Looking for a movie for 4 yr old & parents
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Julieboo

Friday, October 03, 2003 - 08:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP
My son has the attention span of a gnat when it comes to watching TV, so we are looking for a movie that would entertain him. But we also want one that could at least halfway entertain us. We don't want a cartoon. Daddy Daycare comes to mind, but they were out of it at Blockbuster.

I am, looking for any and all suggestions for movies. Preferably ones with lots of little kids or silly things. Cats and Dogs are good too, but I can't take the ones where the animals are abused (maybe like Shiloh-but I don't know for sure cuz I won't watch it--I am a little sensitive whe it comes to animals). Also ones with out any overly scary parts. Ones like Kindergarten Cop wouldn't work as there is too much "adult" time in it and Ryan would lose interest...

THANKS!

Texannie

Friday, October 03, 2003 - 08:53 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The Doctor Dolittle movies with Eddy Murphy?

Cindori

Friday, October 03, 2003 - 08:58 am EditMoveDeleteIP
My daughter, husband, and I really enjoy Babe. We're currently looking for Babe: Pig in the City since we like the first one so much. HTH.

Pcakes2

Friday, October 03, 2003 - 09:01 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Babe, Stuart Little, or Homeward Bound.

Ducky

Friday, October 03, 2003 - 09:02 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Stuart Little and the Little Rascals

Those two come to my mind right now. I will go look at my ds videos when he comes home and see what his favorites are

Texannie

Friday, October 03, 2003 - 09:04 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Homeward Bound is great!

Wargod

Friday, October 03, 2003 - 09:18 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Dang Julie, I got a ton of kid movies here and went completely blank on what I have, LOL!

Ok, I'm looking at www.suncoast.com

Air Bud
Angels in the Outfield
Babe
Baby Geniuses
Beethoven
Casper
Cats and Dogs
Dr. Doolittle

They've got tons of movies listed but you have to wade through the cartoons. I just checked there to get some ideas.

LOL, picking movies for kids is hard! Dakota's favorite (and has been for awhile) is The Grinch. She'll sit through that everytime I put it on, but gets bored in a matter of minutes with Air Bud and Casper. Caleb's 7 and all boy so into anything that focuses on sports or superhero's.

Good luck on your search! If you find anything good, let us know.

Joesmom

Friday, October 03, 2003 - 09:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
We REALLY loved Shrek...It's not really a cartoon.. and nothing inappropriate (that a 4 yr old would get, anyway)

Mware

Friday, October 03, 2003 - 10:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The Homeward Bound movies are great.
Charlotte's Web was one of my son's favorites.
Any of the Disney feature films.
The Tigger Movie
Piglet's Big Adventure

There are so many!

Not1worry

Friday, October 03, 2003 - 02:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Veggie Tales have some great humor for adults and kids alike.

Toy Story 1 & 2
The Great Mouse Detective

Piglet's Big Movie is wonderful for the kids, but a little harder for grown ups to sit through. It does have a terrific Carly Simon soundtrack though.

Beethoven and Babe are good picks too.

Twiggyish

Friday, October 03, 2003 - 07:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I vote for Shrek and Toy Story and don't forget Emperor's New Groove. <== Love John Goodman and David Spade and in the famous words of Kronk..Squeek, squeek, squeekers...squeek!

Lizajane

Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 09:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
First movie my son ever saw at the theatre was Thomas and the Magic Railway. I think he was 3 at the time. Now he's six and he really enjoyed the Spy Kids movies as well as Scooby Doo and the Stuart Little movies.

Happymom

Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 01:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Shrek will definitly entertain you! It's great! Not sure if it'll keep the attention of your 4 yr. old the entire time...maybe.

The Princess Bride is a great one too, again, not sure your 4 yr. old will sit through it all.

I know it's a cartoon, but the Jungle Book is very enjoyable even for adults and it might keep your son there watching the entire time.

My 3 kids liked Snow Dogs, I never saw it. Also, you might try the Fantasia movies or Cirque de Soleil (sp?) videos.

Carrie92

Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 06:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Veggie Tales movies are great. My son loves them, and they crack us up too. Shrek, Emperor's New Groove, Ice Age, all good too. If your 4 yr old is a boy, he will love Thomas and the Magic Railroad, too. They also have 1/2 hr videos that you can usually find at the library. The newer ones are narrated by Alec Baldwin, and the older ones are narrated by, of all people, George Carlin!

Twiggyish

Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 08:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Carrie, good point about the 1/2 hour movies. We used to buy the Disney Sing-a-long videos. They're about 30 minutes and lots of fun. Nickelodeon has videos of several of their shows for younger children.

Meli456

Sunday, October 05, 2003 - 12:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP
My son loved Disney's George of the Jungle. He had a very short attention span and it was the only movie he would watch until he was two years old. Its actually a good movie and some nice shots of Brenden Frasier for mom :)

Ketchuplover

Sunday, October 05, 2003 - 09:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
How about Willy Wonka?

Jmm

Sunday, October 05, 2003 - 09:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Great idea KL. Both my dd's (16 & 20) have asked for this DVD in the last year and my ds (10) has watched it for as long as I can remember. He also loved the Casper Movie (not cartoon) when he was about that age. He never did like the cartoons much, but give him a movie with real people in it and he would sit there and watch it over and over. He also liked Baby Geniuses.

Julieboo

Sunday, October 05, 2003 - 10:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks for all these suggestions. DS doesn't sit long for much, not even cartoons. He won't let us put Shrek on cuz "it's mean" (meaning he is scared of it). He is a bit of a scaredy cat, heck, he doesn't even like Spongebob! What he does like is silly stuff like a cat knocking down a display of canned goods, etc.

Oh, Cindori, I've seen parts of Babe, Pig in the City and some of it was very scary and kinda mean. (compared to Babe, which was much more serene)

I think Willie Wonka is too "old" for him, but we have it for when he's a little older.

What is Baby Geniuses?

And Thanks!!!

Twiggyish

Sunday, October 05, 2003 - 11:47 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Bear and the Big Blue House, Franklin, Little Bear are all wonderful short videos!

Bookworm

Sunday, October 05, 2003 - 01:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Baby Geniuses, I believe, is a series of videos made specifically for babies and toddlers. They are musicals. The visuals in combination with the music is supposed to encourage brain development. Correct me if I am wrong on this. Am I thinking of Baby Einstein, or is that one and the same? Regardless I would like to know more about the infant/toddler videos. I don't encourage my infant or toddler to watch much TV, but I know the time is coming when they will want to.

Jmm

Sunday, October 05, 2003 - 03:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Baby Geniuses is a movie about twin toddlers that were separated at birth. One goes home to live with parents and the other is put in an institution that tests babies IQ's and learning methods It is all very tongue in cheek and is a very funny movie.

Ruditoo

Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 04:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Monster' Inc. sounds scary, but I don't think little ones (2) find it so, at least the few I know that have seen it. I think it takes the scare out of the monster and boo and words like that my SH (that' sweet hubby) and I saw part of it by accident and really liked it,so much so when it hit cable we watched the whole thing.

My idea in telling you about this one is to help in defusing the scary things for your little one.
I'll have to take sometime and think about any others. {{{to you both}}}

Julieboo

Thursday, October 23, 2003 - 05:44 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks! My son is a sweet little thing and gets upset when it looks like someone is in danger. He is getting better though.

His favorite scenes to watch are those where someone knocks down stuff or they have a chase scene (as long as the chasing is fun and not scary/danger/run for your life). So if anyone ever thinks of a movie with those kind of scenes, please post them in here later...

I appreciate all these suggestions. Thanks to all.

Kady

Thursday, October 23, 2003 - 12:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I myself can't wait to get the DVD of Finding Nemo. It will be out November 4th. It was a really good movie.

Auntiemike

Thursday, October 23, 2003 - 09:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
My 3 1/2 year old boy loves "Finding Nemo", "Toy Story 1 & 2", "Shrek" and all the "Land Before Time" movies. As an adult I've enjoyed sitting through all of them but the Land Before Time movies. "Spirit" was also a good movie. We all love "Stuart Little" because it deals with adoption (we have 4 adopted children).

Auntiemike

Thursday, October 23, 2003 - 09:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
My 3 1/2 year old boy loves "Finding Nemo", "Toy Story 1 & 2", "Shrek" and all the "Land Before Time" movies. As an adult I've enjoyed sitting through all of them but the Land Before Time movies. "Spirit" was also a good movie. We all love "Stuart Little" because it deals with adoption (we have 4 adopted children).