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12-30-2007, 04:16 AM
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Billy Elliot - rated R though.. so for teens kids I think Monsters Inc Over the Hedge - funny movie. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe Jumanji The Secret Garden can't go wrong with Princess Bride though as several have suggested 
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12-30-2007, 08:22 AM
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I second Dutch. A very nice movie for the whole family with good morals and a touching story.
A couple more of our favorites included Babe and Babe Pig in the City. I was extremely scepitical of watching these at first, but they realy are superbly done and have a compelling story for old and young alike. Two thumbs up!
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12-30-2007, 07:40 PM
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12-30-2007, 09:00 PM
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In addtion to some newer goodies mentioned above, old family-rated big-budget scifi, like Journey to the Center of the Earth, Forbidden Planet, War of the Worlds (not the newer more "adult" remakes) - I think an 8-year old would be OK with these. YMMV
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When I was 8 all I wanted to watch was old sci-fi: the Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, Lost in Space, Dr. Who, Star Trek (the original) - but all my friends thought I was nuts and couldn't stand the stuff.
My recomendation would be "The Incredible Mr. Limpet", an old movie from the 60s where the same guy that's Barney Fife in the Andy Griffith Show plays a guy who wants to become a fish, he eventually does and falls in love with a girl fish while helping track down German subs during WWII, a sweet movie. Once I got a really weird look from a checkout guy at a video store when I rented Mr. Limpet and The Exorcist at the same time.
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01-15-2008, 08:33 AM
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I'm surprised that there was no mention of "Cars", "Over the Hedge", or "Antz".
OK, they're all animation, but they are good animation with well-written, funny-as-hail plots. Guaranteed to entertain those from 2 to 92.
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since I started this thread I thought I'd tell you how the "family day" went.
I'd hired a mini-bus kinda thing and took 12 of the family out for the day. Went on a dolphin-watch cruise first, then had a beachside bbq. Then went to a mountain lookout over the lake, then to the cremation plots of great grandparents that most of us hadn't seen before. Then to may parent house (they were with us) to watch the Family Movie recommended here on AK (opted for The Rocketeer). Unfortunately, there was a soccer game on tv that most of them wanted to see so the movie didn't get a showing  I watched it the next night by myself   Great show........ and thanks for all the other suggestions, I'll refer back to this thread regularly.! 
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