For freaky childhood trauma, nothing quite beats the trip on the S.S. Wonkatina in Gene Wilder's Willy Wonka movie.
That didn't bother me, but I was terrified of the Oompa Loompas in that movie. They still kind of freak me out.
Fred: So you don't worry that it's possible for someone to send out a biological or electronic trigger that effectively overrides your own sense of ideals and values and replaces them with an alternative coercive agenda that reduces you to a mindless meat puppet? Shopkeeper: Wow. People used to think that I was paranoid.
'Time Bomb'
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Atropa - Aug 12, 2009 10:17:07 am PDT #3623 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Cashmere - Aug 12, 2009 10:24:54 am PDT #3624 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
The hardest thing about taking the wee ones to the movies is leaving if they can't make it through. It's worth a try, though. With kids' movies, it's just expected that some people have to get up and it's a more tolerant atmosphere.
Liv will now sit through an entire film at 3 1/2. But I also make sure there are enough Twizzlers to get us through.
Jessica - Aug 12, 2009 10:26:50 am PDT #3625 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
DH just double-checked runtimes and Ponyo is about 15 minutes longer than Totoro, which might be pushing it.
Hayden - Aug 12, 2009 11:04:42 am PDT #3626 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
My 4-yr-old could sit through a whole movie when he was 2-and-change. But my 2-year-old can barely sit through a whole episode of Yo Gabba Gabba, so it'll be a while before we take her to the movies.
Also, David, I let this sit fallow, but in my book Watt > Hart, although I agree that Grant is some kind of ubermensch.
DavidS - Aug 12, 2009 12:13:22 pm PDT #3627 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Also, David, I let this sit fallow, but in my book Watt > Hart, although I agree that Grant is some kind of ubermensch.
Have you heard Grant's solo stuff? I really love his song "Run, Run, Run to the Centre Pompidou."
Emmett saw a Pokemon movie when he was 2ish, and only sat through the first half hour short. A little later that year he sat through all of Toy Story 2. Matilda sat through (with some squirming and need to get up several times) Wall-E at about 26 months. And I intend to take her to Ponyo.
If you go to an early show there will be tons of kids anyway so you shouldn't worry too much about being disruptive.
Incidentally, I've seen about half of Ponyo standing around in a video store in Japantown. It's a simpler design and palette than a lot of his recent movies but the characters are very engaging.
le nubian - Aug 12, 2009 12:34:27 pm PDT #3628 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Yo Gabba Gabba
I stayed at a friend's house on vacation and this program was on and *I* couldn't sit through an episode of YGG. It was just TOO much. If I had kids that had to see that every day, I think I'd take a hostage.
Hayden - Aug 12, 2009 12:51:50 pm PDT #3629 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
It's easily the least obnoxious of the entertainments my children like. I'll take techno & dancing and Mark Mothersbaugh teaching kids to draw and Biz Markie teaching kids to beatbox any day over the mindnumbing stupidity of Scooby Doo or the insipidity of Blue's Clues.
Daisy Jane - Aug 12, 2009 1:25:44 pm PDT #3630 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
X-posted with Natter- The Ballad of G.I. Joe. [link]
dcp - Aug 12, 2009 1:59:45 pm PDT #3631 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Jaws
I didn't get to see Jaws until two years after it came out, and I had already read the book, so I figured I was pretty well prepared for it, but I still flinched at some of the "surprise!" moments, and for a few nights afterward shadows in my bedroom looked enough like sharks to make my pulse race.
Now I've seen Jaws so many times in passing on TV that I'm desensitized, and it only comes across as a comedy.
If you've never seen the movie, though, Robert Shaw as Quint telling the story of the Indianapolis alone is worth the price of the DVD rental.
Cashmere - Aug 12, 2009 2:37:01 pm PDT #3632 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
It's easily the least obnoxious of the entertainments my children like. I'll take techno & dancing and Mark Mothersbaugh teaching kids to draw and Biz Markie teaching kids to beatbox any day over the mindnumbing stupidity of Scooby Doo or the insipidity of Blue's Clues.
Oh, TONS more obnoxious shit out there! Tiny Planets comes to mind. But that could be because it came on in the wee hours of the morning when I would be unwilliingly awake with toddlers. At the end of the show, the two aliens would be snuggled in bed and all I could think was, "you total bastards."