[Kenny Powers]

Moonrise Kingdom tonight. I've yet to hear from somebody who didn't love it. Haven't been this psyched for a film since There Will Be Blood.

To be fair, Wes Anderson fans sort of eat up anything he puts out, no?

Even that Throw Adrian Brody from a Train movie?

Even that has a 67% on RT (79% from the audience), 7.1 on IMDB (to compare with Life Aquatic's 7.2 and Bottle Rocket's 7.1)

 

[Kenny Powers]

Speaking of RT, Snow White and the Huntsman is only sitting at 48%. Im a little disappointed as I thought it looked decent.

On the other hand, Prometheus has an 85% :movieboner:

 

[Apple Jack]

Moonrise Kingdom tonight. I've yet to hear from somebody who didn't love it. Haven't been this psyched for a film since There Will Be Blood.

To be fair, Wes Anderson fans sort of eat up anything he puts out, no?

No. I wasn't wild about Darjeeling Limited, nor were the friends I'm referring to. Some are still not fans of Life Aquatic. But classifying somebody a fan of something is kind of implying they tend to like that thing, no?

 

[Kenny Powers]

Moonrise Kingdom tonight. I've yet to hear from somebody who didn't love it. Haven't been this psyched for a film since There Will Be Blood.

To be fair, Wes Anderson fans sort of eat up anything he puts out, no?

No. I wasn't wild about Darjeeling Limited, nor were the friends I'm referring to. Some are still not fans of Life Aquatic. But classifying somebody a fan of something is kind of implying they tend to like that thing, no?

Yes, I was just saying people who've seen it already (only limited release still, right?) are probably WA fans and likely not exactly unbiased viewers.It does look pretty good though and likely better than Darjeeling Limited and Life Aquatic.

 

[Apple Jack]

Moonrise Kingdom tonight. I've yet to hear from somebody who didn't love it. Haven't been this psyched for a film since There Will Be Blood.

To be fair, Wes Anderson fans sort of eat up anything he puts out, no?

No. I wasn't wild about Darjeeling Limited, nor were the friends I'm referring to. Some are still not fans of Life Aquatic. But classifying somebody a fan of something is kind of implying they tend to like that thing, no?

Yes, I was just saying people who've seen it already (only limited release still, right?) are probably WA fans and likely not exactly unbiased viewers.It does look pretty good though and likely better than Darjeeling Limited and Life Aquatic.

So because somebody saw it the week it opened they are biased? Whatever, this is silly.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Snow White and the Hunstman

Solid movie. Not great, but a beautiful, unique vision. Sort of humorless, but only because we are so used to seeing comic relief even in our dramas these days. Not something that'll leave a big impression on me, but I give big points to a director that had a mind to make something this dark and stick to his guns.

 

[wikkidpissah]

Coriolanus - Swing and a miss. There is a reason I prefer to read Shakespeare rather than see his plays performed and that is because, unless it is a regular part of your life, the poetic dialogue is all but incomprehensible unless you have time to sit down and digest it. Cramming a ton of iambic pentameter into a semi-fast paced war film serves little purpose but to make it inaccessible and ultimately boring. It took me a good 1/2-2/3 of the film before I had adjusted enough to the dialogue to really start to pick up the nuance of the exchanges and at that point I wasn't about to rewind the whole thing and start over.

However I must acknowledge that despite the fact that I followed only about half of what was spoken Ralph Fiennes is a freaking tremendous actor. After this I am convinced that he could stand up and read the phone book for ten hours and I would be riveted. A couple of the other actors did well with the dialogue, Brian Cox and Vanessa Redgrave, but Fiennes was the only one who was truly convincing in his delivery...even if I wasn't always sure what he was delivering Does that make sense?

Did you have subtitles on? I did and loved the movie.

What a grrrreat idea! Never thought of doing that with Bard movies. Excellent.

I was able to find a copy on the Pirate Bay of Orson Welles 'Chimes at Midnight', which is considered the best the best film adaptation of Shakespeare, and I'm going to try to find time to watch it this weekend.

Own a copy. You can also watch it in its entirety on youtube. There's continuity problems cuz Welles filmed it piecemeal over long period of time due to funding issues. Welles as Falstaff (reconstitued from the character's appearance in each of the three history plays) - what's not to love?! I actually prefer his Otello more. Much as i admire those, and Olivier's and Branagh's ambitious adaptations, McKellen's Richard III is my favorite Shakespeare movie.

 

[jdoggydogg]

This is amusing:

FIGHT CLUB PROMO POSTER

 

[Andy Dufresne]

This is amusing:

FIGHT CLUB PROMO POSTER

What date is the 11nd of Nov.?And that's REALLY egregious breaking of the first rule.

 

[Sweet J]

Before the Rain - This one if for El Floppo. Three connected stories folded around the backdrop of the building ethnic tensions in the Balkans between Christians and ethnic Albanians of the 90s. The stories are very interesting and really self contained until the third act begins to connect them. It is a pretty sad and poignant statement on the incomprehensible nature of the underlying hatred that drives these conflicts. Low production values but interesting characters, well built crafted tension and a compelling storyline.

Not sure I would watch it again but I am glad I watched it once.

I'm really glad you watched this, Chaka. Also glad you enjoyed it- I wondered whether it held up.What I remember particularly liking was that the three story lines kind of circled around the same events (right?) but the chonology and events of the story vary subtly depending on which plot line it is... ala Rashoman, kinda. Or am I remembering this wrong?

Ok... so now watch another movie from roughly the same period that I just can't remember the details of- Dreamlife of Angels- and tell me if I'm wrong for remembering that I really liked that one too.

Watch it your darn self. What am I, your movie lackey?CHAKA! WATCH!!!

Yessssssss master.

Fantastic movie. If I recall correctly, I think I recommended this movie in the early stages of this thread. So I'm glad someone else watching it. I haven't watched it since the early-mid 90s, but I recall it being one of my favorites foreign flicks ever. It has a vague Pulp Fiction esque quality, in that the story lines and time lines are related, but the neat thing about this movie is that it is like that optical illusion where the circles inter-connect but it is impossible for them to inter-connect. The time lines presented in the movie, if I recall correctly, are impossible. I'm sure it is metaphoric for the complexity of the ethnic struggles.Anyway, loved the movie, and recommend it to everyone.

 

[jdoggydogg]

This is amusing:

FIGHT CLUB PROMO POSTER

What date is the 11nd of Nov.?And that's REALLY egregious breaking of the first rule.

I don't know the significance of the date, and a lazy internet search didn't help.

 

[jdoggydogg]

The Three Muskateers

I asked my FBG buddies here to recommend a good version of this classic for my son, and I believe Chaka recommended the 1993 version. Hard to beat a cast of Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris O'Donnell, Oliver Platt, Tim Curry, Rebecca De Mornay, Gabrielle Anwar, Michael Wincott, Paul McGann, and Julie Delpy.

My son loves it. Mission accomplished.

That said, this is one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

The Three Muskateers

I asked my FBG buddies here to recommend a good version of this classic for my son, and I believe Chaka recommended the 1993 version. Hard to beat a cast of Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris O'Donnell, Oliver Platt, Tim Curry, Rebecca De Mornay, Gabrielle Anwar, Michael Wincott, Paul McGann, and Julie Delpy.

My son loves it. Mission accomplished.

That said, this is one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

You need to watch more bad movies.

 

[Chaka]

The Three Muskateers

I asked my FBG buddies here to recommend a good version of this classic for my son, and I believe Chaka recommended the 1993 version. Hard to beat a cast of Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris O'Donnell, Oliver Platt, Tim Curry, Rebecca De Mornay, Gabrielle Anwar, Michael Wincott, Paul McGann, and Julie Delpy.

My son loves it. Mission accomplished.

That said, this is one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

That wasn't me, I have never seen the 1993 version. I recommended the Richard Lester version from 1973.

 

[Sweet J]

I need to start a thread for "recommended movies to watch with your son or daughter." Maybe I already did and I forgot about it.

I have a daughter who is 8 and a son who is 11. We just watched Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, and the three of us all loved the sh$t out of it. Wholy enjoyable time for everybody. Yes, somewhat dated. Yes, a bit cheesy, but a great message, some funny one liners, hot-chicks-but-in-a-tame-kind-of-way, some dramatic tension, and enough slapstick to keep the kids interested. For a dad and his kids, this gets highest mark. I can't believe the same movie that I enjoyed as a 16 year old they enjoy as 8 and 11 year olds. But whatever.

So this movie gets included in the "fun for dad and kids," along with this mix of classic and recent:

Iron Giant

Ghostbusters

Goonies

Searching for Bobby Fisher

August Rush

Airplane

Field of Dreams

The Sandlot

The A-Team

The Princess Bride

Back to the Future

Men in Black

Support Your Local Sheriff (my favorite when I was 11, and my son loved it)

Oh Brother How Art Thou (this was a stretch for my son, but he made it through)

Apple Dumpling Gang

Sound of Music

Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang

These are all rentals that I've watched with them in the last 3 years, are a lot of fun for your 8-12 year old (or your nephew or niece), and have a lot of "rewatchability" so you will have fun watching with them.

I think I'm going to try and take it to the next level and bring Raising Arizona to our family vacation. I think the first 20 minutes will make my son's head explode. He LOVES slapstick.

 

[Kenny Powers]

The Three Muskateers

I asked my FBG buddies here to recommend a good version of this classic for my son, and I believe Chaka recommended the 1993 version. Hard to beat a cast of Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris O'Donnell, Oliver Platt, Tim Curry, Rebecca De Mornay, Gabrielle Anwar, Michael Wincott, Paul McGann, and Julie Delpy.

My son loves it. Mission accomplished.

That said, this is one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

Any movie with Michael Wincott as a villain is at least a 1/5

 

[saintfool]

btw... watched about a minute of The Bounty with Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins, and either didn't remember or just didn't realize that he was in it- DD Lewis. Makes me want to watch the whole thing just to see what he does (as a pretty young guy... IIRC, before he had hit it big at all... what was his breakout role- My Beautiful Launderette?)

this seems about right. i didn't see that until much later though. my recollection for him would be "unbearable lightness..."

 

[Andy Dufresne]

I need to start a thread for "recommended movies to watch with your son or daughter." Maybe I already did and I forgot about it.

Discounting the obvious Disney movies, I would recommend the following...StardustSpiderwick ChroniclesChicken RunCoralineNanny McPheeRobotsJimmy Neutron: Boy GeniusShort Circuit (some surprisingly harsh language though)Jumanji/ZathuraPhineas & Ferb: The MovieDumaMillions

 

[saintfool]

I need to start a thread for "recommended movies to watch with your son or daughter." Maybe I already did and I forgot about it.

Discounting the obvious Disney movies, I would recommend the following...StardustSpiderwick ChroniclesChicken RunCoralineNanny McPheeRobotsJimmy Neutron: Boy GeniusShort Circuit (some surprisingly harsh language though)Jumanji/ZathuraPhineas & Ferb: The MovieDumaMillions

i'd add "willow", "ladyhawke", "maverick", and "hildago" off the top of my head.

 

[hooter311]

I need to start a thread for "recommended movies to watch with your son or daughter." Maybe I already did and I forgot about it.

Discounting the obvious Disney movies, I would recommend the following...Stardust

Spiderwick Chronicles

Chicken Run

Coraline

Nanny McPhee

Robots

Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius

Short Circuit (some surprisingly harsh language though)

Jumanji/Zathura

Phineas & Ferb: The Movie

Duma

Millions

i'd add "willow", "ladyhawke", "maverick", and "hildago" off the top of my head.

This has not aged well. Soundtrack may be one of the most grating things I've ever listened to, makes it nearly unwatchable.

 

[Time Kibitzer]

Synecdoche, New York

A lot of hate for this film in here but I thought it was brilliant (at least partially). Admittedly I thought the first half or so of the film was pretty all over the place jumping in time and and setting which was hard to follow, but once the time frame and setting became relatively stable in the 2nd half I was frequently amazed at how smart (and sometimes funny) the film was, and some of the loose ends from earlier eventually connected. The first half of the film can be a bit of a chore to get through at times, but the payoff in the 2nd half is more than worth it imo.

 

[saintfool]

This has not aged well. Soundtrack may be one of the most grating things I've ever listened to, makes it nearly unwatchable.

soundtracks might not be a dealbreaker for a 12-year old.

 

[Rushmore]

I need to start a thread for "recommended movies to watch with your son or daughter." Maybe I already did and I forgot about it.

I have a daughter who is 8 and a son who is 11. We just watched Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, and the three of us all loved the sh$t out of it. Wholy enjoyable time for everybody. Yes, somewhat dated. Yes, a bit cheesy, but a great message, some funny one liners, hot-chicks-but-in-a-tame-kind-of-way, some dramatic tension, and enough slapstick to keep the kids interested. For a dad and his kids, this gets highest mark. I can't believe the same movie that I enjoyed as a 16 year old they enjoy as 8 and 11 year olds. But whatever.

So this movie gets included in the "fun for dad and kids," along with this mix of classic and recent:

Iron Giant

Ghostbusters

Goonies

Searching for Bobby Fisher

August Rush

Airplane

Field of Dreams

The Sandlot

The A-Team

The Princess Bride

Back to the Future

Men in Black

Support Your Local Sheriff (my favorite when I was 11, and my son loved it)

Oh Brother How Art Thou (this was a stretch for my son, but he made it through)

Apple Dumpling Gang

Sound of Music

Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang

These are all rentals that I've watched with them in the last 3 years, are a lot of fun for your 8-12 year old (or your nephew or niece), and have a lot of "rewatchability" so you will have fun watching with them.

I think I'm going to try and take it to the next level and bring Raising Arizona to our family vacation. I think the first 20 minutes will make my son's head explode. He LOVES slapstick.

Stand By Me

 

[hooter311]

Watched Dumb and Dumber for at least the 50th time last night. Still makes me laugh out loud.

I would go so far as to call it the "funniest" movie of all time.

 

[Mr. Mojo]

Coriolanus - Swing and a miss. There is a reason I prefer to read Shakespeare rather than see his plays performed and that is because, unless it is a regular part of your life, the poetic dialogue is all but incomprehensible unless you have time to sit down and digest it. Cramming a ton of iambic pentameter into a semi-fast paced war film serves little purpose but to make it inaccessible and ultimately boring. It took me a good 1/2-2/3 of the film before I had adjusted enough to the dialogue to really start to pick up the nuance of the exchanges and at that point I wasn't about to rewind the whole thing and start over.

However I must acknowledge that despite the fact that I followed only about half of what was spoken Ralph Fiennes is a freaking tremendous actor. After this I am convinced that he could stand up and read the phone book for ten hours and I would be riveted. A couple of the other actors did well with the dialogue, Brian Cox and Vanessa Redgrave, but Fiennes was the only one who was truly convincing in his delivery...even if I wasn't always sure what he was delivering Does that make sense?

Did you have subtitles on? I did and loved the movie.

I did have subtitles on. But unless you read this type of stuff on a regular basis it still takes too long to truly digest and I wasn't going to pause and examine every single line of dialogue, particularly when they also maintained much of the olde English idiomatic language as well. So not only were they speaking in iambic pentameter but using idiom as well. It was a nice effort and Fiennes was great but it was a miss for me.

Admittedly I'm a subtitle addict and watch most movies with them on.

Thanks for the subtitle advice. I watched it this weekend and having them on definitely helped.But I'm not a Shakespeare fan at all and just don't like speeches instead of normal talking. This film didn't convert well at all to modern times either. Acting was great but can't recommend it beyond that.

 

[Copeman]

Watched Dumb and Dumber for at least the 50th time last night. Still makes me laugh out loud. I would go so far as to call it the "funniest" movie of all time.

100% in agreement.

 

[Rushmore]

Moonrise Kingdom tonight. I've yet to hear from somebody who didn't love it. Haven't been this psyched for a film since There Will Be Blood.

Been waiting for this one. Did you see it?

 

[D_House]

Small Town Murder Songs

Similar to Fargo in that it's a short story that deals with how the local police of a small town deal with a murder in their jurisdiction, but it's darker, less cartoony, and set in Canada. Beautiful cinematography and excellent acting make it worth the watch alone, but the score played hauntingly throughout is easily one of the best uses of music in film I've ever seen. Highly recommended.

I second this recommendation. Definitely see the similarities to Fargo, but there is no comedy in this one. It derives a lot of emotional wallop in a short time frame (I think it's just over an hour long) through the score and Peter Stomare's portrayal of the lead character. It's on Netflix streaming.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Watched Dumb and Dumber for at least the 50th time last night. Still makes me laugh out loud. I would go so far as to call it the "funniest" movie of all time.

100% in agreement.

I still prefer Kingpin, but I'll never argue too much with people about what makes them laugh.

 

[jdoggydogg]

The Three Muskateers

I asked my FBG buddies here to recommend a good version of this classic for my son, and I believe Chaka recommended the 1993 version. Hard to beat a cast of Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris O'Donnell, Oliver Platt, Tim Curry, Rebecca De Mornay, Gabrielle Anwar, Michael Wincott, Paul McGann, and Julie Delpy.

My son loves it. Mission accomplished.

That said, this is one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

You need to watch more bad movies.

I bet I've seen more bad movies than anyone else in this thread. In the 80s, we used to spend hours on end watching bad B movies How about this revisionist statement: This is the worst big budget all star movie I've ever seen.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

How about this revisionist statement: This is the worst big budget all star movie I've ever seen.

It was only a $30m movie. And you've apparently never seen Mystery Men.

 

[jdoggydogg]

The Three Muskateers

I asked my FBG buddies here to recommend a good version of this classic for my son, and I believe Chaka recommended the 1993 version. Hard to beat a cast of Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris O'Donnell, Oliver Platt, Tim Curry, Rebecca De Mornay, Gabrielle Anwar, Michael Wincott, Paul McGann, and Julie Delpy.

My son loves it. Mission accomplished.

That said, this is one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

That wasn't me, I have never seen the 1993 version. I recommended the Richard Lester version from 1973.

I'm sure that's the one I've seen (and liked) as a kid.

 

[jdoggydogg]

I need to start a thread for "recommended movies to watch with your son or daughter." Maybe I already did and I forgot about it.

I have a daughter who is 8 and a son who is 11. We just watched Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, and the three of us all loved the sh$t out of it. Wholy enjoyable time for everybody. Yes, somewhat dated. Yes, a bit cheesy, but a great message, some funny one liners, hot-chicks-but-in-a-tame-kind-of-way, some dramatic tension, and enough slapstick to keep the kids interested. For a dad and his kids, this gets highest mark. I can't believe the same movie that I enjoyed as a 16 year old they enjoy as 8 and 11 year olds. But whatever.

So this movie gets included in the "fun for dad and kids," along with this mix of classic and recent:

Iron Giant

Ghostbusters

Goonies

Searching for Bobby Fisher

August Rush

Airplane

Field of Dreams

The Sandlot

The A-Team

The Princess Bride

Back to the Future

Men in Black

Support Your Local Sheriff (my favorite when I was 11, and my son loved it)

Oh Brother How Art Thou (this was a stretch for my son, but he made it through)

Apple Dumpling Gang

Sound of Music

Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang

These are all rentals that I've watched with them in the last 3 years, are a lot of fun for your 8-12 year old (or your nephew or niece), and have a lot of "rewatchability" so you will have fun watching with them.

I think I'm going to try and take it to the next level and bring Raising Arizona to our family vacation. I think the first 20 minutes will make my son's head explode. He LOVES slapstick.

Bill and Ted is awesome.To your list, I'd add:

E.T. The Extraterrestrial

My Neighbor Totoro

Star Wars

How To Train Your Dragon

Pretty much the entire Pixar catalog

 

[jdoggydogg]

The Three Muskateers

I asked my FBG buddies here to recommend a good version of this classic for my son, and I believe Chaka recommended the 1993 version. Hard to beat a cast of Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris O'Donnell, Oliver Platt, Tim Curry, Rebecca De Mornay, Gabrielle Anwar, Michael Wincott, Paul McGann, and Julie Delpy.

My son loves it. Mission accomplished.

That said, this is one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

Any movie with Michael Wincott as a villain is at least a 1/5

Sure. The villains in this movie were the redeeming feature.

 

[Chaka]

The Three Muskateers

I asked my FBG buddies here to recommend a good version of this classic for my son, and I believe Chaka recommended the 1993 version. Hard to beat a cast of Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris O'Donnell, Oliver Platt, Tim Curry, Rebecca De Mornay, Gabrielle Anwar, Michael Wincott, Paul McGann, and Julie Delpy.

My son loves it. Mission accomplished.

That said, this is one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

That wasn't me, I have never seen the 1993 version. I recommended the Richard Lester version from 1973.

I'm sure that's the one I've seen (and liked) as a kid.

I'm sure of that too. Great swashbuckling fun for kids with a wry risque humor for the adults.Oh and Raquel Welch Most beautiful woman ever.