Movies for kids that don't suck

[floridaorange]

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color me a fan now

[el presidente Highsteppa]

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Wow! (@highsteppa)

John Lasseter Pays Emotional Tribute to Hayao Miyazaki at Tokyo Film Festival

Pretty much anyone in the animation industries recognizes the huge contribution to the craft by Miyazaki.

[floridaorange]

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we watched "Howl's Moving Castle" today, what a trip!

[floridaorange]

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Wow! (@highsteppa)

John Lasseter Pays Emotional Tribute to Hayao Miyazaki at Tokyo Film Festival

[floridaorange]

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just realized these animated movies are not all for kids. I saw 101 Dalmatians and just assumed.

[floridaorange]

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I'm gonna add "Fatastic Mr. Fox" to the list. Thanks Dusky for "The Flushing"

and going to check out this list:

Wes Anderson’s top ten (in alphabetical order)

• Akira
• The Iron Giant
• Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
• 101 Dalmatians
• Only Yesterday
• Porco Rosso
• Princess Mononoke
• The Secret of NIMH
• Spirited Away
• Watership Down
• 
  

[floridaorange]

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awesome - thanks Clint! I can see W learning things when he watches a good movie. I'm a very visual learner myself. He may be the same way.

[clintlove]

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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 is really cute. You don't really need to see the first one in order to follow the second one, it's recapped in the beginning.

Some others not mentioned that Sid really likes and we enjoy watching with her:

The Incredibles
Hercules
Princess and the Frog
Lego Movie

[floridaorange]

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they were the same year it looks like.

[Illuminate]

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A good work collogue of mine is a huge Miyazaki fan, he got me on to the films, and I think after watching a few Miyazaki is a genius. Just manages to capture every detail of the protagonist, so beautifully.

Yeah bugs life, all the way. I even watched it a few years back when it was running on TV. I think Antz was newer. I remember bugs life came out when I was pretty young-ish.

[floridaorange]

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@ Illuminate, - a bugs life and even ants are both good...he enjoyed a bugs life more though, since it's newer I thought. but who knows

[floridaorange]

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he liked "My Neighbor Totoro" so much, he watched it twice in a row . I was surprised because he hasn't seemed to like any movies older than 1995. MNT is from 1988! Pretty amazing animation given that fact. Really cool recommendation, thanks again.

[el presidente Highsteppa]

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Miyazaki's stuff isn't always for kids - hence why I only recommended My Neighbor Totoro. A lot of his stuff can be pretty sophisticated and adult themed.

I remember seeing Princess Mononoke in the theater when it first got it's North American wide release and laughing my ass off at all the parents that were herding out of the movie after the hero started decapitating his enemies with his bow and arrow. I really wish people would do some very rudimentary research about what they are seeing before going to the movie with the wrong expectations.

[Illuminate]

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Miyazaki - Spirited Away was awesome for me, but some of the characters may be a little too scary for the little one.

I use to love bugs life when that came out.

[floridaorange]

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thanks mate