I just saw the movie Radio at the cheap theater...gotta love a movie ticket, popcorn and a coke for $5.

I really liked the movie and thought Cuba Gooding Jr. portrayed a mentally retarded person very well without over-doing it and milking the role. I took my oldest son and he liked it too.

Got me thinking about all the crap we feed our kid's minds. What movies do you think are important ones to add to a kid's cinematic diet? Movies with a message? Movies that are classics? What would you put on a "should see" list for kids/teens to see before reaching adulthood? Or for all that matters, "must see" movies for us all?

__________________

The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there.~ Betty Grable

If I wanted your opinion, I'd remove the duct tape and ask you for it.~ Me
<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>
One man's dream is another man's nightmare~~~~> §¤ Lilith ¤§
~>My Scribbles<~
==>Gone Shopping<== ~Just a Quickie~ *~A Celebration Vacation~* ~Surprises~ Sleeping With the Window Open
What Did You Do Today? Self Defense Class ~Short Sweet Snippets~ § Summer Spin § Story Challenge Submission Pajamas

first one I can think of is "Amadeus" Maybe a little intense for the younger ones, but truly a classic.

Others: 2001, Wizard of OZ, All The President's Men, ET, Awakenings, Forrest Gump, A Beautiful Mind.

__________________
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."
- Voltaire (1694-1778)

"I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them."
- Ian L. Fleming (1908-1964)

"Rudy" was pretty good! It had a message of "never say never" that did it for me!

"Forrest Gump" was great too (^5 Tess).......it has everything!

__________________
Minds are like parachutes. They only work when they are open.

~Thomas Dewar~

I think that at some point, in high school, kids should have to watch "Schindler's List". I might also add to that list the series "Band of Brothers."

__________________
-Toast-
"It takes a lot of brains to enjoy satire, humor and wit - but none to be offended by them." -- Johnny Hart ("BC", cartoonist, 2000)
"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog: Nobody really enjoys it and the frog generally dies as a result." -- E. B. White

its a wondedrful life

Bambi, for the concepts of friends and dealing with grief.

Mary Poppins, for wonderful things and music.

Oliver Twist, to show that all is not perfect in the world.

Any of the Loony Tunes pics, for the outright fun of them.

Why burden kids with reality until they have to deal with it?

__________________
Calm, quiet, smooth, devastating

"CROSSROADS"
for making life what you want it to be, and for taking responsiblity for your own actions.

__________________
Enjoy yourself!
Enjoy me!

Behind me is a Woman rolling her eye's!

The only opinion about me that matters is the one I have of myself

Casablanca

The Godfather I & II

Lost in Translation

Elephant

Anything with Will Ferrell

I don't know Lil... anymore, movies are so difficult to apply to real life unless they are based on a real story like Radio. Our youngest is 10 now, and she is still at the point of being able to discuss relationships between movie stuff and real life situations, but our 2 older teens



can't imagine themselves in any situation... and if you start to discuss stuff.... well, we are the stupid ones at this point.. we have another - hmmmmmmmmmmm, maybe 5 years before we start to get smart again...

__________________
A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults.

I didn't see this movie but I would recomend I am Sam with Sean Penn.Antwon Fisher,Lost in Translation was a great movie.Last one I saw in a theatre.While on the subject of Scarlett Johansson, The Girl with the Gold Earring may be an enjoyable movie for older kids.

__________________
Sex is one of nine reasons for reincarnation.The other eight are unimportant...Henry Miller

Lilith,

From the classics department, after removing ones already mentioned, in alphabetical order:

A Hard Day's Night
African Queen
Alien
Apocalypse Now
Battleship Potemkin
Blade Runner
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Cabaret
Chinatown
Citizen Kane
Deliverance
Dr Strangelove
Easy Rider
Grease
Gone With The Wind
High Noon
Lawrence of Arabia
M*A*S*H
Metropolis
Rebel Without a Cause
Singin' in the Rain
Spartacus
Star Wars
The Exorcist
The French Connection
The Good The Bad and The Ugly
The Graduate
The Great Escape
The Matrix
The Sound of Music
Titanic
Toy Story
Vertigo

__________________
Eudaimonia

"Man without a Face" - Mel Gibson

Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Sandlot
Stripes

__________________
Don't be afraid that your life will end. Be afraid that it will never begin. ~ Grace Hansen

Excellent......EXCELLENT choice thedog! I loved this movie.....and it has sense and sensitivity......yes.....this is a perfect movie for the topic!

__________________
Minds are like parachutes. They only work when they are open.

~Thomas Dewar~

Lilith,

Ah, how soon we forget!

Dr. Zivago - Omar Sharif , Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin , Rod Steiger , Alec Guinness.

West side Story – Rita Moreno, Natalie Wood. 10 Oscars!

Breakfast at Tiffanys - Henry Mancini's musical score and Hubert de Givenchy's gowns for Ms. Hepburn successfully uphold Truman Capote's style.

My Fair Lady - Audrey Hepburn & Rex Harrison. ‘Nuff said!

The Bridge on the River Kwai - Alec Guinness as Nicholson is at his very best. Sessue Hayakawa as Saito is also first rate, as is the rest of the cast. This film is a wonderful depiction of the triumph of the human spirit in the madness of war.

__________________
Eudaimonia