At our house we love a good movie. Whether it's for just the kids, just mom & dad, just mom (chick flick), just dad (adventure), or a family movie... we love a good movie night!!! The movie industry today though seems to get further and further away from "good" movie making. It's hard to pick a movie out and not find vulgar language and/or sexual content or lots of violence. For the kids, it can be tougher even. So many children films contain content that is just inappropraite or unneccessary. (In my opinion)! However, there ARE good movies being made and it's so fun when you find a good film that you can enjoy. Some of our favorite family night movies right now are... Curious George, Wizard of Oz, Cars, Up, The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything, Facing the Giants, Narnia: The lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, and the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Finding these good movies usually require us parents viewing it first or for sure sitting with our kids the first time they see it. I also use a very helpful website that I want to pass along today. Focus on the Family offers a really great website where you can get honest and helpful movie reviews... whether it's the latest in the theater or an old classic. If you'd like to screen what you are viewing before you spend money on something.... check this out!! You can also look up music and TV reviews!!
http://www.pluggedin.com/
And while you are here... leave a comment with your favorite family night movie or good chick flick!!! :-)
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We LOVE movies, too & are so thankful we can find online parent reviews ahead of time. One of our alltime favorite & little known movies is from the 70's called Summer of the Monkeys - worth purchasing if you can!
ReplyDeleteFor Christmas our daughter got the boxed set of the original Little House shows & we have watched many of them this winter - we are also reading the books together. It is nice to enjoy just a 30 minute "movie" vs spending an entire evening in front of the screen. Our preteen kids have also enjoyed the Full House series of shows. Still some good humor in them, but pretty clean & family oriented.
Another all-time favorite is Milo & Otis for kids who love animals, it is a hoot! ;)
ohh some good suggestions for future reference!
ReplyDeleteOh... Little House! I miss that show!! We just started having movie nights since hubby has been traveling some. (makes evenings a bit easier with baby & toddler!!) Great idea to check plugged-in. Trying to find a good movie for a 2 year old is hard!! Thanks for the suggestions! - Becky
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