Looking for kids movies that would be fun to watch as an adult.

[slugg]

I tried watching 24 in German. It's wayyy too fast paced for me to pick up on ANYTHING. Plus, something like 24 is bound to have a lot of slang, but I wish to be exposed to good grammar.

I think if I were to watch some simple, kid movies, I could probably pick up on the language a bit, or at least have better exposure to it. So basically, I need some recommendations. Not all kid shows/movies are bland... but I'm not sure which ones those are. For example, the Spongebob Squarepants movie was actually pretty funny. Finding Nemo was a good one, too. These "young audience" movies seem to have simpler diction and more streamlined grammar than adult oriented movies, which would be perfect for my purposes.

I don't plan on learning German just from watching movies. I'm working through Rosetta Stone right now, plus I have a few German friends that I can practice speaking with. I'd like to get a movie collection going in order to keep immersing myself in German.

And if you're wondering, Spanish is my first language, followed by English. I can read and write a good amount of Portuguese, too, but I can't pronounce anything correctly.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions

 

[gorcorps]

I would suggest any Pixar movies really. You'll probably get the bonus of having seen it already, so if you get a bit confused by a phrase or something you can translate from memory quickly or come close at least.

 

[JM Aggie08]

Shrek

 

[StinkyPinky]

I put on Cars for my son and was surprised that I probably enjoyed it more than him

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: gorcorps
I would suggest any Pixar movies really.

 

[slayer202]

pulp fiction
scarface

 

[angminas]

I'd say a slow-paced adult movie. I saw Philadelphia for the first time in German in Nuremberg back in 1994. My German was not great, but I still understood enough, and the dialog was slow enough, and the movie was well-made enough that I grasped what was going on, enough that I cried. So maybe a courtroom drama could fit the bill. Hmm...what's that Paul Newman movie...The Verdict? If you could find that in German.

Or what about something like LOTR? You already know a lot of the dialog, and it's fairly simple and fairly good grammar. Kid movies are so fast-paced anymore. An old Disney movie would probably be great.

 

[PottedMeat]

Originally posted by: angminas
I'd say a slow-paced adult movie.

German?
Adult you say?

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