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TODDLER 
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Posted: November 15 2010 at 21:21 |
Back to the Future can really hold a kid's attention. It is a fast moving film. Scenes in the story change quickly and kids become interested. Scenes build up and the movie gets exciting. Kids are on to that and know it is not boring. Kids quickly become interested in the characters of the story. Characters like Marty, Doc, Biff, and George McFly. Some of the humour is corny but much of it is sarcastic and I still appreciate the movie and will view it if it's on the tube after hours. My favorite line in the script is when Marty says...Wow! that's heavy Doc! and Doc says...."There goes that word again". Heavy...why is everything heavy? Is there something wrong with the earth's gravitational pull in the future?" You have to use the mute button when Biff says...."Well. what are you lookin' at butthead? Your kids might fancy taking that word to school and you will be questioned where he or she learned it at a parent/teacher conference meeting. 
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Billy Pilgrim
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Posted: November 12 2010 at 01:37 |
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Oh man, Toy Story. That's my childhood right there.
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rogerthat
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Posted: October 31 2010 at 10:52 |
Jungle Book. Thoroughly entertaining and irreverent film, chock full of the best Disney characters (imo  ). Wonderful BGM, super voice-over and beautiful drawings. Beats the daylights out of the Kipling book.
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crimhead
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Posted: October 29 2010 at 22:16 |
 cyclysm748 wrote:
Willy Wonka plucks a hair out of the kids head and drops it on the ground while singing the classic Imagination. This movie scared me as a child. What more could you want. |
Too bad they couldn't have gotten Gene Wilder to play the Grandfather in the Tim Burton version.
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Theriver
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Posted: October 29 2010 at 21:46 |
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E.T. Loved it as a kid.
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cyclysm748
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Posted: October 26 2010 at 14:35 |
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Willy Wonka plucks a hair out of the kids head and drops it on the ground while singing the classic Imagination. This movie scared me as a child. What more could you want.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: October 21 2010 at 03:13 |
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No votes for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang? |
It's the Dick Van Dyke effect - similarly for Mary Poppins - how can you vote for a film where you would never tire of kicking one of the main protagonists in the face?
STOP TRYING TO DO A COCKNEY ACCENT! +++KICK+++
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012
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JLocke
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Posted: October 21 2010 at 01:04 |
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May I just say that I find it highly amusing nobody has chosen E.T. yet. A film that I really only enjoyed once-- the first time I saw it as a child. Ever since then, it has failed to be anything but boring to me. Everybody I talk to seems to love it to death, though. So, it's cool to see that my fellow proggers seem to share my opinion that E.T. is a bit overrated? Or have I stuck words in people's mouths?
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Chela
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Posted: October 21 2010 at 00:57 |
What is Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?
Toy Story, the first one.
Followed by Willy Wonka.
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June
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Posted: October 05 2010 at 05:52 |
Oh, Back To The Future in a heartbeat 
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SaltyJon
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Posted: October 04 2010 at 21:23 |
A Person wrote:
SaltyJon wrote:
My favorite was the '50s Alice in Wonderland (my avatar doesn't give it away at all, does it?).
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I love that movie but haven't seen it in ages.
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Same here. Every time I see it on DVD I think to myself "I should buy that" but I never do.
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A Person
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Posted: October 04 2010 at 21:20 |
SaltyJon wrote:
My favorite was the '50s Alice in Wonderland (my avatar doesn't give it away at all, does it?).
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I love that movie but haven't seen it in ages.
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SaltyJon
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Posted: October 04 2010 at 21:19 |
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My favorite was the '50s Alice in Wonderland (my avatar doesn't give it away at all, does it?).
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TheGazzardian
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Posted: October 04 2010 at 21:17 |
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A lot of fond memories in here. I voted for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, although Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Marry Poppins, Wizard of Oz, and Return to Oz were all also favorites when I was a young'n.
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Posted: October 04 2010 at 21:12 |
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Wonka followed by the Wizard.
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Posted: October 04 2010 at 20:26 |
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The Wizard of Oz is timeless because it doesn't "Time" on it.
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JLocke
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Posted: October 04 2010 at 20:21 |
SO, I spent time wasting my life away typing up a very lenghty message explaining why I didn't pick any of the others, when I should have just explained why I am picking this one. So, I'll try again.
Oz. Why? It's the one film on that list that seems to have the same exact effect on children of every generation, no matter how long ago it was once considered new. Truly a timeless gem. I just love it-- the bad background paintings and all.
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Posted: October 04 2010 at 18:52 |
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The Wizard of Oz easily,it's a timeless movie.
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GY!BE
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Posted: October 04 2010 at 18:30 |
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Shrek rules!
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Stooge
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Posted: September 29 2010 at 16:42 |
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There are quite a few movies on that list that I would want my children to see (I have no kids). Toy Story, Back To The Future, Willy Wonka, E.T., Back To The Future, The Wizard of Oz, and The Jungle Book. I can't think of a favorite one yet.
I actually do remember a few parts in E.T. seemed sort of boring to me as a child. I haven't seen E.T. in a long time. I think I have a really old version recorded off television, but I can't find it.
I also have to watch Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. I love the Gene Wilder one alot, but I've been hesitant to watch the new one. I'll watch that one as soon as I have access to a copy (I don't want to buy it).
Some movies I remember enjoying in my childhood were the Ghostbusters movies and I feel Robin Hood (the Disney animation) is underrated. The first movie I saw in the theaters was the cartoon Oliver and Company. I remember the main theme song (sung by Billy Joel) was pretty catchy.
Edited by Stooge - September 29 2010 at 16:43
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