So my kids will be home 10 days and I'll be working (the mrs. has off), so I doubt they'll be leaving the apartment very much. I think some microwave popcorn fueled binging might be fun, especially movies all kids should have seen by now (for example, I was shocked that they somehow managed to not see Home Alone).
Guidelines:
1. Should be suitable for the under 12
2. They love Marvel / comic book stuff but have seen most of the obvious choices. Off the beaten path comic book adaptations could be fun, though Kick-ass is most likely a bit much
3. "Girl Power!" movies would be nice, my little ones are both girls
4. Not grating, noisy, obnoxious - lots of kids stuff these days is just migraine inducing to me, my kids are not part of the ADHD set
5. Doesn't have to be strictly kids movies - Jurassic Park, Raiders of the Lost Ark, etc. type adventurey movies are fine
6. Does not need to be Holiday themed, but it doesn't hurt either
7. Should be relatively easy to obtain via the usual streaming sources (Netflix, iTunes) - esoteric german miniseries need not apply
8. Extra points for age appropriate horror - my youngest has macabre taste, absolutely loves Tim Burtony stuff
9. Extra points for NYC focused, a cheap day trip could be visiting the landmarks seen in the movies
List so far
Guidelines:
1. Should be suitable for the under 12
2. They love Marvel / comic book stuff but have seen most of the obvious choices. Off the beaten path comic book adaptations could be fun, though Kick-ass is most likely a bit much
3. "Girl Power!" movies would be nice, my little ones are both girls
4. Not grating, noisy, obnoxious - lots of kids stuff these days is just migraine inducing to me, my kids are not part of the ADHD set
5. Doesn't have to be strictly kids movies - Jurassic Park, Raiders of the Lost Ark, etc. type adventurey movies are fine
6. Does not need to be Holiday themed, but it doesn't hurt either
7. Should be relatively easy to obtain via the usual streaming sources (Netflix, iTunes) - esoteric german miniseries need not apply
8. Extra points for age appropriate horror - my youngest has macabre taste, absolutely loves Tim Burtony stuff
9. Extra points for NYC focused, a cheap day trip could be visiting the landmarks seen in the movies
List so far
- Spider-Man 1 and 2
- Babe 1 and 2
- ET
- Goonies
- Gremlins
- Groundhog Day
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Jurassic Park
- The Iron Giant
- James and the Giant Peach (claymation)
- Paranorman
- The Book of Life
- Beetlejuice
- Nightmare Before Christmas
- Home Alone 2 (stupid movie, lots of local NYC landmarks for the kids to see in person later)
- Flight of the Navigator
- The Never Ending Story
- The Princess Bride
- Pee Wee's Big Adventure
- Ghostbusters
- Star Wars OG
- TMNT
- Princess Diaries - mom choice
- High School Musical - mom choice
- Explorers
- Escape Witch Mountain
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